Re: ATI, KDE and the last Kernel
Guan de dio <guan.dedio@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Today I upgrade my lapto form KDE 4.1 to KDE4.2.2.
> The performance is better than KDE4.1, not only fixing bug this KDE is more quickly in my
> laptop :) thanks for the big effort.
>
> I ony has a small issue.
>
> My laptop has a ATI card (X600 Radeon), after the ugrading (KDE + Kernel) I lost the
> desktop effect.
> If I download the frimware file that it is necesary with the new kernel (R300_cp.bin).
> If I perform glxgear in a konsole I can watch the gears, but the glxinfo shows that the
> render is OFF.
AFAIK, firmware is required only when you use ati (radeon) driver with
radeon kernel module.
> I tried several configuration with the same resault.
>
> My xorg.conf file is that:
> #Section "Device"
> # Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]"
> # Driver "ati"
> # BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> #EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
> Driver "fglrx"
> Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
> Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
here you use fglrx driver bug fglrx kernel module is not loaded (fglrx
is not shown in your lsmod).
HTH
> **************************************************************
>
> And the command lsmod gives me that:
>
> Module Size Used by
> ppdev 6224 0
> lp 7872 0
> parport_pc 22020 0
> parport 30868 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
> ipv6 232468 14
> arc4 1544 2
> ecb 2352 2
> lib80211_crypt_wep 3256 1
> dm_snapshot 16716 0
> dm_mirror 12160 0
> dm_region_hash 10632 1 dm_mirror
> dm_log 8588 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
> dm_mod 49048 3 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror,dm_log
> firewire_sbp2 12500 0
> loop 12988 0
> tda827x 8780 1
> tda8290 9480 1
> snd_intel8x0 25900 2
> tuner 21192 0
> snd_seq_dummy 2368 0
> saa7134 132616 0
> snd_seq_oss 24756 0
> ir_common 44856 1 saa7134
> snd_seq_midi 5448 0
> snd_intel8x0m 12148 1
> snd_ac97_codec 91260 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
> v4l2_common 14508 2 tuner,saa7134
> videodev 33448 3 tuner,saa7134,v4l2_common
> v4l1_compat 11196 1 videodev
> videobuf_dma_sg 11164 1 saa7134
> pcmcia 23312 0
> snd_rawmidi 18544 1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event 6072 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> ac97_bus 1444 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss 31708 0
> snd_mixer_oss 12000 1 snd_pcm_oss
> videobuf_core 16148 2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
> snd_seq 42120 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device 6108 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd_pcm 62708 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> ipw2200 119472 0
> libipw 23788 1 ipw2200
> tveeprom 10592 1 saa7134
> iTCO_wdt 9880 0
> joydev 8560 0
> yenta_socket 21276 1
> rsrc_nonstatic 9424 1 yenta_socket
> snd_timer 17808 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd 48420 17
> snd_intel8x0,snd_seq_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 6204 1
> snd
> i2c_i801 8104
> 0
> lib80211 6076 3
> lib80211_crypt_wep,ipw2200,libipw
> pcmcia_core 30784 3
> pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> snd_page_alloc 8036 3
> snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
> psmouse 36628
> 0
> i2c_core 20828 7
> tda827x,tda8290,tuner,saa7134,v4l2_common,tveeprom,i2c_i801
> rng_core 3644
> 0
> pcspkr 2092
> 0
> serio_raw 4544
> 0
> evdev 8160
> 13
> video 16348
> 0
> output 2504 1
> video
> battery 5832
> 0
> button 5672
> 0
> ac 2872
> 0
> ext3 107180
> 1
> jbd 42500 1
> ext3
> mbcache 7180 1
> ext3
> ide_cd_mod 25532
> 0
> cdrom 29804 1
> ide_cd_mod
> ide_gd_mod 18904
> 3
> ata_generic 4316
> 0
> libata 148892 1
> ata_generic
> scsi_mod 132076 2
> firewire_sbp2,libata
> ide_pci_generic 3408 0
> usbhid 29132 0
> hid 34260 1 usbhid
> sdhci_pci 6364 0
> sdhci 14260 1 sdhci_pci
> mmc_core 44104 1 sdhci
> led_class 3668 1 sdhci
> piix 5584 3
> r8169 27728 0
> mii 4648 1 r8169
> firewire_ohci 18620 0
> firewire_core 33500 2 firewire_sbp2,firewire_ohci
> crc_itu_t 1796 1 firewire_core
> uhci_hcd 19392 0
> ide_core 91820 4 ide_cd_mod,ide_gd_mod,ide_pci_generic,piix
> ehci_hcd 29936 0
> usbcore 124912 4 usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
> intel_agp 22548 0
> agpgart 30624 1 intel_agp
> thermal 15092 0
> processor 39540 2 thermal
> fan 4104 0
> thermal_sys 10272 4 video,thermal,processor,fan
>
> Thanks in advence,
> GUAN
>
>
--
Dominique Dumont
"Delivering successful solutions requires giving people what they
need, not what they want." Kurt Bittner
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