ATI && FC5test2

brandor · #1 22nd January 2006, 02:41 AM

Has anyone found an ATI driver that works with fc5test2 yet?

I've been looking...

I downloaded the ATI package and compiled myself, but get errors trying to load the module...

FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1.1826.2.10_FC5smp/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format

ryuheixys · #2 22nd January 2006, 03:47 AM

get this:
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/S...vn.1.4.src.rpm
and see if you can follow the instruction on this page:
http://rpm.livna.org/kernel-modules.html

Whenever I build my own kernel for FC I do this using the livna rpms. I'm not sure if it'll work but you might as well give it a try.

brandor · #3 22nd January 2006, 04:19 AM

Thanks! I'll give that a try

brandor · #4 22nd January 2006, 10:16 PM

Any idea why I get this error?

+ bash make.sh verbose
grep: /usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.1826.2.10_FC5smp-i686/include/linux/compile.h: No such file or directory
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
kernel includes at /usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.1826.2.10_FC5smp-i686/include not found or incomplete
file: /usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.1826.2.10_FC5smp-i686/include/linux/version.h
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89568 (%build)

RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.89568 (%build)

Stuck there for now... all the files are there like they are supposed to be... I had to make a symlink from /usr/src/linux to the correct kernel directory...

Thanks!

ryuheixys · #5 22nd January 2006, 10:24 PM

yeah, I'd say that the thing is missing the kernel-devel packages
I"m not sure what its called exactly, but you should be able to find the rpm in the ISO you downloaded to install FC5 test 2 .
for example:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...0_FC5.i586.rpm
or
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...0_FC5.i686.rpm
depending on the kernel version you have.
if thats not it, I dont really know
good luck

brandor · #6 22nd January 2006, 10:30 PM

yum list kernel-devel
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
extras-dev: ################################################## 2/2
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Installed Packages
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.15-1.1864_FC5 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.15-1.1826.2.10_FC5 installed
Available Packages
kernel-devel.i586

That's the weird part, I had to install those a while back... Why is it not seeing that it's there? /boggle

ryuheixys · #7 23rd January 2006, 08:31 AM

ahhh, I see now that you are running an SMP kernel. I think that may be affecting it. you should see if you can find the kernel-devel for the SMP kernel that you are running. I'm not 100% sure on this but that would be a good idea. Also, there maybe a parameter to tell the build system to referr to the kernel source directory for the normal single processor kernel.
anyway, good luck!

brandor · #8 23rd January 2006, 02:36 PM

Bleh.. I should have seen that! Thanks for pointing it out.

Thanks again!

ryuheixys · #9 23rd January 2006, 08:43 PM

This is it I think:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...9_FC5.i686.rpm
try this!

brandor · #10 23rd January 2006, 08:58 PM

Yep, I found that one. Didn't work though. Still couldn't load the module.

Oh well. I can wait a couple of months heh.

Thanks for all of your help.

codergeek42 · #11 23rd January 2006, 09:10 PM

What type of card do you have? X.org has experimental built-in R300 DRI drivers for some newer cards (such as the 9500 through 9800 series). I'm on a Radeon 9200 (fully supported through the R200 drivers which have been part of X.org/XFree86 for a long time), so I'm not sure how exactly you could go about enabling this driver if it is not already enabled. You could check the radeon(4) man page for more information on how to configure your xorg.conf file:

Code:

$ man 4 radeon

Hope that helps!

brandor · #12 23rd January 2006, 09:44 PM

I've already tried the R300 drivers. Mesa fails to compile.

I'm not at home, so I can't give the error.

Thanks for the suggestion!

*edit*
9800XT btw

LaKing · #13 2nd February 2006, 12:44 PM

We need to get that working folks.

The problem is that there is no radeon driver for xorg 7.0 yet

here is a wiki but dont understand that packman pacage thingie.

dishkuvek · #14 3rd February 2006, 03:56 PM

pacman is the package manager for Arch Linux. You would not be able to use it anyway, if you are going to follow the directions, follow the area they call the "hard way." Although, it looks a bit hairy.

zarthon · #15 23rd February 2006, 01:42 PM

The radeon driver called "radeon" that works for me using an all in wonder card with the RV350 chipset.
I have not tested if it's 3d accellerated but it seems that 2d is accelerated quite nicely.
Here is that section of the one working version of my xorg.conf
<------- this works!------>
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
BoardName "VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]"
EndSection