On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 06:12:58PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > Howdy List, > > I'm trying to setup Debian Etch on a new Dell Inspiron 1501. X is > working great so far, except that I cannot get DRI enabled. I can > modprobe radeon and tell the xorg.conf to use the radeon driver, but > glxinfo still reports no DRI. > > Looking in the xorg.log file it says screen :0 is not dri capable. So I > have tried adjusting refresh rates and resolution and everything but > still the same error message. > > Finally I realized that it is not creating a /dev/dri/card0 device. I > am assuming 'it' would be udev, in this instance, probably because > there is no '*_agp' module loaded. So I tried loading each of the *_agp > modules present in the 2.6.18-4-amd64 kernel but still > no /dev/dri/card0. I have seen others say they got DRI working on their > 1501, so I am hoping someone knows what I need to do or maybe another > 1501 user can share some config details with me. > > Any hints or tips?
Write to ATI. Tell them that unless they release F/OSS linux drivers--and soon--they've lost a customer to someone who does. Then call them and tell them the same thing. Then you can, if you really need DRI, look into the proprietary fglrx driver and module. kernel module building and the non-free repository and needed here. make-kpkg or module-assistant work well for this, module-assistant is probably easier to jump into. But the module will taint the kernel. And, if you're using unstable, the driver will require you to mess with holds of x.org and/or use a (further) illegal hack. Look through the debian-user archives if that applies to you. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
