On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:45:21 -0500, Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have recently lost 3d support for my ATI Radeon 9600, and am using x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 and media-video/ati-drivers-8.10.19.
In my /var/log/Xorg.0.log, excerpted below, it complains that /dev/dri/card0 doesn't exist and sure enough:
6.8.2-r1 is a new release of xorg; I'm going to assume that you've followed the instructions to emerge xorg only when X is not running...
If I remember correctly, the /dev/dri/card0 is created when the module(s) are loaded. I'd suggest getting into console mode, emerge xorg again, then reboot or restart X.
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! * (WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
This makes me think that the kernel module isn't loaded. You might want to make sure the module is available for your running kernel and that it is loaded before you start X.
Before starting X:
thing mm # modprobe -l 'fg*' /lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r2/video/fglrx.ko
And for a sanity check on the newly re-emerged ati-drivers:
thing mm # ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r2/video/fglrx.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 297570 Mar 7 13:33 /lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r2/video/fglrx.ko
Yet after typing "xdm" and logging on, still no /dev/dri/card0 or 3d support. I'm really stumped but will keep poking at it. And to answer Dave's question, yes, xorg was emerged when X was not running. I even re-emerged it during lunch today.
Thanks for your ideas! Mike -- [email protected] mailing list
