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Hey I'm trying to get direct rendering to work on my laptop. Its running Etch. The graphics card in ATI Mobility Radeon x700. I've tried installing the debian fglrx packages, ...
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    Direct Rendering: ATI issues

    Hey I'm trying to get direct rendering to work on my laptop. Its running Etch. The graphics card in ATI Mobility Radeon x700.

    I've tried installing the debian fglrx packages, and I've tried going to the ATI site itself and getting the proper drivers from there. Both installation went smoothly.To the best of my knowledge I've configured Xorg correctly, but card still doesn't want to work.

    Here is my xorg.conf file:


    Section "Files"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "dri"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "record"
    Load "v4l"
    Load "vbe"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Mobility Radeon x700"
    Driver "fglrx"
    BusID "PCI:1:00:0"
    # VideoRam 12000
    Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 28-72
    VertRefresh 43-60
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Mobility Radeon x700"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 1
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 4
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 8
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 15
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1440x900" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
    EndSection
    Here are the errors from the var/log/Xorg.0.log

    [QUOTE]/(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc".
    (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
    (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
    (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/".
    (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/".
    (WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
    (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi".
    (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi".
    (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
    (WW) fglrx(0): More than one displays are connected,so clone mode is enabled
    (EE) fglrx(0): [pcie] Failed to gather memory of size 131072Kb for PCIe. Error (-1014)
    (WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name "glesx.so"
    (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
    (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): ********************************************* *
    (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable[QUOTE]

    And here is what glxinfo gives me:

    [QUOTE]name of display: :0.0
    Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
    display: :0 screen: 0
    direct rendering: No
    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: Mesa project: Mesa Home Page
    OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
    OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)
    OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
    glu version: 1.3
    glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

    visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
    id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
    0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
    0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
    0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
    0x27 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 None
    0x28 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 1 0 None
    0x29 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None
    0x2a 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 1 0 None/[QUOTE]

    Instead of saying Mesa for rendering it should say fglrx. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    I've got the exact same problem with my Radeon 9800XT pro. Bump for hope.
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