I have the same problem - gutsy Tribe 5 - fglrx 8.37.6... Xorg.0.log seems to do well, it states that direct rendering is enabled:
(II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI (II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 7 drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports .......................................................................... (II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0" (II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x12463000 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x12463000 to 0xb72bb000 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x12464000 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel (II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information: (II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.37.6 (II) fglrx(0): Date: May 25 2007 (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver. (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information: (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.22-12-386 (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x12465000 (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 16. (II) fglrx(0): Exposed events to the /proc interface (II) fglrx(0): [drm] ringbuffer size = 0x00100000 bytes (II) fglrx(0): [drm] texture shared area handle = 0x12469000 (II) fglrx(0): shared FSAAScale=1 (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull! (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x005e9000 (II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1280,1210) (II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1280,800) (front color buffer - assumption) (II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1280 x 410 (==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled (==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled (II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION (II) Loading extension ATITVOUT (**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled (II) fglrx(0): GLESX enableFlags = 16 (II) fglrx(0): GLESX is enabled (II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) Screen to screen bit blits Solid filled rectangles 8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles Solid Lines Dashed Lines Offscreen Pixmaps Setting up tile and stipple cache: 30 128x128 slots (II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled (WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used (WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used (II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1 (II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete (II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled (==) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE (II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE (II) Loading local sub module "GLcore" (II) LoadModule: "GLcore" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libGLcore.so (II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) GLX: Initialized MESA-PROXY GL provider for screen 0 .................................. fglrxinfo: OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 OpenGL version string: 2.0.6473 (8.37.6) However glxinfo gives: name of display: :1.0 display: :1 screen: 0 direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions: GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig client glx vendor string: ATI client glx version string: 1.3 client glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture GLX version: 1.2 GLX extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_ARB_multisample OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.0.6473 (8.37.6)) OpenGL extensions: GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x2c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2d 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2e 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon 0x2f 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon I'm not sure but maybe but I think that it's a problem with improper glx module loading - maybe some symlink will work - I'll try that and I'll let you know... -- gutsy fglrx no direct rendering no desktop effects https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144005 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs