Bug 20299 – Xfree86-4.3.0-r2 Headaches with my ATI.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description dragnet 2003-05-01 20:18:29 UTC]

to begin, on this new version of xfree i have emerged the latest xfree-drm and
ati-drivers. when i run /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 -configure it gives me a driver
listing and then the error:

Duplicate symbol def_gamma in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o
Also defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o

So i am unable to automaticly generate a configuration file.. fine my old one
still works well enough..

my next beef is with Direct Rendering:

dragnet@mojo-jo-jo dragnet $ glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
 a no go:

ok, lets look at why:

(II) RADEON(0): [drm] failure adding irq handler, there is a device already
using that irq
[drm] falling back to irq-free operation
(II) RADEON(0): [drm] Kernel module too old (1.1) for agp heap manager

YIKES. does anyone know why im getting this strange behavior? i may just end up
downgrading.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
Direct Rendering doesn't work

Expected Results:  
I want direct rendering to work so i can play games!!!!!

[Comment 1 Luca Barbato 2003-05-02 02:53:02 UTC]

you didn't configure X correctly

IF you want to use ati-drivers you have to use the custom configuration utility

IF you want to use dri you have to UNMERGE ati-drivers

I thought I have set a provide on it but probably I'm wrong

[Comment 2 Tom Molesworth 2003-05-03 21:46:50 UTC]

Created attachment 11449 [details, diff]
Fix compilation without 3DNow! support on xfree-4.3.0-r2 ebuild.

Similar patches may be advisable for the MMX/SSE/Katmai support?

[Comment 3 Tom Molesworth 2003-05-03 21:48:41 UTC]

Comment on attachment 11449 [details, diff]
Fix compilation without 3DNow! support on xfree-4.3.0-r2 ebuild.

?? this patch is for the "3DNOW" compilation error, but when I submitted it,
bugzilla threw an error, sorry about this :(

[Comment 4 Luca Barbato 2003-05-04 01:14:34 UTC]

Tom, how's that related to this bug?

[Comment 5 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-05-15 03:26:11 UTC]

tom?

[Comment 6 Tom Molesworth 2003-05-15 04:02:06 UTC]

(the 3DNow! patch does *not* belong with this bug, it's for 20273, don't know how it ended up on this one but bugzilla was throwing "internal server error" pages, I've notified the site admin about the problem - sorry about that)

[Comment 7 Luca Barbato 2003-05-30 08:13:46 UTC]

dragnet could you tell me if you got a correct situation following my advices?

[Comment 8 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-05 06:20:28 UTC]

dragnet??

[Comment 9 dragnet 2003-06-05 15:46:02 UTC]

Heh, sorry i have been neglecting this thread due to girl distractions :))))))

uh.. yesh (as goldmember says) i got things working ok.. i did have to unmerge ati-drivers, thank you for that advice.. aswell the people in #xfree86@freenode helped me through this.. i was using the xfree-drm for an older xfree i think..

chiao
-dragnet
"It's better to burn out than to fade away" --kurt cobain

[Comment 10 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-05 15:53:27 UTC]

closing