Able to Force enable 3D-acc?

[Geomyster]

I have been unable to run 3D Acceleration wtih my graphics card:
ATI All In Wonder 9600XT, RV350 AR

I opened SaX2 to enable 3D Acc, however, the box is grayed out. I have installed the linux drivers found on the ATI website.
When I open the Sax2 X11 and go to the card options, I notice noAccel and renderAccel, however, clicking on them does not open up a field to change a value. So my question is, would it be feasable for me to edit the xorg.conf file that read:
"
Section "Device"
BoardName "RV350 AR"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "radeon"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "ATI"
EndSection
"
to include something like
Option "NoAccel" "yes"
or
Option "NoAccel" "no"
to force enabling 3D-Acceleration?

Any other options available to get 3D-Accel rolling on my system?

Suse 10.1

[bdoggy]

Im running SLED 10 so it should be pretty simmilar. If you go into yast and go to g-card/monitor settings there is a way to enable the 3d excel, its just a simple little check box kinda hard to see. If that doesnt work im not sure how to because i simply enabled it when i was installing linux. Best of luck.

[Geomyster]

Yeah, that box was grayed out
But I did finally figure it out, I followed the instructions for ATI cards at:
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254
I would recomend that page for anyone just starting out w/ Suse 10.1 ... There are guides on that site for other flavors too.

[bigtomrodney]

What are the results of running glxgears? I wouldn't be concerned with what Sax is reporting if you are getting a decent framerate from glxgears. Also check

glxinfo |grep -i direct
fglrxinfo

To see the status of your drivers.

[Geomyster]

glxgears I get almost 400fps, unless any other apps are working, like Amarok changing songs, then it drops down to 1-10

[yourname3232]

It sounds like the CPU is doing the rendering then. Have you installed the ATI drivers yet?

[techieMoe]

glxgears I get almost 400fps, unless any other apps are working, like Amarok changing songs, then it drops down to 1-10

I can't speak for ATI cards, but when an Nvidia card I own is working properly with 3D acceleration, I generally get 5,000-10,000 fps. Under 1,000 means you're likely using the non-accelerated drivers.

[Geomyster]

> glxinfo |grep -i direct
direct rendering: Yes
> fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9600 XT Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6065 (8.29.6)

To me it looks like my ATI drivers are installed correctly?
Any idea what to try?

[StanHebben]

Getting ATI drivers to work isn't an easy task, but here I found an excellent guide:

http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/05/1...-installation/

I used it myself, and it worked perfectly. Personally, I like to run chromium (Games - arcade) to check if there is any 3D acceleration. You'll notice the difference