Thread: Xorg-edgers, not loading radeon driver?

i'm trying xorg edge radeon kms (gallium?) driver working under karmic on thinkpad t43p ati mobility firegl v3200 (r300) graphics. have added edgers ppa , installed packages there. x working , (2d) performance seems quite (full screen flash video no tearing example), have few question marks. have tried provide relevant info below, please have scan through , see if can me of questions @ end.

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in dmesg see (abbreviated):

[ 40.585334] [drm] initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 40.629476] [drm] radeon defaulting kernel modesetting.
[ 40.629477] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 40.629496] radeon 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer 64
[ 40.633408] [drm] radeon: initializing kernel modesetting.
[ 40.633437] [drm] register mmio base: 0xb0100000
[ 40.633438] [drm] register mmio size: 65536
[ 40.636198] [drm] gpu reset succeed (rbbm_status=0x00000140)
...
[ 40.637019] radeon 0000:01:00.0: irq 27 msi/msi-x
[ 40.637021] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon: using msi.
[ 40.637030] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
...
[ 40.640458] [drm] loading r300 microcode
[ 40.640562] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/r300_cp.bin
...
[ 40.768124] fb1: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 40.768127] [drm] initialized radeon 2.0.0 20080528 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0

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glx doesn't try use other software rendering:

$ libgl_debug=verbose glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
libgl: opendriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so
libgl: opendriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so

also:

$ glxinfo | grep opengl
opengl vendor string: mesa project
opengl renderer string: software rasterizer
opengl version string: 2.1 mesa 7.11-devel
opengl shading language version string: 1.20
opengl extensions:

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, find in xorg.1.log:

[ 1119.658] drmopenbybusid: searching busid pci:0000:01:00.0
[ 1119.658] drmopendevice: node name /dev/dri/card0
[ 1119.658] drmopendevice: open result 11, (ok)
[ 1119.658] drmopenbybusid: drmopenminor returns 11
[ 1119.658] drmopenbybusid: interface 1.4 failed, trying 1.1
[ 1119.658] drmopenbybusid: drmgetbusid reports pci:0000:01:00.0
[ 1119.659] (ee) radeon(0): [dri] radeondrigetversion failed because of version mismatch.
[dri] chipset requires kernel module version of 1.17.0,
[dri] kernel reports version of 2.0.0.[dri] if using legacy modesetting, upgrade kernel.
[dri] if using kernel modesetting, make sure module is
[dri] loaded prior starting x, , driver built
[dri] support kms.
[dri] disabling dri.
[ 1119.659] (ii) radeon(0): generation 2 pci interface, using max accessible memory
[ 1119.659] (ii) radeon(0): detected total video ram=131072k, accessible=131072k (pci bar=131072k)
...
[ 1120.695] (ii) radeon(0): dynamic power management disabled
[ 1120.896] (ww) radeon(0): direct rendering disabled
...
[ 1124.044] (ii) aiglx: screen 0 not dri2 capable
[ 1124.044] (ii) aiglx: screen 0 not dri capable
[ 1124.047] (ii) aiglx: loaded , initialized /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so
[ 1124.047] (ii) glx: initialized driswrast gl provider screen 0

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xorg & kernel version:

$ xorg -version
x.org x server 1.8.2
release date: 2010-07-01
x protocol version 11, revision 0
build operating system: linux 2.6.24-28-xen i686 ubuntu
current operating system: linux iron 2.6.32-31-generic-phc #61~phc0-ubuntu smp thu apr 21 10:41:30 utc 2011 i686
kernel command line: boot_image=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-31-generic-phc root=/dev/mapper/iron-root ro quiet splash
build date: 08 july 2010 01:50:14am
xorg-server 2:1.8.2+git20100705+server-1.8-branch.665aa7ce-0ubuntu0sarvatt2~lucid (for technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
current version of pixman: 0.21.4

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in /usr/lib/dri have (amongst others):

swrast_dri.so
radeon_dri.so
r300c_dri.so
r300_dri.so
nouveau_dri.so
fglrx_dri.so

sidenote - see fglrx driver there despite not having official driver installed:

$ sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx
package fglrx not installed, not removed

(i have ati catalyst control center cannot removed through synaptic)

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questions:

- why glx not trying load 1 of radeon drivers (radeon_dri.so, r300_dri.so, etc)?
- "make sure module loaded prior starting x" - yes, how?
- looks me if kms enabled , working, how set dynpm/dynclks no longer have xorg.conf?
- how clean system of remnants of fglrx driver (i think preinstalled xubuntu)?

interested in achieving 2 things: low power consumption , decent 2d performance. seem have latter i'm not worried glx issue (i don't play 3d games , use 3d productivity software simple things), enabling power management features of chip great.


appreciated!

first, make sure uninstall fglrx:

code:

sudo sh /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh

i think other questions answered here:
http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonbuildhow...forexisstarted

but how set dynpm/dynclks no longer have xorg.conf?

you can use method suggested above link, can create xorg.conf.

code:

gksu gedit /etc/x11/xorg.conf

here's skeleton example; add want:

code:

section "monitor"     identifier     "monitor0" endsection  section "device"     identifier     "device0" endsection  section "screen"     identifier     "screen0"     device         "device0"     monitor        "monitor0"     defaultdepth    24     subsection     "display"         depth       24     endsubsection endsection

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