Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server-1.5 update/old kernel+old fglrx

[Mark Knecht]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Mark Knecht<markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
>> On 06/24/2009 02:20 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>    Main question is whether there is any change in the way I select
>>> the fglrx driver with xorg-server-1.5?
>>>
>>>    I have a big emerge running on one of my MythTV frontends that uses
>>> an old 2.6.19 kernel with an old 8.28 ati-driver package. The machine
>>> does not use a keyboard or mouse. I cannot update either the kernel or
>>> the ati-driver for hardware support reasons. When the emerge is
>>> finished in a couple of hours do I need to change the xorg.conf file
>>> at all to use the server with the fglrx driver or will it just work?
>>
>> There's a pretty big chance that 8.28 is so old that it does not support
>> xorg-server 1.5 at all.  That means you can't use xorg-server 1.5.  And if
>> you're not prepared to update your kernel, then the xorg native driver
>> (xf86-video-ati) is out of the question too.
>>
>> It looks to me you'll have to keep using the older xorg-server.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks Nikos. I hope that's not the case or I've waster a couple of
> hours because emerge didn't stop me from doing this. No messages at
> all about anything like too old a kernel or vidieo driver.
>
> It's almost done so I guess I'll just wait and then see how it goes.
>
> There is no way to update the kernel as far as I know. The ATI chip
> that's in the computer has an S-video output that I need to drive the
> TV. After 8.28 ATI stopped supporting S-Video for this chip meaning I
> cannot update ati-drivers. To use the 8.28 ati-driver package I'm
> forced to use the 2.6.19 kernel.
>
> Believe me, I'd like to update but don't know how to unless I buy a
> new video card. I haven't looked in the box in a LONG time but I think
> it's possibly PCI only, and then it's also low form factor so it will
> probably be pretty hard to find ANY video card to fit it, but maybe
> I'll look around in case I have to go that way.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>

OK, after the reboot fglrx is in memory but Xorg.0.log is complaining
about missing symbols:

myth12 ~ # uname -a
Linux myth12 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #2 PREEMPT Sat May 19 17:55:30 PDT 2007
i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.26GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
myth12 ~ # lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx                 390828  0
agpgart                24240  2 fglrx,ati_agp
myth12 ~ #

(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so: undefined symbol:
miZeroLineScreenIndex
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found


Am I completely hosed here?

Looking on NewEgg I'm not finding any AGP fanless, low-profile cards
yet and I'm not sure the machine supported AGP anyway. I'll have to
open the box or find some old docs online. There is one fanless ATI
Radeon 9250-based PCI-based card but it's expensive for this
application at $90.

Looks like it's back to the older xorg-server.

- Mark