Re: About ATI drivers and xorg.conf

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:00:23 -0400, cosme@esid.gecgr.co.cu wrote in
message
<[🔎] fad9e363804034dc4572b6e4496b62c1.squirrel@sax.esid.gecgr.co.cu>:

> Hi
> 
> a few days ago I'm trying to operate a card
> Technologies Inc R200 BB [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV]
> 
> Use Debian squeeze
> 
> I managed to run the ati-driver-installer-8.38.6-4 and generated
> x86.x86_64.run
> packages. deb and dpkg install.
> 
> After having generated this run
> 
> but when I run glxinfo | grep render me back
> 
> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting
> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
>     GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (R200 4242) 20090101
> x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2
> 
> the xorg.conf configuration file
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>         Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
>         Option            "AIGLX" "true"
> EndSection

..this works with the radeon driver.  
ATI/AMD quit supporting your card many years ago.

> Section "Files"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
>         Option            "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
>         Option            "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
>         Option            "DPMS" "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
>         Driver      "fglrx"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
>         Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
>         Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> 
> On the other hand I tried to convert and install the 2 files the free
> and not free from ATI and I could not.
> 
>    fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm and
> fglrx64_6_8_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Cosme
> 
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> 
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