Re: running acceleraation on ati-hardware
Sthu Deus wrote:
> Good day.
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> I have ATI x1100 on a laptop and in x-server logs I see that it load Radeon driver with GLX module... - AFAIK it should allow 3D direct rendering - but it is not - visually and the glxinfo utility states the same. It also states about setting
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> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose
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> for more info - so I did at the shell, then run the glxinfo
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> but no additional info was added.
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> So, in case the above should support 3D DR, how I can fix that?
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> In /etc/xorg.conf I have only keyboard settings - all other is set at run time.
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> Thank You for Your time.
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Sthu Deus:
Are you using the open-source module or the proprietary module?
In order to use 3D acceleration you have to use the proprietary module
from ATI/AMD. You can install it via the Fglrx model package in the
Debian repository or download it directly from ATI/AMD. The safest way
is to use the Debian package.
Read the README and other text files that come with the Fglrx package,
you have to install it first. I've found that in some cases I have to
rebuild the Fglrx module with Module-Assistant (m-a). After you install
the module and other dependent packages you have to run
Here is one easy way to install and setup the ATI/AMD module:
1. Install the module-assistant package
2. Run module-assistant (m-a) as root
3. Update m-a. There is an option in m-a to do this
4. Select the Fglrx module
5. Build the Fglrx module
6. Install the Fglrx module. After m-a as built the module it will ask
you if you want to install it. Select yes. It will all so install all
the dependent packages.
7. Exit m-a
8. Reboot the computer.
9. Run as root "aticonf --initial" to configure xorg.conf. If X window
is running kill it first.
10. Start X window or reboot.
You can test it by running one of the 3D screen savers.
Steven.
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