OpenGL on Radeon 7000/VE ?

[P Kapat]

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:57 AM, P Kapat <kap4lin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> $ sudo lspci -vv -d 1002:5159
> 01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100
> QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>
> Q1: Is it possible to get OpenGL working with this old card? If so,
> what options/driver should I add to xorg.conf. Do the proprietery ATI
> drivers support this old card?
>
> Q2: Looking into Xorg.0.log, I see that the system is trying to load
> the "glx" extension, giving the following error:
> (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
>
> Should I blacklist "glx" in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist?

I hate to be replying to myself...
Anyone with any clue? Any _for_dummy_ pointers to installing ATI
drivers on (K)Ubuntu? Is there any difference between "ati" and
"radeon" drivers? How does "fglrx" fit in? Just a plethora of related
question, looking for some starting point....

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Regards
PK
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