Direct Renering when I restart X without reboot.

mpyusko · 06-21-2007, 11:16 AM

I have an ATI 9600, running on Slack 11, with 2.4.33.3.

When I boot my computer and load X, Direct rendering works.

When I close X and restart it again later (without rebooting) Direct Rendering does not work.

Why? How can I fix it?

Thanks.

Code:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 4040
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 9
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Memory at c7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at d7fe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 4041
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at c6800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
usb-storage            66848   0
fglrx                 390760   0
snd-seq-oss            23104   0  (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      3208   0  [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq                33552   2  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss            28928   0
snd-mixer-oss          11928   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
nfsd                   72880   8  (autoclean)
keybdev                 2020   0  (unused)
mousedev                4308   1
hid                    22020   0  (unused)
usbmouse                2072   0  (unused)
input                   3200   0  [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
uhci                   25404   0  (unused)
usbcore                61484   1  [usb-storage hid usbmouse uhci]
snd-cs46xx             62536   2
gameport                1436   0  [snd-cs46xx]
snd-ac97-codec         68160   0  [snd-cs46xx]
snd-pcm                52804   1  [snd-pcm-oss snd-cs46xx snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer              13168   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi            12224   0  [snd-cs46xx]
snd-seq-device          3716   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd                    34304   1  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-cs46xx snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore               3684   8  [snd]
snd-page-alloc          4980   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-mixer-oss snd-cs46xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
pcmcia_core            42820   0
ide-scsi               10224   0
3c59x                  26832   1

bioe007 · 06-21-2007, 12:03 PM

after you close X try: rmmod -f fglrx

then restart X, if that works you can add the line to your .xinitrc

mpyusko · 06-21-2007, 08:02 PM

That worked! Now where/how do I put it in my .xinitrc?

bioe007 · 06-22-2007, 10:03 AM

sorry, I think .xinitrc is not the best place for it. Its probably better to create a script in /etc/X11

something like this:

Code:

echo "Removing fglrx: rmmod -f fglrx"
rmmod -f fglrx

call it whatever you want, then chmod +x /etc/X11/<filename>

then in your ~/.xinitrc:

Code:

sh /etc/X11/<filename>
...
# plus any other commands you need
#
startxfce4    #or whatever WM you use

i can't remember if this is exactly how I did it (I'm at a different computer right now) but something along these lines should work.

I might have a thread here about this somewhere...

<edit> here it is

mpyusko · 06-23-2007, 12:10 AM

the script should be: ????

echo "Removing fglrx: rmmod -f fglrx"
su -c rmmmod -f fglrx

Shouldn't my .xinitrc be in my home directory? I'm not seeing it there.

bioe007 · 06-24-2007, 04:40 PM

sorry to be clear:

make a script (as root)

Code:

vi /etc/X11/fixmymodules
#!bin/sh
echo "Removing fglrx: rmmod -f fglrx"
rmmod -f fglrx

save the file, and make it exectutable: chmod +x /etc/X11/fixmymodules

then edit ~/.xinitrc

Code:

sh /etc/X11/fixmymodules
...
# plus any other commands you need
#
startxfce4    #or whatever WM you use

i think that should work.