Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751349AbVJKCWn (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:22:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751350AbVJKCWn (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:22:43 -0400 Received: from mtl.rackplans.net ([65.39.167.249]:63980 "HELO innerfire.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751349AbVJKCWn (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:22:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:22:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerhard Mack To: Lars Roland cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ? In-Reply-To: <4ad99e050510101200m6f3e1abh7ff8fb6b08b3c0e6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4ad99e050510101200m6f3e1abh7ff8fb6b08b3c0e6@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2390 Lines: 71 I found the problem.. there is no entry in pciids.h for my card: 0000:05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] 0000:05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE] 0000:05:00.0 0300: 1002:5b60 0000:05:00.1 0380: 1002:5b70 On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Lars Roland wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:00:42 +0200 > From: Lars Roland > To: Gerhard Mack > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Direct Rendering drivers for ATI X300 ? > > On 10/10/05, Gerhard Mack wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone tell me if there are working open source DRM drivers that work > > on recent 2.6.x kernels for the ATI X300? I've tried dri.sourceforge.net > > and r300 but neither seems to even bother compiling. I've spent several > > hours on google without luck. > > > > Gerhard > > What are your dmesg reporting, when loading the modules, if you see > something along these lines: > > ------------------- > [drm] Initialized drm 1.0.0 20040925 > PCI: Unable to reserve mem region #1:8000000@c0000000 for device 0000:01:00.0 > [drm] Initialized radeon 1.19.0 20050911 on minor 0: > [drm] Used old pci detect: framebuffer loaded > mtrr: 0xc0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xc0000000,0x4000000 > [drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Cannot use PCI Express without GART in > FB memory > ------------------- > > then you may have hit a possible x300/pci express issue - other than > that I have it working perfectly here with kernel 2.6.14rc1, Quake3 is > playable (although I am experiencing some minor problems with MergedFB > combined with 3D gaming). I have written a small guide for Gentoo that > explains how to get DRI/DRM working with R300 (and newer cards) all > though you may not use Gentoo it should be very easy to get it working > on other distributions: > > The guide is here: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-374745-highlight-r300.html > > > -------------- > Regards. > > Lars Roland > -- Gerhard Mack gmack@innerfire.net <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/