OpenGL on Radeon 7000/VE ?

[claydoh]

On Wednesday 03 September 2008 7:26:09 pm 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....
>
> --
> Regards
> PK
> --------------------------------------
> http://counter.li.org #402424

look here for info:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

Your card has full 3d support using the opensource 'ati' built-in driver, so 
most likely you shouldn't have to do any driver fiddling
The fglrx does not support your card afaik.

I have a laptop with a radeon mobility 7500  from 2003 (I think it is a 
similar class gpu to yours) and it runs Intrepid with kwin effects rather well 
straight out of the box using the stock unmodified xorg, no extra packages to 
install or any of the incantations needed for other cards.

I suggest undoing anything you have done driver-wise and reverting to a stock 
xorg.conf and run the command 'glxinfo' to see if it is working.


-- 
Clay Weber