Getting ATI 3d working! (I got mine going)

[Daniel Stone]

On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 11:18:01PM -0400, list wrote:
> I finally figured out what I needed to do to get the ATI 3d working :)   
> **maybe someone could add this to the wiki (at least the fglrxconfig  
> part)**
> 
> I followed the current parts of the wiki  
> (http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/BinaryDriverHowto).
> 
> Then I backed up my /etc/X11/XF86config-4:
> 
> dean at dim:~ $ sudo cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.old
> 
> Then I ran fglrxconfig (get it off synaptic) as su, and answered NO to the  
> 'disable AGP locked user pages' question.
> 
> I also hadn't understood what the linux-restricted modules >= 2.6.8.1.1-1  
> were (to anyone else who doesn't know, you get them from the restricted  
> sources with synaptic--they should match your kernel).
> 
> After this I was able to install and play enemy territory (which is a free  
> multiplayer version of rtcw, I recommend you check it out)!

The problem with FireGL is that there is no magic bullet.  Most people
need to disable the internal AGPGART, some need to ensure their BIOS is
set to not attempt AGP8x, others need random obscure options, and that's
the general case; people who get it working with no configuration are
very, very lucky.

-- 
Daniel Stone                                        <daniel.stone at canonical.com>
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