OpenGL Direct Rendering on ATI x1300

BenO169 · 2007-08-29, 03:56

Hey all

I have an ATI X1300 gfx card. I know that Linux hates ATI for some reason (proprietary drivers etc...). ALL of the Ubuntu forums say that you can't get OpenGL direct rendering going on most ATI cards. When I run 'glxinfo' I get Direct Rendering = No. Also when I run my freshly compiled XBMC I get a segmentation fault and I'm almost postative that it is for this reason. I was able to run it after I compiled it in 2d. Woof. I need my 3d rendering. And I have tried a coupple of half-solutions and I ended up breaking my X-server . So after that babble here is my question:

Has anyone gotten OpenGL 3D direct rendering working with an ATI gfx card? Thank you for any help!

P.S. I have also ran envy already and this hasn't found the correct drivers.

**jmarshall** · 2007-08-29, 04:06

Mine works fine (ATI X1600 laptop) using the ATI proprietary drivers. It doesn't have some of the niftier GL2.0 stuff available, but it <used> to work fine (haven't tested in the last week or 2)

You can grab the ATI drivers direct from their website:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/l...ux-radeon.html

I haven't tried 8.40.4 as yet, and am using 8.37.* IIRC.

Cheers,
Jonathan

BenO169 · 2007-09-01, 05:04

Thank you for the quick reply jmarshall! I'll try and get these drivers going on my laptop. When it is time to get an XBMC box, I think I'm gonna go with NVidia

2007-08-29, 03:56	#1
BenO169 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 98	OpenGL Direct Rendering on ATI x1300 Hey all I have an ATI X1300 gfx card. I know that Linux hates ATI for some reason (proprietary drivers etc...). ALL of the Ubuntu forums say that you can't get OpenGL direct rendering going on most ATI cards. When I run 'glxinfo' I get Direct Rendering = No. Also when I run my freshly compiled XBMC I get a segmentation fault and I'm almost postative that it is for this reason. I was able to run it after I compiled it in 2d. Woof. I need my 3d rendering. And I have tried a coupple of half-solutions and I ended up breaking my X-server . So after that babble here is my question: Has anyone gotten OpenGL 3D direct rendering working with an ATI gfx card? Thank you for any help! P.S. I have also ran envy already and this hasn't found the correct drivers.

2007-08-29, 04:06	#2
jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 15,077	Mine works fine (ATI X1600 laptop) using the ATI proprietary drivers. It doesn't have some of the niftier GL2.0 stuff available, but it <used> to work fine (haven't tested in the last week or 2) You can grab the ATI drivers direct from their website: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/l...ux-radeon.html I haven't tried 8.40.4 as yet, and am using 8.37.* IIRC. Cheers, Jonathan __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

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2007-09-01, 05:04	#3
BenO169 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 98	Thank you for the quick reply jmarshall! I'll try and get these drivers going on my laptop. When it is time to get an XBMC box, I think I'm gonna go with NVidia

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