2.6.7

simonalex · 08-02-2004, 10:08 AM

Hey

I know there are lots of posts out there about getting radeon drivers working, but so far none have helped.

I'm using a presario 2570AI with Radeon IGP 340M card, Redhat 9 with kernel upgraded to 2.6.7. The first time I upgraded the kernel, I had no problems getting the radeon drivers to work, but at the moment, I'm unable to use anything but the vesa ones, which don't allow me to watch movies files/dvds.

When I try to start X, it crashes a few seconds later, saying "No devices detected. Fatal server error, no screens found". The xf86 log doesn't say much more than that, besides all the module loading stuff, but I can post it if it would help.

My XF86Config:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "touchpad" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"touchpad"
	Driver		"synaptics"
	Option		"Protocol"		"auto-dev"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"LeftEdge"		"1900"
	Option		"RightEdge"		"5400"
	Option		"TopEdge"		"1900"
	Option		"BottomEdge"		"4000"
	Option		"FingerLow"		"25"
	Option		"FingerHigh"		"30"
	Option          "MaxTapTime"            "180"
	Option          "MaxTapMove"            "220"
	Option          "EmulateMidButtonTime"  "75"
	Option          "VertScrollDelta"       "100"
	Option          "MinSpeed"              "0.02"
	Option          "MaxSpeed"              "0.18"
	Option          "AccelFactor"           "0.0010"
	Option		"SHMConfig"		"on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1024x768"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 48.5
	VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	VideoRam    65536
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

The fact that I had no trouble getting them to work before makes me think it's an xf86 config error or kernel configuration error - It's a very new laptap, and I'm not yet completely sure how the kernel should be configured for it, to be honest. Can anyone help out?

Simon

kleptophobiac · 08-02-2004, 04:07 PM

If I were you, I'd recompile the kernel with no DRM (under drivers, character devices) support, and then download the ATI fglrx drivers and use them.

simonalex · 08-02-2004, 07:49 PM

Thanks for replying!

I checked out the fglrx drivers... do they support ati igp? I looked at the website, it said it currently supports Radeon 8500 and later, as well as FireGL 8700 and later. Also says kernel 2.4 is required and that 2.6 support is "under development and should be available in a future release". Weird. It might just be old though... has anyone tried it?

Under drivers for "mobile", it says to use the drivers given to you by the laptop manufacturer. Grrr.

I did try recompiling the kernel though to see if I'd accidentally missed some crucial option... no luck. This is getting frustrating.

simon.

kleptophobiac · 08-02-2004, 08:33 PM

I don't know about the IGP, but they work fine for my FireGL T2 128 in my IBM Thinkpad.

Robert_san6LX · 08-02-2004, 11:23 PM

Hello simonalex try my HOW TO http://www.geocities.com/robert_san2/index.htm

simonalex · 08-03-2004, 05:38 AM

Hey, thanks for the advice Robert (and nice HOWTO)

I tried it out, still getting the same problem though. Just not loading at all, device not found. There's something I've done here, but I'm not sure what... I'm tempted to reinstall, but that's what caused the problem in the first place.

Thanks again,
simon.

simonalex · 08-03-2004, 06:25 AM

Strange developments!

I upgraded xfree to 4.4 (I was outta ideas), and the drm build failed (presumably because I forgot I was using the kernel I'd disabled it in?

) and started X. Using mplayer now, I can get video and sound working with xv drivers (I haven't tried DVD yet) at full screen with no playback issues, and was able to use the radeon drivers!

Now, though, startx starts twm. I've used 'switchdesk' to try kde and gnome as the default window managers, but still starts up twm, although I can start a gnome-session from within twm (as strange as it appears). Using gnome-session from init3 also starts twm...

Do I need to configure the default window manager differently for this new version of xfree? Or have I just stuffed up things even more?

simon.

(Pardon all the parenthese).

simonalex · 08-03-2004, 06:56 AM

Stupid guy, I just needed to change xinitrd. I've heard tell of a ~/.xinitrc, but the one that seems to work for me is /usr/X11/xinit/xinitrc. Hopefully it will all work now!

kleptophobiac · 08-04-2004, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by simonalex
(Pardon all the parenthese).

Well, you're nowhere near the parentheses whore that I am.