On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:16:24 +0100 Trygve Seljeflot wrote: > Can anybody help with the following? > System is Mdv 2007.0 PowerPack i586, The driver loaded and 3D/DRI > worked OK after upgrade from 2006, but after some time and some > system upgrades (kernel & security mostly) it stops working. (no, i > don't remember when and what I did exactly) > > After weeks fiddling and Googling I'm about to give up, do I have to > buy a nVidia card ?
No, do not get a nvidia card.
In 2007.0 you Do Not need to use the ATI proprietary fglrx driver to get
3d hw accel with any of the Radeon 9xxx cards.
(This does not apply the Radeon X series or newer cards.)
It is done very well with any of the mdv kernels and the Mesa fglrx drm
module.
Short tutorial on how to do so.
1) Remove all pkg related to the proprietary fglrx driver.
If you used the plf dkms rpms this means.
# rpm -e dkms-ati ati ati-kernel
Ensure that you have x11-driver-video-ati-6.6.2-1mdv2007.0 installed.
If not install it.
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf where needed.
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc."
BoardName "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"
Driver "ati"
Option "DPMS"
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1"
EndSection
You can use XFdrake but it will try to install the propitiatory rpm.
If you wish to use it launch it from a terminal and use Ctrl-c to abort
the rpm download then complete the XFdrake configuration as normal.
Restart X
You now have 3d hw accel.
I have it here with a Radeon 9600XP and no problem.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
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Charles
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