ATI 9800XXL XOrg and rendering
 

name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".{-- This part bothers me
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No {------ This part bothers me greatly
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.4 Mesa 5.0.2)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

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0x22 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
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My slack installation is not too bad i mean it is up 65% we are getting there. But the ATI people don´ t work with the xorg people and the Slackware people don't work with the XFree people. Which leaves people like me a lot of oppotunities to really screw things up.

The story(lines/code) above is from my box after i said:

glxinnfo

the part wher it says;

direct rendering: No

should read

direct rendering: Yes (read it from somewhere).

How i got here?

I used XFree anyway with ATI 4.3 series but i changed the name of the file ( does not sound very intelligent to me but i read it somewhere --- that is even thicker on my part, i am desperate)

So once more ATI grpahics anyone?

Thanks good people of LQ,

xmeson.

According to your output it looks like the ati driver isn't loading.
that should be something like this:
Try doing the following to see if the fglrx modules is being used
if you don't see anything after doing that then the modules is not being loaded, go to text mode by issuing the command then probe the modules manually by doing the following:
you should also check that the agpgart modules is being loaded. if this modules is not being loaded do after probing the two modules check again if they are being loaded by doing the lsmod | grep fglrx, lsmod |grep agpgart
now go to multiuser mode and at a terminal do this should output ati instead of mesa.
After all that mess if the fglrxinfo is now outputting ati instead of mesa you can issue the following command to make sure the rendering is saying yes
Man i sure hope i didn't confuse you, hopefully this helps
By the way after installing the package, did you do fglrx, i know that's a dumb question but i just want to make sure.

Thanks, everything works as you have advised but the only problem is that when the reboot the machine, it does not keep these settings?

After doing that you should be able to reboot and still have the ati modules loaded. Well actually one time i had the same problem, each time i rebooted the settings were gone, what i did back then was load the module, i put the fglrx module either on the /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modules.conf after than whenever i rebooted the setting were kept in place. Or i guess you can also add this to the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file
with your favorite editor just add a line to either of the three files /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modules.conf /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
By the way i'm not really sure to which of the three you should add the line to, but i know is to one of them. For some reason when i reinstall slackware and then installed the driver again and follow all the steps i mention before, the modules always were loaded, they still are. I really hope this helps you out.

Brilliant!!! Thanks

/etc/modules.conf it is not a good idea to modify this file after runing alsaconfig on it.

I have an XP installation i must say the graphics seems to do better there.

Do you have any idea how i can control sound or get CD to play in my Slackpartition

Lotsa threads on that in this forum. Start with this one ("How I do it all)

Though i admit that is one of the most helpful linux reading i have seen. But i have used it and alsaconfig got the sound up in the first place but the volume is only two states. Mute and very loud. I have tried more states for xmms more states cannot seem to get the configuration properly.

-xmeson.

8| What do your alsamix/kmix other sound players show?