Re: [gentoo-user] can't get accelerated opengl renderer ati radeon xpress 200M
In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: GentooPenguin# /usr/sbin/lspci | grep Radeon 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci::01:05.0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -19 (etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc) (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM [dri] Disabling DRI. Well the directory /dev/dri/ is empty, so there you go. Hmmm... Mine has an entry for card0: GentooPenguin# ls -l /dev/dri crw-rw 1 root video 226, 0 2010-04-08 17:42 card0 Are you sure your opengl libraries are being found in /usr/lib/opengl? I used to run the ATI proprietary driver and switched to the open Radeon driver and remember some fiddling was required in this directory, possibly a symlink pointing in the wrong direction. What does the command eselect opengl list show you? Mine tells me that the xorg-x11 driver is being used. I have these package versions: xorg-server 1.7.6 mesa 7.8 libdrm 2.4.19 xf86-video-ati 6.12.192 xorg-drivers 1.7 I'm running: xorg-server 1.6.5-r1 mesa7.5.2 libdrm 2.4.15 xf86-video-ati 6.12.5 xorg-drivers1.6 I have drm set in my kernel too: t...@o_0 ~ $ zgrep DRM /proc/config.gz CONFIG_DRM=m CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER=m CONFIG_DRM_TTM=m # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I915 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set # CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX is not set # CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I2C_CH7006 is not set GentooPenguin$ zgrep DRM /proc/config.gz CONFIG_DRM=m # CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set # CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I830 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_I915 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set # CONFIG_DRM_VIA is not set # CONFIG_DRM_SAVAGE is not set and this dmesg output appears to indicate that its working ok: [ 53.428828] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 53.642115] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting. [ 53.642122] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. But glxgears only gets about 19 fps. Here is what glxinfo | grep OpenGL reports: I get: 1438 frames in 5.0 seconds = 287.483 FPS Not really screaming along, but adequate for my needs. Section Module Load record Load extmod Load dri Load glx Load GLcore Load dri2 Load dbe EndSection My xorg.conf shows: Section Module Load extmod Load dri Load dbe Load record Load xtrap Load glx EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option ShadowFB# [bool] #Option DefaultRefresh # [bool] #Option ModeSetClearScreen # [bool] Identifier Card0 Driver radeon VendorName ATI Technologies Inc BoardName RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] BusID PCI:1:5:0 Option MergedFB true Option CRT2Position LeftOf Option ColorTiling true Option EnablePageFliptrue #Option AccelMethod EXA #Option AccelDFS true EndSection My Device Section: Section Device Identifier ATI Graphics Adapter 0 Driver radeon Option AccelMethod EXA BusID PCI:1:5:0 EndSection If anyone has any idea, please let me know. Would posting to the xorg or radeon mailing lists be good places for help as well? I hope this helps. -- Regards, Gregory. Gentoo Linux - Penguin Power
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. I'm running VirtualBox Binary in bridge mode (host Gentoo, guest XP). I'm not sure, but did you configure bridge support in your Linux kernel ? The worst part is when I enable bridge mode on second adapter the keyboard lock up, so I need to reboot the box :-/ I've copied the VM into my other box and VirtualBox Network part is working in both Bridge and NAT mode. So I can not seem to understand why it is working on one box but not the other. Does it have something to do with Promiscuous Mode? -- Joseph
[gentoo-user] Re: VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On 04/08/2010 07:11 AM, Joseph wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. The worst part is when I enable bridge mode on second adapter the keyboard lock up, so I need to reboot the box :-/ I've copied the VM into my other box and VirtualBox Network part is working in both Bridge and NAT mode. So I can not seem to understand why it is working on one box but not the other. Does it have something to do with Promiscuous Mode? Promiscuous Mode is needed for bridging to work. This is why NAT mode is preferable, btw, unless you have a good reason to use bridging.
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On 04/08/10 07:40, Fernando Antunes wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. I'm running VirtualBox Binary in bridge mode (host Gentoo, guest XP). I'm not sure, but did you configure bridge support in your Linux kernel ? Good suggestion, I just need to find it. Which option is it? -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On 04/08/10 13:40, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 04/08/2010 07:11 AM, Joseph wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. The worst part is when I enable bridge mode on second adapter the keyboard lock up, so I need to reboot the box :-/ I've copied the VM into my other box and VirtualBox Network part is working in both Bridge and NAT mode. So I can not seem to understand why it is working on one box but not the other. Does it have something to do with Promiscuous Mode? Promiscuous Mode is needed for bridging to work. This is why NAT mode is preferable, btw, unless you have a good reason to use bridging. How to check if network card is set/support promiscuose mode? I know to set it is: ifconfig eth0 promisc I need to mount some directory via samba to backup some windows files and in NAT mode was not able to mount the Windows XP directory, it bridge mode samba has no problem mounting windows directory. -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/08/10 07:40, Fernando Antunes wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. I'm running VirtualBox Binary in bridge mode (host Gentoo, guest XP). I'm not sure, but did you configure bridge support in your Linux kernel ? Good suggestion, I just need to find it. Which option is it? Probally you are using virtualbox greater than 2.1. Just do this : Networking --- Networking Options --- * 802.1d Ethernet Bridging and loaded this three modules. I believe the second one is mandatory to bridge. vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv More information here : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Virtualbox#Bridged -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On 04/08/10 13:33, Fernando Antunes wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/08/10 07:40, Fernando Antunes wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. I'm running VirtualBox Binary in bridge mode (host Gentoo, guest XP). I'm not sure, but did you configure bridge support in your Linux kernel ? Good suggestion, I just need to find it. Which option is it? Probally you are using virtualbox greater than 2.1. Just do this : Networking --- Networking Options --- * 802.1d Ethernet Bridging and loaded this three modules. I believe the second one is mandatory to bridge. vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv More information here : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Virtualbox#Bridged I don't think I need this option: * 802.1d Ethernet Bridging as according to gentoo wiki: ...Note: The following steps are not necessary for setting up Host Interface on VirtualBox = 2.1. I'm using VirtualBox-bin 3.1.6 and on my two other systems AMD quad core and Intel Quad-core Bridge networking works OK without: * 802.1d Ethernet Bridging -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On 04/08/10 13:33, Fernando Antunes wrote: Probally you are using virtualbox greater than 2.1. Just do this : Networking --- Networking Options --- * 802.1d Ethernet Bridging and loaded this three modules. I believe the second one is mandatory to bridge. vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv More information here : http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Virtualbox#Bridged No, it is defiantly not the option, when I compile it in VirtualBox will not start and it freezes my box, mouse is not even responding. -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
CONFIG_BRIDGE :) On 4/8/10, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/08/10 07:40, Fernando Antunes wrote: On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: I've activated Network adapter in VirtualBox (running Windows XP) but I it is not working. It works only in NAT mode not in Bridge mode. I'm running VirtualBox Binary in bridge mode (host Gentoo, guest XP). I'm not sure, but did you configure bridge support in your Linux kernel ? Good suggestion, I just need to find it. Which option is it? -- Joseph -- Sent from my mobile device Kyle
Re: [gentoo-user] VirtualBox bridge mode eth0
On 04/08/10 10:55, Kyle Bader wrote: CONFIG_BRIDGE :) grep -i config_bridge .config # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set CONFIG_BRIDGE refers to iptable (netfilter) I think; beside on my other two boxes CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set and bridge in VirtualBox is working OK. The only box that VM bridge network is not working is Intel ATOM 330 with with RTL8168c/8111c network card. It seems to me this card support Promiscuous Mode http://developer.novell.com/yes/70604.htm I hope the one in the kernel does. -- Joseph
[gentoo-user] Gfx for Linux Gaming
Hi, I know this question is vague but I'm not a gamer so excuse my ignorance and thanks in advance. I'm building a machine that is somewhat over the top for power - i7 980x 6 core, hyperthreaded for 12 processing threads, lots of cache, 24GB DRAM, 1TB RAID0 and 500GB RAID1. The main job for this machine is to run maybe 5 copies of Windows 7 ( 10 threads ) doing number crunching and Gentoo-AMD64 as the host. (If I ever find Open Source to do what I'm using Windows for but that's for another thread in the future.) Anyway, the machine is coming together and I need to get a graphics adaper. I don't plan on doing much gaming, at least right now, but if I wanted to get __moderately__ high-end graphics performance under Linux what would I buy? Generally I prefer Open Source drivers but I'm not political about it and historically have had better results with NVidia than ATI but I own both and both work. I don't want to go over the top price-wise as it's not the purpose of this machine at all, but I might as well have a little fun once in awhile if possible. Assume maybe $200 for the card unless there's something to really be gained going up a bit more. Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Portage + checksums
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 16:06:03 Butterworth, John W. wrote: So to avoid spamming with 20+ Thank You emails I'll send out just one and thank you all collectively for the information provided (I hope this isn't rude - I'm not sure of proper protocol in this situation). I have a lot more insight now and some new ideas of where I need to look to learn more. This is a great community and it reflects in the OS - I don't know why I waited so long to try Gentoo.(??)! I was wrong, this was kicking around before 2004! Feast your eyes on this and the steps taken by devs to achieve a workable security process: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0057.html This is a brief summary of the compromise that took place in 2003: http://www.compatdb.org/forums/topic/882-rsyncgentooorg-rotation-server- compromised/ -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gfx for Linux Gaming
nVidia at the moment is a bit of a risk, as there is a whole raft of issues going on with nVidia hardware. If their drivers work, they will likely give better performance and features than AMDs options, and so long as the hardware holds up. Read up on nVidia bumps issue for more information. However... AMD have an open-source strategy and an official open-source driver stack. Their open-source drivers are good, and getting better, but are not feature complete yet, nor really competitive for performance in 3D games. I'm not aware of any major issues surrounding AMD graphics, except the general complaints that the FOSS drivers aren't yet good enough. YMMV, RobbieAB
[gentoo-user] Match of the udev and the kernel
Dear all, I installed gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r8 for a legacy esdcan-usb331 driver. The current udev-149 does not match this kernel now. Who can tell me which version of udev can work with linux kernel 2.6.24-gentoo-r8? Regards, Zhiwei
[gentoo-user] lzma conflicting man?
Hi, this morning an update wants to install coreutils with coreutils-patches, which are compressed via the lzma-tool, which is not found on my system. app-arch/lzma is masked. I unmasked it and now emerge -pv reports: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] app-arch/lzma-4.65 USE=-doc 282 kB [blocks B ] app-arch/lzma (app-arch/lzma is blocking sys-apps/man-1.6f-r3) How can I get out of this ? Best regards, mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
Re: [gentoo-user] Gfx for Linux Gaming
5850 or 5870. You have a hard time to get anything besides a 250 from Nvidia (and Charlie predicted and explained that ...). And a 250 is just a twice rebranded 8800
