Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Johan Andersson <batjohan@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64 - America's Army?
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:35:12
Message-Id: 44832737.2040300@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64 - America's Army? by Mark Knecht
1 Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 > My son wanted to play America's Army under Linux so I downloaded
4 > and installed a copy. When I started it it complained about a missing
5 > DRI interface, among other things:
6 >
7 > mark@lightning ~ $ ./armyops
8 > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
9 > Cheat protection disabled
10 > WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change!
11 > Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0".
12 >
13 > Either GL_EXT_bgra or glDrawRangeElements not supported- bailing out.
14 >
15 > History:
16 >
17 > Exiting due to error
18 > mark@lightning ~ $
19 >
20 > So, do you think it's bailing due to the DRI missing or is it a GL
21 > issue? I don't understand GL at all so I probably need to get some
22 > education.
23 >
24 > Am I corrct in remembering that DRI was not even supported on AMD64
25 > back when I built this machine? (Possibly about a year ago?) If so is
26 > this still the case? lsmod seems to say that drm is loaded:
27 >
28 > mark@lightning ~ $ /sbin/lsmod
29 > Module Size Used by
30 > <SNIP>
31 > radeon 110496 0
32 > drm 78576 1 radeon
33 > mark@lightning ~ $
34 >
35 >
36 > The VGA is ATI-based:
37 >
38 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60
39 > [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
40 > 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
41 >
42 > lightning ~ # eix ati-drivers
43 > * x11-apps/ati-drivers-extra
44 > Available versions: -8.18.6 -8.18.8 -8.19.10 -8.20.8 -8.21.7
45 > -8.22.5 -8.23.7
46 > Installed: none
47 > Homepage: http://www.ati.com
48 > Description: Ati precompiled drivers extra application
49 >
50 > * x11-drivers/ati-drivers
51 > Available versions: 8.14.13-r2 8.14.13-r3 ~8.14.13-r4
52 > ~8.14.13-r5 *8.16.20 *8.16.20-r1 ~8.18.6 ~8.18.6-r1 ~8.18.8 ~8.18.8-r1
53 > 8.18.8-r2 ~8.19.10 ~8.20.8 ~8.21.7 ~8.21.7-r1 ~8.22.5 ~8.23.7 ~8.24.8
54 > ~8.25.18
55 > Installed: 8.18.8-r2
56 > Homepage: http://www.ati.com
57 > Description: Ati precompiled drivers for r350, r300, r250
58 > and r200 chipsets
59 >
60 > Found 2 matches
61 > lightning ~ #
62 >
63 > Thanks,
64 > Mark
65 What driver do you have in your xorg.conf ?
66 Change radeon to fglrx to use ATi's driver.
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