On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 01:05 +0100, Trygve Seljeflot wrote: > No help from the expert list , so I ask here, > > System is Mdv 2007.0 PowerPack i586, The driver loaded and 3D/DRI worked OK > after upgrade from 2006, but after some time and some system upgrades (kernel > & security mostly) it stops working. (no, i don't remember when and what I > did exactly) > > Mainboard is MSI Neo, CPU Amd-64 3200+, Videocard Radeon 9500 AD (AGP) > > After weeks of fiddling I finnaly removed all of ati/dkms, downloaded and ran > > ati-driver-installer-8.33.6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Mandriva/2007, > installed the buildt ati-8.33.6, atievents, and dkms rpm's. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# lsmod | grep agp > amd64_agp 10948 1 > agpgart 27240 2 fglrx,amd64_agp > > fglrx seems to load OK, but startx gives the blue startup screen and then > back > to cli w/the following message:
There have been cases in recent prior ATI driver versions where direct hardware rendering has not been working; driver version 8.33.6 resolved those problems in the box that I have been running tests on. So you were correct to install that version and you are basically headed in the right direction. However...when the ATI installer goes over an Xorg file that has been previously edited by the ATI installer, things can go wrong. Most times I have seen the xorg.conf file get hosed. That's one thing that's still wrong with the factory drivers, which is that the xorg.conf file gets foobared with more than one subsequent ATI driver install/edit. What I would suggest is for you to edit your xorg.conf file back to a working "vesa" configuration, and get your gui back up. For example, starting with an xorg.conf from a "Live" cd boot from your Mandriva distro would be a nice clean start. (save the live-cd generated version of the xorg.conf to your working distro install on the hard drive; /etc/X11.) Because a functional "vanilla" xorg.conf works best for this, using the vesa driver. After you get that, and verify that X is up and everything works, from a root console do aticonfig --initial which will edit your working xorg.conf to insert the lines needed to bring fglrx up and running. Restart X with a ctrl-alt-backspace or a complete reboot and see what happens. LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Off Topic or Political Discussions: http://mandrakeot.mdw1982.com/ http://www.mdw1982.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrakeot "Character is what you do when nobody's looking." - J.C. Watts °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________