Radeon 9500 w/ATI's drivers for XF86 4.3.0
 

I've searched through numerous previous posts regarding the binary drivers that ATI have released for XFree86 4.3.0, and I have semi-successfully installed them with my Slackware distro. I have 2d working well without any errors in my /var/log/messages

The problem now is that 3d isn't working. fglrxinfo reports:

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project:
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4

I'm aware that the library needed is libGL.so.1.2 but I'm not sure what I need to do make XFree use these libraries for 3d. running ldd glxgears yields:

libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x40026000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x400a5000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400b3000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x4017a000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x401cb000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x401ee000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40324000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)

which has no reference to libGL.so.1.2

Is it as simple as updating my symbolic link to the correct library?

I've read reports of success with the previous download from the german site, but the only one who mentioned success with the ones directly from ATI's site was Zoombie. He is using the same version of Slackware as I, but he made no mention of the symptoms I describe. Any help or pointers anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

bump ^

I have the same problem, and have not resolved it. I do have some information to share with you though. The libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x40016000) entry from the ldd refers to a symbolic link. Check it out.

scarter]$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Sep 12 22:46 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 -> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2

So this file is exactly what the ATI doc says is good to have. But I also get

fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 4.0.4

I'll keep you updated on what I find out.

Shaun

Resolved:

changed line 5847 in the agpgart_be.c file in /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod to read

via_kt400_setup

Since I have a KT400 chipset. Rebuilt the module manually and inserted

install fglrx /sbin/insmod fglrx

into /etc/modules.conf (RH10Beta)

now fglrxinfo shows

scarter]# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon 9600 Athlon (3DNow!)
OpenGL version string: 1.3 (X4.3.0-3.2.5)

and 3D works fine. Hope this helps.