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On 7/3/2007 7:01 PM Drew Tomlinson said the following: |
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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 |
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>>>>>>> [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 |
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>>>>>>> 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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>>>>>>> |
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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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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Thank you for your posts. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> OK, I tried starting over again as when I wrote the above post, I |
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>>>>> wasn't |
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>>>>> trying to use the ati-driver. So I emerged ati-driver. However, |
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>>>>> when |
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>>>>> attempting to load the fglrx I get an "Operation not permitted |
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>>>>> error" (I |
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>>>>> remember this now). I am logged on as root. Please see this |
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>>>>> output: |
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>>>>> |
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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 |
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>>>>> 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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>>> |
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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 |
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>>>> 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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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>>> Drew |
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>>> |
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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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>>> http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com |
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>> The only thing to consider then is that your hardware is not |
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>> supported by that driver... |
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> That may be true. I have been unable to confirm or deny that. Anyone |
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> else? |
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I've done some more Googling. It would appear the Radeon Xpress 1100 is |
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supported with ATI drivers. |
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http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_14603_14624%5E14627,00.html |
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Now, how to get the fglrx module to load?... |
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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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http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com |
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