Anyone got ATI direct rendering working with Xorg 7.0???

iphitus · 2006-01-29 09:54:19

sudo pacman -Uf ./ati-drivers-8.21.7-1.pkg.tar.gz

note the f, force.

napoleon · 2006-01-29 14:18:55

I just did and its still the same:

[napoleon@archlinux ati-8.21.7]$ sudo pacman -Uf ./ati-drivers-8.21.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
loading package data... done.
:: ati-drivers conflicts with libgl-dri. Remove libgl-dri? [Y/n]
error: this will break the following dependencies:
  libgl-dri: is required by mesa

upgrade aborted.

lumiwa · 2006-01-29 15:32:54

napoleon wrote:

I just did and its still the same:

[napoleon@archlinux ati-8.21.7]$ sudo pacman -Uf ./ati-drivers-8.21.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
loading package data... done.
:: ati-drivers conflicts with libgl-dri. Remove libgl-dri? [Y/n]
error: this will break the following dependencies:
  libgl-dri: is required by mesa

upgrade aborted.

Try to remove mesa and than libgl-dri.

Cerebral · 2006-01-29 16:02:11

I'd suggest this:

pacman -Rf libgl-dri
...
pacman -Uf ./ati-drivers-8.21.7-1.pkg.tar.gz
...
pacman -S mesa
:: mesa-6.4.1-2: is up to date.  Upgrade anyway? [Y/n] Y
...

napoleon · 2006-01-31 01:18:52

I have tried all the suggestion but the thing is the -f (force) option doesn't seem to work. I use it but its still doesn't work. What now?

lumiwa · 2006-01-31 01:40:49

napoleon wrote:

I have tried all the suggestion but the thing is the -f (force) option doesn't seem to work. I use it but its still doesn't work. What now?

Maybe works:

pacman -R --nodeps

napoleon · 2006-01-31 23:55:57

I was able to remove libgl-dri with pacman -R --nodeps then i unstalled the ati-drivers and changed the driver in xorg.conf to fglrx. I restarted linux but when i try to start gdm i get the error:

[R200setop] x version mismatch detected x.org 7.0
failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch,0)nodrives available

I think its because its expecting xorg 6.8.0. How do i fix this pls.

lumiwa · 2006-02-01 01:32:09

napoleon wrote:

I was able to remove libgl-dri with pacman -R --nodeps then i unstalled the ati-drivers and changed the driver in xorg.conf to fglrx. I restarted linux but when i try to start gdm i get the error:
[R200setop] x version mismatch detected x.org 7.0
failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch,0)nodrives available
I think its because its expecting xorg 6.8.0. How do i fix this pls.

I am not an expert but my opinion is that when you installed drivers you didn't change or you didn't changed correct path for Xorg 7.0.

napoleon · 2006-02-01 07:45:14

Exactly what do you mean because i have gone through it all over again and still have the same problem. I have symlinked the modules directory :

ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ /usr/X11R6/lib/modules

.

What exactly can i do ?

lumiwa · 2006-02-01 11:58:42

napoleon wrote:

Exactly what do you mean because i have gone through it all over again and still have the same problem. I have symlinked the modules directory :
ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/ /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
.
What exactly can i do ?

Did you try fglrxconfig?

Cerebral · 2006-02-01 12:23:02

Napoleon: CRAP! That's why I didn't use the .rpm on the wiki article I wrote... I completely forgot that the stupid drivers from the .rpm actually check your X version and won't load if you're not using 6.8... really sorry about that.
I'm going to build a PKGBUILD based on the graphical installer today, that should use the drivers for Xorg 6.9 which DO work on 7.0

Damn, is my face red.. removing the PKGBUILD from my last post.
-=edit=- Okay, I'm back from lectures now, working on the package. -=/edit=-
-=edit=- Almost done.. just gotta tar it up. -=/edit=-

Cerebral · 2006-02-01 18:46:56

Allrighty, here's an Xorg7-compliant PKGBUILD tarball for the newest drivers.
This works. I just installed it on my own machine after removing previous ati-drivers packages and files. I'm getting direct rendering: yes. Just build and install (unless you use a kernel other than 2.6.15-archck.. then you have to tweak the PKGBUILD a bit)

http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~tjw … ILD.tar.gz

Also, for whatever reason, it seems the graphical installer of the newest drivers doesn't include the fglrxconfig utility, unless I've done something horribly wrong. I just can't find it ANYWHERE in the files that are extracted, though it's still referenced in a few of the docs. For the time being, the aticonfig utility should (theoretically) work fine.

Also, fixed up the Wiki to include the PKGBUILD method: ATI fglrx and Xorg 7 -- the old 8.20.8 wiki page will now redirect to here.

napoleon · 2006-02-01 22:08:14

Thanks every one especially cerebral for your package. All is well now and the problem i had in with the system slowdown when modelling in blender3d is gone.

I have tried the radeon drivers in xorg 7 and all i can say is they still have a way to go. Now i can enjoy my pc again.

Cerebral · 2006-02-06 21:52:25

Might be useful to anyone watching this thread:

ATI fglrx Xorg 6.8 / 7.0 Kernel-Independent Packages

Kin · 2006-02-22 11:17:52

Hi,

just upgraded to Xorg 7.0 on my little Compaq EVO N400C with its Rage Mobility chipset. DRI didn´t run first. Then I downloaded the current mach64 driver from the snapshot directory of xorg, installed it and voila, now I have dri enabled. Without dri I got 90fps with glxgears now I get 140fps

Kin

mmccaskill · 2006-02-28 18:41:52

Jacek Poplawski wrote:

I installed 7,0 without any problems, every application is working correctly, DRI is also working and I can play Enemy Territory.

I can start it up but it just sits there. How long should it take to load? I can kill it so it doesn't lock the machine.

mmccaskill · 2006-02-28 20:19:06

Well I got it to work but I have to start it with

./et +set r_ext_compiled_vertex_array 0

I have a Mobile Radeon 9000

Arch Linux

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