On 5/19/06, Andrea Bertagna <bertagna@imap.cc> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I have the same problem with an Acer Aspire 5024WLMi (Radeon
X700). After upgrading to xorg 7 my old fglrx stopped working,
as expected, but I'm not even able to let xserver-xorg-video-ati
driver work: X starts regularly (all processes are running as they
should) but the screen is blank.
It's not quite an X700, but I got a 9800Pro SE working with xorg 7.0,
maybe you can give it a try (you'll need some debian developer packages,
and kernel headers and the 'kernel-package' package if you want 3d accel)
as root, do:
# echo "deb-src
http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian-official/ /" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# apt-get source fglrx-driver
# apt-get build-dep fglrx-driver
# cd fglrx-driver-8.24.8 (this is the version at the time of writing, substite with whatever
version you find yourself with)
# debian/rules binary
# cd ..
# dpkg -i fglrx-driver_8.24.8-2_amd64.deb
# dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.24.8-2_amd64.deb (don't really need this)
# dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-src_8.24.8-2_amd64.deb (if you want 3d accel)
# dpkg -i fglrx-driver-dev_8.24.8-2_amd64.deb (don't really need this either)
this should get you at least in X, for 3d accel, do the rest:
# cd /usr/src/
# tar -xvjf fglrx.tar.bz2
# cd linux-headers-2.6.x-x-... (whatever)
# make-kpkg modules
# cd..
# dpkg -i <newly created deb>
then in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, in the 'Device' section
change the driver line to:
driver "fglrx"
then restart X, and you should be good to go (there is an ugly
hack advertised where you install the driver package using
--force-overwrite and then dpkg-divert libGL.so. This worked
for 32-bit but it won't for 64.
How long should we wait for an Ati serious support?
Don't hold your breath, my next video card in an NVidia for
sure, for this reason entirely. I've seen _TONS_ more linux
support from NVidia that I've ever seen from ATI, in fact, more
recently, I get the feeling ATI is withdrawing the little suppport
they /did/ give, for instance fglrxconfig, which helps to customize
your xorg.conf for an ATI card, is no longer packaged along with
their driver binaries.
Bye
Andrea
On Tuesday 16 May 2006 21:33, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
> Greetings Hans and everybody,
>
> I have an HP Presario zv6000 series (zv6201cl to be exact) which has an
> ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) video chip. I was able to use the
> proprietary ATI driver (fglrx) up through the 6.9 version of xorg. I
> never could get the ATI Control feature to work although it installed
> without complaint. I don't know about 3D effects having no applications
> (games?) that required such. I was satisfied with the screen resolution
> of 1280x800 that is native to the "widescreen" LCD monitor (13 inch;
> 333mm). The only other xorg (<=6.9) driver that would work was the VESA
> driver which produced 1024x768 resolution - horrible!
>
> I am running sid/unstable as I assume you are also. So, when the update
> to xorg 7.0 arrived, I found the old proprietary driver did not work.
> Actually, many things did not work. I had to do a completely new
> installation (separate /home partition so I lost nothing there). The
> move to the official Debian mirrors took place about that time, so I
> don't blame the disaster on the xorg upgrade alone. Never the less, when
> I got the new installation running, I found the ATI stuff (binary and
> source) would not work. So I was without a GUI for a week or so until
> the xserver-xorg-video-ati (6.5.8.0-1) module became available.
>
> xorg 7.x is apparently excuciatingly modular. Actually, I think this is
> the greatest thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately, the transition
> left me hanging out to dry for a week or ten days.
>
> The xserver-xorg-video-ati does not do 3D effects, so if that is what
> your are seeking, you will have to pursue the fglxr proprietary driver,
> at least for now. I do hope the xorg people (and the rest of us) can
> convince the ATI leadership that FOSS/GPL is the way to go.
>
> Grüße, fgd
>
> Hans wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > does anyone got Xorg7.0 and ATI Card X700 (or similar) with ATI´s "fglrx"
> > driver running ? I do, but without acceleration. Does anyone have
> > acceleration got working on a pure 64-bit-system ?
> >
> > If yes, I would like to see his entries in xorg.conf.
> >
> > For me the driver works only without the kernel-module. If I start with
> > the kernel-module (this one starts fine), my screen becomes blank.
> >
> > I suppose, the proprietrary driver part is 32-bit, the built one
> > kernel-module is 64-bit. So tehey will not play together. Could that be ?
> >
> > (My ATI-driver version is
8.24.8)
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Hans
>
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