Re: Sid, xorg and fglrx
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Tim Wood wrote:
>>
> Tim Wood wrote:
>
>>>> > I'm another who has problems with the latest upgrade in sid's xorg.
>>>> > > My video is ATI Radeon X1600, which requires the proprietary fglrx
>>>> > driver. This has been running well on my HP NX8420 giving me the full
>>>> > 1680*1050 resolution. The problem now as reported in Xorg.0.log:
>>>> > > (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
>>>> > compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.28.8
>>>> > Module class: X.Org Video Driver
>>>> > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
>>>> > [R200Setup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 1.3.0.0, required
>>>> X.org
>>>> > 7.1.0.0
>>>> > > I upgraded from a 2.6.18 kernel to 2.6.20 but module-assistant can't
>>>> > even compile the module. It compiles OK on 2.6.18, but trying to
>>>> load it
>>>> > gives the error above. I was interested to note that Xorg.0.log
>>>> reports
>>>> > the version as 1.3.0.0, matching the error above.
>>>> > > I'm thoroughly confused as I thought sid was up to xorg 7.2 but my
>>>> > installation gives:
>>>> > > ii xorg
>>>> 7.2-3 > X.Org X Window System
>>>> > ii xorg-docs 1.2+git20061105-3
>>>> > Miscellaneous documentation for the X.Org so
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg 7.2-3
>>>> the
>>>> > X.Org X server
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-core 1.3.0.0.dfsg-3
>>>> > X.Org X server -- core server
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1.1.5-2
>>>> > X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-input-joystick 1.2.1-2
>>>> > X.Org X server -- joystick input driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1.1.0-4
>>>> > X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1.1.1-3
>>>> > X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 0.14.6-1
>>>> > Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.3-2
>>>> > X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3
>>>> > X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1.3.0-1
>>>> > X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 4.1.0-3
>>>> > X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
>>>> > ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware 10.13.0-3
>>>> > X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
>>>> > > The only thing that seems to work is the vesa driver at 1024*768.
>>>> > > I'd be grateful for any pointers on how to fix this. Should I
>>>> file a bug?
>>>> > > TIA,
>>>> > Tim
>>>> > >
> Blame ATI. Their driver do not work with the newer kernel, and a rumor
> has it that M$ is behind the deal because ATI is the supplier for the
> video in the xbox 360. The only solution until ATI gets off their butts
> and fixes their drivers is for you to use the free drivers.
>
> There are 2. radeon and ati. Neither are as good as the older fglrx,
> but the radeon version can at least handle GL.
>
>
>> Unfortunately neither radeon or ati cover the X1600, leaving me with vesa.
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but we already know that ATI is not
> one of the better companies when it comes to Linux support.
>
> Joe
>
>> This is my first experience with ATI as all my previous cards have been
>> nVidia. All part of the learning experience I suppose:)
>
>> Tim
>
>
Perhaps those hacks that Linas posted will work. I don't know because I
ditched my ATI card a while ago and replaced it with a Nvidia one.
Joe
- --
Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFGPwcSiXBCVWpc5J4RAnlvAKCMPDFQPUGgQ6+4pMjXhWLQPRET3gCguhRP
R/2H94Jv73NO4dFH1woZKCc=
=lbOK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: