ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

[crl6904]

Hi,

I've got a problem with ATI 9200SE video card and Kubuntu. 3D works very slowly,.,,

An example :

glxgears

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
1751 frames in 5.2 seconds = 334.351 FPS
2260 frames in 5.4 seconds = 421.838 FPS

fgl_glxgears

Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
 Major opcode of failed request: 142 (GLX)
 Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
 Serial number of failed request: 30
 Current serial number in output stream: 30

Tried to install aTI driver and open source drivers : the open source driver gives me the limited amount seen above, meanwhile ATI gives an error (via ENVY)...
the card is seen as ATI 9200 series, supported by the legacy driver but ATI's legacy driver does not support my OS (Kubuntu 7.04).

Don't understand what's going on...

Ca anyone help?Thanks
crl6904

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

Could you post both the modules section and the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

ok. where do I find the modules section?

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

That file should contain a

Section "Module" with a series of Load lines in it such as

Load "glx"
Load "extmod"

etc

and a section device that looks something like this and has your video card and driver info

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:0:13:0"
VideoRam 128000
EndSection

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

MODULE :

Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

DEVICE

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"generic"
	Driver		"vesa"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

haven't got a clue what's happening...
thanks
crl6904

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

I have done some more research on this.

Firstly I wonder if you installed the fglrx driver before trying to install the open source driver because things left behind from the fglrx install would explain the dri problems.

Also need to know if you are using dvi because this is broken for the rv280 9200 series cards unless you recompile the driver.


Also paste the results of the following:


glxinfo |grep vendor

and

lsmod | grep fglrx

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

as soon as I get home I will paste the codes.......but before I do so I can already confirm that I installed the fglrx driver before trying to install the open source driver.

Should I check if there is DVI in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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I think there is also something else that might be important. If I remember correctly fglrx is not in modules but in linux restricted modules.

thanks
crl6904

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

"Should I check if there is DVI in /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

I'm referring to the output you are using for your system.
Is your monitor connected to your graphics card through the standard 15 pin vga Dsub connector or are you using the dvi connector.

If you are confused about that copy and paste this link to look at a picture:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...28D+Video+Card


This is important because the 9200 dvi port doesn't seem to function correctly with the open source drivers without recompiling the driver after making a few changes.

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

screen vga

glxinfo | grep vendor

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: ATI
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: [url]www.mesa3d.org[/url]

lsmod | grep fglrx ............nothing............

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

Having done quite a bit of research on this the ubuntu docs on radeon installation seem solid so we'll go primarily with that.

First I'm surprised fglrx is not loaded but lets run modprobe just to be sure:

sudo modprobe -r fglrx

If this happens to cause an error you can post back.


Your primary problem seems to revolve around the libGL.so library/link remaining from fglrx install.

remove the fglrx drivers:

sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx

and fix up the libraries:

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri

Now backup your present working xorg.conf file. If you already happen to have a backup named xorgbakgood.conf in /etc/X11 then name the second file, which is the destination, something else:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorgbakgood.conf

Now make changes to the xorg.conf file

kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

In Section "Device" change the Driver from "vesa" to "radeon"

Important: Maintain a set of quotes around the word as is done with vesa.

At the end of the file, after everything else, paste the following:

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Save the file and exit

-------------- If X won't start

If, when you restart X, it pukes and won't bring up a screen then you can reboot the machine(try ctrl-alt-del first to see if you can bring it down) and choose recovery mode to boot to a command prompt. If the boot menu doesn't come up you need to press ESC key to bring it up during boot. There should be a message saying this.

Once you are at a command prompt you will need to:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorgbakgood.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf

to copy your original good xorg file over the changes we made.
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Saving any work, close open desktop applications and press ctrl-alt-backspace to restart X.

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

hi.

thanks for your help so far!! I'd like to ask you a few questions before I start.

sudo modprobe -r fglrx

1) if after entering that command, I get an error, do I stop or continue?

2) fglrx. I took a lookaround last night and I found that the fglrx files is in restricted modules. is it correct?

Thanks
crl6904

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

1) if after entering that command, I get an error, do I stop or continue?

If the error suggests there is no such module found it should be fine to continue. If there is another error that looks odd you can paste the error in this thread.

fglrx. I took a lookaround last night and I found that the fglrx files is in restricted modules. is it correct?

restricted common is a dependency for xorg-driver-fglrx, but everything isn't in the restricted packages.
You don't want to go in and rip out the restricted packages because many different things, including wireless support, have necessary components in the restricted packages. There are ways of blacklisting particular modules if it turns out the fglrx module is loaded and it is loaded again upon reboot.

I guess I should have just left the modprobe out to avoid confusion because it shouldn't be necessary.
lsmod didn't show it loading so modprobe -r is just a doublecheck on this.

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

sudo modprobe -r fglrx

does nothing

follwed instructions and had to restart xserver.....

haven't got a clue....

[opie]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

You mean that you did everything I suggested and when you restarted X it gave you a black screen and you had to restore the xorg file to the previous one?

[crl6904]

Re: ATI 9200 SE and 3D graphics

unfortunately yes..