Using ATI:s driver: no 3D, no VT-switch

[x]

Graphics card is ATI Technologies Inc RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670]
After fresh install of Debian Lenny VESA was used, neiher xserver-xorg-video-radeon or radeonhd worked.
I installed ATI:s proprietary driver after that 2 problems:
1) I can no longer switch to a text terminal with ctrl+alt+F# - it worked with vesa driver.
2) The new fglrx does not give 3D, here are some errors:

dmesg:
[   25.681656] fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[   25.713619] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 1886 MBytes.
[   25.713619] [fglrx]   vendor: 1002 device: 9490 count: 1
[   25.713619] [fglrx] ioport: bar 4, base 0xee00, size: 0x100
[   25.713619] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[   25.713619] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
[   25.717625] [fglrx] Driver built-in PAT support is enabled successfully
[   25.717625] [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.56.4 [Dec  1 2008] with 1 minors

 fglrxinfo:
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  147 (ATIFGLEXTENSION)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  65 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  10
  Current serial number in output stream:  10

 cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(EE) fglrx(0): Hasn't establisted DRM connection
(EE) fglrx(0): Hasn't establisted DRM connection
(EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed!                  *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO)             *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available                *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

(EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection.

lsmod shows that fglrx is loaded

I've googled a lot and found lots of people with same problems. No answer though...
(This is daugter's computer, I installed the exact same version of ATI:s driver on my computer and it works just fine.)

[je_fro]

Did you generate a new xorg.conf with their tool? What are you using for an xorg.conf?

[x]

xorg.conf was created by the installer, recreating with "aticonfig --initial" results in the exact same.
Here is /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Default Screen"
	Monitor    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

[x]

Reading through the log again, found these informations:

(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
...........
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
.........
(WW) fglrx(0): Textured Video not supported without DRI enabled.
............
(II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable

Seems strange, dri is loaded but not enabled?

[folkert]

I have a ati radeon X1250 onboard. Some versions ago the fglrx was able to give me 3d, but at some point they decided my card would not be supported anymore. Could this be the case for you too?

[x]

Problem is now solved, a sharp-eyed guy in Linuxquestions noticed that the module loaded was fglrx 8.56.4 but the installed driver was fglrx 10.4
After removing all fglrx-stuff and reinstalling ATI:s driver it now works fine

[JohnT]

I'll say he was sharp-eyed or had a remote connection....I'm getting old, so could you point out in which part of this post it mentions or alludes to a "installed driver was fglrx 10.4"? Or maybe he was sharp enough to ask for a "lsmod" printout.

[x]

In one of my replies in Linuxquestions I mentioned installing 10.4 - that wasn't posted here though so you really didn't have a chance..

[JohnT]

Ah!! If it wasn't in the Slack forum over there I most certainly missed it.