> Righty ho, time to post .... > > I've come late to the thread, but not the issue - I posted not so long ago > about using the Radeon 9000 board under MDK. > > Here's what partially works for me: > > 1.Backup your current /etc/X11/XF86-Config 4 to .org > 2. Download the ATI Linux drivers > 3. Install them, using --force if necessary, as per their instructions (AFAICT > this is needed to overwrite the existing libGLcore stuff) > 4. Run their version of XFConfig (all as per instructions) to generate an > initial config file - don't start X Windows yet!!! > 5. Munge the .org file with the new file - things like font paths, mice, > monitors etc. In fact, I ended up just using the graphics section, and > matching the screen identifier: > > ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of graphics device sections may be present > > # Standard VGA Device: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Standard VGA" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > > # The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override > # the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified. > > # Chipset "generic" > > # The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver > # modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver > # module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line > # indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section. > > Driver "vga" > # The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices > # this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device > # section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI > # devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not > # normally be included unless there is more than one video device > # installed. > > # BusID "PCI:0:10:0" > > # VideoRam 256 > > # Clocks 25.2 28.3 > > EndSection > > # === ATI device section === > > Section "Device" > Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter" > Driver "fglrx" > # === disable PnP Monitor === > #Option "NoDDC" > # === disable/enable XAA/DRI === > Option "no_accel" "no" > Option "no_dri" "no" > # === Fire GL DDX driver module specific settings === > # === Screen Management === > Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000" > Option "Display2" "0" > Option "HSync2" "unspecified" > Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified" > Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000" > Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000" > # === OpenGL specific profiles/settings === > Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000" > # === Video Overlay for the Xv extension === > Option "VideoOverlay" "on" > # === OpenGL Overlay === > # Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay > # will be disabled automatically > Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=496e > Screen 0 > EndSection > ==================================== > > 4. Note that I had to change the BusID above to PCI 1:0:0, as it originally > configured the Digital port (1:0:1, AFAIR) - resulting in no video > > 5. GLX gears is now at 1800-2000fps!!! > > 6. I have one remaining issue - on logout from X, the console is messed up - I > can just make out multiple repeated columns of the prompt, wishy-washied all > down the screen, like TV snow. Same when I switch to another vt. > > Maybe Civileme or odd can help out here .... (Hint...) > > Anyway, good luck. Let me know if you need any more help > > Not sure about your nVIDIA stuff, though ...
Thx for the info. Can you give me some more info on the following points please: 1. The problem is that the module from ATI doesn't load if agpgart is not loaded, or am I mistaken and there was some other strange reason for my X server failing?!? 2. Do you have the agpgart loaded? 3. Does your system have a nforce2 chipset? Best regards, Adrian
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