ATI Mandrake 10 [solved]

[KRX_NuTTy]

lo all yep another with ati probs ... Ive looked about and cant get it right now i got blank screen ..Could some kind person tell me how to restore it..And possibaly tell me how to install these driver as im running into brickwalls every time i been at it for hours all night with 2 different distros and still cant get them working ..I would get nvidia but i havnt long had this 9800 ..

 

all help would be very appreciated im sort of a newb to get graphics going the rest not to bad im learning fast and needed no help just reading forums has got me so far but this OMG ..i say no more

 

thanks in advance

 

NuTTy

 

[ianw1974]

First, welcome to the board .

 

You should be able to get it working with the Open Source drivers, I've had nothing but problems trying to get ATI's drivers to work from their website, but you can give it a go if you like. The installer supposed to have gotten better since I last tried it.

 

Anyway, firstly, try this. Make sure you have your card configured as per you installed it, as close to the model you have. Then make sure you install "Mesa". This is the OpenGL extensions. This can be done at the command line by typing:

 

urpmi Mesa

 

it's case sensitive so make sure "Mesa" is how I typed it above. Say yes to any dependencies it wants to install. Then, you need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, so:

 

su (supply root password when prompted)
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
go to end of file
press "i" to insert and type the following:

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

now press "ESC" once.
now press ":w" to save.
now press ":q" to quit

 

now restart your system, and you should have OpenGL enabled. To check that it's all gone well open a terminal window and type:

 

glxinfo | grep direct

 

if it's working correctly it should report that direct rendering is enabled with "yes". If not, then I suggest downloading the drivers from ATI's website. However, this has always worked for me in the past, and I got around 1200fps with my ATI Radeon 9250 R925 128MB card. But I'm not sure whether I can get more or not. I'll maybe give it a go some time soon with ATI's drivers and see if it's any better.

[KRX_NuTTy]

Hey thanks for replay ok i tried and messed up again now continuous reboots on normal start up..

 

so im gonna reinstall it..

 

 

the default drivers it installs do i just leave as are and just do the Mesa and vi instruction like u said and leave the ati installer alone this time.

 

the only files i seen to config was XF86Config-4 in etc/X11/

 

thanks in advance

 

[ianw1974]

Yes, its XF86Config in 10.0, 10.1 and higher uses xorg.conf.

 

Just make sure during install, at summary double check the graphics is configured.

[KRX_NuTTy]

Yes, its XF86Config in 10.0, 10.1 and higher uses xorg.conf.

 

Just make sure during install, at summary double check the graphics is configured.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

omg you can tell im really new ok i got to this stage

 

 

 

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". direct rendering: No OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

 

 

So i guess i didnt config properly in summary

 

i edited the file and that stuff was allready in there ..

[ianw1974]

OK, can you post the contents of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, so I can take a look and see if your missing something.

[KRX_NuTTy]

Ok heres ther contents on XF86Config

 

# 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

Load "dri" # direct rendering

EndSection

 

Section "DRI"

Mode 0666

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "Keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

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 "Plug'n Play"

HorizSync 30-72

VertRefresh 50-160

 

# 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 Radeon (fglrx)"

Driver "radeon"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

[ianw1974]

Can you do the following and post the results:

 

rpm -qa mesa

 

and

 

rpm -qa Mesa

 

I don't think you have the mesa OpenGL libraries installed.

[KRX_NuTTy]

i done second one as first did nothing

 

results for the second are ..

 

 

Mesa-5.0.2-2mdk

 

just that on its own

[ianw1974]

OK, that's odd, there should be some libmesa items installed as well.

[KRX_NuTTy]

OH ok ill search for libmesa in packages then install them and check

[KRX_NuTTy]

OH ok ill search  for libmesa in packages then install them and check

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

i did the search it found some packages and there dependencies about 13 things it installed but still the same as above ...

 

using glxinfo | grep direct

[ianw1974]

Does it still report this error:

 

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". direct rendering: No OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

 

On my system when I've type glxinfo | grep direct it usually reports something like this:

 

direct rendering: no
using Mesa Indirect

 

or wording along those lines. I suggest trying the ATI driver from their website. You might have more luck with that. There are instructions on their website on what to do to configure it.

[KRX_NuTTy]

Does it still report this error:

 

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". direct rendering: No OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

 

On my system when I've type glxinfo | grep direct it usually reports something like this:

 

direct rendering: no
using Mesa Indirect

 

or wording along those lines. I suggest trying the ATI driver from their website. You might have more luck with that. There are instructions on their website on what to do to configure it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Well i used ATI installer and they installed and no blank screen

 

i get this now

 

Loading required GL library /usr/lib/libGL.so.1

direct rendering: No

OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

 

if i run glxgear its realy slow

335 frames in 5.0 seconds = 67.000 FPS

880 frames in 5.0 seconds = 176.000 FPS

1760 frames in 5.0 seconds = 352.000 FPS

1840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 368.000 FPS

[ianw1974]

Do you have your kernel source installed? Easy way to check for me is in the console window type this:

 

ls -l /usr/src

 

if nothing is listed there, we need to make sure your kernel source is installed. So, then you can check your kernel version:

 

uname -a

 

a version will be reported, something like 2.6.x.x.x so now make a note of this number:

 

urpmi kernel-source

 

and it will list a few, now choose the one that matches your kernel version:

 

urpmi kernel-source-rest of filename here
as an example - kernel-source-2.6.8.12-24

 

once that has installed, try running the ATI installer again. The drivers won't install or compile if no kernel source is present. If you have a kernel source installed, then you shouldn't need to install.

 

From memory I never got my ATI Radeon 9250 R925 card working in Mandrake 10.0. So if you're using 10.0, maybe you might be worthwhile consider installing 10.1 or even better LE2005.

 

My ATI card works no problems in LE2005, and I didn't even use the ATI drivers.