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Old 06-11-2005, 08:47 AM   #1
giueno
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dri on ati mobility radeon m7 and 82845 intel agp chipset managed under Debian


hello everyone, i have the following problem. I am a Debian "unstable' user.

the dri doesn't work as you can see from here:

root@nautilus>~$ glxinfo | grep rendering
direct rendering: No

and i don't understand why since I've an all-right configuration that made me work so much.
Here there are my lsmod:

root@nautilus>~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
<-->
intel_agp 20892 1
radeon 69760 0
drm 59668 1 radeon
agpgart 32040 2 intel_agp,drm
<-->

and my /etc/modules:


root@nautilus>~$ cat /etc/modules | grep -v '#'

agpgart
radeon
intel_agp
ddcmon

some document that i found (thanks to google) say that this issues is due to the fact that in my /etc/modules file i load the modules in a wrong order...i hope that this information can help someone of you, dear reader, because it doesn't help me for nothing!(after many tries too!!)

to finish, this is my lspci:

root@nautilus>~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
0000:02:04.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
0000:02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)

SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT IT?if the information that i wrote here before aren't enough, i can re-post other outputs 'at-request'... thank you all.


giueno > giueno 'at' gmail 'dot' com
 
Old 06-11-2005, 11:09 AM   #2
Eliasvan
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Haf you installed fglrx?
And if no, than : Haf you the graphics card on a notebook or on the motherboard of your computer?
If you say this, i can give you the link of the installationpage of FGLRX
 
Old 06-12-2005, 08:25 AM   #3
giueno
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no,i don't have the fglrx installed, but from the list of fglrx's supported card my device isn't a supported one.

But I can try, if you say that it will help me...

ah, for the final question: this is a laptop and the video chipset is integrated on!!


thanks again...
 
Old 06-14-2005, 05:02 PM   #4
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Hello1 I have been watching this thread because i too have the same chipset and i believe giueno and i may have the same laptop.

giueno: do you have a IBM thinkpad t30? If so, is it model # 236686u?
I am needing to "adjust my video also". So, can someone inform me, giueno and others if the fglrx package will work on the m7 ATI cards we have? This video is not listed as supported on the ati site.
 
Old 05-23-2006, 06:57 AM   #5
giueno
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I'm the owner of a compaq presario 2825ea, and I can confirm that we have the same chispet..

You have to use the radeon driver inside the standard kernel...it's a old chipset, but work well anyway.
 
Old 10-22-2006, 01:17 PM   #6
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use radeon driver for ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]

my problem is w/ xgl
http://syntaxcoding.com/image/Screenshot.png
see screenshot

Quote:
Originally Posted by carnold
Hello1 I have been watching this thread because i too have the same chipset and i believe giueno and i may have the same laptop.

giueno: do you have a IBM thinkpad t30? If so, is it model # 236686u?
I am needing to "adjust my video also". So, can someone inform me, giueno and others if the fglrx package will work on the m7 ATI cards we have? This video is not listed as supported on the ati site.
 
Old 10-23-2006, 06:10 AM   #7
giueno
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very strange problem...incompatible fonts with graphic server?wrong paths?i've no idea...i 'd like to use xgl but I'm afraid about it... i think that i will wait..
 
  


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