Using ATI Radeon 7000

[Matt Roth]

>Zubin Bharucha wrote:
>
>	>I installed the ATI Radeon drivers using
>	> 
>	> yum install ati-fglrx kernel-module-fglrx-$(uname -r)
>	> 
>	> However, when I run "glxgears" I see no acceleration.
>
>According to this page:
>
>https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=300
>
>(under Product Features)
>
>only the Radeon 8500 and later are supported by the proprietary ATI 
>driver (fglrx). The open source radeon driver provided with X.Org should 
>give you the 3D acceleration that you want. Just try using the
>
>Option "DRI"
>
>like this (edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf):
>
>Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "radeon"
>         VendorName  "ATI"
>         BoardName   "Radeon 7000"
>	Option	    "DRI"	<-------------------------
>EndSection
>
>Then you might want to look into the DRI configuration app:
>
>http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriConf

Keep and eye out for this if you are using an SMP kernel:

Bugzilla Bug 138539  (Radeon 7000 DRI SMP) deadlock
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=138539

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer