alex

I just stopped fighting with the installation of ATI drivers, and it now
reports it's running DRI. But i launch glxgears, and the framerate is
close, even slower than when i had no direct rendering.... even google
earth was faster when glxinfo reported there was no direct rendering.

hope this was as easy as an nvidia card...

I'll paste some useful info for anyone who can have a clue of what's
going on. Thanks in advance.


[root@cvt0084 ~]# lspci | grep Radeon
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 If
[Radeon 9000] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Radeon
9000] (Secondary) (rev 01)


[alex@cvt0084 ~]$ glxgears
648 frames in 5.1 seconds = 126.000 FPS
839 frames in 5.1 seconds = 164.336 FPS


[alex@cvt0084 ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
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_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
[...]

[root@cvt0084 ~]# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9000 DDR Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.1072 (X4.3.0-8.25.18)


xorg.conf pasted below:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
HorizSync 30 - 70
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor2"
VendorName "ATI Proprietary Driver"
ModelName "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
EndSection
# File generated by xorgconfig.
#
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated do***entation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# The X.Org Foundation BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of The X.Org Foundation shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other


#
# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************
# ************************************************** ********************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# ************************************************** ********************
#
# ************************************************** ********************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# ************************************************** ********************
# ************************************************** ********************
# Server flags section.
# ************************************************** ********************
# ************************************************** ********************
# Input devices
# ************************************************** ********************
# ************************************************** ********************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# ************************************************** ********************
# ************************************************** ********************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# ************************************************** ********************
# ************************************************** ********************
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the xorg.conf man page for a description of the options.
# ************************************************** ********************
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# ************************************************** ********************
# Monitor section
# ************************************************** ********************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
# ************************************************** ********************
# Graphics device section
# ************************************************** ********************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# Standard VGA Device:
# Device configured by xorgconfig:
# ************************************************** ********************
# Screen sections
# ************************************************** ********************
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
# ************************************************** ********************
# ServerLayout sections.
# ************************************************** ********************
# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.
# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present
# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and
right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
Identifier "Simple Layout"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
# 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 (which are concatenated
together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one
FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
#
# FontPath "unix/:-1"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
# This loads the font modules
# This loads the GLX module
# Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"

# Load "xtt"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"

Subsection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
# 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" "pc105"
# 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"
# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
# Option "XkbDisable"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
# the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons
4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has
more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids
to avoid
# conflicts.
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to
override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
# Chipset "generic"
# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this
section.
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line
should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Identifier "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]"
Driver "radeon"
#VideoRam 128000
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]"
Monitor "monitor 1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "monitor 2"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

david w. hodgins

The dkms version of the fglrx module shows dri is working, when
glxgears shows it isn't Here's what I did to get my ati radeon
9200se working with dri. Replace kernel version, where appropriate.
Use the installer from https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=300

Disable dkms...
# service dkms stop
# chkconfig dkms off
Install the ati driver ...
# ./ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run
gzip the generated module and update the dependencies ...
# gzip /lib/modules/2.6.12-22mdkcustom/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko
# depmod
Exit the server, load the fglrx module, and ensure it's loading ok ...
# modprobe fglrx
# lsmod |grep fglrx

Restart the server, and check glxgears.
In /etc/modprobe.preload I have ...
via-agp
agpgart
fglrx

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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alex

En/na David W. Hodgins ha escrit:

wooops... something got broken... BTW, it's not the first time i've seen
this messages... a while back i had them but i read there was a bug and
/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 had to be replaced, this solved my problem.

[alex@cvt0084 ~]$ glxgears
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for SelectTextureSGIS
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for
SelectTextureTransformSGIS
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for
ClientActiveVertexStreamATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexBlendEnviATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexBlendEnvfATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2sATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2svATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2iATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2ivATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2fATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2fvATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2dATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream2dvATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream3sATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream3svATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream3iATI
[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for VertexStream3ivATI

alex

En/na alex ha escrit:

i've replaced it again, and no joy

david w. hodgins

I just tried ati-driver-installer-8.25.18-x86.run, and recreated the
problem. It appears the 8.25 version is setup for Xorg version 7. I'm
running 6.90

I was able to get glxinfo/glxgears working properly again,
by re-installing ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run, and ensuring
the /usr/X11R6/lib/LibGL.so.1.2 was the version with the size 773890.

Then run depmod, ldconfig, exit X, modprobe -r fglrx, restart X.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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ian merrithew

Did you try the ATI driver RPM that you can get from plf? I find that
easier to work with than the ATI installer, and have been using it for
several versions now with no problems (Radeon 9600).

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alex

En/na Ian Merrithew ha escrit:


yes i did ... and was unable to get direct rendering.
i'll try now the prevous version as suggested.

jazz

It seems from reading your xorg.conf (please try and shave off comments
so we can focus on what you left in) that you are driving dual
monitors. This is a critical piece of information that you left out for
those people trying to help you; their solutions may work for single
display. I have not seen do***entation from ATI's website that DRI will
work with their builtin Xinerama support. If you would like to try the
solutions posted here, and these guys *are* helpful when it comes to
ATI, I would suggest carving out a new xorg.conf that thinks there is
only one display, and unplugging the other monitor for any
autodetection that you are going to play with.Check those results first
with glxgears, *then* plug in and go dualhead.

alex

En/na jazz ha escrit:


that's weird, i'm not running dual monitor... probably i enabled
xinerama with drakx11 as i was messing with it... then i shall mess with
it to see if it is this my problem.

thanks for the suggestions.

alex

this is my xorg.conf, this comments trimmed,
i've removed the sections for the second monitor and other video cards
now glxinfo reports NO direct rendering


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor2"
VendorName "ATI Proprietary Driver"
ModelName "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "monitor 2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1024 768
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1024 768
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1024 768
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1024 768
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection