Curtis Rey wrote: > On Tuesday 23 January 2007 21:44, Curtis Rey wrote: > >> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 21:20, John Andersen wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday 23 January 2007 16:23, Grommley Spalanski wrote: >>> >>>> . I have also >>>> tried the instruction provided on the ATI website, both using the >>>> installer and generating a distibution specific driver package. As >>>> well, I have tried adding the ATI repository and adding the drivers >>>> through YaST (this resulted in MESA drivers). Some of these >>>> instructions left me with the MESA driver installed, but most of them >>>> ended with the same result that I have now. >>>> >>> CAREFULLY follow the instructions in the download from ATI, and >>> build the rpm being careful to select the proper processor type. >>> >>> Then install the rpm >>> They type this as root: >>> aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf >>> >>> That will build a proper xorg.conf for you. >>> >>> There should be no reason to go into sax2 or yast, but if you want to >>> launch sax2 you can by this command >>> sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx >>> >> Also, if after you get the xorg conf setup and you're still having problems >> run /usr/atigetsysteminfo.sh (best as root). In my case lsmod had shown >> the fglrx module loaded but it kept defaulting to Mesa software. After >> running atigetsysteminfo.sh it showed that it wasn't finding the >> fglrx_dri.so file but if I ran "locate fglrx_dri.so" it was indeed >> installed but in the wrong directory (either in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ or >> /usr/lib/). I just had to copy the file to the directory it said it >> couldn't find it in and I had 3D. >> >> The points is that the ATI linux stuff has always been a bit on the kludgy >> side and often a PITA. If not this shell script I would still probably be >> cussing at ATI and swearing never to buy another of their cards (jury is >> still out on this contention). >> >> Cheers, Curtis. >> >> > Sorry! that was /usr/sbin/atigetsysteminfo.sh > > Just another long line of typos for me :D > > Curtis. > I have tried reinstalling it from scratch (just in case I screwed something up in my inexperience). In fact, I tried several times, just in case I forgot something or missed something. I have had the same results. I checked the file suggested by Curtis, and found the following error messages.
AIGLX error: dlsym for __driCreateNewScreen_20050727 failed (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driCreateNewScreen_200507 AIGLX: reverting to software rendering If I run glxinfo, it shows direct rendering on and the driver correctly displays Ati. Any further thoughts on this? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
