HOWTO: 3D Acceleration in ATI Mobility Radeon M6 LY (and possibly others)

[javaJake]

Hi, i'm trying to run beryl+aiglx with a radeon mobility 9700 but i cant. Beryl+xgl works fine but i get a slow performance...
I've installed all i need (i guest): xserver-xorg-driver-ati, beryl, xorg modified... but it doesnt work Also, if i use ati module on section device, laptop fan sets to 100% (fix??)

I'm sorry, but I really don't know a thing about your card. What I'd say you need to do is look for others who've also tried to get this working. Search these forums first, possibly with the words "radeon 9700 beryl" (without quotes) and then try Google. Your card seems to be rather popular - I got two or three requests for help here with that same card.

[songochain]

Thanks dude, i understand
But, may be u can resolve this problem:

link@ximian64:~$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
Error: couldn't get fbconfig

Any idea?
Thanks

[javaJake]

Well, a quick Google brings this up. Don't know if you've read it already.
http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/deb.../msg00227.html

Click on the links under "Follow-ups" to keep following the discussion. They eventually get an answer, but they seem to know what they are doing. Try each thing they try to see if any of it works.

Essentially, this error probably means your fglrx and/or libGL drivers are messed up. I assume you've used a different HOWTO from before that's done this.

[spaceghoti]

After applying the latest update to wine and the fglrx kernel, all of a sudden I've lost my 3D acceleration. I am running an IBM T42 with an ATI RV350 NP [Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 M10/M11] card. To get 3D acceleration working before I had to apply the fglrx driver through the Kubuntu repositories and have been working for the past few weeks. I have now tried your HOWTO and didn't crash or return any errors, with the following exceptions:

kurgan@Snoopy:~$ glxinfo | grep direct
Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
kurgan@Snoopy:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) AIGLX: DRI module not loaded
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
(EE) Error loading keymap /var/lib/xkb/server-0.xkm
kurgan@Snoopy:~$ glxgears &
[1] 4887
kurgan@Snoopy:~$ Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

[1]+  Exit 1                  glxgears

My xorg.conf is now as follows:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier "Default Layout"
  screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
  InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
  InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
  InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
  InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
  InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
  InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "Files"

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

Section "Module"
  Load "i2c"
  Load "bitmap"
  Load "ddc"
  Load "extmod"
  Load "freetype"
  Load "int10"
  Load "type1"
  Load "vbe"
  load "glx"
  load "dbe"
  load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
  Driver "kbd"
  option "CoreKeyboard"
  option "XkbRules" "xorg"
  option "XkbModel" "pc105"
  option "XkbLayout" "us"
  option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "Configured Mouse"
  Driver "mouse"
  option "CorePointer"
  option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
  option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
  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 "InputDevice"

  # /dev/input/event
  # for USB
  Identifier "stylus"
  Driver "wacom"
  option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
  option "Type" "stylus"
  option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

  # /dev/input/event
  # for USB
  Identifier "eraser"
  Driver "wacom"
  option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
  option "Type" "eraser"
  option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

  # /dev/input/event
  # for USB
  Identifier "cursor"
  Driver "wacom"
  option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
  option "Type" "cursor"
  option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "Generic Monitor"
  VendorName "Generic"
  ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x1024"
  HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
  VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
  Gamma 1
  modeline  "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
  modeline  "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
  modeline  "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
  modeline  "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
  modeline  "1600x1200@60" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
  modeline  "1792x1344@60" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
  modeline  "1856x1392@60" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
  modeline  "1920x1440@60" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  identifier "monitor1"
  vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
  modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
  modeline  "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
  gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
  vendorname "IBM"
  modelname "IBM 9514-B TFT Panel"
  HorizSync 48.0-65.0
  VertRefresh 60.0-75.0
  modeline  "800x600@72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
  modeline  "832x624@75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync -hsync
  modeline  "1024x768@75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
  modeline  "1024x768@70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
  modeline  "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
  modeline  "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
  gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 NP [Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 M10/M11]"
  Driver "radeon"
  BoardName "radeon"
  option "MergedFB" "off"
  option "AGPMode" "4"
  option "AGPFastWrite" "on"
  option "SWcursor" "off"
  option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
  option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
  option "DynamicClocks" "on"
  option "BIOSHotkeys" "on"
  option "EnableDepthMoves" "true"
  BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  identifier "device1"
  boardname "ati"
  busid "PCI:1:0:0"
  driver "fglrx"
  screen 1
EndSection

Section "Device"
  identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
  boardname "ati"
  busid "PCI:1:0:0"
  driver "fglrx"
  screen 0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Default Screen"
  Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 NP [Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 M10/M11]"
  Monitor "Generic Monitor"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Virtual 1920 1440
    Depth 24
    Modes "1280x1024@60" "1600x1200@60" "1024x768@60" "1792x1344@60" "800x600@60" "1856x1392@60" "640x480@60" "1920x1440@60"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  #
  Identifier "screen1"
  Device "device1"
  Monitor "monitor1"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    depth 24
    modes "640x480@60"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
  Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
  Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    depth 24
    modes "1280x1024@60" "1024x768@60" "1024x768@70" "1024x768@75" "832x624@75" "800x600@72"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
  Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  option "Composite" "false"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Any help would be appreciated.

Also found this:

tail -1000 /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) fglrx(0): incompatible kernel module detected - HW accelerated OpenGL will not work
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable

So...um...it seems the latest fglrx update made the kernel module incompatible. Unfortunately, I'm stumped for thoughts on how to fix it.

[spaceghoti]

Fixed! Apparently, the apt-get update installed a new copy of the fglrx driver within /lib/modules, and the two versions conflicted. Per http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Proble..._and_Solutions I searched for them and deleted the version with the older timestamp. Then I ran sudo depmod and rebooted. Hardware acceleration is restored.

[javaJake]

That's great! I'll post this under the Troubleshooting section later.

[astronafft]

Worked for me with no problem, ATI Mobility Radeon M22 X300

thanks for this howto, i can finally try Beryl

regards

[legine]

Hello all,

Sure that the downgradeing from Dapper to edgy is still necessary?

I did the First Part and encoutered no Problems whatso ever on my Inspiron 4100 with a ATI mobility Radeon M6 LY graphiccard. I will see later when I try some games with real 3D needs.

For Beryl:

Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"

Does not realy fit to the Option:

Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # or XAA, EXA, XAA more stable, XAA is deafult

Or doesnt this matter and they just look similar on first glance.

Cheers
Legine

[javaJake]

Hello all,

Sure that the downgradeing from Dapper to edgy is still necessary?

I did the First Part and encoutered no Problems whatso ever on my Inspiron 4100 with a ATI mobility Radeon M6 LY graphiccard. I will see later when I try some games with real 3D needs.

The thing is with the old Dapper drivers, those games crash a lot more then Edgy ones. I'd be suprised if you had no issues.

And you are right about that XAANoOffscreenPixmaps option - it doesn't affect anything.

[legine]

Then be surprised.
I realy had no Issues yet
Well the only graphic Issue is that I had to reduce my resolution from 1400x1200 to 1024x786 in order to have X accept the 24 bit mode. Exept to that and the Memory / swaping problem (only have 125 MB RAM ) the Laptop is fighting with, everything runs fine. I still have to test Massive 3d usage thought. Just tried one Game with wine yet. And that had not a playable performance for my box. simply not enough RAM.

I try to install Beryl and see if that leads to any Problems.

I keep you informed