3d accelleration

[ITA]freeware · 09-13-2004, 01:53 PM

hi...

i need some help because i encountered some problems enabling 3d accelleration following
the unofficial fedora faq...http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon...i tried to install it but the rpm doesn't work...the patch doesn't function obviously...so i can't do $ fgl_glxgears...please have anybody here enabled 3d accelleration? I run fedora core 2 with kernel 2.6.6-1.435 and ati radeon 9600 pro....have a nice day...

Andrew Benton · 09-13-2004, 05:27 PM

This is a hardware, not software question as it's your ati radeon graphics card which does the 3D acceleration. I can't help you as I have an Nvidia card and hence no experience of what to do to get an ati card working. You should word the title of your thread so that it attracts the attention of people who do have ati cards, and perhaps you should post it in the hardware forum?

Jimbo99 · 09-13-2004, 06:55 PM

Technically it could be both. He is setting up the software side of the hardware, hence it is software.

[ITA]freeware · 09-14-2004, 05:53 AM

i know that to enable it i have to install, patch and configure some modules...it is software. anybody here knows how to?

anyway...i follow istructions on the site http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon so i download drivers and patch. in first i 'm not sure of my xfree version because check.sh doesn't function so i download drivers for xfree 4.3...i run the rpm...this is the message who it writes to me...

Code:

[root@localhost linux]# rpm -Uvh --force fglrx-4.3.0-*.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:fglrx                  ########################################### [100%]
*** Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
*** WARNING ***
Tailored kernel module for fglrx not present in your system.
You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir
and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module.
Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh'
in order to install the module into your kernel's module repository.
(see readme.txt for more details.)
 
As of now you can still run your XServer in 2D, but hardware acclerated
OpenGL will not work and 2D graphics will lack performance.
 
failed.
*** Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
Error:
XFree86 drm includes at /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/build/include/../drivers/char/drm do not fit this driver.
This driver is designed to only work with X4.1.0 or higher.
You can match this by getting Linux kernel 2.4.8 or higher.
*** WARNING ***
Tailored kernel module for fglrx not present in your system.
You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir
and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module.
Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh'
in order to install the module into your kernel's module repository.
(see readme.txt for more details.)
 
As of now you can still run your XServer in 2D, but hardware acclerated
OpenGL will not work and 2D graphics will lack performance.
 
failed.
*** Warning ***
The QT based control panel application did not load in any version.
 ===
ATI display drivers successfully installed
please run 'fglrxconfig' now
 ===

so i think it doesn't work..(how much quick is this boy!:--)
i try anyway to make it working installing the patch...

Code:

[root@localhost linux]# cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
[root@localhost build_mod]# gunzip -c /tmp/fglrx-fedora.patch.gz | patch -p1
patching file 2.6.x/Makefile
patching file make.sh
Hunk #2 succeeded at 995 (offset -3 lines).
[root@localhost build_mod]# sh make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
Error:
XFree86 drm includes at /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/build/include/../drivers/char/drm do not fit this driver.
This driver is designed to only work with X4.1.0 or higher.
You can match this by getting Linux kernel 2.4.8 or higher.

so i stop here the patch process. where i fall? byez and thank you!