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