[Grml] everthing except fglrx (goodnews/badsnews)

Martin Yazdzik yazdzik at nyct.net
Tue Aug 29 13:44:40 CEST 2006


Dear Friends,

Many thanks to Lars for the files.
Lars has the driver working, but not the kernel modules for 3d.  

I can, with no effort, have the fglrx driver for 2d.(never been an issue - 
perhaps I was unclear - by "working, I mean a full module load with 
functional 3d, nothing less, since that is the design objective of the 
driver.  Note that the usual blurb is "if x works but no 3d, kernel module is 
not loading.)


Finally, one can build and load the kernel module from either the grml 
sources, or the ati site. This is big progress, as only the grml sources 
worked in .7.  The good news on this is that the behaviour of the live cd and 
the install are exactly the same - whether grml-x -module fglrx or modprobe 
fglrx, I get the same result.

The bad news is that that result is best described as the screen slowly 
blanking to a white mess of nothing.

Notes:  

same for all versions of xorg, 7 and 7.1.

3d works  perfectly in grml 7 on this box, with xorg 7.0, so there is no issue 
with 7.0, in se.

only the grml version works in .7, any attempt to use the ati packages does 
not allow the build of a loadable module.

obviously, the ati installer works fine in sid when sid is installed via the 
etch installer, although I have not tested it with xorg 7.1. 

Please read the word "works" as in strict english, to wit, function as per 
design, i e, 3d is provided by fglrx libs, since the purpose of the driver is 
to provide both 2d and 3d acceleration.


So, why does the driver work in grml 7 but not 8?



glxinfo.txt is from the .7 install.

Will keep exploring.

 Best,

m







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name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
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_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_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: MOBILITY RADEON X600 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5814 (8.25.18)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, 
    GL_S3_s3tc, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, 
    GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, 
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, 
    GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_blend, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, 
    GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_element_array, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, 
    GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_map_object_buffer, GL_ATI_separate_stencil, 
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, 
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATI_vertex_array_object, 
    GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object, GL_ATI_vertex_streams, 
    GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATIX_texture_env_route, 
    GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, 
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, 
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, 
    GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, 
    GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, 
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_EXT_vertex_shader, GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_NV_blend_square, 
    GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix, 
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

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