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kadessa · 05-02-2005

init 3
then...

Hardware Support
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(II) ATI Radeon/FireGL: The following chipsets are supported:
RADEON 9000/9000 PRO (RV250 4966), RADEON 9000 LE (RV250 4967),
MOBILITY FireGL 9000 (M9 4C64), MOBILITY RADEON 9000 (M9 4C66),
RADEON 9000 PRO (D9 4C67), RADEON 9250 (RV280 5960),
RADEON 9200 (RV280 5961), RADEON 9200 SE (RV280 5964),
MOBILITY RADEON 9200 (M9+ 5C61), MOBILITY RADEON 9200 (M9+ 5C63),
FireGL 8800 (R200 514

, RADEON 8500 (R200 514C),
RADEON 9100 (R200 514D), RADEON 8500 AIW (R200 4242),
RADEON 9600 (RV350 4150), RADEON 9600 SE (RV350 4151),
RADEON 9600 PRO (RV360 4152),
MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 (M10/M11 4E50), RADEON 9500 (R300 4144),
RADEON 9600 TX (R300 4146), FireGL Z1 (R300 4147),
RADEON 9700 PRO (R300 4E44), RADEON 9500 PRO/9700 (R300 4E45),
RADEON 9600 TX (R300 4E46), FireGL X1 (R300 4E47),
RADEON 9800 SE (R350 414

, RADEON 9550 (RV350 4153),
FireGL T2 (RV350 4154), RADEON 9800 PRO (R350 4E4

,
RADEON 9800 (R350 4E49), RADEON 9800 XT (R360 4E4A),
FireGL X2-256/X2-256t (R350 4E4B),
MOBILITY FireGL T2/T2e (M10/M11 4E54), RADEON X300 (RV370 5B60),
RADEON X600 (RV380 5B62), FireGL V3100 (RV370 5B64),
MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 5460), MOBILITY FireGL V3100 (M22 5464),
RADEON X600 (RV380 3E50), FireGL V3200* (RV380 3E54),
MOBILITY RADEON X600 (M24 3150), MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 3152),
MOBILITY FireGL V3200 (M24 3154), RADEON X800 (R420 4A4

,
RADEON X800 PRO (R420 4A49), RADEON X800 SE (R420 4A4A),
RADEON X800 XT (R420 4A4B), RADEON X800 (R420 4A4C),
FireGL X3-256 (R420 4A4D), MOBILITY RADEON 9800 (M18 4A4E),
RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R420 4A50), RADEON X800 (R423 554

,
RADEON X800 PRO (R423 5549),
RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R423 554A),
RADEON X800 SE (R423 554B), RADEON X800 XT (R423 5D57),
FireGL V7100 (R423 5550), FireGL V5100 (R423 5551),
MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT (M28 5D4

,
MOBILITY FireGL V5100* (M28 5D49), FireGL V5000 (RV410 5E4

,
RADEON X700 XT (RV410 5E4A), RADEON X700 PRO (RV410 5E4B),
RADEON X700 SE (RV410 5E4C), RADEON X700 (RV410 5E4D),
RADEON X700 (RV410 5E4F), RADEON 9100 IGP (RS300 5834),
RADEON 9000 PRO/9100 PRO IGP (RS350 7834),
MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP (RS300M 5835)

HOWTO
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1) Update XFree86 drivers

# rpm -Uhv fglrx*.rpm

2) Update kernel module

* prepare kernel module build

- install the following packages with YaST:
+ kernel-source
+ make
+ gcc
- use YaST Online Update (YOU) and - if available - select the
kernel patch to make sure that the kernel sources match the
current running kernel
- configure the kernel sources
# cd /usr/src/linux
# rm -f .config
# make cloneconfig
# make prepare-all
- remove kernel module sources
# rm -rf /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx

* install kernel module source

# rpm -Uhv km_fglrx*.rpm

* compile kernel module sources (needs to be done each time you
update your kernel!)

# cd /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx
# KERNEL_SOURCE=/usr/src/linux make modules
# KERNEL_SOURCE=/usr/src/linux make install
# depmod -a

3) Configure X11

# rcxdm stop
# sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx -b /usr/X11R6/lib/sax/profile/firegl -i

4a) Enable 3D support

* edit /etc/X11/XF86Config with your favorite editor

- verify, that

Load "dri"

is in Section "Module"

4b) XVideo Support

* edit /etc/X11/XF86Config with your favorite editor

-add

Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"

to Section "Device"

5) Enable TV-out support

* edit /etc/X11/XF86Config with your favorite editor

- add

Option "NoTV" "no"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-D"

to Section "Device"

NOTE: PAL-D is only one example of several TV Standards. The
following are available for configuration:

NTSC-M
NTSC-N
NTSC-JPN
PAL-B
PAL-D
PAL-G
PAL-H
PAL-I
PAL-K
PAL-L
PAL-N
PAL-M
PAL-SCART
PAL-CN
PAL-K1

5) Known Issues

- driver only supports 24bit color depth
- enabling of 3D support through SaX2 does not work

6) Documentation

--> /usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE

init 5
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If you type fglrxinfo and get something like this, means everything's ok:

kadessa@shion:~> fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON X600 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5010 (X4.3.0-8.12.10)

(obviously it will show your card)

Then you can try glxgears...

kadessa@shion:~> glxgears
11611 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2322.200 FPS
12108 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2421.600 FPS
12110 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2422.000 FPS

Hope this helps, it worked for me

cayalee · 05-03-2005

oh my god. all that for lightcycles to look pretty..
think i'll give it a miss

already broken it several times

borromini · 05-03-2005

Sure it's a great tutorial but i already tried three times, failed every time (needed a reinstall, because i didn't know you could simply type 'yast' in the konsole

. But i'll let this pass too i think... Put enough effort in it.

kirakensho · 05-04-2005

Tutorial looks good, but I can't find the km_*.rpm file anywhare. Could someone perhaps give a link to it?

kadessa · 05-04-2005

ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distr...0-1.1.i586.rpm

sbfleury · 05-05-2005

Hi all,

I'm new to drivers under linux (have always used it as a server so desktop woes I'm not familiar w/) and especially new to kernel patches. Is a kernel patch the only way to add support for these ATI cards? Can this be done via a kernel module?

kadessa: Guessing from the error message I got when trying to install the RPM, I assume the RPM you posted is made to patch the source. Is this correct?

Code:

ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed)
---
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/src/kernel-modules: cpio: mkdir failed - No such file or directory

2005-05-05 09:39:52 km_fglrx.rpm install failed
rpm output:
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/src/kernel-modules: cpio: mkdir failed - No such file or directory

2005-05-05 09:53:10 km_fglrx.rpm install failed
rpm output:
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/src/kernel-modules: cpio: mkdir failed - No such file or directory

Thanks for taking the time to read this people!

/SFL

Flatline · 05-05-2005

It looks like you may not have the kernel-source package installed. Try installing the fglrx rpm via YaST instead of using the command line, and see whether it comes up with the kernel-source dependency (or any others).

sbfleury · 05-05-2005

Thanks for the prompt reply Flatline, very much appreciated...

I know for a fact I don't have the kernel sources installed (I will soon - if that's what I must do to get my video card properly recognized). That error message was from YAST by the way...

What I was trying to find out is whether that RPM was (1) installing a binary (2)installing a kernel module or (3) if it was meant to patch the kernel (using sources).

If recompiling the kernel is a must I may need to read a few "101" type documents before starting into kernel patches; any suggestions?

Thanks again,

/SFL

Flatline · 05-05-2005

It would be a good idea to install your kernel sources anyway, just in case you need to build modules in the future. I'm not sure about how the fglrx rpm works...I have nvidia cards in my machines. I do know that with the nvidia cards, a kernel module has to be built, and for that you need your kernel sources. From your error message, it looks like the installer can't find the path to your kernel sources - hence my suggestion to install them and see whether the rpm works after that (you could always remove the kernel source package later if you want to save space or something).

sbfleury · 05-05-2005

Thanks for your help Flatline... Installing the sources sounds good (I'll need them eventually anyways). I'll post my results...

Cheers!

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