OpenGL on Radeon 7000/VE ?

[John Hubbard]

P Kapat wrote:
> 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....
>
>   
I can't remember where but Hardy should give you the option to load the 
'restricted drivers' for you video card. Are you using the restricted 
drivers or the open source ones?

-- 
-john

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