Linux-Noob Forums - ATI Problems

ATI Xpress 200M drivers on toshiba satellite

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:02:03 +0100

First off thank you for any help you offer mein advance I do appreciate it.

This is my lspci

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a31 (rev 01)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge

00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge

00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)

00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (rev 80)

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

09:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)

09:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

I dowloaded the drivers from ati.com ran the install

Every thing went through great this is what I saw after the install

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now when I try desktop effects i get nothing but a white screen any ideas?

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ATI Driver problem.

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:32:42 +0100

I installed ATI drivers in FC4-x64 and although they appear to operate they lock my machine up if I let DRI load. I have to comment out the DRI section of xorg.conf.

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

Load "extmod"

Load "fbdevhw"

Load "glx"

Load "record"

Load "freetype"

Load "type1"

# Load "dri"

EndSection

If I run glxgears I get the following.

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".

508 frames in 6.0 seconds = 84.667 FPS

480 frames in 6.0 seconds = 80.000 FPS

360 frames in 5.0 seconds = 72.000 FPS

I am running an ATI 9700 Pro card. The ATI control panel works fine but again if I enable DRI the machine will lock up as soon as Fedora loads the driver. I have looked all over the place for an answer to this one and can't seem to find anything definite. If anyone has managed to get this driver to work please tell me how or at least post your xorg.conf as I have nothing to compare this to. My xorg.conf is listed below.

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Default Layout"

Screen 0 "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the

# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally

# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

FontPath "unix/:7100"

EndSection

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

Load "extmod"

Load "fbdevhw"

Load "glx"

Load "record"

Load "freetype"

Load "type1"

# Load "dri"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))

# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the

# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.

# keyboard, you will probably want to use:

# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"

# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:

# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"

#

# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.

# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:

# Option "XkbLayout" "de"

# or:

# Option "XkbLayout" "de"

# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"

#

# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and

# control keys, use:

# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrlwapcaps"

# Or if you just want both to be control, use:

# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"

#

Identifier "Keyboard0"

Driver "kbd"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse0"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Monitor0"

VendorName "Monitor Vendor"

ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster 213T/CX210T"

HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0

VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0

Option "dpms"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "aticonfig Monitor 0"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "Videocard0"

Driver "radeon"

VendorName "Videocard vendor"

BoardName "ATI Radeon 9700 Pro"

Option "VideoOverlay" "on"

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"

Driver "fglrx"

Option "(null)"

Option "DesktopSetup" "Single"

Option "OverlayOnCRTC2" "0"

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device "Videocard0"

Monitor "Monitor0"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "aticonfig Screen 0"

Device "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"

Monitor "aticonfig Monitor 0"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "DRI"

Group 0

Mode 0666

EndSection

Video problems in fedora

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:11:28 +0200

Hi

This is my first post here, maybe in wrong section. But I want to know how to know

how to see videos in fedora , like .avi format etc

Ati, wine and fc3.. combined...

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:46:51 +0200

I downloaded the ati drivers, but i'm not sure if its correctly installed....

I recompiled the kernel AFTER i ran the rpm.

When i run glxinfo it sais that direct rendering is off, and i only get 200-300 fps on glxgears.

Help?

atitvout

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:06:10 +0200

This was pretty easy to setup. Just follow these basic commands, and you should be good to go.

Just a side note: You will not be able to run the LCD and TV output at the same time. I've tinkered with it for hours, and wasn't able to get it to work. It's one or the other. o_O

Code:
apt-get install atitvout

This will install the application to run the TV out.

Code:
atitvout -f auto

This should display something like "Forcing Rage Mobility/Rage 3D Pro LT mode." Simply put, this is running in the "LCD/TV" mode. The L = LCD and T = TV.

Next force the card to display on the TV.

Code:
atitvout -f T

Of course you must have the svideo cable attached, but this will force your card to display through Svideo to your TV.

Remember, since your card cannot display both, it would be wise to be able to kill the command and force back to the LCD using:

Code:
atitvout -f L

Typically I force it to LCD before I force it to the TV. In case something goes wrong with the display on the TV, I can always hit the "UP Arrow" twice to force it back to the LCD.

Just a little suggestion.

Anyway, I hope this helps anyone utilizing the atitvout command. o_O