glx and Radeon 9800

isoFlux · 10-31-2004, 01:08 AM

a few days ago my Nvidia GF3ti200 died after many years of faithful service. i eagerly purchased a Radeon 9800 pro and ran into a few problems trying to install ATI's linux drivers, but i soon downloaded and compiled the 2.6.7 kernel and got them working with the help of the thread titled: "ATI, Slackware 10 and 2.6.7 INSTALL GUIDE" by sovietpower.

now i am running slackware 10 with kernel version 2.6.7.

after running fglrxconfig (and using the generated conf file) i can start and use X, it is a bit laggy, and it seems that i have a problem with my glx library.

Code:

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia_agp              6940  1
ide_scsi               15492  0
agpgart                29228  1 nvidia_agp

Code:

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

   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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 24 dc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None

Code:

$ fglrxinfo
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual!

parts of /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

Code:

(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.6111
	Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
	ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="Fire GL - ATI Research GmbH, Germany"
	compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 3.14.1
	Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6

Code:

(II) fglrx(0): driver needs XFree86 version: 4.3.x
(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect XFree86 version (query_status=-3)
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed!                  *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO)             *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available                *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
(II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xd0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x08000000
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1600,8191)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1600,1200) (front color buffer - assumption)
(==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
(==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 1200)
(II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1600 x 6988
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
	Screen to screen bit blits
	Solid filled rectangles
	Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
	Offscreen Pixmaps
	Setting up tile and stipple cache:
		32 128x128 slots
		32 256x256 slots
		16 512x512 slots
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering disabled
(II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION
(II) Loading extension ATITVOUT
(==) RandR enabled
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o is unresolved!

Code:

(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA X driver not found)

in my kernel i have /dev/agpgart (AGP Support), ATI chipset support, and NVIDIA nForce/nForce2 chipset support as modules, and Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) compiled straight in (the only option), and ATI Radeon compiled as a module.

any help would be great

update:
just 2 seconds after posting, i did this:

Code:

$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions
total 964
-r--r--r--  1 root root  16484 2004-06-05 14:43 libdbe.a
-r--r--r--  1 root root  31484 2004-06-05 14:43 libdri.a
-r--r--r--  1 root root 170178 2004-06-05 14:43 libextmod.a
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     18 2004-10-08 21:46 libglx.so -> libglx.so.1.0.6111*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 683992 2004-10-08 21:46 libglx.so.1.0.6111*
-r--r--r--  1 root root  25840 2004-06-05 14:43 librecord.a
-r--r--r--  1 root root  39354 2004-06-05 14:43 libxtrap.a

it looks like libglx.so.1.0.6111 is a glx library lingering from my gf3ti200 drivers. how do i go about replacing it with one that works with my radeon?