ATI 3d is enabled but sax2 says no 3d

[Shaggin_Shea]

Hello!
I have worked very hard to get my ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series to work in 3d. 3 ubuntu distros and one Suse distro later, it seems that everything is running perfectly

fgl_glxgears gives me 3d gears in a cube spinning around, yay.

david@linux-97wm:~> fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
1670 frames in 5.0 seconds = 334.000 FPS

However, I open desktop effects and it tells me that 3d acceleration is disabled. When I open sax2 I am unable to check enable 3d (box is grayed out and checked).

A little backgound info of my install.
I followed the install method listed here
Hardware - Installing ATI Drivers - openSUSE Forums
with a minor change to the code aticonfig -initial -f (the first time I ran it I received an error message "could not find configuration file Please copy configuration file template to /etc/X11)
I used aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.

So how can I get Sax2 to recognize that my ati card is running 3d and as a result enable desktop effects?

Shaggin Shea wrote:

> I have worked very hard to get my ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series to
> work in 3d. 3 ubuntu distros and one Suse distro later, it seems that
> everything is running perfectly
>
> fgl_glxgears gives me 3d gears in a cube spinning around, yay.
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> david@linux-97wm:~> fgl_glxgears
> Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
> 1670 frames in 5.0 seconds = 334.000 FPS
>
> --------------------

That looks like not a good numbers...

Are you sure you are using Ati drivers? :-?

Run the following command and put here the output:

***
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver; glxinfo | grep vendor
***

Also, check the wiki pages:

http://en.opensuse.org/Howto/ATI_Driver

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[Shaggin_Shea]

I am 99% sure I used ati drivers.

david@linux-ggj9:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver; glxinfo | grep vendor
Driver "kbd"
Driver "mouse"
Driver "fglrx"
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: ATI
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.

Ati catalyst is also installed.

[Shaggin_Shea]

Still problems
I just tried the 1 click install and now I can enable desktop effects, but when I do desktop is glitchy. I found this

Xgl Troubleshooting - openSUSE

* Make sure you are using fglrx version 8.25.18 or later. Earlier versions have various bugs when used with Xgl.
* X300, X600, and X700 work only if the undocumented Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0" is included in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (see openSUSE bugzilla entry #191839). If you enable Xgl with the Desktop Effects tool, it will add this option by default.
* When no composite manager (e.g. compiz) is running, the driver can be pretty slow. Do not use Xgl without a composite manager.

Shaggin Shea wrote:

> I am 99% sure I used ati drivers.
>
> david@linux-ggj9:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep Driver; glxinfo |
> grep vendor
> Driver "kbd"
> Driver "mouse"
> Driver "fglrx"

Yes, that shows the Ati driver is being used... but, wow, "glxgears" is
rendering frames at a very slow rate :-/

> server glx vendor string: SGI
> client glx vendor string: ATI
> OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
>
> Ati catalyst is also installed.

Then you can go with the troubleshooting steps in the wiki:

http://en.opensuse.org/ATI/Troublesh...oting_-_Step_3

Also, check for 'Option "Composite" "true"' on xorg.conf file.

Greetings.

--
Camaleón

[Shaggin_Shea]

david@linux-ggj9:~> ldconfig
bash: ldconfig: command not found
david@linux-ggj9:~> aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Found fglrx primary device section
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0
aticonfig: Writing to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' failed. Bad file descriptor.

I just put "Composite" "true" in my xorg.conf will test to see if all is well.

[Shaggin_Shea]

Still glitchy when I enable 3d desktop after reboot, with the Option "Composite" "true" added to my xorg.conf

Section "Device"
BoardName "ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series (RV350/RV360 4153)"
BusID "1:0:0"
Driver "fglrx"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "Composite" "true"

david@linux-ggj9:~> fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
1697 frames in 5.0 seconds = 339.400 FPS
1706 frames in 5.0 seconds = 341.200 FPS

just ran ldconfig and aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf as su

[FeatherMonkey]

Post the output of

egrep "LoadModule|EE" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Also is that full screen glxgears or windowed, I can get similar results jumping down from 4000 to 600 with compiz fusion enabled.

[Shaggin_Shea]

david@linux-ggj9:~> egrep "LoadModule|EE" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"(II) Module already built-in
(EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 7
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module already built-in
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "amdxmm"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"

Shaggin Shea wrote:

> Still glitchy when I enable 3d desktop after reboot, with the Option
> "Composite" "true" added to my xorg.conf
>
>> Section "Device"
>> BoardName "ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series (RV350/RV360 4153)"
>> BusID "1:0:0"
>> Driver "fglrx"
>> Identifier "Device[0]"
>> Option "Composite" "true"

Sir, that option has to be under "Extensions" section, not on "Device"
section :-)

***
Section "Extensions"
Option "DAMAGE" "true"
Option "Composite" "true"
EndSection
***

> david@linux-ggj9:~> fgl_glxgears
> Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
> 1697 frames in 5.0 seconds = 339.400 FPS
> 1706 frames in 5.0 seconds = 341.200 FPS

Some versions of the ati driver have very poor performance :-(.

If it is an option for you, you can also test the free driver,
called "radeonhd".

Greetings,

--
Camaleón