lsmod doesn't show ati or fglrx, it still shows the default linux graphics driver.
Also it's not a PCI card, it is AGP.
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Ubuntu Linux with fglrx: unable to change screen resolution
Hi all. I'm a Linux newbie (winxp convert) and need some help setting up my video card drivers on Ubuntu Linux.
First of all, here is my core system setup:
Motherboard: MSI K7N2 Delta
Video Card: ATI Radeon X800 Pro (256 MB RAM).
Monitor: Sony HMD-A440 19"
Processor: AMD Athlon 2500+
RAM: 1GB dual-mode DDR
I used the Synaptic Package Manager to download and install fglrx and fglrx-control. fglrx is the free ATI driver, and fglrx-control is the control panel for it (which I have still been unable to find).
After I installed it, I rebooted and ran fglrxconfig, the configuration utility which rewrites XF86Config-4, the X-Server configuration file. This is the XF86Config-4 file it generated.
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.cust
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Conf
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrill
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfo
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfo
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
Load "xtt"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon X800 Pro (R420 JI)"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30-75
VertRefresh 50-85
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon X800 Pro (R420 JI)"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
I did notice in the log after running fglrxconfig a message stating that no supported video card was found, although I am running an X800. However, in the list provided at the start of fglrxconfig, the X800 is not listed. I am probably foolishly assuming that my card is supported when it's not.
So I restarted xserver using the command: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Everything came up fine, but I wanted to change my screen resolution and this is the error message I got:
--> The X Server does not support the XRandR extension. Runtime resolution changes to the display size are not available.
Anyone see anything, maybe in the XF86Config-4 file, that jumps out at you?
I haven't even TRIED playing a game with this yet :) I also tried the official ATI drivers but I'm still a linux noob, so converting the package to .deb and all that didn't seem to work for me at all... long story short I couldn't get it installed and the package manager was much easier.
Thanx in advance for your help.
-Dan
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Okay I reinstalled linux but now I have the same problem (XRandR extension not supported, runtime changes to resolution not permitted)
Here is lsmod.
lsmod
Module Size Used by
fglrx 207876 7
proc_intf 3968 0
freq_table 4356 0
cpufreq_userspace 5336 0
cpufreq_powersave 2048 0
button 6936 0
ac 5132 0
battery 9740 0
ipv6 230020 8
af_packet 20872 2
ndiswrapper 99728 0
via_rhine 19848 0
mii 4864 1 via_rhine
crc32 4608 1 via_rhine
snd_via82xx 26660 2
snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_via82xx
tsdev 7168 0
ehci_hcd 27780 0
usbhid 28864 0
usblp 12032 0
uhci_hcd 29328 0
usbcore 104292 7 ndiswrapper,ehci_hcd,usbhi
sata_via 7428 0
libata 36356 1 sata_via
ohci1394 32004 0
ieee1394 100536 1 ohci1394
emu10k1_gp 3840 0
gameport 4736 2 snd_via82xx,emu10k1_gp
snd_emu10k1 80776 4
snd_rawmidi 23232 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_emu10k
snd_pcm_oss 48168 1
snd_mixer_oss 16640 4 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 85540 3 snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1,sn
snd_timer 23172 1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_device 7944 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 59268 2 snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 11144 3 snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1,sn
snd_util_mem 4608 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 9120 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 50660 16 snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401_uar
soundcore 9824 5 snd
shpchp 87276 0
pciehp 83948 0
pci_hotplug 30640 2 shpchp,pciehp
via_agp 8832 1
agpgart 31784 2 via_agp
floppy 54996 0
pcspkr 3816 0
rtc 12216 0
md 44744 0
dm_mod 51068 1
capability 4872 0
commoncap 7168 1 capability
parport_pc 32064 1
lp 10436 0
evdev 9088 0
parport 37320 2 parport_pc,lp
ide_cd 38276 0
cdrom 35872 1 ide_cd
mousedev 10124 1
psmouse 17800 0
sd_mod 20480 0
scsi_mod 115148 2 libata,sd_mod
ext3 109544 1
jbd 54552 1 ext3
ide_generic 1664 0
via82cxxx 13084 1
ide_disk 16768 4
ide_core 125272 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,via82cx
unix 25904 680
fan 4236 0
thermal 13200 0
processor 17712 1 thermal
font 8576 0
vesafb 6688 0
cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3200 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3712 1 vesafb
try adding this source to
your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~
and following the instructions in
http://www.ubuntulinux.org
" 1.
sudo apt-get install linux-686 if you haven't already.
*
or -k7 or -686-smp or -386... whatever matches your kernel.
2.
sudo apt-get install fglrx-driver
3.
echo fglrx | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
*
This command won't have any effect until you reboot. To load the kernel module immediately, run sudo depmod -a ; sudo modprobe fglrx, but this will only work if you have already rebooted since upgrading the kernel. If it doesn't work, perform the next step (below) and then reboot.
4.
Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and change "ati" to "fglrx", perhaps with a command like:
*
sudo sed -i -e 's/"ati"/"fglrx"/' /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Note (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the fglrx-driver-dev package
Note (optional): You might want to install the fglrx-control package, which provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as dual-head display (two monitors). "
There is a relatively obscure fix for this on the Ubuntu Forums.
In your Xorg.conf, make sure this is included in the Modules section rather than "Load extmod"
--------------------------
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
--------------------------
Let me know how it works out for you.
Cheers!
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by: paranoidcookiePosted on 2004-11-18 at 07:55:35ID: 12615621
Can you do an lsmod so we can see what dirvers are running?