EXA XV not working in 64 bit Linux

[charlie]

Using git ati open source drivers I have no XV acceleration.

Isn't this the minimal needed in the xorg config file to get EXA working?:

Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"

(system: gcc 4.4 git, ati git, 64-bit, xorg-server 1.6.2, ATI HD3850, kernel 2.6.30rc6zen0)

Thanks for your help.

[Kano]

Kernel new enough?

[charlie]

Kernel new enough?

Kernel 2.6.30rc6zen0 although I am about to compile a new one.

Edit: Kernel now at 2.6.30-zen1 and I recompiled ati git, still no go.

[agd5f]

Do the zen kernels have the latest drm bits? Check your xorg log and dmesg to find out why the dri is not getting enabled.

[charlie]

Do the zen kernels have the latest drm bits? Check your xorg log and dmesg to find out why the dri is not getting enabled.

xorg log says:

drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
[drm] failed to load kernel module "radeon"
(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
[dri] Disabling DRI.
...
(==) RADEON(0): Will attempt to use R6xx/R7xx EXA support if DRI is enabled.
(II) Loading sub module "exa"
(II) LoadModule: "exa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libexa.so
(II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.2, module version = 2.4.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
...
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so

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dmesg says (I don't know if this has to do with the video card):

pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC5] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
mtrr: no MTRR for e0000000,10000000 found

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xvinfo says:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

Perhaps "no adaptors present" is a clue.

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Recompiing kernel to add drm.

[bridgman]

Please pastebin your entire xorg log and dmesg output. Sounds like you don't have new enough drm code to support the driver.

[charlie]

Do the zen kernels have the latest drm bits? Check your xorg log and dmesg to find out why the dri is not getting enabled.

Success. I now have XV working thanks to your help. I selected drm and radeon in the kernel config options. Thanks for your help.

I feel kind of ashamed asking for help as a Slackware user.

[charlie]

Please pastebin your entire xorg log and dmesg output. Sounds like you don't have new enough drm code to support the driver.

Thanks Bridgman for responding. I'd like to say I'm really grateful for your work this long time and thanks to agd5f for your work as well. Even though it's working now I'll post my log and output anyway because I still see some errors in the log. Also this forum won't allow me to post the entire log.

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xorg.log:

X.Org X Server 1.6.2
Release Date: 2009-7-7
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Bluewhite64 13.0 Bluewhite64 Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux s 2.6.30-zen1 #34 ZEN SMP Wed Jul 22 13:16:36 UTC 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 19 July 2009 04:53:51PM
...
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:02:00.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:02:00.0
(II) RADEON(0): [dri] Found DRI library version 1.3.0 and kernel module version 1.30.0
(**) RADEON(0): Page Flipping disabled on r5xx and newer chips.

(**) RADEON(0): Will try to use DMA for Xv image transfers
(II) RADEON(0): Detected total video RAM=262144K, accessible=262144K (PCI BAR=262144K)
(--) RADEON(0): Mapped VideoRAM: 262144 kByte (256 bit DDR SDRAM)
(II) RADEON(0): Color tiling disabled

...

(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:02:00.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 12
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:02:00.0
(EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/r600_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/r600_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/swrast_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0

...

drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:02:00.0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:02:00.0
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.3
(II) [drm] DRM open master succeeded.
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dmesg:

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pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC5] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
pci 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.30.0 20080528 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm] Loading RV670 CP Microcode
[drm] Loading RV670 PFP Microcode
[drm] Resetting GPU
[drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs

[agd5f]

you log looks fine.

[bridgman]

Thanks charlie. For the future, if you want to pastebin the entire log go to http://www.pastebin.com (or .ca, or.de, or...) and that will give you a web page where you can paste the log. WHen you submit that page you will get a link which you can then paste into the forum.