ATI Driver Slackware 11.0 - StartX yields Xorg Version mismatch
hi all,
well I got the 11.0 installed. i went with huge26 as i know that on 10.2 that kernel worked for me and gave me good DRI. that said I followed the same procedure that I did on 10.2; I get successful building of the modules, and the initial loading of the module. However, from init3 typing startx gives me: xversion mismatch detected x.org 7.0.0.0 required x.org.6.8.0.0 failed to load module module requirement mismatch now I'm using ati's fglrx_6_8_0-8.29.6-1.i386 i simply downloaded the rpm and used rpm2tgz then installpkg then cd /lib/modules/fglrx/buildmod then sh ./make.sh then went to /lib/modules/fglrx and ran sh ./make_install.sh again the module builds and I get success. i also created in my fstab: tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 it was mounted and verified with 'mount | grep "shm"' in console i removed it all, threw in the x11 radeon patch and still no luck after going thru the install process. i then removed all x11 stuff and the ati patch, reinstalled the stock xorg's rebooted again, tried the ati 32bit installer and got a failure with that too. am I doing something wrong here? |
also I noticed that there is no "Section dri" "mode 0666" in xorg file...do we still use that I put it in.
I do have "glx" and "dri" modules in my xorg.conf I added the section dri there too. the glx and dri are un-commented. |
You need the driver module for xorg 6.9 and higher. Xorg 6.9 and higher must use the "run" package not the rpm. The rpm you downloaded is for xorg 6.8 only. Just download the 55mb ATI installer and run it with "sh".
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I don't get it...I ran this b4 and it faile and now it works :D
Now I still have a problem tho :( As root in KDE...(yea i know) in konsole..glxgears runs fine, no error's. GLXINFO reports DRI yes. Now as normal user, fogie...glxinfo reports yes for dri, glxgears and fgl_glxgears -fbo echo this over and over on the screen: Quote:
Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Any idea why I get dri as a user...but permission errors when actually using the dri? is that what this patch that Pat issued is for? |
Check to make sure if you have /dev/shm mounted with the correct permission to read and write to it. As root, issue a "chmod 777 /dev/shm" to get the correct permission.
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omg..........
I think?? but not sure, I did not enter a "carriage return" or hit enter for you younger folks :D after my /dev/shm line in my fstab. interestingly enuff, I did not get the "no final newline error" in my boot process. but I made that changed rebooted, and now all is well. but I think the chmod 777 may be useful, i see many threads with this error of shared memory. i'll make a note of it in case i get the errors again. Now off to figure out why my fstab is giving me errors for the fat32 partition I have, wierd :( |
btw stafz32 I forgot to say thank you :D
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Currently waiting for newer drivers to download, upgraded to Slack11 this weekend after a repartition and suddenly found that my ATI drivers don't like Xorg6.8! |
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Ah... now downloaded, but, at 1280x1024 I get: Code:
iain@iain:~$ glxgears I have DRI enabled though: Code:
iain@iain:~$ glxinfo | grep direct Code:
iain@iain:~$ cat /etc/fstab | grep shm Code:
Section "Module" System info: Code:
iain@iain:~$ uname -r If anyone can give me some ideas for how to up the performance they'd be most welcome! |
For what it's worth...
I have installed the ATI drivers (Slackware 11.0, kernel 2.6.18, Pentium 4 @ 3GHz, 1G RAM). Before installing the ATI drivers, I built xorg.conf with xorgconfig (so that's what was in /etc/X11), then rebuilt it with aticonfig (which merges with the existing xorg.conf and adds ATI-specific variables). Things that appear to matter at the manufacturer and model name of the display and the horizontal and vertical sync ranges. The graphic card is an ATI X300 series (don't know if there is some letter appended to the end of that, but I don't think it really matters). Hope this helps some. Running glxgears with the settings below yields: glxgearsRunning fgl_glxgears yields: fgl_glxgearsThese are the relevant settings in xorg.conf; the Module section: Section "Module"The Monitor section: Section "Monitor"The Device section: Section "Device"And the Screen section: Section "Screen"The DRI section: Section "DRI" |
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(EE) Failed to launch "fglrx" (I'll run aticonfig and then start X when I get home and post in the actual errors since this may help someone else...) |
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