Wolfenstein: ET Crashes After Installing ATI Drivers

ThomasJ · 08-10-2005, 07:34 PM

Well, the title pretty much says it all. The game was a little bit laggy, so I decided to install the ATI drivers for my video card because the problem seemed to be in the video processing. I installed the drivers, rebooted, and tried to play ET. The screen turns black, and then quickly siwtches back to my desktop.

linux=future · 08-10-2005, 10:54 PM

I don't have a lot of knowledge in this area, but I'll try. First, backup your xorg.conf file. Then run fglrxconfig from a terminal. If it still doesn't work, post the contents of the file.

ThomasJ · 08-11-2005, 12:05 PM

It still blinks black and won't start. I went through the whole config process. =/

ThomasJ · 08-11-2005, 03:41 PM

Quote:

***********************************************************
You are using software Mesa (no hardware acceleration)!
Driver DLL used: libGL.so.1
If this is intentional, add
"+set r_allowSoftwareGL 1"
to the command line when starting the game.
***********************************************************

I'm getting that in terminal when I startup...

ThomasJ · 08-13-2005, 01:51 PM

Okay, I ran glxgears and got this (I let it run for a while and then closed it):

Code:

631 frames in 5.0 seconds = 126.200 FPS
600 frames in 5.0 seconds = 120.000 FPS
840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 168.000 FPS
600 frames in 5.0 seconds = 120.000 FPS
720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 144.000 FPS
720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 144.000 FPS
720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 144.000 FPS
1560 frames in 5.0 seconds = 312.000 FPS
1560 frames in 5.0 seconds = 312.000 FPS
1560 frames in 5.0 seconds = 312.000 FPS
1440 frames in 5.0 seconds = 288.000 FPS
1320 frames in 5.0 seconds = 264.000 FPS
840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 168.000 FPS
240 frames in 5.0 seconds = 48.000 FPS
720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 144.000 FPS
480 frames in 5.0 seconds = 96.000 FPS
360 frames in 5.0 seconds = 72.000 FPS
600 frames in 5.0 seconds = 120.000 FPS
600 frames in 6.0 seconds = 100.000 FPS
840 frames in 6.0 seconds = 140.000 FPS
840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 168.000 FPS
1080 frames in 5.0 seconds = 216.000 FPS
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

As for glxinfo, I got this:

Code:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float,
    GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX extensions:
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
    GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.2.1)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
    GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x25 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x26 24 tc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  1 0 None
0x27 24 tc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 None
0x28 24 tc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 None
0x29 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x2a 24 dc  0 24  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  0  0 16  8 16 16 16  0  1 0 None
0x2b 24 dc  0 32  0 r  y  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 None
0x2c 24 dc  0 32  0 r  .  .  8  8  8  8  0 16  8 16 16 16 16  1 0 None
0x2d  8 pc  0 24  0 c  y  .  0  0  0  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None
0x2e  8 gs  0 24  0 c  y  .  0  0  0  0  0 16  0  0  0  0  0  1 0 None

I'm going to take a guess and say that I don't have the hardware accelerating drivers for my Radeon 9200se. The strange thing is that I installed the ATI drivers after the game was a little laggy and now it won't run. I recall the installer saying something about there being an error in the driver install, so I'll look for the log.

i'm going to refer back to my attempt to try to start ET in terminal, where I got this:

Code:

***********************************************************
 You are using software Mesa (no hardware acceleration)!
 Driver DLL used: libGL.so.1
 If this is intentional, add
       "+set r_allowSoftwareGL 1"
 to the command line when starting the game.
***********************************************************
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (4)
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
XFree86-VidModeExtension Activated at 640x480
Received signal 11, exiting...

Does anyone have any idea for how i could install the hardware accelerating drivers? I'm not too good with Linux, but I have managed to do some stuff that wasn't easy (getting my unsupported wireless card to work, installing apps and libraries, compiling things, and etc), so I imagine this can't be too hard. Thanks for your time!

ThomasJ · 08-13-2005, 02:03 PM

Code:

[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
  CC [M]  /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/agp3.o
  CC [M]  /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/nvidia-agp.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/nvidia-agp.c:57: error: static declaration of ‘__fgl_agp_try_unsupported’ follows non-static declaration
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/agp_backend.h:92: error: previous declaration of ‘__fgl_agp_try_unsupported’ was here
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/nvidia-agp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to compile kernel module - please consult readme.

That's what the log says. :{

linux=future · 08-13-2005, 08:56 PM

Sorry I took so long to reply, but it sounds like the ati driver isn't installed correctly. According to a tutorial I read on the drivers, the command fglrxinfo should start out saying something like:
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
Try the command fglrxinfo and see if it says something like this in the output. I am honestly still trying to get the driver to work correctly (always says its the open mesa project's instead of ATI's). Also, according to another tutorial I read on the driver, your fps with glxgears should be around 2000 (Yes, 2000) with ATI's driver. Both of the tutorials are writtren for Fedora Core 3. While on that subject...what distribution are you using?

linux=future · 08-13-2005, 09:03 PM

I'm looking for both of those tutorials now. I found one which can be found here.
I'm looking for the other one now.

ThomasJ · 08-14-2005, 09:57 AM

Fedora Core Four, sorry for not mentioning it.

ThomasJ · 08-14-2005, 10:00 AM

Quote:

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.2.1)

That's what I get. =/

ThomasJ · 08-21-2005, 10:15 PM

Well, I'm giving up on this card. Any suggestions for a card around $200 USD that has good support?

trey85stang · 08-23-2005, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ThomasJ
Well, I'm giving up on this card. Any suggestions for a card around $200 USD that has good support?

Its been a while since I have jacked with ATI cards.. I used to be good at getting them going. Anyways.. for a new card.. any nvidia card should treat you well.

ThomasJ · 08-28-2005, 08:13 AM

Woohoo, I got the drivers to work.

I'm still looking for the tutorial that worked...