ATI Radeon 9600XT and FGLRX

andrewd18 · 08-18-2004, 09:36 PM

Um... hello. I've got an ATI 9600XT card I spent a good $200 on a year back, and I wasn't pleased when I started using Linux and found out that ATI's Linux support basically sux. I have my eyes on a nVidia 5700 card, but I'd rather not spend the money if I can get this one to work with *some* form of acceleration.

Before I started this project, I was getting 200 or so FPS out of glxgears. As of now (with some wierd re-draw issues in FireFox, and a puny screen), I'm getting somewhere between 4000 and 6000 FPS, so *something* is working the way I wanted it to. Anyway, my story:

I went to SuSE.com and downloaded the proper FGLRX RPMs and such. I followed their instructions TO THE LETTER.

I had a problem with X not starting, because it complained about the "default" not being 24-bit depth, which is what ATI's drivers support, and only support. Fine, I edited my XF86Config file, and now I have an X-server running.

But... um... one slight problem here. I'm only able to run in 640x480 resolution. What the hey is going on?

I've included the contents of my XF86Config file below. Please advise... this is WAY too small for me to work in (despite the fact that I did many years ago in Win95).

[EDIT] I should mention that when I right-click on my background, left-click on "Configure Desktop", it complains that my X-Server does not support resizing and other such nonsense. [/EDIT]

~~ Andrew D.
linuxnoob@wi.rr.com

Quote:

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2004-08-17T16:45:51-0500.
#
# Version: 4.8
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
#
# Automatically generated by [SaX2] (4.8)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "Keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 320 250
HorizSync 30-72
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1772ED"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "Starlogic"
VertRefresh 43-130
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1280x1024" 121.35 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1064
Modeline "1024x768" 73.89 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 799
Modeline "1024x768" 86.18 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 803
Modeline "1024x768" 96.73 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 808
Modeline "800x600" 44.13 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 624
Modeline "800x600" 51.73 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 628
Modeline "800x600" 58.73 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 632
Modeline "800x600" 66.71 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 635
Modeline "800x600" 73.98 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 639
Modeline "800x600" 75.47 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 640
Modeline "640x480" 27.74 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500
Modeline "640x480" 32.64 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 503
Modeline "640x480" 36.97 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 505
Modeline "640x480" 42.22 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 508
Modeline "640x480" 46.80 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 511
Modeline "640x480" 51.43 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 514
Modeline "640x480" 57.18 640 680 752 864 480 481 484 517
EndSection

Section "Device"
BoardName "RV350 AR"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "fglrx"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "ATI"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
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
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

stephen93 · 09-04-2004, 03:47 PM

Hi, I'm having exactly the same problem with Mandrake 9.1 / XFree86 4.3.0 (with updates applied) on ATI 9200SE. X starts fine but the only working resolution is 640x480. Higher resolution can be switched to using Ctrl-Alt-keypad_plus but the screen is black and the signal is missing. The problem occurs with fglrx 3.11.1, 3.9.0 and 3.7.6.

stevie_velvet · 09-05-2004, 10:40 AM

...Xfree86 4.4.0 is available

andrewd18 · 09-06-2004, 12:11 AM

First off, XFree86 4.4.0 has some major liscencing changes that causes it to be outside the GPL. I'll pass over that comment for now, but raise it again, and I'll have to unleash my super penguins.

I solved the problem by running "fglrxconfig" at the command prompt. It was like XF86Config, only for the ATI drivers. Worked wonders.

~~ Andrew D.
linuxnoob@wi.rr.com