Just to show you how IMPOSSIBLE it is for a 2.6.x kernel to work with ATI linux drivers:
Preparing... ################################################## fglrx ################################################## *** Trying to install a precompiled kernel module. *** WARNING *** Tailored kernel module for fglrx not present in your system. You must go to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod subdir and execute './make.sh' to build a fully customed kernel module. Afterwards go to /lib/modules/fglrx and run './make_install.sh' in order to install the module into your kernel's module repository. (see readme.txt for more details.)
As of now you can still run your XServer in 2D, but hardware acclerated OpenGL will not work and 2D graphics will lack performance.
failed. *** Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now. ATI module generator V 2.0 ========================== initializing... cleaning... patching 'highmem.h'... skipping patch for 'drmP.h', not needed skipping patch for 'drm_os_linux.h', not needed assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x... doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher make -C /lib/modules/2.6.3-2.1.253custom/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-2.1.253' *** Warning: Overriding SUBDIRS on the command line can cause *** inconsistencies make[2]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date. CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/agp3.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/nvidia-agp.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/agpgart_be.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/i7505-agp.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2246: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2264: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2271: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2278: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2287: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-2.1.253' build succeeded with return value 0 duplicating results into driver repository... done. ============================== - creating symlink - recreating module dependency list - trying a sample load of the kernel module failed. Installed: qt3 (gcc 3.2) based control panel application === ATI display drivers successfully installed please run 'fglrxconfig' now
Here is what the XFree86.0.log shows as well: (II) fglrx(0): UMM area: 0xe8953000 (size=0x076ad000) (II) fglrx(0): driver needs XFree86 version: 4.3.x (II) fglrx(0): detected XFree86 version: 4.3.0 (II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI (II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device) drmOpenDevice: Open failed [drm] failed to load kernel module "agpgart" [drm] failed to load kernel module "fglrx" (II) fglrx(0): [drm] drmOpen failed (EE) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit failed! (WW) fglrx(0): *********************************************** (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! * (WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) * (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) * (WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available * (WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
Have more fun!
RaXeT
Panu Matilainen wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, RaXeT wrote:
Just to show you how IMPOSSIBLE it is for a 2.6.x kernel to work with ATI linux drivers:
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Complaining to ATI would be more productive...
- Panu -
Have been replying through the only mode I know and that is there feedback at: http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/index.asp
RaXeT
Dave Jones wrote:
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 06:21, RaXeT wrote:
Just to show you how IMPOSSIBLE it is for a 2.6.x kernel to work with ATI linux drivers:
So tell ATI.
Dave
Have been replying through the only mode I know and that is there feedback at: http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/index.asp
Hopefully they take notice.
btw, I forgot to mention I can always successfully build any 2.4.x kernel just fine.
RaXeT
RaXeT wrote:
Have been replying through the only mode I know and that is there feedback at: http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/index.asp
Hopefully they take notice.
btw, I forgot to mention I can always successfully build any 2.4.x kernel just fine.
RaXeT
I believe that all the ATI card owners that use FC then should complain, even if they use only 2D graphics and/or they use the xfree driver.. (we need to show that we arent as few linux users as they think) I'm gonna complain now (because I'm tired of trying to make this driver work...)... But I believe it wont work at all , unless many people complain (when I complained about their lack of XFree86 4.3 support some time ago [on red hat 9], they sent me a standard mail... no real answers..). As every major company , they'll only act when they see that we are a high percentage of their costumers..
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