Help!!!! 3d Stopped Working!!!!

[dalinux_n00bie]

My 3d graphics card (ATI radeon 9600) drivers just died on me!!! I tried to start up a 3D game and i get an error message saying that i don't have 3D support. I've installed the drivers and they have worked fine for 3 months. SaX2 says that 3D support is activated, yet none of my applications do...WHAT HAPPENED???!!!!

[bigtomrodney]

Did you do a kernel or xorg update? You may need to reinstall the driver in that case.

[dalinux_n00bie]

I didn't do an update...And I'm not totally sure if it was the kernel or Xorg. How could I figure that out?

[dalinux_n00bie]

I though that Linux didn't have the good old microsoft issue of "reinstall the drivers". So thats why I'm asking

[glussier]

Do:


glxinfo | grep direct



cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW && cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE


and post the results.

[dalinux_n00bie]

k, I type in the glxinfo and i get this:

name of 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_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
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_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
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

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

and on the cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log i get a huge list of stuff that is to long to copy, but i does mention all the graphic cards that it can run and some other things that I have no idea what they mean.

and on the grep commands, nothing happens. what does grep do anyway?

[glussier]

grep is a search function.

Do the whole line as 1 command and post the result:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW && cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

[dalinux_n00bie]

k...now i understand. here you go:


direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
kirk@linux-n4y1:~> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW && cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest" does not exist.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connection
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Specified desktop setup not supported: 8
(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): ********************************************* *
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit failed!

that dosn't look good....

[joewee]

Download and install the latest driver from ati. If it was me i would make sure i was completely updated before installing. Mine (9800)used to do this all the time with the old driver. Hope this helps.

[dalinux_n00bie]

so how do i tell if i have Xorg or XFree4.3?

EDIT: NVM I figured it out....duh i posted it a while ago....