Guest Scenar Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 I am having lots of problems getting my ATI 9800 driver to work! I downloaded the linux driver for Xfree86 4.3.0 from ATI's website. I have ensured that my xfree version is also 4.3.0 I then run the cmd rpm -Uh --force fglrx-4.3.0-3.9.0.i386.rpm as ROOT and i get the following error msg *** Trying to install a precompiled kernel module. *** WARNING *** Tailored kernel module for fglrx not present in your system. You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module. Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh' in order to install the module into your kernel's module repository. (see readme.txt for more details.) As of now you can still run your XServer in 2D, but hardware acclerated OpenGL will not work and 2D graphics will lack performance. failed. *** Error: no kernel module build environment - please consult readme. Installed: qt3 (gcc 3.2) based control panel application I then did as the error msg said and went to the /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdirectory and ran the command ./make.sh but got the following error: ATI module generator V 2.0 ========================== initializing... kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include not found or incomplete file: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h Huh??? What am i supposed to do now? Advice pls from the gurus here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesarcher Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Ive had the same prob with my 9600 pro the issue lies within the kernel. As Mandrake 10.0's kernel is 2.6 the ATi drivers dont currently support it and ATi are working on the new ones at present so its just a matter of waiting. One other thing DONT UPGRADE UR XFREE86 VERSION TO 4.4 IT STUFFS UP MANDRAKE! P.S. In the meantime if u want 3D support shuv a lower end card in like i did......i stuck my spare 9200SE 128MB in and 3D is supported but for some reason the only opengl app i'm having issues with is UT2004 (all texture corruption) but enemy territory works fine :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scenar Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 wow, so this is the reason huh.... hmmm...i only have a 9800, no other cards, guess i'll have to rely on windows still! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 I have an 9800 working beautifully in Linux with a 2.6 kernel - getting consistently around 4000 fps This isn't in mandrake though, but gentoo. It's possible that the problem is with the mandrake kernel, but this seems a little unlikely to me (I could well be wrong though...) Do you have the kernel source installed? This would be required to make the driver. Another thing you can try is to download and compile your own kernel - although this can be intimidating if you're a newbie. It's not hard though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scenar Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 im a green noob..... First of all how do i check my kernel version? How would i check if i have the kernel source installed? Is it installed automatically when i install linux? u mind explaining to me why/how on earth i would recompile a Kernel and why that would help? erm...wat does the kernel do anyway?? many thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 ok - the kernel is the core of you operating system - it is Linux if you like; everything else is just software that runs on linux... To check what version of the kernel you have enter in a terminal uname -r This will tell you what version. Probably 2.6.x and a mandrake specific release. You almost certainly don't have the kernel source installed unless you did it yourself - which I'm guessing you didn't. This is quite probably your problem. Their is a kernel source rpm available - although I don't know exactly what it's called, perhaps someone else can help there? Anyway, in the meantime do a search for kernel in the software part of the control centre and see what you come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scenar Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 (edited) i ran uname -r and i am using 2.6.3-7mdk I guess jamesarcher is right on the no support for 2.6 Kernel thingy I just saw this on the ATI page! Q6: What Linux kernel version is needed for this driver? A6: Version 2.4 of the Linux kernel is required for this driver. This kernel version is installed as standard in many current Linux distributions. Support for the newer version 2.6 kernel is under development and should be available in a future release. Ah no wonder i cant install the driver...at least now im satisfied! Thanks again to all for your help! Newbie Linux User :) Edited June 18, 2004 by Scenar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 no - you can use it with a 2.6 kernel - this is exactly what I'm doing! You just need to get the kernel source installed... Make sure it's the source for exactly the same version of the kernel you are running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest radam Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Hi, I'm running Mandrake 10.0 Official and my kernel version (as given by uname -r) is 2.6.3-7mdk. I have downloaded the kernel source package kernel-2.6.3.7mkd-1-1mdk.src.rpm. I ran rpm -i kernel-2.6.3.7mkd-1-1mdk.src.rpm However, I am not sure what the result of this was. The /usr/src/linux directory was not created as I had hoped. However, there was a /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/linux-2.6.3.tar.bz2 that was about the same size as the downloaded source rpm (30 megs ish). I extracted this file and copied it to /usr/src/linux. The directory structure now reads as it should be the install still has the same problem. If this install is possible with source, what am I missing? Any help would be great. Many thanks Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest radam Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Ok, I have got it working now. It is clearly possible with kernel 2.6 (2.6.3 in my case). I installed the kernel source using the package manager in KDE, which then asked for CD 3. I did have to delete the /etc/src/linux directory that i created earlier. When the package is installed, I found that it had placed the source in '/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk' and make a link to it at /usr/src/linux. After that I ran the fglrxconf tool which asked lots of questions and it was all fine. (you will need to know you monitors horizontal and vertical refresh rates) My only remaining question is.... is it possible to run each monitor at a different resolution? (I have one 19" and one 21"). It would be nice if I could run the 21" higher than the 19". Apart from that question, I am now a happy guy :D Thanks to everyone who posted! Radam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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