xorgcfg and ati

[Adam Jackson]

On Sunday 11 December 2005 09:48, Dennis Veatch wrote:
> I'm sure this is something simple but after twiddling with 6.8.2,kernel
> re-compiles (2.6.15-rc2) and 6.8.99.903 (currently installed) it's time to
> ask for help.
>
> The box is a Dell Optiplex GX1, on board ATI Rage Pro AGP (1X/2X), which I
> believe is really a Mach64 Utah. The distro is a source based one,
> Lunar-Linux.
>
> X works alright the problem is I cannot get the bugger switched to agp mode
> 2. When I run "X -configure" or "xorgcfg" they always select "vga" for the
> driver instead of "ati". And since it always chooses "vga" it won't add the
> options supported by the card to xorg.conf.

RC3 had a broken xorgcfg, should be fixed in RC4.

> Now I can manually change that and X runs fine with "ati" but as mentioned
> cannot get the card switched to agpmode 2. Thinking it might be a syntax
> thing I have tried adding the option AGPMode/agp_mode with no luck.

The mach64 driver should spell it 'agp_mode', but that option only has effect 
if the driver was compiled with DRI support.  mach64 DRI is still not built 
by default because the DMA submit path is insecure.

- ajax
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