Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
Hello! I previously reported that I had problems with getting 3D support working. Well, now it's working! :-) I'm using a 2.6.0 kernel + the latest drivers from Ati. But I think I need to get a better graphics card, because this isn't what I would call cool performance 8-(. Tuxracer(the commercial version) is playable in 640x480(32 bit), but in 1024x768 you see that the graphics rendering isn't as soft as 640x480. I have a Pentium4 at 2.8Ghz with AGP8x, and I think this is a bit silly. My littlebrother has an 1.53Ghz with WindowsXP, and he can run Tuxracer in 1024x768 with smooth graphics. It's going to be exciting to see how well the graphics is going to improve with the Xfree86 4.4, once it get's released. I think I'm going to buy myself a Radeon9600XT, because my current card: Radeon9600se sucks, or perhaps the fault is Linux not the graphic card? Björn Johansson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
Bjorn Johansson wrote: Hello! I previously reported that I had problems with getting 3D support working. Well, now it's working! :-) I'm using a 2.6.0 kernel + the latest drivers from Ati. But I think I need to get a better graphics card, because this isn't what I would call cool performance 8-(. Tuxracer(the commercial version) is playable in 640x480(32 bit), but in 1024x768 you see that the graphics rendering isn't as soft as 640x480. I have a Pentium4 at 2.8Ghz with AGP8x, and I think this is a bit silly. My littlebrother has an 1.53Ghz with WindowsXP, and he can run Tuxracer in 1024x768 with smooth graphics. It's going to be exciting to see how well the graphics is going to improve with the Xfree86 4.4, once it get's released. I think I'm going to buy myself a Radeon9600XT, because my current card: Radeon9600se sucks, or perhaps the fault is Linux not the graphic card? Björn Johansson Your settings must be wrong. My setup: Athlon XP 2500+ Radeon 9000 Pro (4x AGP) I run Neverwinter Nights at 1280x1024 w/ full eye candy and get about 35 - 50 fps (depending on what is going on in the game. -Roberto signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
On Monday 05 January 2004 05:30 pm, Björn Johansson wrote: I've recently installed a 2.6.0 kernel, and I have a problem with the graphics in X. The problem is that I can't succesfully recompile the fglrx driver, so the system uses MESA instead of the graphic libraries provided by the official ATI package. Is it possible to use the Ati FireGL drivers with 2.6? Check for instructions (and a patch) on www.rage3d.com, in the Linux forum. I got 3.2.8 to compile with those instructions. Initially, I had errors when starting kdm (and many other apps) that caused X to exit; the logs showed entries like Can't register SecondaryColorxxxEXT. Fixed by removing /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so, which was not provided by the ATI drivers; libGL.so.1 was. Also, you must be actively running the desired kernel to compile the module using ATI's script. Run the installation from a text-mode window with the modules radeon and radeonfb not loaded. -- Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 the mental interface of Björn Johansson told: Hello! I've recently installed a 2.6.0 kernel, and I have a problem with the graphics in X. The problem is that I can't succesfully recompile the fglrx driver, so the system uses MESA instead of the graphic libraries provided by the official ATI package. Is it possible to use the Ati FireGL drivers with 2.6? Which radeon chip do you have? There are some which are running perfect with the GPL-DRI drivers ;-) Ciao Elimar -- Alles was viel bedacht wird ist bedenklich!;-) Friedrich Nietzsche pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
Rob Sims wrote: On Monday 05 January 2004 05:30 pm, Björn Johansson wrote: I've recently installed a 2.6.0 kernel, and I have a problem with the graphics in X. The problem is that I can't succesfully recompile the fglrx driver, so the system uses MESA instead of the graphic libraries provided by the official ATI package. Is it possible to use the Ati FireGL drivers with 2.6? Check for instructions (and a patch) on www.rage3d.com, in the Linux forum. I got 3.2.8 to compile with those instructions. Initially, I had errors when starting kdm (and many other apps) that caused X to exit; the logs showed entries like Can't register SecondaryColorxxxEXT. Fixed by removing /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so, which was not provided by the ATI drivers; libGL.so.1 was. Also, you must be actively running the desired kernel to compile the module using ATI's script. Run the installation from a text-mode window with the modules radeon and radeonfb not loaded. -- Rob The ATI 3.7.0 driver works out of the box. The open source DRI drivers also work great. -Roberto signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
On Tuesday 06 January 2004 10:39 am, Roberto Sanchez wrote: The ATI 3.7.0 driver works out of the box. The open source DRI drivers also work great. Does the open driver support DRI and dual heads simultaneously? DRI doesn't work with Xinerama. The proprietary driver provides a single framebuffer mode to allow dual head and DRI. If the open driver does do this, where do I get it? The ones in the X package seem to have the DRI/dual head exclusion. -- Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 the mental interface of Rob Sims told: On Tuesday 06 January 2004 10:39 am, Roberto Sanchez wrote: The ATI 3.7.0 driver works out of the box. The open source DRI drivers also work great. Does the open driver support DRI and dual heads simultaneously? DRI doesn't work with Xinerama. The proprietary driver provides a single framebuffer mode to allow dual head and DRI. If the open driver does do this, where do I get it? The ones in the X package seem to have the DRI/dual head exclusion. 1st you have to check your radeon chip. Not all cards are supported from http://dri.sourceforge.net. Please check also the list archive at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=6511. Ciao Elimar -- Obviously the human brain works like a computer. Since there are no stupid computers humans can't be stupid. There are just a few running with Windows or even CE ;-) pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
Rob Sims wrote: On Tuesday 06 January 2004 10:39 am, Roberto Sanchez wrote: The ATI 3.7.0 driver works out of the box. The open source DRI drivers also work great. Does the open driver support DRI and dual heads simultaneously? DRI doesn't work with Xinerama. The proprietary driver provides a single framebuffer mode to allow dual head and DRI. If the open driver does do this, where do I get it? The ones in the X package seem to have the DRI/dual head exclusion. -- Rob I don't know about dual-head or xinerama (I have only one monitor), but the dri drvers are packaged with the kernel releases. Optionally you can get CVS or snapshots of your card's code from dri.sf.net. I have been getting full DRI support since about 2.4.23/2.6.0-test4 including 25% better framerate in glxgears than with the binary ATI drivers. -Roberto signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
Hello! I've recently installed a 2.6.0 kernel, and I have a problem with the graphics in X. The problem is that I can't succesfully recompile the fglrx driver, so the system uses MESA instead of the graphic libraries provided by the official ATI package. Is it possible to use the Ati FireGL drivers with 2.6? This is what happens when I try to compile the fglrx: cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/ ./make.sh Initializing... Probing for VMA API version... Check result are inconsistent!!! none of the probed versions did succeed. Aborting module build. With the 2.4.22 kernel this firegl works very good. Björn Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 01:30:26AM +0100, Bj?rn Johansson wrote: Is it possible to use the Ati FireGL drivers with 2.6? I don't know about this specific case, but binary drivers usually won't work for a whole new kernel. Maybe a driver for 2.4.22 will work fine with 2.4.23, but probably not with 2.6. You might have to wait until ATI releases drivers for 2.6. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crasseux.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: ATI Radeon driver + Linux2.6?
Björn Johansson wrote: Hello! I've recently installed a 2.6.0 kernel, and I have a problem with the graphics in X. The problem is that I can't succesfully recompile the fglrx driver, so the system uses MESA instead of the graphic libraries provided by the official ATI package. Is it possible to use the Ati FireGL drivers with 2.6? This is what happens when I try to compile the fglrx: cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/ ./make.sh Initializing... Probing for VMA API version... Check result are inconsistent!!! none of the probed versions did succeed. Aborting module build. With the 2.4.22 kernel this firegl works very good. Björn Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ATI's 3.7.0 version of fglrx work fine in 2.6 kernels (I am running it now on 2.6.1-rc1-mm2). But I have never seen the error you describe. -Roberto signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
