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I have a computer with an ATI X700 video card using the ATI proprietary driver with OpenSUSE 10.1. The issue is that it either has terrible performance or something's not loading properly. First off, there was no 3D support which I had with older drivers in OpenSUSE 10.0 and I also expected to see either the radeon module or the fglrx module in lsmod, but neither are there. Also glxgears gave me worse scores than I get with the old Radeon LY I have in my laptop.
After checking logs and other things, there was only one suspicious thing I could find in glxinfo.
glxinfo:
Code:
> glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
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_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
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_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
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
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
0x27 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
0x28 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
0x29 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
0x2a 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
1) is the fglrx module loaded? lsmod
2) what was the exact installation procedure? usually i) installation of the downloaded ati proprietary driver, ii) aticonfig --initial, iii) sax2 (actually I forgot the command), starting sax with the fglrx driver, that's it
3) in my case it worked fine, 3D and good performance with glxgears I get 8600 fps (X600 card)
Some did make a mistake in a earlier post. If you are using fglrx you do NOT want to load dri. Thats a interface to your hardware and will cause conflicts. Instead of making it by hand follow the aticonfig --initial suggestion. Loading dri and using fglrx will probably prevent direct rendering from working among other things.
Yes the fglrx module is loaded. By AzrielMacKay's suggestion I took the Load "DRI" out of the modules section and ran aticonfig --initial. It said there was nothing to do, so other than getting the fglrx module loaded, I'm still in the same place I started.
Also, I used ATI's installer to install the driver.
The correct expression is sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx which is best run in runlevel 3. so, just change to a console by strg-alt-F1, login as root, type init 3 and run the above mentioned sax-command. then change back to runlevel 5 by init 5 and go back to kde or gnome or whatever you use
The correct expression is sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx which is best run in runlevel 3. so, just change to a console by strg-alt-F1, login as root, type init 3 and run the above mentioned sax-command. then change back to runlevel 5 by init 5 and go back to kde or gnome or whatever you use
OK, that fixed the 3D problem and the "Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0"." message from glxinfo, but I'm still only getting about 10-15 fps with glxgears.
I just installed the new ATI proprietary driver that came out today and now I get about 260 fps with glxgears. This is an improvement, but I still get much better fps with much older and lower quality cards.
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