Amd64 AGP support?
Hi, first post here.
I'm attempting hardware acceleration but I don't know if I'm needing driver support or not. I started out with 2.4.27 kernel and found precomplied 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 kernel. Everything works nicely after apt-get install / reboot except glx. uanme -a Linux giz2z 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 #1 Sun Oct 2 21:26:54 UTC 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation: Unknown device 1689 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation: Unknown device 5246 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation M5249 HTT to PCI Bridge 0000:00:03.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1563 HyperTransport South Bridge (rev 70) 0000:00:03.1 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 20) 0000:00:0e.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c7) 0000:00:0e.1 Unknown mass storage controller: ALi Corporation: Unknown device 5289 (rev 10) 0000:00:0f.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:0f.1 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:0f.3 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01) 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 03) 0000:02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) -------------------------------------------------- lsmod | grep agpgart giz2z:/var/log# lsmod Module Size Used by isofs 36492 0 ipv6 264296 17 af_packet 23308 2 8139cp 21312 0 ehci_hcd 30852 0 snd_intel8x0 35988 0 snd_ac97_codec 73220 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 100876 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 24968 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 12944 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 5120 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 8192 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 26532 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 9164 1 snd_rawmidi snd 56936 7 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device ohci_hcd 21252 0 ali5455 36132 1 ac97_codec 20568 1 ali5455 soundcore 11232 3 snd,ali5455 8139too 26048 0 mii 6016 2 8139cp,8139too tsdev 8576 0 mousedev 11852 2 evdev 10944 0 nls_cp437 7296 1 ntfs 89704 1 psmouse 19340 0 ide_cd 42016 0 cdrom 39208 1 ide_cd ext3 119760 2 jbd 58288 1 ext3 mbcache 9928 1 ext3 ide_generic 1856 0 ide_disk 20864 6 alim15x3 12760 1 ide_core 154336 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,alim15x3 sd_mod 21440 0 ata_piix 9028 0 libata 42632 1 ata_piix scsi_mod 129696 2 sd_mod,libata unix 29696 450 font 9152 0 vesafb 6960 0 cfbcopyarea 4160 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3328 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 4352 1 vesafb ----------------------------------- I'm assuming I cm needing driver support...I can't find any, not even at the manufacturers website. I attempted to compile from source includeding the appropriate driver for my chipset compiled as module as suggested, only it doesn't appear (anymore), as an option with make xconfig under the /dev/agpgart section...it used to. It may be a matter of just finding the source. It appears the drivers for the card itself in installed properly. glxinfo | grep rendering direct rendering: No At this point, I don't know which direction to go...note: I've installed this kernel with apt-get install, no source seems to be available with apt-cache search under the same kernel version number via my /etc/apt/sources.list Any help and/or direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
Looks like you need to build your own kernel with Matrox graphics support added, first it looks like no agpgart module is loaded and no support for the graphics either;
lsmod | grep mga mga 57984 2 drm 66324 3 mga That 2.6.8 kernel is a bit old, get the latest released source (2.6.18.2) from; http://kernel.org/ and build your own with support for the Matrox video card. A snippet from a kernel .config file as an example; Code:
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Thanks'a'mil
Yes, it does work now.
Thanks for the direction. --Norman |
Your welcome, glad to help.
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