ATI Radeon 9700

From: Christian Christmann (plfriko_at_yahoo.de)
Date: 02/20/05

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    Hi,

    I've a Toshiba M30X-131 laptop with Debian Sid
    and XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 running.

    The video card is an ATI Radeon 9700. I installed
    the recent ATI driver and the module is going to
    be loaded.

    chris@notebook:~$ lsmod
    Module Size Used by
    fglrx 240284 0

    But glxgears just calculates small values like
    466 frames in 5.0 seconds = 93.200 FPS

    and glxinfo indicates that the 3D acceleration is
    not running.

    chris@notebook:~$ glxinfo
    name of display: :0.0
    display: :0 screen: 0
    direct rendering: No
    server glx vendor string: SGI
    server glx version string: 1.2
    server glx extensions:
        GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context
    client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
    client glx version string: 1.3
    client glx extensions:
        GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
        GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
        GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
        GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer
    GLX extensions:
        GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
        GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
    OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
    OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
    OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4
    OpenGL extensions:
        GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_EXT_blend_color,
        GL_EXT_blend_minmax
    glu version: 1.3
    glu extensions:
        GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

       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
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    0x23 24 tc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
    0x24 24 tc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
    0x25 24 tc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
    0x26 24 tc 1 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
    0x27 24 dc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
    0x28 24 dc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
    0x29 24 dc 1 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
    0x2a 24 dc 1 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None

    I also used to follow the introduction
    http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html

    got the save problem as above.

    My XF86Config-4 reads:
    [snip]
    Section "Module"
       ...
       Load "GLcore"
       Load "glx"
       Load "dri"
       ...
       # Load "extmod" but omit DGA extension
       SubSection "extmod"
         Option "omit xfree86-dga"
       EndSubSection
       ...
     EndSection
     
     Section "Device"
       Identifier "ATI"
       Driver "fglrx" # this is the important bit
     
     # If X refuses to use the screen resolution you asked for,
     # uncomment this; see "Bugs and Workarounds" for details.
       #Option "NoDDC"
     
     # === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
       Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
     # === OpenGL Overlay ===
     # Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
     # will be disabled automatically
       Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
     # === Use internal AGP GART support? ===
     # If OpenGL acceleration doesn't work, try using "yes" here
     # and disable the kernel agpgart driver.
       Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
     EndSection
     
     Section "Screen"
       Identifier "your screen"
       Device "ATI"
       Monitor "your monitor"
       DefaultDepth 24
       SubSection "Display"
         Depth 24
         Modes "1280x960" # this is only an example,
                          # use your preferred resolution here
       EndSubSection
     EndSection
     
     Section "DRI"
       Mode 0666
     EndSection
    [snip]

    The kernel is running without framebuffer and DRM.
    grep FB .config
    # CONFIG_FB is not set
    grep DRM .config
    # CONFIG_DRM is not set

    I also played with agpgart, tried to load it as a module
    or leave it out and setting the appropriate values
    for Option "UseInternalAGPGART.

    But all these steps didn't enable the 3D support.

    Any ideas how to fix this problem?

    Thanks
    Chris 

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