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Old 09-23-2005, 01:42 PM   #1
nesor
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Can't get 3d acceleration in Ubuntu

I'm trying to get 3d acceleration going on my thinkpad. I'm running Ubuntu Breezy (updated from Hoary). It has an ATI Radeon 7500 card, which I understand is not compatible with the fglrx driver. I'm using the radeon driver now, and have followed instructions from several forums, but still no 3D acceleration.

Here's the output of glxinfo:
Code:
name of 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_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 version: 1.2
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 6.2.1)
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
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   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 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x24 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x27 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x28 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x29 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2a 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2b 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x2c 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x2d 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2e 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x2f 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x30 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x31 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  0 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
0x32 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 24  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 Slow
here's the output of lsmod:
Code:
Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 38460  0
l2cap                  24740  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              48356  4 rfcomm,l2cap
speedstep_centrino      7636  1
cpufreq_userspace       4316  1
cpufreq_stats           5252  0
freq_table              4388  2 speedstep_centrino,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       1696  0
cpufreq_ondemand        6044  0
cpufreq_conservative     6948  0
pcmcia                 26568  4
radeon                 78080  1
drm                    64884  2 radeon
video                  15748  0
sony_acpi               5324  0
pcc_acpi               11104  0
ibm_acpi               17684  0
dev_acpi               11108  0
i2c_acpi_ec             5472  0
button                  6480  0
battery                 9348  0
container               4384  0
ac                      4708  0
ipv6                  251200  6
joydev                  9984  0
tsdev                   7776  0
irtty_sir               8512  0
sir_dev                18444  1 irtty_sir
irda                  187612  2 irtty_sir,sir_dev
crc_ccitt               1984  1 irda
floppy                 59124  0
rtc                    12344  0
pcspkr                  3396  0
ipw2200               103848  0
firmware_class          9952  1 ipw2200
ieee80211              29380  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         5604  2 ipw2200,ieee80211
yenta_socket           23240  2
rsrc_nonstatic         13376  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            49284  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_intel8x0           33152  1
snd_ac97_codec         83452  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            52704  0
snd_mixer_oss          19296  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                88840  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              24164  1 snd_pcm
snd                    54884  8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10600  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_i801                8556  0
i2c_core               21200  2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_i801
tpm_atmel               5536  0
tpm_nsc                 6656  0
tpm                     9888  2 tpm_atmel,tpm_nsc
hw_random               5172  0
shpchp                 96996  0
pci_hotplug            27508  1 shpchp
intel_agp              23164  1
dm_mod                 57692  1
evdev                   9664  1
agpgart                34792  2 drm,intel_agp
nvram                   8488  1
psmouse                29924  0
mousedev               11616  1
parport_pc             35236  1
lp                     12292  0
parport                35912  2 parport_pc,lp
md                     45584  0
ext3                  136264  1
jbd                    54776  1 ext3
mbcache                 9252  1 ext3
vga16fb                12584  1
vgastate                9664  1 vga16fb
thermal                13000  0
processor              22812  2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
fan                     4484  0
ide_cd                 41572  0
cdrom                  39616  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               18464  3
ide_generic             1376  0
e1000                 101940  0
piix                   10372  1
ide_core              138772  4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,piix
ehci_hcd               34248  0
uhci_hcd               31184  0
usbcore               117884  3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
unix                   26896  847
fbcon                  38496  72
tileblit                2368  1 fbcon
font                    8224  1 fbcon
bitblit                 5632  1 fbcon
vesafb                  7992  0
cfbcopyarea             4608  2 vga16fb,vesafb
cfbimgblt               2944  2 vga16fb,vesafb
cfbfillrect             3872  2 vga16fb,vesafb
softcursor              2272  2 vga16fb,vesafb
capability              4712  0
commoncap               6816  1 capability
And here is my xorg.conf. Ubuntu incorrectly identified my card as a 9000. I added several options to "Device" based on posts in other forums, but they don't seem to have helped me.
Code:
Section "Files"
        FontPath        "unix/:7100"                    # local font server
        # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
        FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "GLcore"
        Load    "bitmap"
        Load    "ddc"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "glx"
        Load    "int10"
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "vbe"
        SubSection "extmod"
                Option  "omit xfree86-dga"
        EndSubsection
        Load    "radeon"
        Load    "xtrap"
        Load    "drm"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        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"
        Option          "EmulateWheel"
        Option          "EmulateWheelButtone"   "2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver          "synaptics"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
        Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
        Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 (M7 LW)"
        Driver          "radeon"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option          "RenderAccel"           "true"
        Option          "AGPMode"               "4"
        Option          "AGPFastWrite"          "true"
        Option          "EnablePageFlip"        "true"
        Option          "UseInternalAGPGART"    "no"
        Option          "backingstore"          "true"
        Option          "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 (M7 LW)"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
        InputDevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection
I am using the dri that comes with Ubuntu. I'll be happy to post more info if anyone out there can help.
Thanks
 
Old 11-04-2005, 09:34 PM   #2
Simon Bridge
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http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/DRIuserguide.html

To understand what you are doing... a little out of date - but comes from the dri project.
Includes some direct troubleshooting.

Make sure the radeon driver was compiled for your exact kernel using the same gcc version.
 
  


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