Installing fglrx for V5250 (Thinkpad T60p)

[chrisr]

Hi,

I am failing miserably to get the 8.40.4 driver running correctly on my Thinkpad T60p / Fedora 7. Has anyone succeeded, please? Everything is claiming that it's fine, e.g.

$ xdriinfo
Screen 0: fglrx

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6747 (8.40.4)
...

However, glxgears only gives me 60 fps and more OpenGL intensive programs (i.e. World of Warcraft) either crash or freeze. This is my Devices section from xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "FireGL-fglrx"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "UseFastTls" "2"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "MaxGARTSize" "128"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
Option "Centermode" "off"
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "on"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Yes, intel-agp was loaded before fglrx:

...
fglrx 720736 17
snd_seq_device 6220 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 34528 0
snd_mixer_oss 13184 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 61188 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 16708 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 39396 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_devic
e,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6048 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 7304 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 20372 0
agpgart 25048 2 fglrx,intel_agp
...

I think I've reached the limit of my knowledge here, but the V5250 isn't exactly new so surely some people *must* have managed! "EmperorLinux" even offers Linux preinstalled on this model as the "Toucan"! So unless I'm just having a Warcraft problem and am the only person trying to play on a T60p...??!

Any help gratefully received.
Thanks,
Chris

[DarkFoss]

I see you have both VideoOverlay and OpenGLOverlay enabled.. Shouldn't one of them be off ?

[chrisr]

Err.... no idea :-) !!

I see you have both VideoOverlay and OpenGLOverlay enabled.. Shouldn't one of them be off ?

I can try turning each one off to see what difference it makes. To be honest, I don't even know what each option does. I have just been trying enabling options that I find in Xorg.0.log to get the thing working.

[glussier]

What you should do, is get rid of the option Option "UseFastTls" "2", this option has a habit of creating instabilities.

[chrisr]

Ouch, I can't do that.

What you should do, is get rid of the option Option "UseFastTls" "2", this option has a habit of creating instabilities.

I need this laptop to run Wine, and Wine refuses to use OpenGL unless UseFastTls is 2.

[glussier]

This is my device section, and wine is working great:

Section "Device"

	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "GammaCorrectionI"  "0x09622489"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

[d2kx]

glussier,

using UseFastTLS is only needed when having a FireGL workstation card. That is what Google says.

[chrisr]

But I do have a FireGL workstation card, don't I?

glussier,

using UseFastTLS is only needed when having a FireGL workstation card. That is what Google says.

Anyway, I have loaded some extra modules in xorg.conf and now Wine will consent to run with UseFastTLS = 1. (Although the Xorg.0.log file suggests it's being reset to 2 anyway??!) But the massive underlying problem still remains:

fglX11AllocateManagedSurface: __FGLTexMgrAllocMem failed!!

This looks like the "no POSIX shared memory" error, but it isn't: the driver creates its 1 MB of POSIX shared memory in /dev/shm just fine.

The current xorg.conf looks like this:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "GLcore"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "vbe"
Load "dbe"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandByTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "15"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Thinkpad-LCD"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "FireGL-vesa"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "FireGL-avivo"
Driver "avivo"
Option "ShadowFB" "on"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "FireGL-fglrx"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "UseFastTls" "1"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "MaxGARTSize" "256"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
Option "Centermode" "on"
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
Option "EnablePrivateBackZ" "off"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "FireGL-fglrx"
Monitor "Thinkpad-LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "off"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Can anyone see *anything* which might be amiss, please? Does anyone else run World of Warcraft on a v5250 under Linux?

[chrisr]

Which version of Xorg do you have, please?

This is my device section, and wine is working great:

Section "Device"

	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "GammaCorrectionI"  "0x09622489"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

I am running FC7, which uses the Xorg 1.3.0 server. However, I have examined by Xorg.0.log file and have found the following:

(II) Module ABI versions:
        X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
        X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
        X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
        X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
        X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5

(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
        compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.40.4
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0

(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6

So my fglrx module is "compiled for 7.1.0", but my kbd module is "compiled for 7.2.0". Do you think that this could be significant, please? Perhaps my fglrx module also needs to be "compiled for 7.2.0" in order to be compatible with Xorg 1.3.0?

[d2kx]

Do you think that this could be significant, please?

No. It is correct.

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "off"
EndSection

Not needed since 8.39. Also, you should use "Disable" instead of "off" here.

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection

Normally it is just

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection