[ltp] Status of fglrx (w/ DRI) with Xorg 7.0 on a T41

[Nate]

A new version of the fglrx driver just came out, 8.27.10, which has 
fixed problems for some people according to a bug page: 
http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373 . If the failure you 
experience is "[fglrx] API ERROR: could no register entrypoint"... when 
running glxinfo (I think) then trying 8.27.10 might help.

I too have the M9000 in a T41 running Xorg 7.0, let me know if you 
manage to get 8.27.10 working. I'm happily using the 'ati' open source 
driver. Although, I've only lightly attempted tv out, which seemed to be 
shaky, and I'd be motivated to try fglrx if tv-out capability is improved.

-Nathan

Daniel Déchelotte wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just would like to know whether the proprietary fglrx driver is known
> to work with Xorg 7.0 for my card. I would assume so, but I
> systematically fail with:
>
>  * vanilla 2.6.17.x kernel or 2.6.16 very close to the Debian one
>  * Xorg 7.0.22 from debian Etch
>  * fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-* packages from Debian unstable, with
>    the kernel module compiled with gcc-3.3 (just like the rest of my
>    kernel)
>  * Xinerama disabled. The DRI module loads correctly in the kernel.
>    But the system systematically freezes on starting X.
>
> The video card is a Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000]. Oh, and the fglrx
> driver works when the kernel module is not inserted (but then no HW
> acceleration, of course).
>
> If I hear that it really should work, I will try again! (and I will
> gladly take note of any additional advice :-] )
>
> Cheers,
>