HOW TO: ATI Divers v0.2

[foxy123]

Ok, this was a pretty useful guide, between the first post and the post that said to exit GDM, I managed to get the drivers installed. fglrxinfo shows ATI, but glxgears and fglxgears opens the window and locks up the pc. I have a HP zv5000 laptop with ATI Mobility 9300. Ive never seen glxgears just hang a pc before... Anyone have any suggestions? My xorg.conf is the same as the one in the original post, and I have tried adjusting the settings.

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "GLcore"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Mobility 9300 (R200 AP)"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Try to disble FastWrite and downgrade APG from 8x to 4x.

[immoral giant]

I'm having problems. I installed the Mesa drivers initially. Since then i followed this guide and got the ATI drivers. With the ATI Drivers i got high fps in glxgears (cant remember what it was) but since then i followed this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32495

Now fglrxinfo gives:

root@ubuntu:/home/user # 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 6.2.1)

Is there any way i can just uninstall the drivers and redo this guide. I tried redoing it but it doesn't change.

[Hamman]

Thanks for a great guide! I'm currently getting 4650 FPS in glxgears, so I'm thinking about trying ET tonight .

[pailhead]

I know, I know, flog the dead horse . But I believe this is worth doing because I, and others, have had my xserver freeze at boot time after following some of the instructions found on these forums - in particular the use of fglrxconfig. I guess i'm just trying to bring the best info I've gained from other threads (and now this one!), plus my own (limited) experience, into one place.

I've tried setting up my 9800 pro with the sudo apt-get install... etc that you specify above and I get a black screen. I don't get a gnome GDM at all. Has anyone run into this issue and if so what did you do? I'm running the stock kernel on an AMD 64 processor.

Anyone?

[pailhead]

Hi all. I am STILL having a terrible time setting up the ATI drivers despite this great HOWTO. Note I am new to Linux but comfortable with the CL. I am running a P4 2.0GHz machine and the 9800 Radeon Pro 256MB graphics card, and Dell 2001 FP monitor at 1600x1200 resolution.

After I install exactly as per this HOWTO, when X loads it gives a black screen and I can no longer do anything. Note it is not a monitor powerdown, just black screen. I have to then boot into recovery mode and change "fglrx" to "ati" to get X to load again. I am sorry for the long post, but I am desperately in need of help resolving this problem.

This is exactly the same issue I"m having and haven't found a way out yet. I've got the same card but with 128MB.

Anyone?

[jomk]

I am close, but when I restart X (or reboot too), I get a blank screen. If I go ahead and enter my password, I can hear the X session fire up, including the "music", but the screen is still blank.

I am attaching my dmesg.doc and Xorg.0.log.doc.bz2 as files due to message length constraints; xorg.conf is below. I would appreciate help getting over the hump.

I also did the re-install with Xserver stopped. I am using 2.6.10-5-686. Also copied the fglrx.ko file to the various suggested folders. My ssystem uses a Celeron 2.60GHz cpu; 512 MB RAM; Shuttle ST61G4 with integrated 9100IGP ATI graphics.

Of note in the log:

(WW) Ignoring request to load module GLcore

(II) fglrx(0): driver needs XFree86 version: 4.3.x
(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect XFree86 version (query_status=-3)

I would really appreciate your assistance - many have succeeded, and I would like to join your ranks.

THX
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Xorg.conf:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
#   sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"unix/:7100"			# local font server
	# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"GLcore"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"dri"
	SubSection "extmod"
		Option "omit xfree86-dga"
	EndSubSection
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9100 A5 (R200 IGP)"
	Driver		"fglrx"

#If X refuses to use the screen resolution you asked for
#uncomment this; see "Bugs and Workarounds" for details.
#	Option "NoDDC"

#=== Video Overlay for the Xv extension
	Option "VideoOverlay"	"on"

#=== OpenGL Overlay 
#Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Viseo Overlay
#	will be disabled automatically
	Option "OpenGLOverlay"	"off"

#=== Use internal AGP GART support?
#If OpenGL acceleration does NOT work, try using "yes" here
#and disable the kernel agpgart driver.
	Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

# The following BusID bit is not needed with one monitor
	BusID		"PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"GATEWAY EV90"
	Option		"DPMS"
#	HorizSync	30-86
#	VertRefresh	50-120
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9100 A5 (R200 IGP)"
	Monitor		"GATEWAY EV90"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

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[frostyfrost]

hello
I'm having this error when I try to install the xorg-driver-fglrx_6.8.0-8.8.25-0ubuntu11_i386.deb

"E: /var/cache/apt/archives/xorg-driver-fglrx_6.8.0-8.8.25-0ubuntu11_i386.deb: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 2"

Any suggestions

[midfingr]

Thank you
Your guide got my ATI 9800 PRO working!

Much appreciated

... now I have install some (cough) id titles.

[pailhead]

Thank you
Your guide got my ATI 9800 PRO working!

Much appreciated

... now I have install some (cough) id titles.

Wish I could say the same thing...

[lynng]

shizow,

I'm also trying to get this working on a t43, but get a blank screen when restarting X. Without the

Option		"MonitorLayout"	"LVDS, STV"

the screen does not appear to come on. With the option it comes on but stays black. Could you post your xorg.conf so I can compare?