On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:16:15 -0700 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it possible to make ATI proprietary driver fglrx work with the > latest xorg packages? Yes. I have fglrx working with xorg and the stock Debian 686 kernel in an up-to-date sid installation. > > I installed fglrx packages (build the kernel module etc.) but it > doesn't seem to accept xorg 7: > > (II) fglrx(0): UMM Bus area: 0xd0acb000 (size=0x07535000) > (II) fglrx(0): UMM area: 0xd0acb000 (size=0x07535000) > (II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 6.8.x.y with x.y >= 99.8 > (II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.0.0.0 > (II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI > (II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) > drmOpenDevice: Open failed > [drm] failed to load kernel module "fglrx" > (II) fglrx(0): [drm] drmOpen failed > (EE) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit failed! > (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): ********************************************* * > > does it mean it's not going to work until ATI releases a new > driver with support for xorg 7? Anybody had any success with the free > driver (it has at least some 3D experimental features). > > relevant packages: > > ii fglrx-control 8.24.8-1 > ii fglrx-driver 8.24.8-1 > ii fglrx-driver-dev 8.24.8-1 > ii fglrx-kernel-2.6.15jojda 8.24.8-1+jojda.0 > ii fglrx-kernel-src 8.24.8-1 > > ii xserver-xorg 7.0.22 > > TIA, > > erik > > The first thing you should do is ignore xorg and check whether the fglrx kernel module can be loaded. What does 'modprobe fglrx' tell you? -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]