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Re: fglrx, kernel 2.6.20, dri and composite problem [SOLVED]



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Hi,

I guess it is clear for all, but it was not for me.. One should
completely _remove_ ati proprietary driver, before trying to use the
open source one, since it changes /usr/lib/libGL.so. After removing it
and including:

deb http://debian.beryl-project.org/ etch main
deb-src http://debian.beryl-project.org/ etch main

in my sources.list, and running apt-get update; apt-get install beryl, I
have radeon driver + composite + kernel 2.6.20 + beryl up and running :)

	Cheers,
	Ivan

Inko IA wrote:
> Hi Ivan!
> 
> I used one of this Howtos, I don't remember which one:
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz
> http://sonique54.free.fr/xgl/xgl.htm
> 
> BUT, I think Compiz xgl is for gnome. I remember that once I executed
> it on KDE and it changed the windows schemes to a gnome ones. Maybe
> there are some options in the config files somewhere, but I haven't
> check anything...
> Good luck!
> 
> Greetings!
> 
>                              -Inko-
> 
> 2007/2/16, Ivan Glushkov <glushkov@mail.desy.de>:
> Hi Inko,
> 
> thanks for the advice. Could you point me to a how-to for installation
> of xgl + compiz (preferrebly + KDE) on Debian? I found some repository,
> but nothing useful. How did you install those?
> 
>         Cheers,
>         Ivan
> 
> Inko IA wrote:
>> Hi!
> 
>> As far as I know, the official fglrx drivers doesn't allow composite.
> 
>> I have an Ati mobility radeon X700 and I didn't manage to activate
>> composite with those drivers. BUT, on january, debian released new
>> mesa glx and dri packages which supports 3D hardware acceleration for
>> my card, and allows composite. Compiz-xgl works fine, I haven't try
>> beryl.
>> The section device is like this in my case:
> 
>> Section "Device"
>>         Identifier      "Ati Mobility Radeon X700"
>>         Driver          "radeon"
>>        Option       "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,AUTO" #Without this I only
>> see a blank screen, I think it's because of the screen size... not
>> sure
> 
> 
>> Try the free drivers.
> 
>> Greetings!
> 
>>                                                  -Inko-
> 
> 
> 
>> 2007/2/15, Ivan Glushkov <glushkov@mail.desy.de>:
>>> Hi all,
> 
>>> I was running happily Debian Unstable for 3 years, when finally my
> hard
>>> drive died, and I had to install Debian from scratch. I want to
> install
>>> beryl
> 
>>> http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install/Debian
> 
>>> Very nice outlook which obviously requires 3D acceleration and (as
>>> outlined on the page above) the
>>> option:
> 
>>> Section "Extensions"
>>>   Option "Composite" "Enable"
>>> EndSection
> 
>>> I tried kernels 2.6.19 and 2.6.20 with the latest ati drivers
> (8.33.6-1)
>>> and the ones included in Debian (2.28.8). In a short what I did is:
> 
>>> # ln -sf bash /bin/sh
>>> # bash ./ati-driver-installer-8.33.6-x86.x86_64.run  --buildpkg
>>> Debian/unstable
>>> # dpkg -i *.deb
>>> # cd /usr/src
>>> # tar -jxvf fglrx.tar.bz2
>>> # cd /usr/src/modules/fglrx/
>>> # module-assistant prepare
>>> # module-assistant a-i fglrx
>>> restarting x...
> 
>>> ===> kernel 2.6.20 (with both driver versions), the module cannot
>>> compile at all, complaining about
> 
>>> .....
>>> /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:198: error: expected
> declaration
>>> specifiers or \u2018...\u2019 before \u2018mlock\u2019
>>> /usr/src/modules/fglrx/firegl_public.c:198: error: expected
> declaration
>>> specifiers or \u2018...\u2019 before \u2018addr\u2019 ...
>>> ......
> 
>>> ===> kernel 2.6.19 (with both driver versions), 3D acceleration
> works if
> 
>>> Section "Extensions"
>>>   Option "Composite" "Disable"
>>> EndSection
> 
>>> But if I enable it I get:
> 
>>> % fglrxinfo
>>> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> display: :0.0  screen: 0
>>> OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
>>> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
>>> OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)
> 
>>> % glxgears
>>> Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
> 
> 
>>> Any idea how to solve this? Nothing useful in google..
> 
>>>     Cheers,
>>>     Ivan
>>
>>
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