ATI RADEON 9250 and glxinfo |grep vendor

[Fintan]

I have been trying to get fglrx to run under my radeon 9250 card.

I followed the instructions: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

At the beginning they metion:
Method 1: Install the Driver the Ubuntu Way

IMPORTANT: This method will not work with 2.6.20.* kernels.

So I installed fglrx with synaptic and it installed fine. I went through the rest of the "how to" and did the reboot. I ended up with a black screen and had to reconfigure xserver.

Obviously glxinfo | grep rendering
gives me no at the moment

How can I get fglrx running?

Here is a copy of the pertant parts my xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 9250"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Standardbildschirm"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI RADEON 9250"
Monitor "Standardbildschirm"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

When I change ati in "device" to fglrx the above mentioned behavior sets in.

[Rog131]

Re: ATI RADEON 9250 under Feisty

Did you notice that: (from Ubuntu Feisty Installation Guide)

The latest fglrx driver supports Radeon 9500+ and the X-series cards up to X1900.

and
(from AMD Proprietary Linux Release Notes/This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver version 8.35.5)

Note: Software driver support for AMD FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktop products prior to the Radeon® 9500 is available from ati.com

If you click http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html > Linux > Radeon > Radeon 9250 it jumps to the ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version 8.28.8


Hmm - from repositories:

:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9600 XT
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8 )

[Fintan]

Re: ATI RADEON 9250 under Feisty

Thanks for the info and no I didn't notice that little tidbit
Quote"The latest fglrx driver supports Radeon 9500+ and the X-series cards up to X1900."
Does this mean I have to install the "older" driver from ati or does this mean fglrx in the current version (repository) just won't work, even if i do install the "older" driver?

[Rog131]

Re: ATI RADEON 9250 under Feisty

I think that you need fglrx version 8.28.8 (or older) from ati/amd. Then you proceed with Method 2: Install the Driver Manually. Hmm - not ati-driver-installer-8.35.5-x86.x86_64.run but ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run (note there is separate 64 version). With method 2 you make own deb packages from ati's installer (so you can easily remove drivers - hmm is there uninstaller in the ati package ?)

Note
I tried method 2 in the dapper (8.30.3). I ended something like this: gdm loop (to me it was kdm loop ) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=233023. Kde just died at the start - no errors in the dmesg/Xorg.0.log . So i fell back to the repo version (8.25.18).

Maybe you want to try Envy:
http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

What is Envy?:

"Envy" is an application for Ubuntu Linux written in Python and PyGTK which will:
1) detect the model of your graphic card (ATI and Nvidia cards are supported). However "Manual installation" is also available
2) download the right version of the proprietary driver for your ATI or Nvidia card from ATI or Nvidia's websites
3) handle the dependencies (compilers, OpenGL, etc.) (according to your OS version and kernel) required to build the module
4) install/uninstall the driver
5) set up your xorg.conf (i.e. the configuration file of the Xserver) for you (according to your system specifications)
6) restart the Xserver for you (if you wish so) (this feature is available only in the textual interface)

Note #1
I haven't tried this but the idea is good.

Note#2
From http://albertomilone.com/wordpress/

Envy doesn’t support Feisty yet. Envy 0.9.x for Feisty will be released when it’s ready.

If timetable (FeistyReleaseSchedule / https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyReleaseSchedule) is correct, final release April 19th.

[Fintan]

Re: ATI RADEON 9250 under Feisty

Great, sounds promising. Kudos for that. Thank you

[enchesss]

Re: ATI RADEON 9250 and glxinfo |grep vendor

just managed to install radeon video card using these instructions.

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

Can this be made easier? - I think so!

got scaared when i rebooted without the card in but it worked after installing the card.

(had to remove the card to install the drivers though).