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ATI 9600 on RHEL5

I download ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86 in ATI.com, and install it on my RHEL5, then run it, select "Install Driver 8.36.5 on X.org 7.1.x", (when I select "Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package", the list have only rhel4, but not rhel5). After install it, run aticonfig --initial. After reboot system, I run system-config-display, it report:

Code:

[root@localhost software]# system-config-display

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 381, in ?

    dialog = xConfigDialog.XConfigDialog(hardware_state, xconfig, rhpxl.videocard.VideoCardInfo())

  File "/usr/share/system-config-display/xConfigDialog.py", line 645, in __init__

    self.xml.get_widget("secondMonitorLabel").set_text(monitor_list[1].modelname)

TypeError: GtkLabel.set_text() argument 1 must be string, not None

so I cannot open it, but after I run "/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh", I can run system-config-display.

After uninstall fglrx, run glxgears, it's so slow:

Code:

1862 frames in 5.1 seconds = 364.335 FPS

1921 frames in 5.3 seconds = 362.950 FPS

1921 frames in 5.3 seconds = 362.843 FPS

3277 frames in 5.0 seconds = 649.926 FPS

3842 frames in 5.2 seconds = 744.068 FPS

4294 frames in 5.2 seconds = 833.539 FPS

3616 frames in 5.0 seconds = 719.193 FPS

4294 frames in 5.1 seconds = 842.681 FPS

4520 frames in 5.0 seconds = 899.452 FPS

4580 frames in 5.1 seconds = 899.725 FPS

4520 frames in 5.0 seconds = 897.355 FPS

4407 frames in 5.0 seconds = 881.189 FPS

4294 frames in 5.1 seconds = 840.756 FPS

3729 frames in 5.1 seconds = 728.308 FPS

When I run the game FlightGear, it said:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# fgfs

freeglut (fgfs): Unable to create direct context rendering for window 'FlightGear'

This may hurt performance.

And when I run "googleearth", it said:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# googleearth

Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

The program cannot be opened.

How can I do for the display card?

The /etc/x11/xorg.conf file:

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display



Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier    "single head configuration"

        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Keyboard0"

        Driver      "kbd"

        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"

        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"



 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:

        Identifier  "Monitor0"

        ModelName    "Philips 107S(17inch/CM6800)"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:

        HorizSync    30.0 - 66.0

        VertRefresh  50.0 - 130.0

        Option      "dpms"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier  "Videocard0"

        Driver      "radeon"

EndSection





Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"

        Device    "Videocard0"

        Monitor    "Monitor0"

        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    24

                Modes    "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400" "640x350"

        EndSubSection

EndSection

The easy way:

Install the rpmforge-release package as instructed here; http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B

Install the freshrpms-release package found here:

rpm -Uvh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp....fc.noarch.rpm

When done with both type (as root): yum install dkms ati-x11-drv

Then edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, example file below. ;

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display



Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier    "single head configuration"

        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

        InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"

EndSection



Section "Files"

EndSection



Section "Module"

        Load  "dri"

        Load  "extmod"

        Load  "glx"

EndSection



Section "ServerFlags"

        Option            "AIGLX" "off"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Keyboard0"

        Driver      "kbd"

        Option            "XkbModel" "pc105"

        Option            "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Synaptics"

        Driver      "synaptics"

        Option            "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

        Option            "Protocol" "auto-dev"

        Option            "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"



        Identifier  "Monitor0"

        ModelName    "Philips 107S(17inch/CM6800)"

        Option      "dpms"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier  "Videocard0"

        Driver      "fglrx"

        Option            "Centermode" "off"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"

        Device    "Videocard0"

        Monitor    "Monitor0"

        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    24

                Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "DRI"

        Group        0

        Mode        0666

EndSection



Section "Extensions"

        Option            "Composite" "False"

EndSection

Then restart X or reboot system.

Sample results:

Code:

$ glxgears

5632 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1126.354 FPS

6149 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1229.702 FPS

6151 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1230.037 FPS

6150 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1229.905 FPS



[lenard@Aspire5100 ~]$ glxinfo

name of display: :0.0

display: :0  screen: 0

direct rendering: Yes

server glx vendor string: SGI

server glx version string: 1.2

Thanks for help.
After install the two rpms, when I run the command:

Code:

[root@localhost software]# yum install dkms ati-x11-drv

Loading "installonlyn" plugin

Loading "rhnplugin" plugin

This system is not registered with RHN.

RHN support will be disabled.

Setting up Install Process

Setting up repositories

rpmforge                  100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00

Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/5Client/mirrors-freshrpms error was

[Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found

Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: freshrpms

And I've installed ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run download from ati.com.

Sorry I forgot to mention that some minor editing of the /etc/yum.repos.d/freshrpms.repo is needed;

[freshrpms]
name=Fedora Core 6 - $basearch - Freshrpms
mirrorlist=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/6/mirrors-freshrpms
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-freshrpms
gpgcheck=1

Quote:

And I've installed ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run download from ati.com.

Then remove it, quoting from: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...36.5-inst.html

Quote:

Automatic or Custom Driver Installations

If the ATI Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver was installed using either the Automatic or Custom options, then do the following:

1. Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the /usr/share/ati folder.
2. With super user permissions, enter the command "sh ./fglrx-uninstall.sh"