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[Daniel Stone]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 07:35:04AM -0400, Trevor Bramble wrote:
> My (re)post is a short ways down on the first page.
> 
> I've also tried both the packaged and binary drivers with the 686, 386,
> and 386-SMP kernels, but if they don't work with 686-SMP, I wouldn't
> have been inclined to view it as a success if they did work with one of
> those (of course they didn't).
> 
> Some people in my journey of desktop Linux masochism have said things
> similar, but more glib, about how "gee mine just works" and I've held a
> suspicion that those people aren't attempting anything 3D.  2D did and
> does work, though it's far from being smooth, out of the box (so to speak).
> 
> What I know is, in the rare instances that I've cobbled together some
> way to specify the fglrx driver and that is what actually loads for 3D
> instead of that hateful, mocking Mesa, the system will lock up 99% of
> the time after entering my password in GDM or KDM, and the other 1% it
> will lock up a moment after loading the desktop or immediately if I run
> fglrxinfo - leaving me quaking in my chair as I stare at the correct
> output on a completely frozen display.

I assume it's something like modules not being loaded (and/or not in the
proper order -- load agpgart and your hardware-dependent module first,
then the fglrx modules).

> If you have any ideas, I'll try them.  I have given up all hope, but I
> apparently hate myself enough to keep beating the dead horse anyway.

Maybe a dumb question, but why are you using fglrx?  Radeons up to and
including 9250s are fully supported for 3D out of the box without using
fglrx: in recent years, I've only used fglrx for about fifteen minutes
to verify it still works.  3D stuff for all those cards just works fine
out of the box.
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