Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-xorg (68 mails)

[Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:41:14AM +0200, Bojan Hribernik wrote:
> For the past five hours I've been trying to get fglrx drivers to work on 
> SuSE 9.0 without any luck.
> I've tried both, from rage3d.com and ftp.suse.com and finally decided to 
> stick with suse. I followed the instructions in fglrx readme carefully:
> 
> # su
> # init 3 (just in case...)
> 
> i updated XFree86 drivers with
> # rpm -Uhv fglrx*.rpm
> 
> installed kernel-source with yast
> 
> installed kernel module source
> # rpm -Uhv km_fglrx*.rpm
> 
> compiled kernel module sources
> # cd /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx
> # make -f Makefile.module
> # make -f Makefile.module install
> 
> configured sax2
> # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx -b /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/profile/firegl
> 
> AND enabled 3d support in XF86Config-4 by adding Load "dri" to section 
> module
> (from XF86Config-4)
> # This loads the GLX module
>    Load        "glx"   # libglx.a
>    Load        "dri"   # libdri.a

Why XF86Config-4? SaX2 writes XF86Config and if there's a
XF86Config-4, it's preferred. Better remove XF86Config-4 and edit
XF86Config after running SaX2.

> but sax still says 3d support is not configured. and ATI control panel 
> is nowhere to be found.... ohh I'm just so confused :)

There's only one reliable way to find out if 3D Support works. It's
called glxinfo. Look for the 3rd line "direct rendering: No|Yes". 
"Yes" means 3d support enabled. SaX always thinks that 3D support is
not configured as there are no database entries for your graphics card
in SaX2. Just call "fireglcontrol" to use the ATI control panel.

> BTW: which fglrx driver version should I use? and which base XFree86 
> version?

Simply use the XFree86 version of 9.0 and the RPMs and README here:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/ATI/suse90/fglrx/3.7.6

Stefan

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