Hit control alt F1 to exit the GUI. Log in as root and run this command
sax2 -r -m 0=radeon
When sax2 starts, go to change settings. From there you can see whether 3d is enabled by seeing if the box is checked. If it’s unchecked and grayed out, 3d is not available. If it’s not checked, check the box and exit, and save settings.
When you get back to the terminal enter the command
init 5
If that does not work, try
reboot
That’s pretty much it. The radeon driver is the open source one that comes with Suse.
The real problem is. We pay the same money for our hardware and get limited support. NOT ACCEPTABLE! My 4870 hates the new driver.
Performance under the default is flawless, desktop effects and all.
Maybe there should be a point of sale discount “show me your Linux user ID and you get the card for half price…cause it only works half as well with your software”…like thats gonna happen
I managed to find the 9.2 beta driver (shows a 8.58.2 in ATI Catalyst) and the gnome system monitor app now runs without crashing x. This is with my MSI Radeon HD3850. glxgears still hangs the system though.
It has Open GL 3.0 support, supposedly. Check the release notes for full details. I’m thinking that’s why they went to the 9x naming scheme from the 8x scheme.
Hmm, wrangling with the previous driver release on openSuse 11.1 and ATI RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] was absolutely no fun and no success. Even though I’d like fancy 3D effects, I’ll wait another few weeks…to catch my breath
Good luck to everybody who tries the latest driver, though!
The previous 8.12 driver was not even intended to run in 11.1, so it’s not surprising you had so many problems. And the people who did get it to run had to use all kinds of fancy tricks to coax it along.
Time based releases are perhaps obscene marketing invention, but everyone understand them, dont’ they? ERrrrr oh yes.
8.12 December 2008
8.11 November 2008
Now 1 month later-ish, we have 9.1. My new calender says it’s January when they released, and and it’s a new calendar, so perhaps some significant digit rolled over, not just the month.
Oh boy, that’s all that the numbers mean? 8.12=2008.Dec, 9.1=2009.Jan? Ugh, I did NOT realize that. :\ Well, I stand by my wait time; I have other stuff to worry about than the latest whizbang-or-not driver.