Updating ATI 9600XT driver

iNFERiON · 11-25-2004, 07:11 PM

Hello,

I just downloaded and installed the ATI Radeon 9600XT driver for my Mandrake system. All seems to go well, the XF86Config-4 file gets written with the correct data, but I think not in the right folder. I tried the config's default path at first, that didn't work. Also it's second path suggestion didn't work. Then I put it in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11. Didn't work either. So now XFree86 won't load the driver properly. It still says:

OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4

Which is the software rendering and that's not what I want. What am I doing wrong here ?
Thanks.

hw-tph · 11-26-2004, 04:48 AM

First off, is the fglrx module loaded? It should be listed in the lsmod output. If not, use modprobe fglrx to load it.

Second, 3D accelleration will not work with X.org 6.8.x. If you're using 6.7 or XFree86 you should have no problem, but X.org 6.8 is not supported by ATI.

Third, are you using the fglrx driver? Check your X configuration - /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) for XFree86 or /etc/X11/xorg.conf for X.org. You will also need to have the correct AGP support module loaded if you're using external AGP support (specified in the X config).

Read the X log in /var/log/X*.0.log and keep an eye out for lines that begin with (EE) or (WW).

Håkan

iNFERiON · 11-26-2004, 05:08 PM

Hi Håkan, thanks for your reply.

Quote:

First off, is the fglrx module loaded? It should be listed in the lsmod output. If not, use modprobe fglrx to load it.

It does not seem to be loaded. When I do modprobe fglrx I get this:

Code:

[root@localhost inferion]# modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Module fglrx not found.

any idea why it says this ?

Quote:

Second, 3D accelleration will not work with X.org 6.8.x. If you're using 6.7 or XFree86 you should have no problem, but X.org 6.8 is not supported by ATI.

I use XFree86, so this should be OK. Also the check.sh from ATI.com says my version is supported.

Quote:

Third, are you using the fglrx driver? Check your X configuration - /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) for XFree86

Yes, this is the file header:

Code:

# File: XF86Config-4
# File generated by fglrxconfig (C) ATI Research, a substitute for xf86config.

Furthermore the file says this:

Code:

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
    Identifier                          "ATI Graphics Adapter"
    Driver                              "fglrx"

So the only thing I still would like to know is how can I load the fglrx driver ?
Thanks.

iNFERiON · 11-27-2004, 07:38 PM

suggestions ..... anyone ?