trying to get direct rendering with ati radeon 9600

oldsko0l · 01-23-2007, 01:52 PM

Hi, I'm trying to get direct rendering on my fedora core 6
can somebody help me because I'm out of ideas... and google has no solution either -->
-I've installed fglrx

Code:

# yum install xorg-x11-drv-fglrx kmod-fglrx glx-utils

-then I configured my xorg.conf with the command 'aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
-I rebooted, but still I don't have direct redering!

extra info -->

Code:

[root@localhost oldsko0l]# glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

Code:

[root@localhost oldsko0l]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option      "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "be"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        ModelName    "Samsung SyncMaster 920T/CX911T (Analog)"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
        Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option      "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Code:

[root@localhost oldsko0l]# /sbin/lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx                 531416  9

please help me, thanks!

psisquare · 01-23-2007, 02:24 PM

I don't know why aticonfig didn't add this, but I think there should be the lines

Code:

Load "dri"
Load "glx"

in the "Module" section. If that doesn't help, have a look at '/var/log/Xorg.0.log', especially the lines marked EE (error) or WW (warning).

oldsko0l · 01-23-2007, 02:39 PM

I added it, but it doesn't work either...

Code:

[root@localhost oldsko0l]# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[root@localhost oldsko0l]# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
(WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...

psisquare · 01-23-2007, 04:49 PM

It also gives the other three warnings for me, but this one looks suspicious:

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldsko0l

(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found

I should add that I've got exactly the same device section as you. How fglrx can possibly fail to find it beats me... I'm not sure this message is really critical, though.

What I'd try at this point is to make DRI world read/writable:

Code:

Section "dri"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

I gather you did run glxinfo as root, but maybe you want to try this one anyway.

Otherwise, you could try a different version of the driver. If in doubt, get it directly from ATI.

oldsko0l · 01-24-2007, 07:16 AM

That didn't work..
euh, another driver? I'll look into it
can u use other drivers than fglrx to get 3d rendering (I'm actually trying to get beryl to work)

psisquare · 01-24-2007, 08:30 AM

Oh dear, just how did I miss the most obvious point?

glxinfo says it uses Mesa, where the name of your card should be. The driver doesn't have any serious complaints. You're using Gentoo. Ergo, this should be the solution:

Code:

# eselect opengl set ati
# source /etc/profile

Anyway, to answer your last question: The alternative to ATI's proprietary "fglrx" driver would be the free "radeon" driver. But from your xorg.conf it seems you already tried that one. Some cards (like mine) are currently not supported, so fglrx might be your only choice.

/me goes searching for the brain he misplaced somewhere...

oldsko0l · 01-24-2007, 10:31 AM

ow I didn't change my linuxquestions profile just jet.. I just changed from gentoo to fedora core (because I have to less time to compile every program..)

so any solutions for fedora core (6)? or should I just install another distro :P

psisquare · 01-24-2007, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldsko0l

so any solutions for fedora core (6)? or should I just install another distro :P

I guess you need to do the functional equivalent of the eselect command, but I've never used fedora, so I don't have a clue as to what this would be. Maybe you can find a fedora-specific HOWTO for installing fglrx... sorry I can't be of more help here.

d3L0s · 01-25-2007, 09:00 PM

I was also having trouble with the fglrx driver. I followed the steps from fedorafaq.org/#radeon but it still gave me errors. After a little more research I added:

load "extmod" to the Module section

and

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "disable"
EndSection

to the end of the file. Direct rendering is now working.