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

[Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>]

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,

Drew

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