Catalyst 8.11 and Radeon 9600/9700 (R300)

[tsuru]

Has anyone been able to run Catalyst 8.11 drivers on a Radeon 9600/9700 based machine yet? So far all my attempts with Ubuntu 8.11 and Gentoo have failed at module load time with errors like this:

[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 928 MBytes.
[fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes
[fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device 
heads
[fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed

I have read that issues with the AGP bus is causing it. Have there been any new developments on this front?

[Kano]

How much memory do you use? 32 or 64 bit? PAE enabled kernel?

[tsuru]

How much memory do you use? 32 or 64 bit? PAE enabled kernel?

I'm on a 512 MB laptop 32-bit pentium-m. I'm not sure if PAE is enabled or not, it's the stock ubuntu intrepid kernel.

[Stormking]

As mentioned in other threads, I've got the same problem. Hardware is a Mobility Radeon 9700 with 64MB. I'm running 32 Bit Ubuntu Intrepid with its standard kernel.

The problem appeared in the 8.10-Ubuntu-Special-Edition of fglrx and was not fixed in 8.11 (official installer).

[Kano]

Well some old Pentium M do not support pae, check

grep pae /proc/cpuinfo

If it does you can try the server kernel in the repository and see if it makes any difference.

[tsuru]

Well some old Pentium M do not support pae, check

grep pae /proc/cmdline

I assume you meant /proc/cpuinfo... Either way PAE is not available. It appears I got a Dothan just before the 533 MHz bus w/ PAE enabled. Do the Catalyst drivers require PAE?

[Kano]

Yes, i meant that. Well it does not require it, it was just an option to try. My RV410 still runs with fglrx, not really optimal, but i can at least debug the fglrx packageing

[tsuru]

I see the RV410 also runs on PCI-E bus...sigh. Maybe it's time to play TAPS and just move on.

[biasquez]

@Kano

i have same problem, ati mobility 9700 on ubuntu intrepid 8.10 (768 mb ram, 32 bit, pentium-M dothan)

grep pae /proc/cpuinfo -> nothing, cpu doesn't support PAE

[Kano]

Well you can compile another kernel for testing. Maybe 2.6.26 series or get one older 2.6.24 from hardy (don't forget the 2 header packages).