Man, I can guarantee you I am happily married and straight, but I couls still kiss you. :) Thx. Somehow with this patch it worked. I just finished testing Unreal Tournament 2003. :) :) :) Yeeey :) Now I just wonder what is the difference between this and the nvidia patch?!? :/ Why does this work and the NVIDIA patch fails?!?
Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joerg Mertin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Radeon 9700 + nforce2- nvidia 1.0261 drivers (with agpgart patch for 3rd party graphics cards) and ML 9.1 > Hi Mate, > > hehehe :) Here we go again. I have by now bought a Radeon 9500 Pro - and > still have my Asus Nforce 2 Board running smoothly. > > What you actuually have to do is the following. > 1. Get the kernel source. Best is taking the source in the mdk. updates > section. > 2. Apply the AGP Patch (For the Radeon). You can find it under: > http://etudiant.epita.fr:8000/~nonolk/nforce-agp.diff > cd /usr/src/ > patch -p0 -E -s < nforce-agp.diff > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file > linux/include/linux/agp_backend.h.rej > > You'll see one rejection. That's no problem. > > cd linux/include/linux > emacs agp_backend.h.rej agp_backend.h > > You'll see the following: > > *************** > *** 82,87 **** > SVWRKS_LE, > SVWRKS_GENERIC, > HP_ZX1, > }; > > typedef struct _agp_version { > --- 82,89 ---- > SVWRKS_LE, > SVWRKS_GENERIC, > HP_ZX1, > + NV_NFORCE, > + NV_NFORCE_2, > }; > > typedef struct _agp_version { > > So - go to the mentioned line 82 in the agp_backend.h file, type in > (For the Emacs): > <meta>-X goto-line <CR> > 82<CR> > > And you'll see that all you need to add here is the 2 missing lines: > NV_NFORCE, > NV_NFORCE_2, > > after HP_Zx1, to have a working include file. > > Go to you normal /usr/src/linux directory - and perform a kernel > configuration - e.g. make menuconfig (xconfig doesn't work for me) :) > > Compile the kernel: make depend && make bzImage && make modules && make > modules_install > > Copy the kernel Imagefile to the boot Directory and adapt your Lilo/Grub > configuration accordingly. > > NOTE: ALWAYS keep the old kernel for security reasons ! > > Once this is done - reboot your system and you should have the new > version running, with agp support. Test it by issuing: > > modprobe agpgart > > It should work out of the Box. > > Now - all you need to do is get the ATI stuff from: > http://www.schneider-digital.de/html/download_ati.html > > and install these according to their INSTALL.txt file :) > Should work out of the box. > > > The entire thread discussing the agp_patch is here: > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=5d07a26525213a8a13d6279cd9bd8bee&threadid=9396&perpage=25&pagenumber=7 > > Having it done like this - I now can run UT2003, Guake 3 Arena Tuxracer, > etc .... > > Cheers & Good luck :) > > Joerg > > Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Did anyone succeed in getting them work together nicely? If so > > please explain step by step like for an retarded idiot:) how you did it. > > I got it to the point that the agpgart module loads and the fglrx module > > loads. In X fglrxinfo displays the ATI driver and also the OpenGL from > > ATI and not the Mesa one. Though everything seems fine, I cannot start > > any application including fgl_glxgears or tuxracer without my PC > > freezing. I looked in the /var/log/kernel/errors and saw something about > > fglrx:firegl_unlock drm_ioremapfree and an attempt to call something on > > a NULL. Funny stuff is that I have no other warning/error whatsoever in > > dmesg, XFree86 log or messages. :/ When I try to start fgl_glxgears PC > > freezes instantly without doing anything (I remain in the screen where I > > tried starting it). Only a hard reboot is possible (no Ctrl-Bksp, no > > SysReq, nada). :( I thought maybe something screwy is going on with my > > fgl_glxgears so I tried Tuxracer. A bit better. My screen went black and > > monitor made the "click" it does when changing video modes, stayed there > > for a few seconds and then monitor switched to standby like it does when > > no signal comes (for ex when PC is off). In the meantime I could hear an > > endless looping sound in my headset. :( Also beside hard reset nothing > > of the "normal" ways to regain control of the PC worked :( I switched on > > my TV to see if it outputs there something, but no go (thought the > > rascal switched output to the TV-OUT maybe). :( I got the latest ati > > driver for X 4.3.0 (I think is 2.9.12). Did a clean kernel recompile, a > > clean uninstall and rebuild/reinstall of the NVIDIA_nforce driver for > > the agpgart and also cleanly uninstalled and installed the fglrx driver. > > Same simptom. :( Am going nuts. So please if you managed to do it tell > > me how and any thoughts on how to debug the crash. If it would have been > > a kernel panick (lights on keyb) I would have used the autodump of the > > ksymoops... :( Thanks in advance. > > > > Best regards, > > Adrian > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Home)| > | in Neuch�tel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Work)| > | Stardust's LiNUX System : | > | PGP 2.6.3in Key on Demand : Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Home-Page: http://www.solsys.org > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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