Ati Radeon 9800 Pro X.Org

[kevcart3]

Okay here are the specs for my system right off:

Kernel: 2.6.9-1.667

I'm running everything from a default Fedora Core 3 install.

I installed the drivers no problem, made sure I had the kernel source rpm installed and I went successfully through the process with no problems, but I noticed after running fglrxconfig that it asks if I want to write to XF86Config.conf but I'm running X.Org and it woulldn't make any difference if it wrote to XF86Config, what I need it to do is write to xorg.conf, right?? I have the new drivers from ATI that are supposed to support X.Org, so, how do I get the fglrxconfig to write to xorg.conf instead of XF86Config.

Or maybe, i'm just missing something that I haven't thought of, but this is the only problem I can see, seeing as how I got no errors from installing the driver or running fglrxconfig

I will post the contents of my xorg.conf file below:

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor 1024x768"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 57.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Radeon 9800"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

[kevcart3]

Okay, sorry about my stupidity, but I figured out how to overwrite my xorg.conf file, but after I do this, on boot, instead of booting, the system hangs at "Configuring Kernel Parameters" As far as I know, I have done everything according to the instructions. My modified xorg.conf is too large to post here, so if there is a specific section of it I need to post, please ask.

[jre]

I had the exact same problem, to fix:
Boot the system into run level 3
You can do this in grub by pressing e to edit the options and adding a 3 to the end of the line
describing the kernel
then press b to boot.

The problem is with the section describing the keyboard in the xorg.conf file.
change the input device section for the keyboard to this

Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"

and in the server layout section

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

this should hopefully fix the problem.

J.

For future reference if X fails to start you can get the error messages by

cat /var/log/xorg.conf | grep EE

and
cat /var/log/xorg/.conf | grep WW
for warnings