Need help with unclaimed monitor on an ati RS690M

[Bullnose]

Hi,

I am pretty new to using Ubuntu and I am on 9.04 64bit version fully updated. I have been able to google my way through configurations and customisations but I haven't been able to get this solved. I would be happy just getting any driver to work not necessarily the proprietary one.

I am on a Dell Inspiron 1521 and here is my lshw

"description: Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: vsyscall64 vsyscall32
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1918MiB
*-cpu
product: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 1800MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy cpufreq
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS690 Host Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: latency=64
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:1c:26:03:44:bd
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.91.9 ip=__________ latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 module=ahci
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI0)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI1)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI2)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI3)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI4)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64 module=ehci_hcd
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 14
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_piix4
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: SB600 IDE
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=64
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:b9:82:92:b0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 ip=_____________ latency=64 module=ssb multicast=yes
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
*-system:0
description: SD Host controller
product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.1
version: 22
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=64 module=sdhci_pci
*-system:1
description: System peripheral
product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.2
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ricoh-mmc latency=64 module=ricoh_mmc
*-system:2 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: xD-Picture Card Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.3
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-generic UNCLAIMED
product: Illegal Vendor ID
vendor: Illegal Vendor ID
physical id: 1.4
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.4
version: ff
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master vga_palette cap_list
configuration: latency=255 maxlatency=255 mingnt=255
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp"

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[bridgman]

You won't get the proprietary driver working on 9.04 without downgrading Xorg, so don't bother installing fglrx. You want to use the drivers that Ubuntu configures automatically during installation.

What happened when you used the drivers configured by Ubuntu after install ?

[Bullnose]

Thanks for the reply.

That is what I read. I am fine with using the open source drivers.
This is how it installed. I have tried removing them and reinstalling them but it doesn't seem to do anything.
What should I try?

[bridgman]

Did you install fglrx, and if so :

(a) how did you install it (Ubuntu's restricted driver manager, download from amd.com and build packages, download from amd.com and run the native installer

(b) which version of fglrx did you install (if you used the restricted driver manager you may not know, but that's OK)

(c) how did you uninstall it ?

[Bullnose]

My card doesn't show up in the restricted driver manager. Just my wifi does.

I never tried to install the fglrx. I started to read into it until I found out that my card isn't supported by ATI anymore and if I wanted to use an older fglrx driver I would have to downgrade the Xorg. That isn't something I am interested in doing.

[bridgman]

OK, so the Ubuntu installer should have automatically configured the -ati X driver and the "r300" mesa driver. Can I assume that didn't happen ?

What driver *are* you running on the graphics right now, ie what does the xorg long indicate -- just vesa ?

There's a good chance that the drivers you need are already installed, so it *may* be as simple as editing your xorg.conf to specify "radeon" rather than "vesa". If not, you'll need to install up to three packages, which are distro-specific. I don't remember the exact names but if it turns out you do need to install drivers it shouldn't be hard to find someone who knows the right packages for Ubuntu.

[Bullnose]

It must not have.
yeah just vesa.

[Kano]

You can not use U 9.04, you could use Kanotix Excalibur if you want to use fglrx 9-3, everything newer is not working as ATI thinks thats wasted time to support it with a binary driver.

[bridgman]

I believe Bullnose is trying to use the open source drivers; the issue is just that one of the auto-config data files didn't recognize the specific PnP ID and so did not automatically configure the drivers during installation. It may be as simple as replacing "vesa" with "radeon", or might need to install extra packages.

[Bullnose]

It looks like I have the xserver-xorg-video-ati driver, the xserver-xorg-video-radeon driver and the xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd all installed. In the my xorg.conf I have tired using "ati" and "radeon". neither one fixes the unclaimed monitor and my glxgears is about 325fps for both.

When I try the "radeonhd" the unclaimed monitor still doesn't get claimed my glxgears goes down to about 100fps and all my compiz stuff goes wonky.

What should I try?
Should I remove all ati/radeon packages, reboot and see what ubuntu wants to do?