ATI fglrx 8.27.10 Discussion (July 2006)

[steve]

Are you trying to use the automatic installer? or generating the RPMs using --buildpkg Fedora/FC5 ?

kernel and kernel-devel should be the only kernel-related packages you need.

If you're using the --buildpkg, what is the complete output.

Yes, I'm using --buildpkg. The complete output is:

--------------------------------
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.27.10........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ........................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Generating package: Fedora/FC5
Please install an appropriate Linux kernel module build package.
Probably kernel-devel in this case.
If you've compiled a custom kernel, make sure /usr/src/linux exists
and the source tree matches the currently running kernel.
-----------------------------------

I've looked in the script ati-packager.sh that generates the message,
and it is testing for /lib/modules/${kernel_variant}/build/include/linux/version.h, as I mentioned. I think the problem is that the kernel-devel package has put include/linux/version.h under /usr/src/kernels/${kernel_variant}.
I don't know whether the rest of the script actually depends on the files being under /lib/modules.

[Michael]

What specific kernel version are you using? I haven't come across such an issue with kernel-devel myself, though I will try to get an answer for you from Niko (the author of the main Fedora packaging scripts).

[Michael]

rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/build/include/linux/version.h
returns
kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5

rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/build
returns
kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5

ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/build
returns
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Jul 15
21:59 /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-i686

At first glance, something's broken on his end. Or he doesn't actually have
kernel-devel installed.

Niko

Did you try reinstalling kernel-devel?

[steve]

Did you try reinstalling kernel-devel?

My problem was that my kernel and kernel-devel were out of step. When I installed kernel-devel with yum, it didn't mention that I needed to update the kernel package. The updated kernel package gives me the symlink to /lib/modules, which was missing before.

[dgvirtual]

8.27.10 supports 3d acceleration on my Radeon 9200 video card. On both 8.26 and 8.25 it was broken (had to use a patch from 8.24 driver version). I am running Kubuntu Dapper.

[kramey]

I updated my ATI drivers tonight from 8.26 to 8.27.10 and am having a strange problem. If I execute "glxinfo" as myself, it says I only have "Indirect Rendering". If I run it as su, it says I have direct rendering. If, after doing "glxinfo" as root, I run it again as myself, it still reports "Indirect Rendering". "glxgears" gives about 200 FPS as my usual userid and just over 250 FPS as root. Clearly something is not right.

The output of "uname -a":
Linux myrthin 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 #1 Tue Aug 8 15:30:55 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

glxinfo as normal user:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.2)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

glxinfo as root:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5946 (8.27.10)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_S3_s3tc, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_vertex_blend, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program,
GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,
GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_element_array, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap,
GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_map_object_buffer, GL_ATI_separate_stencil,
GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float,
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATI_vertex_array_object,
GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object, GL_ATI_vertex_streams,
GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATIX_texture_env_route,
GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_vertex_shader, GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_NV_blend_square,
GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

The ATI Control Panel shows Indirect Rendering.

Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks.

ken

[Michael]

What distribution are you using? Did you use the packaging scripts for that distribution?

[kramey]

I am using the .run file from ATI:

ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run

I used the "uninstall" script to remove the 8.26 version, which was working fine.

ken