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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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