It could be that the driver simply does not recognize your card.
Take a look in the drm code and add pci id for your card.
Or perhaps XFree CVS already has an updated driver.
Vladimir Dergachev
On 18 Dec 2001, Jean-Marc Valin wrote:
> I have a new Compaq 1720CA laptop with an ATI Radeon card and I can't
> get AGP and direct rendering to work on it.
>
> Here's what I have:
> PIII 1 GHz, running Linux 7.2
> ATI Radeon Mobility M6 (8 MB Video RAM)
> Kernel 2.4.16 (also tried with default RedHat 7.2 kernel, 2.4.7-10)
> No compiled with devfs, CONFIG_AGP=M, CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=M, CONFIG_DRM=Y
> XFree 4.1.0
>
> I'm not sure whether the two problems are related or not. First, I
> cannot load the agpgart module (so no usable /dev/agpgart). When trying
> to load the module, I get "init_module: No such device". Also, whatever
> I do, I cannot get direct rendering enabled:
> % glxinfo | grep direct
> direct rendering: No
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
>
> Here's what I've tried so far:
>
> -Compiling agpgart and radeon support into the kernel instead of
> modules. That didn't change anything: In both cases I end up with no
> device connected to /dev/agpgart, and "something" connected to
> /dev/dri/card0
>
> -I tried lowering the resolution to 1024x768 (instead of the default
> 1400x1050), as suggested in a similar thread. It made no difference at
> all.
>
> -Tried both 2.4.16 and 2.4.7 (redhat). No difference.
>
> -Tried doing a "modprobe radeon" before loading X. The modeprobe works,
> but it doesn't change anything with X. As I said, "modprobe agpgart"
> fails, so I can't get AGP.
>
> Another note: In order to get XFree to work at all, I had to add
> "VideoRam 8192" to the Device section in my XF86Config-4. Otherwise,
> XFree detected 0 MB.
>
> I'm attaching both my XF86Config-4 and my XFree log. Does anyone have an
> idea of what the problem is?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jean-Marc
>
> P.S. Please also CC to me directly, as I am not subscribed to the list.
>
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