Re: FGLRX fails to initialize resulting in Monitor stand-by

[Thomas Steffen <steffen dot list dot account at gmail dot com>]

On 6/6/05, muadib at in dot gr <muadib at in dot gr> wrote:
> Greeetings,
>
> this upgrade I made by trying to install my RADEON 9200SE has been troubling me for 1 week, during which I
> had no X. 

Yes, I had lots of problems with my Radeon 7000 back then, too. But at
least a free and working driver is available :-)

Just as a hint: if you don't need 3D acceleration, it should just
work. You need no kernel module, no special parameters, no 3rd party
download. Just make sure that dri is disabled. If you still have
problems, get the X.org 6.8.2 packages from ubuntu. In my experience
they work significantly better than the "stone age" XFree 4.3.

> Furthermore, each time I try to execute a GL-based prog, e.g. GLXGEARS with "radeon", I get:
>
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

That probably means there is a configuration error. With a proper
setup it should either use hardware acceleration, or use (slow)
software rendering. I think you have to uncomment GLcore, but I am not
an expert in this area.

> Question 1: Is the FGLRX module better than the RADEON module, and in which areas?

It could have a slightly better 3D acceleration, but for the Radeon
9200 the difference should not be very strong.

> Question 2: How can I activate Hardware Acceleration????

You need several kernel modules, both for the AGP support of your
motherboard and for your graphics card. And then you have to enable it
in the config file and hope that it works. If not, start the X server
with X -verbose -probeonly, and it should give detailed messages about
what works and what does not.

Thomas