Radeon ATI 9200 [solved]

[Kieth]

I've been reading the different topics on getting the ATI graphic cards working, and it seems as if my newly downloaded ATI drivers are not installed. Any, I downloaded the drivers using: upmi ati-xorg. Before downloading, the drivers Radeon, Radeon (fglrx), Radeon (vesa) or Radeon 8500 did not work. Therefore the only driver I could/can use is Radeon (fbdev). Any help to get this working would be appreciated.

 

Here is a command I gave in terminal:

 

[root@localhost kieth]# lsmod | grep fglrx

[root@localhost kieth]# fglrxinfo

bash: fglrxinfo: command not found

[root@localhost kieth]# fglrxinfo

bash: fglrxinfo: command not found

 

 

My xorg.conf file is (after deleting Option "DPMS" in the Section "Device") is:

 

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 57713)

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

 

# minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"

EndSection

 

Section "Extensions"

Option "Composite"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not 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"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "kbd"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "it"

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

ModelName ""

HorizSync 30-57

VertRefresh 50-120

 

# 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"

BoardName "ATI Radeon (fbdev)"

Driver "fbdev"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

Edited November 11, 2006 by Kieth

[ianw1974]

If you're using the open source drivers, configure for ATI (fglrx). Then after this, in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf make sure you have in the modules section:

 

load "glx"
load "dri"

 

and also make sure you have:

 

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

 

and make sure you have the mesa packages installed for the opengl libraries. Then you should be done.

 

I have a Radeon 9250 and it won't work with the ATI drivers no matter what I try. Give this a go first and see how you get on. It worked for me.

[Kieth]

Well, I tried it, but something didn't go right. When I chose Radeon (fglrx) in MCC, it said it couldn't load drivers, which I presume is the problem. I accepted the changes anyway ( (fglrx) instead of (fbdev) ). Then I edited etc/X11/xorg.conf. I then rebooted, and everything loaded up fine, but nothing was changed. I just now checked in MCC, and the driver being used is still Radeon (fbdev). Before attempting the above mentioned changes, I had read the other posts and wrote down some commands to enter in terminal. Here they are, with the exception of [root@localhost kieth]# glxinfo | grep direct. I'm not including it, because while I was writing this post a few minutes ago, I was also typing the commands in terminal to post the answers. When I typed in [root@localhost kieth]# glxinfo | grep direct, and pressed 'Enter', it closed the graphical interface (KDE). I was still able to restart my session with lilo, though. Anyway, here are the results of the various commands I put in terminal.

 

[root@localhost kieth]# urpmi mesa

The package(s) are already installed

[root@localhost kieth]# aticonfig

bash: aticonfig: command not found

[root@localhost kieth]# fglrxinfo

bash: fglrxinfo: command not found

[root@localhost kieth]# lsmod | grep fglrx

[root@localhost kieth]#

 

The changed section in etc/X11/xorg.conf is:

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

load "glx"

load "dri"

EndSection

 

Section "DRI"

Mode 0666

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

[Kieth]

Finally, all is working well! As I mentioned in my first post, I loaded the ATI drivers with upmi ati-xorg. Then I did as ian mentioned, but nothing would work. Then on another post, where ian was helping someone else, he mentioned to download the drivers with urpmi dkms-ati. I did this, followed the instructions given when they installed, and now everything is working great. glxgears gives a rate of

9363 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1872.533 FPS

9344 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1868.619 FPS

9343 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1868.573 FPS

 

Thanks ian!!!

[ianw1974]

Hey nice one. I can't use the dkms-ati stuff with my card :-(

 

Glad it worked for you, the open source is the only way for me. :P