From: Patrick M. <dia...@gm...> - 2006-02-20 22:48:57
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On Monday 20 February 2006 19:02, Aapo Tahkola wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:48:24 -0500 > > Patrick McFarland <dia...@gm...> wrote: > > On Monday 20 February 2006 16:36, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > On 2/20/06, Patrick McFarland <dia...@gm...> wrote: > > > > On Monday 20 February 2006 17:09, Aapo Tahkola wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:45:54 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > Patrick McFarland <dia...@gm...> wrote: > > > > > > Well, I finally upgraded my Radeon 8500 to a Radeon 9600, however > > > > > > trying to use Xorg's DRI drivers with it causes X to completely > > > > > > lock up on startup. ATI's binary drivers work fine, however. > > > > > > Also, starting Xorg without Load "dri" works fine Xorg's radeon > > > > > > driver. > > > > > > > > > > > > So, whats wrong? > > > > > > > > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5912 might have some > > > > > useful options to try. Also make sure fast writes arent enabled. > > > > > > > > > > Lastly, radeon memory map issues come to mind. > > > > > > > > I already did all the usual turn off fast writes and 8x in bios > > > > thing. What I don't get is that the binary drivers work fine, and > > > > Windows works fine. > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if its an incompatibility with the hardware. Its a > > > > RV350 AP plugged into a K8 running in 32 bit mode. > > > > > > why would be it incompatible if it works with fglrx and windows? > > > > I meant with DRI. > > r300 driver doesnt kick in until you start some 3d app. > Given that, the fault is either in ddx or drm. I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but I think I did (and if I didn't, please kick my ass), commenting out Load "DRI" makes it work as well. > What model & brand is this card? > How much memory? I'm not sure how much model & brand helps, its still a Radeon RV350 AP; its a "SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 Pro Advantage 100562 Radeon 9600PRO 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card", http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102407 -- Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || dia...@gm... "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 |