Driver Problems

[Tarmael]

Hey all
OS = Ubuntu 7.10 (32bit)
GPU = X1600
Driver = ATi 7.11

Problem =

fglrxinfo -display :0 gives
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7059 Release

Which is nice to see, but.

fglrxinfo -display :1 gives
display: :1.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)

glxinfo also tells me Mesa and display 1.0

I think I'm running on Display 1.0 not 0.0 because I don't have any direct rendering.

How can I change it from display 1.0 to display 0.0?
I have my xorg.conf the Xorg.0.log handy if you want it.

Cheers,
Basil.

[Dandel]

Mind giving some information on the system setup, and have you enabled dual monitor support yet?

[Tarmael]

Sure thing.

Fairly basic rig, nothing special.

Using a 17" CRT monitor.

Yeah, pretty much I've just kept it basic.

Getting a sound card soon, or a TV capture card.

[teroedni]

So how did you install the driver?

Did you run it as

sh ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run

or did you use the buildpkg to create ubuntu debs?, and the install it .


And if you can the xorg.conf and the xorg.0.log would be helpfull

[Dandel]

teroedni, that is not always the best solution, i prefer to use the method 2 they put on the unofficial wiki for this page, which does the same thing, without fail... ( keep in mind he has to have the right packages to build the kernel module. )

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide

[Tarmael]

I went through the wiki and installed it that way, with the debs.

Section "ServerLayout"

	# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
	#	InputDevice     "stylus"	"SendCoreEvents"
	#	InputDevice     "cursor"	"SendCoreEvents"
	#	InputDevice     "eraser"	"SendCoreEvents"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "CoreKeyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "stylus"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "stylus"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "eraser"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "eraser"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "cursor"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "cursor"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	Option      "TexturedXrender" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
	Mode 0666
EndSection

Ran out of character space, I'll post it somewhere else.

[Dandel]

ok... that looks fine... is the kernel module loaded... all you need to type is this in the terminal to check:

lsmod | grep fglrx.

[Tarmael]

tarmael@melchior:~$ lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx 1481708 36
agpgart 35016 2 fglrx,ati_agp

I'm not liking the ati_agp thing.

[Tarmael]

I'll test the new drivers and come back if/when I have any problems.

Cheers for your help so far.

[Tarmael]

Fixed it.

Just had to remove xgl from my compy.

Cheers for your help.

Cheers,
Bas.