fangbite Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I have a rage moblility video card on my laptop and just installed UT on itusing the 436 version installer, but also the 428(i wanted it as simple as possible because my windows machines have never installed the patches and just used the original cd version) but both have the same problem. The two video settings I can choose are glide or opengl and both have the error: appError called: Couldn't initialize SDL: No available video device When i saw this i went to harddrake and saw that my video card was not only installed but configured perfectly. I'm not sure what to do about it and would love to play UT in linux. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 is 3d DRI installed. It's been a long while since I've used an ati card but if memory serves there should be a DRI section in this XF86Config-4 file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbite Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 from the linux noob Huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 i don't have that section in my file anymore since I have a different video card so I can't check what it's called exactly. but in the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 there should be a DRI section in there. Anyone else with an ATI wanna check? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbite Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 this is the contents of the file. I don't see a DRI (unless i'm totally blind): # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "800x600 @ 60 Hz" HorizSync 31.5-37.9 VertRefresh 50-70 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "ATI Rage Mobility" Driver "ati" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection What should i do if DRI isn't there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/howto/other...river-HOWTO.htm hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbite Posted July 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 i've looked over it several times and come to the same conclustion. I have no idea what to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftDeath Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I have an ATI 7000 and their is in DRI section in xfree86 file. I can run Quake 3, but not mohaa or the unreal tournament 2004 demo. Best of luck, SwiftDeath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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