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agentsteel · Joined:Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:49 am Posts:8 Location: FR

Ok the new updated, EXA acceleration enabled, X.Org driver for Radeon 128 adapters is finally available 8-)

Here is a quick and dirty, half-debian way to compile and install it (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!)

Open a terminal and type :

Code:

sudo apt-get build-dep  xserver-xorg-video-r128
cd 
mkdir tmp 
cd tmp
wget ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/driver/xf86-video-r128-6.9.1.tar.gz
tar xvzf xf86-video-r128*
cd xf86-video-r128*
./configure --prefix=/usr/
make
sudo make install

then restart X

check your X.Org log

Code:

more /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Make sure you have the following lines in your xorg.conf :

in the "device" section

Code:

        option  "NoAccel"               "false"
        option  "AccelMethod"   "EXA"

if anything goes wrong, you can reinstall the old driver version

Code:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install xf86-video-r128

of course with this method, the driver would be overwritten by further Debian updates

The speed improvement is not huge on my machine, but it's always better than nothing

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

Do you know whether it will be included in future versions of the Debian driver ?

agentsteel · Joined:Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:49 am Posts:8 Location: FR

I don't know yet, but I have just sent a mail to one of the maintainers for this package (Cyril Brulebois) to ask him.

http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xserver ... -r128.html

agentsteel · Joined:Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:49 am Posts:8 Location: FR

Quick reply from the man :

"For now we're busy getting Wheezy released. After that, why not"

tba · Joined:Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:32 pm Posts:75

its great to hear agentsteel

can you post our xorg.conf file

agentsteel · Joined:Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:49 am Posts:8 Location: FR

my xorg.conf is here

http://pastebin.com/RKRQpPpZ

(comment the "BusID" line in the "Device" section if needed)

tba · Joined:Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:32 pm Posts:75

thanks for reply , i got this when i try
i belive i need to put xxxxxx in the sources.list ??

tba@debian:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-r128
[sudo] password for tba:
Läser paketlistor... Färdig
Bygger beroendeträd
Läser tillståndsinformation... Färdig
E: Du måste lägga till några "source"-URI:er i din sources.list
tba@debian:~$

edit : this is solved i forgot enable källkod

do you known if you use AGP mode ??

works glxgears ?? and if how many FPS

tba

rkmugen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:31 am

Up until now, I've been using the downgraded MESA drivers (v7.11). But with this EXA-enabled ATI Rage 128 driver, I get around the same performance in glxgears as I did with the MESA drivers... which isn't bad at all. As an added bonus, however, the MESA-related drivers no longer shows v7.11, but instead shows up as the latest v8.0.4-2..... which is AWESOME!

So in glxgears, i'm showing an average of about 337-338 FPS on my Rage 128 Ultra.

I should also point out that I'm still using the following lines in my xorg.conf, if that makes any difference....

Code:

Option "AGPFastWrite" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"

tba · Joined:Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:32 pm Posts:75

hi rkmugen

strange i cant get the driver to work (works only with force PCI mode)

and i belive we have same card (IMAC)

please can you post our xorg.conf

and

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

tba

rkmugen · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:44 am

Indeed, I do have "forcePCImode" set to "true"... i'll see what happens if I change it to false and report back. For now, here's my xorg.conf... it's basically the imac10.txt (noted in my sig below), plus some stuff borrowed over from agentsteel's xorg.conf.

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Configured Mouse"
   Driver "mouse"
   Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "ForcePCIMode" "true"
Option "NoInt10" "true"
Driver "r128"
Option "UseFBDev" "false"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
BusID  "PCI:0:16:0"
Option  "CCEusecTimeout"        "100000"
Option  "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option  "SWcursor"              "false"
Option  "DMAForXv"              "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Horizsync 30-65
Vertrefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen    "Default Screen"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Mode 0666
EndSection

#Section "Module"
#Disable "glx"
#Disable "dri"
#EndSection

Section "Module"
#Load "bitmap"
#Disable "dri"
#Load "dbe"
#Load "glx"
#Load "int10"
#Load "vbe"
Load "i2c"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection