On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:00:22 -0400 Bill W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know that this has been done to death but I don't have a link to > the archives.....so..... > What is the best way to install the ati drivers for a Radeon 9700 > card? I just installed 2007 and 3d acceleration is not enabled.
With the exception of some of the mobility cards, ati 9800
and lower have 3d hdw accel in 2007.0 with Xorg-7.1
and the r300 drm module.
It is easily set-up using XFdrake.
It needs to be done while X is running or you
Will Not be given the option to enable hdw accel.
Once you have run it and enabled accel logout of X and then back in.
I have a 9600 and set it up as above and the default
size gears run at +2700
Relevant portion from my /etc/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "dri" # direct rendering
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "ati"
Option "DPMS"
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
EndSection
If you are determined to use the non-GPL ati driver you
need to have the kernel source installed as well as
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/mandriva/non-free/cooker/i586/ati-8.28.8-3plf2007.0.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/mandriva/non-free/cooker/i586/dkms-ati-8.28.8-3plf2007.0.i586.rpm
You need the plf cooker rpms as no 2007.0 dir has been set yet.
Install the rpms and if there are no problem the fglrx module will be
built and loaded.
Change xorg.conf to
Driver "fglrx"
and restart X
Charles
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