yes, that fixed the problem, thank you both. one thing to note, after changing that option, i had to reboot my machine, a simple restarting of X didn't work. hmm, i think this should be in fedorafaq.org's section about the ATI drivers. thanks again. RoboticGolem wrote: > You'll want to change this value from this: > > Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "yes" > > to this: > > Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no" > > Then, in theory it'll use the agpgart that the kernal has loaded for > your mb instead of the one for the old mainboard that was compiled > with the ati driver (I think) Either way, Bob and I have the same > idea. > > -Matt > > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:40:58 -0400, Bob Chiodini > <chiodr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 22:08, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: >> > ok, it seems something is the matter with AGP. here's an excerpt from >> > my X log.: >> > >> > (EE) fglrx(0): [agp] unable to acquire AGP, error "xf86_ENOMEM" >> > (EE) fglrx(0): cannot init AGP >> > (II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel >> > (II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x3297d000 at >> > 0xf6e13000 (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): ********************************************* * >> > >> > so this definantly has something to do with the new nforce2 mobo i'm >> > using, >> > right? thanks again. >> > >> > Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: >> > >> > > i installed the ATI drivers in FC2 a while ago and they worked great. >> > > since then, i've installed a new motherboard (nforce2) and they >> > > stopped giving me >> > > 3d acceleration. i uninstalled/reinstalled the drivers but still no >> > > 3d >> > > acceleration. lsmod shows that fglrx is loaded, but all my 3d apps >> > > run at like 1 frame per 2 seconds. >> > > >> > > any suggestions? thanks for the help. >> > > >> > > >> >> Christopher, >> >> There is a parameter in the xorg.conf/XF86Config-4 file regarding which >> AGP method to use. I cannot find the documentation on-line, but it's in >> the ATI-specific options. The default is to use the built-in ATI >> agpgart. You could try using other values. IIRC there is a comment in >> xorg.conf/XF86Config-4 explaining the different options. >> >> Sorry, I cannot be more specific, I do not have the driver loaded at the >> moment. >> >> Bob... >> >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> >> >> >> > >
