Still no 3d acceleration after running 'aticonfig'

erpe · 05-04-2006, 07:53 AM

I ninstalled the fglrxdrivers succefully with the backport repositories on Etch. I ran 'aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf' toset up my xorg.conf. Unfortunatly after rwboot I still haven't got any 3d acceleration

Anu ideas on how to proceed? Here's my xorg:

Code:

# xorg.conf (Xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
#   md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

			# local font server
	# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "bitmap"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "ddc"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "evdev"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "int10"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "CoreKeyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc104"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 65.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig Monitor 0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]"
	Driver      "ati"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Default Screen"
	Device     "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]"
	Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     1
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig Screen 0"
	Device     "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig Monitor 0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

b0uncer · 05-04-2006, 08:07 AM

I'm not completely sure (in a hurry) but you have two definitions for your card, one with the software "ati" driver and the other one with "fglrx". Also you seem to have two screens, "Screen" and "DefaultScreen", where "DefaultScreen" uses the software "ati" driver and the other one fglrx; if I understood correctly, your default config does not use fglrx but the software ati driver.

Quick test to see if I got it right or not (make a backup copy of your xorg.conf first if you're not sure you remember how to revert this):

change the following:

Quote:

Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]"

to this:

Quote:

Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"

that ought to make the other screen that's defined use the fglrx driver, not the ati (software driver). if it doesn't work, then just do that vice versa and you'd be back where you started (in case you run into trouble).

if your fglrx driver works, actually, you can safely remove any devices that are configured to use "ati" driver (and leave only that which uses "fglrx" driver), to shorten your xorg.conf

EDIT: to get that change "visible", you have to either restart your X or reboot (which does restart X quite efficiently); to restart X simply CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE or, if that doesn't do the trick, get console and kill gdm processes (/etc/init.d/gdm stop) and if you're still seeing graphics, kill X. then simply run startx to test

erpe · 05-04-2006, 08:27 AM

Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunatly it didn't work. After adjusting my xorg X wouldn't even start. So I copied my old xorg.conf back. I also tried changing

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]"
Driver "ati"

to

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]"
Driver "fglrx"

Unfortunatly no succes