9.10 & ATI

[bernd2]

I upgraded from 8.10 to 9.10

My video card: ATI Radeon HD 2600XT

Problem: getting no driver installed


I used several options on the internet, but none of them worked. The last ons I tried was: http://nickhumphrey.net/showthread.php?p=3345

All installation worked, xconf.org is the same. But still, my system won't start the driver!

bernd@bdesktop:/etc/apt$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 14
Current serial number in output stream: 14


Any idea's?

[sithlord48]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

look around this forum you will find quite a few instructions on how to install your driver.

[Snowhog]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

Envy/Envy-NG

[bernd2]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

Indeed,


Just tried it, succesfull installation but after reboot still no difference!

Installing the driver manually also didn't work out though it was installed 'succesfully'.


My alternatives are getting small here

I guess I'll need to go back to 8.04 LTS. Though it is kind off stupid...

[sithlord48]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

what does your Xorg.conf say? can u post it here?

[bernd2]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
Horizsync 31.5-65.5
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +vsync +hsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +vsync +hsync
modeline "1280x768@60" 80.14 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x720@60" 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x800@60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1440x900@60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1600x1024@60" 136.36 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1025 1028 1060 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1680x1050@60" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "0-LCD"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
Option "Position" "0 0"
Option "Rotate" "normal"
Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "0-CRT1"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
Option "Position" "0 0"
Option "Rotate" "right"
Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050@60" "1600x1024@60" "1440x900@60" "1280x800@60" "1280x720@60" "1280x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[1]-1"
Device "amdcccle-Device[1]-1"
Defaultdepth 24
Monitor "monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "v4l"
Load "glx"
Disable "dri2"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Boardname "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"
Busid "PCI:8:0:0"
Screen 0
Vendorname "ATI"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "amdcccle-Device[1]-1"
Boardname "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"
Busid "PCI:8:0:0"
Screen 1
Vendorname "ATI"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

[sithlord48]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

every thing there look fine your should have the driver loaded, to confirm you accually running the driver..
[code=run in konsole]lsmod | grep fglrx[/code]
if it shows in the list your using the driver. your glx portion maybe broken or missing.

[Snowhog]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

Just tried it, succesfull installation but after reboot still no difference!

IIRC, you need to uninstall any existing ATI proprietary driver first, before you run the Envy-NG script.

[bernd2]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

Uninstall first other installations... indeed, I've done that during the first attempts by several different commands. How do you know when a driver is succesfully uninstalled?

Anyway, the driver seems to be installed:

bernd@bdesktop:/etc/X11$ lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx 2234552 28

GLX then? Wich packages must be installed or how can I test glx?

Currently installed:

libgl1-mesa-glx -dev and -dri

[sithlord48]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

you can test glx by running
[code=run in konsole]glxgears[/code]

[bernd2]

Re: 9.10 & ATI

Indeed, but that doesn't work either (same error as glxinfo)

But a strange (good) thing happened. When I ran KDE4.3 (original) again, the driver works suddenly (apparantly envy-NG did his work but didn't applied it to KDE3.5...)

With the 3D rendering working, KDE4.3 seems extremely nice I'll think I'll let KDE3.5 behind now!

Still wondering what happened...


Thanks to all for your advises!

Bernd