ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 3D support

[Damien Hull]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 07:23:54PM -0900, Damien Hull wrote:
>   
>> I've searched all over the net for a fix and I can't figure this one out.
>>
>> Here's what I've got.
>>
>>    1. Ubuntu Dapper
>>    2. Xorg version 7 ( according to "X -version" )
>>    3. IBM ThinkPad T42
>>          1. ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
>>     
>
> I have this hardware.  3D works (mostly), and has always worked out of
> the box, as far as I can remember.  That's why I love Ubuntu -- mostly
> stuff just works.
>
> I can run Compiz if I disable the "blur" plugin (which makes things
> *too* slow) and if I also disable dual-monitor support (32 megs of video
> RAM is not enough for a 3D desktop at 2304x1024, and besides the
> hardware 3D engine only supports acceleration up to 2048x2048).
>
>   
>> I tried to follow these instructions on the Ubuntu forum but they don't 
>> work.
>>
>>     * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32015
>>     * http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=119487
>>     
>
> I see a lot of people tweaking obscure options to get the maximum FPS
> value in glxgears.  People I respect keep saying glxgears is not a good
> benchmark, and the FPS it shows have little to do with the speed of
> actual 3D applications/games.
>
>   
>> Part of the instructions include running "driconf". I installed it but 
>> when I run it it says something about no "radeon" driver or that it 
>> doesn't allow configuration.
>>     
>
> That's interesting.  I can run driconf and it doesn't complain.
>
> If you run
>
>   $ glxinfo |grep direct
>
> in a terminal, do you see "direct rendering: Yes"?
>
>   
>> That last link says something about Xorg version 6.9. I've got Xorg 
>> version 7.0. I don't want to go backwards here.
>>     
>
> You don't need to.
>
>   
>> I'm hoping someone on the list has a fix for this. Again, the above 
>> instructions didn't work for me.
>>     
>
> Marius Gedminas
>   
I ran "glxinfo" and it says I don't have DRI. The strange thing is that 
/var/log/Xorg.0.log says DRI is loaded. I even get /proc/dri. There is a 
device /dev/dri/card0.

I don't know what's going on. All the logs etc... say I have DRI but 
glxinfo says no.