[gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Drew Tomlinson]

I have a laptop with  ATI integrated graphics.  lspci shows the graphics 
card as:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon 
Xpress 1100 IGP]

I have been unsuccessful in getting X configured to work with this card 
with dri enabled.  I followed the guides at:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml

and I've also Googled for a week with no success.  With the x11 drivers 
installed, I get this error message when starting X:

(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable

I've emerged ati-drivers and set make.conf to include the fglrx driver 
as suggested in the ATI guide.  However when loading the fglrx.ko 
module, I get an error about "...taints the kernel".  Thus I suspect I 
have some option set in my kernel that conflicts with the fglrx module?

I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right 
direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?  
Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea what 
is might be conflicting in my kernel?

Thanks,

Drew

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Neil Walker]

Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I've emerged ati-drivers and set make.conf to include the fglrx driver 
> as suggested in the ATI guide.  However when loading the fglrx.ko 
> module, I get an error about "...taints the kernel".  Thus I suspect I 
> have some option set in my kernel that conflicts with the fglrx module?

It's not an error - just some wise guy's reference to the fact that you 
are using a closed-source driver with the open-source kernel. Sounds 
like it is loading perfectly fine. :)


Be lucky,

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[James Ausmus]

On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:

> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
> Xpress 1100 IGP]
>
> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>
> I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
> direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?
> Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea what
> is might be conflicting in my kernel?

No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
system).

Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Tuesday 03 July 2007, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote 
about '[gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 
IGP':
> [W]hen loading the fglrx.ko
> module, I get an error about "...taints the kernel".  Thus I suspect I
> have some option set in my kernel that conflicts with the fglrx module?

No that just means that the binary you are running (kernel + modules) is 
not Free Software or, in this case, distributable at all.

See http://www.kroah.com/log/images/ols_2006_keynote_12.jpg , part of 
http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html which is full of high 
level information about the kernel.

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 7/3/2007 9:36 AM James Ausmus said the following:

> On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
>
>> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
>> Xpress 1100 IGP]
>>
>> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>>
>> I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
>> direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?
>> Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea what
>> is might be conflicting in my kernel?
>
>
> No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
> loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
> about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
> system).
>
> Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?


Thank you for your posts.

OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I wasn't 
trying to use the ati-driver.  So I emerged ati-driver.  However, when 
attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted error" (I 
remember this now).  I am logged on as root.   Please see this output:

tagalong ~ # lsmod  
Module                  Size  Used by
ndiswrapper           190528  0
arc4                    2368  0
ecb                     3328  0
blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
cryptomgr               2944  0
crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  0
pcmcia                 32344  0
yenta_socket           24332  1
rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ieee80211_crypt         5504  1 ieee80211_crypt_wep
i2c_piix4               9036  0
i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx 
(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted

So, I am confused.  What exactly should "VIDEO_CARDS=" setting be in 
/etc/make.conf? ="radeon"? ="fglrx"? ="radeon fglrx"?  I think I need to 
be sure I have everything set right, be sure to un-emerge any 
conflicting ports, and then re-emerge the proper ports.  Can someone 
please point out the steps?

Thanks,

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Jerry McBride]

On Tuesday 03 July 2007 07:55:40 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> On 7/3/2007 9:36 AM James Ausmus said the following:
> > On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
> >> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
> >> Xpress 1100 IGP]
> >>
> >> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
> >>
> >> I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
> >> direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?
> >> Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea what
> >> is might be conflicting in my kernel?
> >
> > No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
> > loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
> > about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
> > system).
> >
> > Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
>
> Thank you for your posts.
>
> OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I wasn't
> trying to use the ati-driver.  So I emerged ati-driver.  However, when
> attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted error" (I
> remember this now).  I am logged on as root.   Please see this output:
>
> tagalong ~ # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> ndiswrapper           190528  0
> arc4                    2368  0
> ecb                     3328  0
> blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
> cryptomgr               2944  0
> crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
> ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  0
> pcmcia                 32344  0
> yenta_socket           24332  1
> rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
> pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> ieee80211_crypt         5504  1 ieee80211_crypt_wep
> i2c_piix4               9036  0
> i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
> tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
> FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
> (/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
>

Question: Is this a custom kernel build? If so, did you enable 

--- enable loadable module suppot
------ module versioning support 
or 
------ source checksum for all modules


If so, turn them both off and rebuild the kernel and try to load the fglrx 
module again...

What happens is, your closed source, binary, module does not have the correct 
credentials for it to be installed... Thus the "operation not permitted" 
complaint...


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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 7/3/2007 5:19 PM Jerry McBride said the following:

>On Tuesday 03 July 2007 07:55:40 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>  
>
>>On 7/3/2007 9:36 AM James Ausmus said the following:
>>    
>>
>>>On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
>>>>Xpress 1100 IGP]
>>>>
>>>>(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>>>>
>>>>I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
>>>>direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?
>>>>Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea what
>>>>is might be conflicting in my kernel?
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
>>>loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
>>>about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
>>>system).
>>>
>>>Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
>>>      
>>>
>>Thank you for your posts.
>>
>>OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I wasn't
>>trying to use the ati-driver.  So I emerged ati-driver.  However, when
>>attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted error" (I
>>remember this now).  I am logged on as root.   Please see this output:
>>
>>tagalong ~ # lsmod
>>Module                  Size  Used by
>>ndiswrapper           190528  0
>>arc4                    2368  0
>>ecb                     3328  0
>>blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
>>cryptomgr               2944  0
>>crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
>>ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  0
>>pcmcia                 32344  0
>>yenta_socket           24332  1
>>rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
>>pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
>>ieee80211_crypt         5504  1 ieee80211_crypt_wep
>>i2c_piix4               9036  0
>>i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
>>tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
>>FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Question: Is this a custom kernel build? If so, did you enable
>

Yes.

>--- enable loadable module suppot
>------ module versioning support 
>or 
>------ source checksum for all modules
>  
>

I have these options:

[*] Enable loadable module support
[*]   Module unloading
[*]     Forced module unloading
[ ]   Module versioning support (NEW)
[ ]   Source checksum for all modules (NEW)
[*]   Automatic kernel module loading


>If so, turn them both off and rebuild the kernel and try to load the fglrx 
>module again...
>
>What happens is, your closed source, binary, module does not have the correct 
>credentials for it to be installed... Thus the "operation not permitted" 
>complaint...
>  
>

I just rebuilt the kernel again to be sure I really built it with those 
options.  There was no change.  See this output:

tagalong ~ # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
arc4                    2368  2
ecb                     3328  2
blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
cryptomgr               2944  0
crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  1
ndiswrapper           190528  0
pcmcia                 32344  0
bcm43xx               423008  0
ieee80211softmac       29248  1 bcm43xx
ieee80211              29448  2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt         5504  2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211
yenta_socket           24332  1
rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
i2c_piix4               9036  0
i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx 
(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted

Any other ideas?  Thanks for your help.

Drew

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Jerry McBride]

On Tuesday 03 July 2007 08:58:39 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> On 7/3/2007 5:19 PM Jerry McBride said the following:
> >On Tuesday 03 July 2007 07:55:40 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> >>On 7/3/2007 9:36 AM James Ausmus said the following:
> >>>On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
> >>>>01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
> >>>>Xpress 1100 IGP]
> >>>>
> >>>>(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
> >>>>direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?
> >>>>Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea
> >>>> what is might be conflicting in my kernel?
> >>>
> >>>No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
> >>>loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
> >>>about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
> >>>system).
> >>>
> >>>Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
> >>
> >>Thank you for your posts.
> >>
> >>OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I wasn't
> >>trying to use the ati-driver.  So I emerged ati-driver.  However, when
> >>attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted error" (I
> >>remember this now).  I am logged on as root.   Please see this output:
> >>
> >>tagalong ~ # lsmod
> >>Module                  Size  Used by
> >>ndiswrapper           190528  0
> >>arc4                    2368  0
> >>ecb                     3328  0
> >>blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
> >>cryptomgr               2944  0
> >>crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
> >>ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  0
> >>pcmcia                 32344  0
> >>yenta_socket           24332  1
> >>rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
> >>pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> >>ieee80211_crypt         5504  1 ieee80211_crypt_wep
> >>i2c_piix4               9036  0
> >>i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
> >>tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
> >>FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
> >>(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
> >
> >Question: Is this a custom kernel build? If so, did you enable
>
> Yes.
>
> >--- enable loadable module suppot
> >------ module versioning support
> >or
> >------ source checksum for all modules
>
> I have these options:
>
> [*] Enable loadable module support
> [*]   Module unloading
> [*]     Forced module unloading
> [ ]   Module versioning support (NEW)
> [ ]   Source checksum for all modules (NEW)
> [*]   Automatic kernel module loading
>
> >If so, turn them both off and rebuild the kernel and try to load the fglrx
> >module again...
> >
> >What happens is, your closed source, binary, module does not have the
> > correct credentials for it to be installed... Thus the "operation not
> > permitted" complaint...
>
> I just rebuilt the kernel again to be sure I really built it with those
> options.  There was no change.  See this output:
>
> tagalong ~ # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> arc4                    2368  2
> ecb                     3328  2
> blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
> cryptomgr               2944  0
> crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
> ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  1
> ndiswrapper           190528  0
> pcmcia                 32344  0
> bcm43xx               423008  0
> ieee80211softmac       29248  1 bcm43xx
> ieee80211              29448  2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
> ieee80211_crypt         5504  2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211
> yenta_socket           24332  1
> rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
> pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> i2c_piix4               9036  0
> i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
> tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
> FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
> (/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
>
> Any other ideas?  Thanks for your help.
>
> Drew
>
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The only thing to consider then is that your hardware is not supported by that 
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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 7/3/2007 6:36 PM Jerry McBride said the following:

>On Tuesday 03 July 2007 08:58:39 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>  
>
>>On 7/3/2007 5:19 PM Jerry McBride said the following:
>>    
>>
>>>On Tuesday 03 July 2007 07:55:40 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>On 7/3/2007 9:36 AM James Ausmus said the following:
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
>>>>>>Xpress 1100 IGP]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
>>>>>>direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my laptop?
>>>>>>Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea
>>>>>>what is might be conflicting in my kernel?
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
>>>>>loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
>>>>>about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
>>>>>system).
>>>>>
>>>>>Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Thank you for your posts.
>>>>
>>>>OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I wasn't
>>>>trying to use the ati-driver.  So I emerged ati-driver.  However, when
>>>>attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted error" (I
>>>>remember this now).  I am logged on as root.   Please see this output:
>>>>
>>>>tagalong ~ # lsmod
>>>>Module                  Size  Used by
>>>>ndiswrapper           190528  0
>>>>arc4                    2368  0
>>>>ecb                     3328  0
>>>>blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
>>>>cryptomgr               2944  0
>>>>crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
>>>>ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  0
>>>>pcmcia                 32344  0
>>>>yenta_socket           24332  1
>>>>rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
>>>>pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
>>>>ieee80211_crypt         5504  1 ieee80211_crypt_wep
>>>>i2c_piix4               9036  0
>>>>i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
>>>>tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
>>>>FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
>>>>(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Question: Is this a custom kernel build? If so, did you enable
>>>      
>>>
>>Yes.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>--- enable loadable module suppot
>>>------ module versioning support
>>>or
>>>------ source checksum for all modules
>>>      
>>>
>>I have these options:
>>
>>[*] Enable loadable module support
>>[*]   Module unloading
>>[*]     Forced module unloading
>>[ ]   Module versioning support (NEW)
>>[ ]   Source checksum for all modules (NEW)
>>[*]   Automatic kernel module loading
>>
>>    
>>
>>>If so, turn them both off and rebuild the kernel and try to load the fglrx
>>>module again...
>>>
>>>What happens is, your closed source, binary, module does not have the
>>>correct credentials for it to be installed... Thus the "operation not
>>>permitted" complaint...
>>>      
>>>
>>I just rebuilt the kernel again to be sure I really built it with those
>>options.  There was no change.  See this output:
>>
>>tagalong ~ # lsmod
>>Module                  Size  Used by
>>arc4                    2368  2
>>ecb                     3328  2
>>blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
>>cryptomgr               2944  0
>>crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
>>ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  1
>>ndiswrapper           190528  0
>>pcmcia                 32344  0
>>bcm43xx               423008  0
>>ieee80211softmac       29248  1 bcm43xx
>>ieee80211              29448  2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
>>ieee80211_crypt         5504  2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211
>>yenta_socket           24332  1
>>rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
>>pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
>>i2c_piix4               9036  0
>>i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
>>tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
>>FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
>>
>>Any other ideas?  Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Drew
>>
>>--
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>>
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>>    
>>
>
>The only thing to consider then is that your hardware is not supported by that 
>driver...
>

That may be true.  I have been unable to confirm or deny that.  Anyone else?

Thanks,

Drew

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Mark Knecht]

> >
> >The only thing to consider then is that your hardware is not supported by that
> >driver...
> >
>
> That may be true.  I have been unable to confirm or deny that.  Anyone else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew
>

See if Michael can help you at the Phoronix forums:

http://www.phoronix.com/forums/index.php

He has been good at helping me with corner case issue on ATI drivers.

Good luck,
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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 7/3/2007 7:01 PM Drew Tomlinson said the following:

> On 7/3/2007 6:36 PM Jerry McBride said the following:
>
>> On Tuesday 03 July 2007 08:58:39 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On 7/3/2007 5:19 PM Jerry McBride said the following:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday 03 July 2007 07:55:40 pm Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/3/2007 9:36 AM James Ausmus said the following:
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/3/07, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> wrote:
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 
>>>>>>> [Radeon
>>>>>>> Xpress 1100 IGP]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right
>>>>>>> direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my 
>>>>>>> laptop?
>>>>>>> Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, any idea
>>>>>>> what is might be conflicting in my kernel?
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No conflict in your kernel - the "taint" message means that you have
>>>>>> loaded a closed-source driver into your kernel - nothing to worry
>>>>>> about (unless you are interested in running a completely free/libre
>>>>>> system).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you post the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
>>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your posts.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I 
>>>>> wasn't
>>>>> trying to use the ati-driver.  So I emerged ati-driver.  However, 
>>>>> when
>>>>> attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted 
>>>>> error" (I
>>>>> remember this now).  I am logged on as root.   Please see this 
>>>>> output:
>>>>>
>>>>> tagalong ~ # lsmod
>>>>> Module                  Size  Used by
>>>>> ndiswrapper           190528  0
>>>>> arc4                    2368  0
>>>>> ecb                     3328  0
>>>>> blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
>>>>> cryptomgr               2944  0
>>>>> crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
>>>>> ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  0
>>>>> pcmcia                 32344  0
>>>>> yenta_socket           24332  1
>>>>> rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
>>>>> pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
>>>>> ieee80211_crypt         5504  1 ieee80211_crypt_wep
>>>>> i2c_piix4               9036  0
>>>>> i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
>>>>> tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
>>>>> FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
>>>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not 
>>>>> permitted
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Question: Is this a custom kernel build? If so, did you enable
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> --- enable loadable module suppot
>>>> ------ module versioning support
>>>> or
>>>> ------ source checksum for all modules
>>>>     
>>>
>>> I have these options:
>>>
>>> [*] Enable loadable module support
>>> [*]   Module unloading
>>> [*]     Forced module unloading
>>> [ ]   Module versioning support (NEW)
>>> [ ]   Source checksum for all modules (NEW)
>>> [*]   Automatic kernel module loading
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> If so, turn them both off and rebuild the kernel and try to load 
>>>> the fglrx
>>>> module again...
>>>>
>>>> What happens is, your closed source, binary, module does not have the
>>>> correct credentials for it to be installed... Thus the "operation not
>>>> permitted" complaint...
>>>>     
>>>
>>> I just rebuilt the kernel again to be sure I really built it with those
>>> options.  There was no change.  See this output:
>>>
>>> tagalong ~ # lsmod
>>> Module                  Size  Used by
>>> arc4                    2368  2
>>> ecb                     3328  2
>>> blkcipher               5316  1 ecb
>>> cryptomgr               2944  0
>>> crypto_algapi          10432  3 arc4,ecb,cryptomgr
>>> ieee80211_crypt_wep     4864  1
>>> ndiswrapper           190528  0
>>> pcmcia                 32344  0
>>> bcm43xx               423008  0
>>> ieee80211softmac       29248  1 bcm43xx
>>> ieee80211              29448  2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
>>> ieee80211_crypt         5504  2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211
>>> yenta_socket           24332  1
>>> rsrc_nonstatic         10048  1 yenta_socket
>>> pcmcia_core            34276  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
>>> i2c_piix4               9036  0
>>> i2c_core               18880  1 i2c_piix4
>>> tagalong ~ # modprobe fglrx
>>> FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/video/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted
>>>
>>> Any other ideas?  Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Drew
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>>
>>
>> The only thing to consider then is that your hardware is not 
>> supported by that driver...
>>
>
> That may be true.  I have been unable to confirm or deny that.  Anyone 
> else? 


I've done some more Googling.  It would appear the Radeon Xpress 1100 is 
supported with ATI drivers.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_14603_14624%5E14627,00.html

Now, how to get the fglrx module to load?...

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 7/3/2007 7:14 PM Mark Knecht said the following:

>> >
>> >The only thing to consider then is that your hardware is not 
>> supported by that
>> >driver...
>> >
>>
>> That may be true.  I have been unable to confirm or deny that.  
>> Anyone else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Drew
>>
>
> See if Michael can help you at the Phoronix forums:
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/forums/index.php
>
> He has been good at helping me with corner case issue on ATI drivers.
>

Thanks.  I'll try that.  I also tried installing the ATI drivers 
directly from ATI's web site.  Same issue.  Can not load the resulting 
module.

tagalong X11 # modprobe fglrx  
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx 
(/lib/modules/2.6.21-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): 
Operation not permitted

Thanks,

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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

[Alex Schuster]

Hi Drew!

I think I had a similar problem with my ATI card. I did not solve the 
problem, because I am using another (nvidia) card now. But I'll forward you 
what someone replied to me, maybe this will help you. BTW, the unmerging 
and re-merging of genotoo-sources described below is not necessary.

Good luck,

	Alex

Re: Radeon trouble
 Von: Justin <justin@j-schmitz.net>
 An: Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>
 
Alex Schuster schrieb:
> Hi Justin!
>
>   
>> Just saw your thread. Did get your card working? I have a 9000 with I
>> think a similar problem and solvet it.
>>     
>
> No, I didn't. I have been away from home for a while, so I did not 
> investigate this much further. And then I decided to use another card 
(NV15 
> [GeForce2 GTS/Pro]), because the image quality was rather bad. But I am 
> thinking of using the ATI card in another PC, so I'm still interested in 
> your solution.
>
> Another problem with my X is that I cannot configure it, as I wrote later 
in 
> the thread. But as may current setup is working for the moment, I did not 
> do much about it yet.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>       Alex
>   

I can help you wirh your 3d accelaration problem. the thing is that ati
stopped the support for the older cards since driver release 8.28.8. So
what you have to dois

emerge -C ati-drivers ati-driver-extras gentoo-sources

(Sorry if I explain too much in detail but I do not know how familiar
you are with gentoo)

echo '>x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8-r1' >> /etc/portage/packages.mask
echo '>x11-drivers/ati-drivers-extras-8.28.8' >> /etc/portage/packages.mask


Now it depends on which kernel you use. I tested it in 2.6.19 and
2.6.20. If you are going to use the 2.6.20 kernel you has to modify the
ebuild in line 162. Change

epatch "${FILESDIR}/ati-drivers-2.6.19.patch"

to

epatch "${FILESDIR}/ati-drivers-2.6.20.patch".

Recreate the digests

ebuild /usr/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8-r1.ebuild
digest.

Thats the first thing. Second is a problem with the version of the
driver. The x11 they support is 7.1, and for xorg-server it is 1.1.1-r5.
So probably you have to downgrade your X

echo '>x11-base/xorg-x11-7.1' >> /etc/portage/packages.mask
echo '>x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8-r1' >> /etc/portage/packages.mask

then the big emerge could start (Make sure fglrx is your video card in
make.conf)

emerge gentoo-sources
emerge xorg-x11
emerge ati-drivers ati-drivers-extra

then

eselct opengl set ati

This speeds things up for me from up 200 to 2000 fps.

In short this is the guide. If you need more detailed help ask.

Justin
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Re: [gentoo-user] 3D Acceleration With Laptop - Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP -- SOLVED!!!

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 07/03/07 06:17 Drew Tomlinson said the following:

> I have a laptop with  ATI integrated graphics.  lspci shows the 
> graphics card as:
>
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon 
> Xpress 1100 IGP]
>
> I have been unsuccessful in getting X configured to work with this 
> card with dri enabled.  I followed the guides at:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/dri-howto.xml
>
> and I've also Googled for a week with no success.  With the x11 
> drivers installed, I get this error message when starting X:
>
> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>
> I've emerged ati-drivers and set make.conf to include the fglrx driver 
> as suggested in the ATI guide.  However when loading the fglrx.ko 
> module, I get an error about "...taints the kernel".  Thus I suspect I 
> have some option set in my kernel that conflicts with the fglrx module?
>
> I'm at a loss.  Can some kind soul please point me in the right 
> direction toward the steps needed to get 3D acceleration on my 
> laptop?  Should I be using x11 or ATI drivers?  And if ATI drivers, 
> any idea what is might be conflicting in my kernel? 


Seems the module was never loading due to a conflict because DRI was 
compiled into the kernel.  I had read that I needed to disable that 
option which I did and recompiled the kernel (over and over again).  
However the one step I missed was copying the newly compiled kernel from 
the source directory to the /boot directory.

Oh the answers are always so simple...  It's finding them that's tough.  :)

Drew

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