Success: ATi + FC5 + Xorg7

**cruiseoveride** · 23rd March 2006, 11:23 PM

I have managed to get Direct Rendering support under FC5 with my ATi 9700 Mobile Radeon on a MSI-510c Laptop. I am using the current dev kernel (2.6.16-1.2074_FC6)
I rebuilt the following src rpms

Code:

xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.22.5-0.lvn.1.src.rpm
fglrx-kmod-8.22.5-0.lvn.1.2.6.15_1.1928_FC5.src.rpm

which were available on Livna, but now seem to have been removed, i can upload them to you if needed.

After that i had to do a little of this and that...

Code:

 mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/

Code:

 ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so

and thats it, just reboot ur machine,
you might recieve an error while booting, saying something like "kernel module not found"
but thats bull, the module exists and are loaded into the kernel,
make sure u make the change in the xorg.xonf file

i get over 2200fps on glxgears
and over 400fps on fgl_glxgears

so the thing is workin

theedge981 · 24th March 2006, 01:14 AM

Yeah, where can we find these RPMS? I couldn't find them on livna anywhere like you mentioned, anywhere they can be posted? Sounds like a lot of people are having this problem...including myself!

Thanks!

Dan

**wintermute000** · 24th March 2006, 04:52 AM

where did you get the development kernel from - and (pretty pls) do you have any recommended links for someone who has never compiled their own kernel before?

Cheers mate

**fpoole** · 24th March 2006, 06:34 AM

Dude, you know where I can get a verson of the kernel module for 2.6.16 x86_64?

**Firewing1** · 24th March 2006, 06:38 AM

http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/development/
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/
Firewing1

**cruiseoveride** · 24th March 2006, 06:43 AM

The dev kernel is sitting in the Fedora development tree
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...6/Fedora/RPMS/

and the rpms i mentioned above are src rpms, and u should be able to rebuild them for any arch, like this

Code:

 rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` file.src.rpm

**Firewing1** · 24th March 2006, 06:47 AM

Yes -- if you see this thread I made on NVIDIA cards, simply replace all the nvidia .src rpms with your ATi ones, and it's the exact same procedure. To sum it up:

Code:

su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC5/kernels.repo
yum install rpm-build
yum install kernel-devel -y
yum update kernel kernel-devel -y
mkdir /root/ati
cd /root/ati
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/`uname -m`/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8178-7.lvn5.`uname -m`.rpm
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/SRPMS/fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm
reboot
select the new kernel, then:
su -
cd /root/ati
rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod-*.src.rpm
cp -a /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/`uname -m`/kmod-fglrx* ./
rpm -Uvh kmod-*nvidia*-1.0.8178-0.*.rpm xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.i386.rpm
chkconfig ati-fglrx on
service ati-fglrx start
ati-fglrx-config-display
reboot

Firewing1

**fpoole** · 24th March 2006, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by cruiseoveride

The dev kernel is sitting in the Fedora development tree
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...6/Fedora/RPMS/

and the rpms i mentioned above are src rpms, and u should be able to rebuild them for any arch, like this

Code:

 rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` file.src.rpm

I tried rebuild an hour ago on the kernel module and it gave me a slew of errors about mockbuild user and group not existing...
(used this SRPM: http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/...69_FC5.src.rpm )

infrared · 24th March 2006, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Firewing1

Yes -- if you see this thread I made on NVIDIA cards, simply replace all the nvidia .src rpms with your ATi ones, and it's the exact same procedure. To sum it up:

Code:

su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC5/kernels.repo
yum install rpm-build
yum install kernel-devel -y
yum update kernel kernel-devel -y
mkdir /root/ati
cd /root/ati
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/`uname -m`/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8178-7.lvn5.`uname -m`.rpm
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/SRPMS/fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm
reboot
select the new kernel, then:
su -
cd /root/ati
rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod-*.src.rpm
cp -a /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/`uname -m`/kmod-fglrx* ./
rpm -Uvh kmod-*nvidia*-1.0.8178-0.*.rpm xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.i386.rpm
chkconfig ati-fglrx on
service ati-fglrx start
ati-fglrx-config-display
reboot

Firewing1

I get an error "fglrx-kmod-common -8.22.5 is needed by kmod-fglrx"

Where can I get this dependency?

infrared · 24th March 2006, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Firewing1

Yes -- if you see this thread I made on NVIDIA cards, simply replace all the nvidia .src rpms with your ATi ones, and it's the exact same procedure. To sum it up:

Code:

su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC5/kernels.repo
yum install rpm-build
yum install kernel-devel -y
yum update kernel kernel-devel -y
mkdir /root/ati
cd /root/ati
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/`uname -m`/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8178-7.lvn5.`uname -m`.rpm
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/SRPMS/fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm
reboot
select the new kernel, then:
su -
cd /root/ati
rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod-*.src.rpm
cp -a /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/`uname -m`/kmod-fglrx* ./
rpm -Uvh kmod-*nvidia*-1.0.8178-0.*.rpm xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.i386.rpm
chkconfig ati-fglrx on
service ati-fglrx start
ati-fglrx-config-display
reboot

Firewing1

After doing these steps to update the drivers, when I go to boot into the OS my monitor tells me sync out of range. Is there anyway to reverse these steps?

smfinley · 24th March 2006, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Firewing1

Yes -- if you see this thread I made on NVIDIA cards, simply replace all the nvidia .src rpms with your ATi ones, and it's the exact same procedure. To sum it up:

Code:

su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC5/kernels.repo
yum install rpm-build
yum install kernel-devel -y
yum update kernel kernel-devel -y
mkdir /root/ati
cd /root/ati
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/`uname -m`/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8178-7.lvn5.`uname -m`.rpm
wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/SRPMS/fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm
reboot
select the new kernel, then:
su -
cd /root/ati
rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod-*.src.rpm
cp -a /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/`uname -m`/kmod-fglrx* ./
rpm -Uvh kmod-*nvidia*-1.0.8178-0.*.rpm xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.i386.rpm
chkconfig ati-fglrx on
service ati-fglrx start
ati-fglrx-config-display
reboot

Firewing1

You mean "wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/SRPMS/xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.src.rpm" rather than "wget http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/`uname -m`/xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.8178-7.lvn5.`uname -m`.rpm" right?

smfinley · 24th March 2006, 09:11 AM

Got an oops when trying that:

Code:

[root@c-67-164-203-86 ~]# cd /root/ati
[root@c-67-164-203-86 ati]# rpmbuild --rebuild --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod-*.src.rpm
Installing fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm
warning: InstallSourcePackage: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root
warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root
Building target platforms: i686
Building for target i686
error: Failed build dependencies:
        kernel-devel-i686 = 2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 is needed by fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.i686
        kernel-smp-devel-i686 = 2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 is needed by fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.i686
        kernel-kdump-devel-i686 = 2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 is needed by fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.i686

**Finalzone** · 24th March 2006, 09:28 AM

Obvious problem: kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 and components are not installed on your system. =)

**cruiseoveride** · 24th March 2006, 02:18 PM

there is a probblem with that spec file for fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm
play around with the spec file, im still working on it, instead of uname -m try to put i586 or something lke that.
in the spec file, it says that if the machine is i686 it should build from an smp kernel header, but wat about all the users who are on i686 mobile laptops without smp.
so just have a look at the spec file.

**cruiseoveride** · 24th March 2006, 02:53 PM

with the 8.23 drivers my fps has increased
i not get 460fps on fgl_glxgears now

i wasnt able to recompile the fglrx-kmod so i used the one from the livna website straight, i managed to recompile the common stuff (xor-x11-drv-fglrx) so both are working once again.

im trying to get c&c generals to work properly, cedega is able to run the game but there is an issue with the colour depth

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