ATI Mobility Radeon X700 on FC5

overboard · #1 20th April 2006, 05:44 AM

I'm a total Linux noob. I'm here to learn.

I have trouble making the 3D accelerations work on my PC:

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Acer Aspire 5502NWXMi
Intel Pentium M processor 740 (1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
14.1" WXGA LCD
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI-E/64MB VRAM
1GB DDR2 RAM

My system kernel:

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[root@overb0ard ~]# uname -r
2.6.16-1.2080_FC5
[root@overb0ard ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5

I have install kmod-fglrx & xorg-x11-drv-fglrx from livna:

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=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================

 kmod-fglrx              i686       8.23.7-4.2.6.16_1.2080_FC5  installed   536 k

 xorg-x11-drv-fglrx      i386       8.23.7-4.lvn5    installed          21 M

But my pc shows the Mesa stuff instead of ATI:

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[root@overb0ard ~]# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.2)

glrxgears output (very low FPS):

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[root@overb0ard ~]# glxgears
833 frames in 5.3 seconds = 157.221 FPS
912 frames in 5.6 seconds = 164.220 FPS
2964 frames in 5.1 seconds = 584.134 FPS
4104 frames in 5.0 seconds = 813.086 FPS
4104 frames in 5.0 seconds = 820.476 FPS
4104 frames in 5.0 seconds = 814.852 FPS
4104 frames in 5.0 seconds = 813.965 FPS
3078 frames in 5.1 seconds = 602.135 FPS
4104 frames in 5.0 seconds = 818.740 FPS
1368 frames in 5.3 seconds = 258.966 FPS

Some of my xorg.conf file:

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Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)"
	Option	    "MonitorLayout" "LVDS"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

I realised the fglrx module did not load properly (or not at all) as lsmod | grep fglrx returns nothing while modprobe fglrx gives fatal error:

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[root@overb0ard ~]# lsmod | grep fglrx
[root@overb0ard ~]# modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format

I checked the log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

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[root@overb0ard ~]# gedit /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Between line 513 and 520 of the log file:

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(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libdrm.so
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
[drm] failed to load kernel module "fglrx"

I've done everything I possibly could but get nothing in return to make the driver work.
I uninstall everything, the kernel, the kmod-fglrx driver and then re-install them.
Nothing work.

Can anyone here help me?

Thanks in advance.

raphtee · #2 20th April 2006, 08:25 PM

After you install the kernel module appropriate for your kernel, a program called ati-config will have been installed as well. Make sure its there using `which ati-config`. Anyway, become superuser and then go to /etc/X11 and backup your xorg.conf file. Then run ati-config. It will spill a bunch of help on the screen. Basicly ati-config rewrites your xorg.conf file for you so that the correct drivers are used (rather than that crappy mesa stuff). So follow the directions, and then restart your computer. That worked for me (I have an ati radeon 9200).

Travis Miller

steve941 · #3 21st April 2006, 01:45 AM

try gettin rid of drm/dri ..its not properly supported
<root>
gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
find
Load dri
and change to
# Load dri
(// comment out)
reboot and see what happens

overboard · #4 21st April 2006, 11:02 AM

Problem solved.
I update my kernel to the latest one (2.6.16-1.2096_FC5) and the fglrx driver (kmod-fglrx-8.23.7-5.2.6.16_1.2096_FC5) as well.

It magically works, I'm not sure which of them that was the problem or anything else.

Donkyhotay · #5 6th May 2006, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by overboard

Problem solved.
I update my kernel to the latest one (2.6.16-1.2096_FC5) and the fglrx driver (kmod-fglrx-8.23.7-5.2.6.16_1.2096_FC5) as well.

It magically works, I'm not sure which of them that was the problem or anything else.

Be aware that as of right now the latest kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 isn't compatible with the ATI drivers

. Until there is an update I would recommend staying with build 2.6.16-1.2096_FC5. When I upgraded my kernel I had acceleration. When I tried reinstalling via yum I found they only have the old versions. I assume the drivers will be updated soon to match the kernel but until then it's probably best to stay with old kernel if your using a radeon card.