Help with drivers for ATI 9700 pro! anyone get it?
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Help with drivers for ATI 9700 pro! anyone get it?
Alright. I know this has been a sketchy issue, as ATI's drivers aren't that good. Using the "this is how I do it all" forum, I got most of the way through. \
Code:
su
rpm2tgz filename.rpm
installpkg filename.tgz
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
sh make.sh
cd ..
sh make_install.sh
The next part was giving me trouble, as I wasn't sure what to do:
Do I run all three, or only one? I have an NForce2 mobo with 8x AGP, and an ATI Radeon 9700 pro. Last time I tried, I got one of them to work, and then the config to run...but, the drivers were not right, as my OpenGL stuff looked aweful (games, screensavers...)
Any luck? Am I off alot? Any other places I can find a good guide, or just anyone that has been successful? Thanks...this is only my second linux install, and I"m still pretty noob.
Originally posted by WMD It's agpgart, not agp-gart. Also, the ATI drivers don't work with Slack 10, if you have that.
why dont they work?? 3.9 had to be patched to isntall with the 2.6.7 kernel.. but that was not a slackware issue.. that was a 2.6.6 & 2.6.7 issue...
either way.. the above was resolved with ATI's 3.11.1 driver release.
ajbrouwe: The odds are you already have agpgart and intel-agp loaded if you are useing the radeon driver... if you are using the radeon driver you need go to init 3 and rmmod radoen before modprobing fglrx or you will get an error.
either way.. in init 3 you can modprobe those in this order.. agpgart, intel-agp, fglrx. Im sure they can be inserted in any order.. but this way seems logical... afterwards be sure to run fglrxconfig... on all my machines i have to comment out busid to get x to load afterwards.
They don't work with slack ten??? And no, i'm still on the 2.4 kernel (scared to try to compile the new one...). So, there is no way for me to get video drivers working on here?
Trey: What must I comment out? This is assuming they work...in xorg.conf? And, is there any good way to tell if they are are working? And, for the patch...? Sorry, I am VERY noob . But, thank you for your patience and support in my learning. Any help would be awesome!
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9500 Pro
OpenGL version string: 1.3 (X4.3.0-3.11.1)
Module Size Used by
fglrx 212876 7
nvidia_agp 6044 1
agpgart 27816 2 nvidia_agp
Currently running Slackware 10 on a abit AN7 motherboard, NForce2 chipset, kernel 2.6.7. Only thing i have had 2 do 2 get them working is change my agp rate in bios 2 4x, i have never been able 2 get ATi's driver 2 work on 8x agp, also i have not used any patch
root@Home:/lib/modules/fglrx# modprobe agpgart
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep
root@Home:/lib/modules/fglrx# modprobe intel - agp
root@Home:/lib/modules/fglrx# modprobe intel-agp
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep
modprobe: Can't locate module intel-agp
I don't get it! I am on 2.4 kernel, by the way. Any ideas???
not really...I used forcedeth to get the LAN working; alsa detected the sound fine. But, I am using a 9700 pro! I don't get why THIS is so difficult. Just the one part that is making me struggle installing the drivers. Someone who has been here and gotten it to work?
Could u please do this
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
navigate too Device Drivers - Character devices
then /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) this should compiled as a module
then NVIDIA nForce/nForce2 chipset support this should also be compiled as a module
and this should be turned off Direct Rendering Manager
Also this isn't difficult i have the same chipset as you do and a Radeon 9500 pro Grafx card.
root@Home:/lib/modules/fglrx# modprobe agpgart
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep
root@Home:/lib/modules/fglrx# modprobe intel-agp
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep
modprobe: Can't locate module intel-agp
Is still the result!
All of the items you mentioned above were correct, except Direct Rendering Manager, which I had to turn off. How did you get this work??? I use the above mentioned code, and get those errors above.
NO...I have NOT ran fglrxconfig- command not found. This is when I do it as root, from the directory. THese are the exact steps I took:
Code:
su
rpm2tgz filename.rpm
installpkg filename.tgz
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
sh make.sh
cd ..
sh make_install.sh
modprobe agpgart
modprobe fglrx
fglrxconfig
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