Usual ATI fix not working any more

Jimage · 08-10-2006, 07:58 PM

I seem to have broken my graphics drivers again. I have a Radeon 9250, and was getting "API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for" messages. The libGL.so.2 fix worked originally, but now I'm back to the original problem and replacing the library won't save me any more.

The last thing I did that might have modified anything display-wise was the latest version of WINE. I suspected it may have been something to do with not having removed the previous version first. I've uninstalled both packages, and the API errors remain.

Is there another way to fix this issue?

Cheers.

Old_Fogie · 08-11-2006, 03:08 AM

In console I found this for "aticonfig --help"

Advanced Options:
--tls={on|off}
Enable/disable fast thread local storage. Disable this option when
virtual machines or WineX fail to work properly.

Did you verify this?

What version of slackware?

Jimage · 08-12-2006, 09:18 PM

I'm not at my Linux box at the moment, so I can't try it. Shall investigate when I get home. Managed to fix the main problem anyway--just uninstalled the driver and then reinstalled and all is well again. Though now Wine keeps crashing out.

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What version of slackware?

10.2

According to fglxinfo (I think), direct rendering doesn't seem to be enabled, even though everything else is configured correctly. I've tried a few different directions on configuring X.org to enable it, but no luck as yet. Does the driver actually support direct rendering on a Radeon 9250?

Old_Fogie · 08-12-2006, 10:48 PM

Yes it does, here is a link to their secure site (yuk) for the release notes:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...x_8.27.10.html

The slack 2.4.31 and 2.6.16.3 both are setup correctly for direct rendering for me on the latest ATI drivers.

If you get the install to work from the post:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=402003

Folllow my setup notes.

In addition to xorg tho, you have to be sure your fstab is setup with the tmpfs section you have that right?

Jimage · 08-13-2006, 06:14 AM

I'm pretty sure I've followed everything in that post... minus the kernel recompilation, which I've not done at all yet. Is that a necessary step? I read the default kernel should work fine for this, but perhaps I need to recompile with extra stuff enabled?

Aye, tempfs is definitely mounted. fstab:

Code:

tempfs           /dev/shm         tmpfs       defaults         0   0

mount confirms:

Code:

tempfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)

Old_Fogie · 08-13-2006, 09:23 PM

shouldn't that be

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tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

no "e" as you have in the first part of it?

did you verify check in your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules that this line is un-commented?

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/sbin/modprobe agpgart

tho, to be honest, I'm really not sure if it is required as I can toggle it on/off and I get DRI. Pat turns it on by default.

the stock kernel 2.4.31 should be fine, but maybe you need to verify that your agp is loaded, check that ATI manual it tells you how to verify that your AGP motherboard modules are loaded or not.

shepper · 08-13-2006, 10:35 PM

The Radeon 9250 is supported with dri natively in Xorg 6.9.

I do not know if the latest ati driver gives you more fps than the older driver in Xorg 6.9 but I get ~1300 fps on my Radeon 9250 which has never given me any trouble (well maybe once when I compiled a custom kernel and forgot to put agpgart in

)

I always see alot posts from people who are having problems with the flgx. Although it may get you a few more fps It does not seem worth the effort unless you have a newer card without a native driver in Xorg. It also seems that it mucks up systems frequently and gives the NVidia crowd something to point at

Jimage · 08-13-2006, 11:49 PM

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shouldn't that be ...

Indeed it should. Still hasn't solved the issue though.

agpart is uncommented, and lspci | grep AGP (which as best I can figure is the command to which you refer) tells me

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00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)

which I guess means the AGP module is running.

Any other ideas?

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The Radeon 9250 is supported with dri natively in Xorg 6.9.

Excellent. I'm in the process of downloading it now. I assume I need to remove 6.8 before installing, or is there a way of upgrading over the top of it?

Old_Fogie · 08-14-2006, 11:57 AM

from ATI's secure readme file for version 19 they walk you thr, here is the link and the text pasted for you below.

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...x_8.19.10.html

for some reason they do not inlclude this text in the readme file's of later driver versions, which they probably should, it don't cost anything

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Version 2.6 kernels require a second kernel module in addition to agpgart, which should be named similar to the manufacturer of your motherboard AGP chipset. This error message should occur if the other agp module is not loaded.

This issue can be worked around as follows:

1. First make sure that agpgart is loading properly.
2. To find out which AGP controller your motherboard uses, issue the following command: lspci | grep AGP
3. To find a list of AGP related kernel modules installed on your machine, issue the following command and look for a module (*.ko file) that suits your AGP Controller: ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agp
4. Use the modprobe command (as root) to load the module. For example: On a motherboard using a VIA® AGP Controller, you would load the via-agp.ko using modprobe as follows (notice that the trailing.ko is omitted): modprobe via-agp

Check the modprobe manpage for more information on loading kernel modules.

5. To verify that the AGP module is already loaded, run lsmod as root. With the X server running and the connection established, the usage count of this module must be greater than zero.

If you cannot find a suitable agp module for your motherboard, then you may want to upgrade to the latest version of the Linux kernel, or check your motherboard manufacturer's website for more information.

shepper · 08-14-2006, 12:31 PM

Jimage

Sorry I mixed up my version numbers. Xorg 6.8 supports upto radeon 9250 natively.

Xorg 6.9 supports upto radeon 9600pro natively. Sorry to start you on the upgrade path. It really is not necessary to upgrade for your card.

Sorry again.

Jimage · 08-14-2006, 07:51 PM

Code:

root@jimslacker:/# ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/agp
agpgart.o.gz

No .ko files, it would seem. I also ran locate *.ko from / but there were only a few results and none of them sounded useful.

Tried throwing an "Option" "NvAGP" "1" line into xorg.conf, which I read about at a couple of sites in relation to Nforce2, to no avail.

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Sorry I mixed up my version numbers.

Heh, don't worry about it. I'm probably gonna need to upgrade anyway when my 'new' [8 months and I still haven't been able to use it because of faulty parts] components return. The sooner I try it out, the better.\

Edit

Btw, I'm getting the following warnings when installing wine, and I think the ATI driver complained as well.

Code:

/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 is not a symbolic link

/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libGLw.so.1 is not a symbolic link

Could that have something to do with it? I don't recall what I did to cause it.

Jimage · 08-16-2006, 06:05 AM

Solved! I was talking to another Slacker on MSN about the issue, and after a few possibilities that didn't work, he finally suggested installing the raw RPM, but tell it to ignore dependencies:

Code:

rpm -i --nodeps fglrx-etc.rpm

Replaced libGL.so.1.2, restarted X and boom! Instant DRI.

I also fixed those broken symlinks, but I don't remember how exactly. I think I deleted them and reinstalled X.

Wine is still crashing on a page fault, but that's a subject for another forum.

Thanks for the help, folks!