Radeon HD 2400 Pro 3D acceleration support

[Hendrixx]

Hello:

Currently I'm using Kubuntu karmic (kernel updated to 2.6.33 and
radeon driver in use) and I haven't been able to activate
the desktop effects on KDE4.4.
I tried to install the propietary ATI driver too, but there wasn't luck either.

I get this log:

$ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer

$ lspci -v | awk '/VGA/,/^$/'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video
device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
Subsystem: Dell Device 0302
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at fddf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at ce00 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fdd00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: radeon


and this is the ./compiz-check script log:

$ ./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10
Desktop environment: KDE4
Graphics chip: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
Driver in use: radeon
Rendering method: AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [FAIL]

There has been (at least) one error detected with your setup:
Error: Software Rasterizer in use


I would like to know if Lucid Lynx will have 3D acceleration support
for ATI Radeon 2400 Pro cards.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

[GreyGeek]

Re: Radeon HD 2400 Pro 3D acceleration support

Did you try to install the ATI Catalyst 10.3 driver?

Here are some steps given in the Ubuntu forum:

1. Download ATI's 2400HD driver
2. Using the terminal #Applications#Accessories#Terminal
3. Type vi /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common and add fglrx to disabled modules line (DISABLED_MODULES="nv fglrx")
4. The previous line prevents Ubuntu from trying to search and load its fglrx version
5. Make sure the ubuntu fglrx driver is uninstalled - "sudo apt-get purge xorg-driver-fglrx"
6. sudo ./ati-driver-installer-10-3-x86.<PC-type - AMD/INTEL>.run (or, what ever the driver is named)
7. Accept all the default settings - Automatic installation
8. Type sudo aitconfig --initial -f
9. sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart (or reboot with sudo shutdown -r now)

Another possible solution is to use a trick I've used. PCLinuxOS 2010 beta (or what ever level it is now) does what Kubuntu does NOT do, create an xorg.conf file. I've used the LiveCD of that distro and IF it creates an xorg.conf file which gives 3D accelerated video I copy that to a USB stick, then I reboot into Kubuntu and copy the xorg.conf file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I edit it to change the dirver to "radeon", if it isn't already that. Then I reboot.

(Why don't I stay with PCLinuxOS? Well, it's a great distro but, over all, I like Kubuntu better.)

[Hendrixx]

Re: Radeon HD 2400 Pro 3D acceleration support


Hi GreyGeek

Thank you for your reply. I've tried the first method, install the Catalyst 10.3 driver, but not luck.

I get this log with ./compiz-check:

./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10
Desktop environment: KDE4
Graphics chip: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
Driver in use: fglrx
Rendering method: None

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system... [SKIP]

Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
Error: No rendering method in use (AIGLX, Xgl or Nvidia)

I think that /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common (DISABLED_MODULES="nv fglrx") not work and the fglrx driver is loaded.

Other example:

lspci -v | awk '/VGA/,/^$/'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]
Subsystem: Dell Device 0302
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at fddf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
I/O ports at ce00 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fdd00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
Kernel modules: fglrx


Cheers.