On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 00:38, Jesse Hutton wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what kernel, distro, and version of XFree86 are > you using? Have you tried Ati's binary driver to see if that works (if > they provide one)?
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Debian 4.3.0) Linux 2.4.20-ac2 i686 [ELF] I just got the same result as with trying the driver radeon. Still wierd "libGL error: InitDriver failed" message with any application. > Jesse > > On 22 Jul 2003, Francisco J. Reyna [ISO-8859-1] Seplveda wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I cant make my Radeon Mobility work with 3d acceleration, I DONE > > EVERYTHING please read. > > > > 1) "Install XFree 4.x.x. Make sure it works. Backup !" > > > > DONE > > > > 2) "Check kernel messages to make sure agpgart and mtrr are being loaded > > and work. DRM module (like radeon.o or r128.o) must be loaded after > > agpgart, which must be loaded after mtrr. It is possible to compile > > these in." > > > > #Keeping same order of output > > ... > > mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel > > ... > > Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann > > agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 262M > > agpgart: Detected Intel i830M chipset > > agpgart: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000 > > ... > > [drm] AGP 0.99 on Unknown @ 0xd0000000 256MB > > [drm] Initialized radeon 1.2.0 20011231 on minor 0 > > [drm:radeon_unlock] *ERROR* Process 357 using kernel context 0 > > [drm:radeon_unlock] *ERROR* Process 622 using kernel context 0 > > ... > > > > I dont know what those 2 errors mean, but Ill continue... > > > > 3) "Start XFree 4.x.x. Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log for messages about > > dri. Does it say "dri enabled" in the end ?" > > > > Yup. > > > > ... > > (II) RADEON(0): X context handle = 0x0000000b > > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler > > (II) RADEON(0): [DRI] installation complete > > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Added 32 65536 byte vertex/indirect buffers > > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Mapped 32 vertex/indirect buffers > > (II) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRISAREAInit. > > (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled > > ... > > > > 4) "make sure that your cards drm module (r128.o or radeon.o) is being > > loaded by the kernel. If not, try modprobe or recompile linux kernel." > > > > #lsmod ouput > > ... > > radeon 94560 1 > > ... > > > > 5) "Start XFree 4.x.x again. Does the log say "dri enabled" in the end ? > > Check dmesg do you see output of drm module ? Does XFree log complain > > about wrong drm module version ? If so obtain a newer drm module, > > compile it and install. Try again." > > > > No, everything is Ok. > > > > 6) "By this time XFree log file should say "dri enabled". Open a > > terminal and run glxgears. It will print out a frames per second count > > each 5 seconds. If you are using hardware GL it should give you at least > > 500 FPS. With software 3d you are unlikely to get more than 300 FPS. > > Both figures, of course, depend on video card and cpu." > > > > Glxgears gives me the following: > > > > ... > > glxgears > > libGL error: InitDriver failed > > 423 frames in 6.0 seconds = 70.500 FPS > > ... > > HERE is where I get that wierd error of "libGL error: InitDriver failed" > > And i get it again and again with all the programs that require GL. > > > > 7) "If glxgears shows small frame rates try using ldd glxgears to find > > out which GL library is being used. If it is the wrong one move it out > > of the way and run ldconfig." > > > > #ldd glxgears output > > > > ... > > libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x4001d000) <- > > ... > > > > #ldconfig -v /usr/X11R6/bin/glxgears output > > > > ... > > libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 > > .. > > I Think here is the problem, but i have no clue how to solve it! HELP > > PLEASE! > > > > 8) "It is possible that hardware rendering is used only when glxgears is > > run by root. To allow all users to use hardware 3d you need to adjust > > DRI permissions in XF86Config using Section 'DRI'. You might need to > > manually delete /dev/dri directory after changing these permissions." > > > > Same as #6, the problem is in number 7 with the GL library, but I dont > > know what to do, I been looking so much time for the answer. > > > > THANKS! > > > > -- > > Francisco J. Reyna Seplveda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 -- Francisco J. Reyna Sep�lveda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
