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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.28.8 - How to get DRM support?
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:09:43
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0609031504u566137f3h8eed055d2dc7fabe@mail.gmail.com
1 Hi,
2 I've been messing with this for a couple of hours now and cannot
3 find the right combination. I am using the most recent ati-drivers
4 package since it seems to support TVout, at least on one of my
5 Pundit-R machines. However since upgrading from a much older and hand
6 patched 8.14.x driver I cannot seem to get DRI/DRM support to work. I
7 end up with messages like this and the drm module doesn't load as I
8 think it isn't built. I believe I have the proper chipset support in
9 place:
10
11
12 myth14 linux # lsmod
13 Module Size Used by
14 snd_atiixp 14092 0
15 snd_ac97_codec 79264 1 snd_atiixp
16 snd_ac97_bus 1920 1 snd_ac97_codec
17 lirc_streamzap 12676 1
18 lirc_dev 11108 1 lirc_streamzap
19 fglrx 390188 8
20 ati_agp 6284 1
21 agpgart 25520 2 fglrx,ati_agp
22 myth14 linux #
23
24
25
26 * Unpacking Ati drivers ...
27 [ ok ]
28 >>> Source unpacked.
29 >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8 ...
30 * Building the DRM module...
31 make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r7'
32 CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o
33 /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:447:
34 warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
35 /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:
36 In function `firegl_stub_open':
37 /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:570:
38 warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
39 LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.o
40 Building modules, stage 2.
41 MODPOST
42 CC /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.mod.o
43 LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.komake:
44 Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r7'
45 >>> Source compiled.
46 >>> Test phase [not enabled]: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.28.8
47
48 >>> Install ati-drivers-8.28.8 into
49 /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.28.8/image/ category x11-drivers
50 * Installing fglrx module
51
52
53 With these ATI drivers what is the proper way to configure the
54 kernel? I've tried it with kernel DRI support on and off. Is there
55 some other setting required to make this work?
56
57 Should I be using a DRM from the fglrx package, from the kernel,
58 from libdrm or somewhere else?
59
60 Thanks,
61 Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] ati-drivers-8.28.8 - How to get DRM support? Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>