FGLRX & FEDORAFAQ

[redhat]

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with getting the rpms for the driver for my ATI mobility radeon 9700 under FC4. Under my FC3 it was no problem because of this FAQ http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon and this yum.conf http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf. But now this yum.conf only works for FC3 and I am not able to get any ATI drivers for 3D support from livna for FC4 and my graphic card.
And anyway it was impossible for me under FC3 to use other kernel versions because only one kernel version worked together with the fglrx-rpm from livna.org. Is there a possibility that there is an HOWTO for noobs, like myself, about how to compile ati drivers for a kernel so you get 3D support and all the stuff?

[redhat]

I got the fixed livna repo for FC4 but still there seems to be nothing for my kernel, what would you do now?

yum --enablerepo=livna-stable install ati-fglrx kernel-module-fglrx-`(uname -r)`
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
livna-stable 100% |=========================| 903 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 82 kB 00:00
updates-re: ################################################## 202/202
Added 145 new packages, deleted 0 old in 2.42 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 46 kB 00:00
livna-stab: ################################################## 136/136
Added 136 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.57 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 384 kB 00:03
extras : ################################################## 1106/1106
Added 88 new packages, deleted 0 old in 2.73 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: ati-fglrx
No Match for argument: kernel-module-fglrx-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
Nothing to do

[bitrain]

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=59008
front page, last message.

[markkuk]

Your livna.repo isn't correct for FC4. Install this package:
rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.2.4.noarch.rpm

[redhat]

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=59008
front page, last message.

It seems like there is a url there for the 32 bit driver version on livna but my ferrari 3200 from acer needs the 64 bit one. Do you have an idea whether ist will work anyway?

[redhat]

Your livna.repo isn't correct for FC4. Install this package:
rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.2.4.noarch.rpm

Thanks for the info but still:
No Match for argument: ati-fglrx
No Match for argument: kernel-module-fglrx-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
Nothing to do

[redhat]

I got the source rpms from livna and compiled the ati drivers for my kernel but on installing the drivers I am getting the following:

rpm -i ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64

The strange thing is, there is a libstdc++.do.5 file in my /usr/lib64 folder. What am I doing wrong? Where do I have to copy my library file or where from should I download the right one if my file is the bad one?

[jwiz]

Do an rpm -i --force ... and you should be alright.

[wiraone]

IIRC, the libs can be found in compat-libstdc++ ..

$ sudo yum install compat-libstdc++

[redhat]

IIRC, the libs can be found in compat-libstdc++ ..

$ sudo yum install compat-libstdc++

Did that already, but ati-rpm is still missing the file. I tried 32 and 64 bit, strange?

[redhat]

Do an rpm -i --force ... and you should be alright.

rpm -i --force ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by ati-fglrx-8.14.13.1-0.lvn.4.4.x86_64

[redhat]

Now I reinstalled the 32 bit compat-libstdc++ and it worked fine.

Now I have a question: why tuxracer is still runing without 3D support? With FC3 I had 3D support after installing the livna ati drivers ...

[tc3driver]

Because you are having the same problem as the some/most of us are.. if you do a:[billg@bill01 ~]$ glxinfo -display :0.0
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No <---- this is the problem
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.2.1)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
0x27 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
0x28 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
0x29 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
0x2a 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None


the reason that tux racer is not accellerated is because the direct rendering is off...
and I don't know how to fix this, there are some that say it works...

personaly in glxgears

I am getting 155~144 FPS at standard size

droping to 32~24 FPS at about 800x600

and a wopping 2~4 FPS at 1024x768