General Procedure to get ATI/DRI card running?

Arc Riley arcriley at gmail.com
Wed Jul 9 13:21:43 EDT 2008


This is the part you need to fix:

OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

If you can get it to use the radeonhd driver, even over standard GLX, it'll
be accelerated.  DRM speeds things up a bit by allowing the application to
render directly through the kerner rather than sending rendering through the
X server.


On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Labitt, Bruce <labittb1 at tycoelectronics.com>
wrote:

>  $ glxinfo
>
> 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_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
> GLX_OML_swap_method,
>
>     GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
>
>     GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
>
> client glx vendor string: SGI
>
> client glx version string: 1.4
>
> client glx extensions:
>
>     GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
>
>     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
>
>     GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
>
>     GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
>
>     GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
>
>     GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
>
>     GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
>
> GLX version: 1.2
>
> GLX extensions:
>
>     GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
>
>     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
>
>     GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
>
>     GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
>
> OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
>
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
>
> OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)
>
> OpenGL extensions:
>
>     GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture,
>
>     GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow,
>
>     GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
>
>     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_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
>
>     GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
>
>     GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op,
>
>     GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
>
>     GL_EXT_copy_texture, 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_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
>
>     GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
>
>     GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
>
>     GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
>
>     GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
>
>     GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
> GL_EXT_texture_object,
>
>     GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
>
>     GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once,
>
>     GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
>
>     GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert,
> GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
>
>     GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
>
>     GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap,
>
>     GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp,
>
>     GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow,
>
>     GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
>
>
>
>    visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
>
>  id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 0x23 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
>
> 0x24 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
>
> 0x25 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
>
> 0x26 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
>
> 0x27 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
>
> 0x28 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  0 0 None
>
> 0x29 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
>
> 0x2a 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  0 0 None
>
> 0x42 32 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 Ncon
>
>
>
>
>
> A few more months!!!
>
> -Bruce
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org [mailto:
> gnhlug-discuss-bounces at mail.gnhlug.org] *On Behalf Of *Arc Riley
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:56 PM
> *To:* Bruce Labitt
> *Cc:* Greater NH Linux User Group
> *Subject:* Re: General Procedure to get ATI/DRI card running?
>
>
>
> ah sorry looks like radeonhd DRM isn't ready yet.  a few more months.
>
> indirect rendering (using GLX instead of DRI) is usually good enough, you
> should compile the DRM kernel module when it's ready though.
>
> so what does your glxinfo output look like?
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> So how is the DRM kernel module made active?
>
> Arc Riley wrote:
>
> Since you're no longer under the warm and fuzzy management of your distro,
> it's possible something related to DRI may be disabled or lacking
> permissions.
>
> Also note you'll need the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) kernel module
> active.
>
> when glxinfo says that your direct rendering is enabled, you're golden.
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at verizon.net<mailto:
> bruce.labitt at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>    Jarod Wilson wrote:
>    > On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 16:03 -0400, Labitt, Bruce wrote:
>    >
>    >> Load Module: "radeonhd"
>    >>
>    >> Warning, couldn't open "radeonhd"
>    >>
>    >> Failed to load module "radeonhd" (module does not exist, 0)
>    >>
>    >
>    >
>    >> So what extra steps do I take after building radeonhd?
>    >>
>    >
>    > Install it where your X server is looking for modules?
>    >
>    > For 64-bit EL5, /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers, for 32-bit,
>    > s/lib64/lib/.
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >
>
>    Hmm, radical idea :)  That helped!
>    After much breath holding / restarting of x, it appears the
>    radeonhd driver is installed.
>
>    Of course, it doesn't seem to change the results on glxgears.
>     glxinfo looks different now.
>
>    So on to configuring radeonhd...
>
>    -Bruce
>
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