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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Friday, November 19, 2004 2:02:16 am | by MathijsRomans | Revert |
| Older page: | version 9 | Last edited on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 3:35:37 am | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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Last night i rebuilt my kernel and compiled the fglrx ati drivers after the reboot agp didn't work. I had to install the agp module with agp_try_unsupported=1 before I got X to work. Once this was done fgl_glxgears worked 100% running at 650 fps. But somehow i must have screwed something up, because after another boot I also got the same error as you (Error: couldn't get fbconfig). If you somehow figured out what causes this can you please leave a comment here so I can fix mine too. --WillemSmit
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Me again. fbconfig is the utility to configure framebuffer devices in linux. So logically I think couldn't get fbconfig means that there aren't any framebuffer devices on our systems. I know I've got framebuffer devices installed in my kernel, but I'm sure that with some tweaking there it's gonna come right. I'll test it tonight and let you know. -- WillemSmit
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+I finally managed to get this to work: the error 'Error: couldn't get fbconfig' occurs if the GL-libraries that are linked are not correct. The ATI proprietary driver overwrites the file /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2, so this is the library that should be used, and not mesa- or nvidia-versions of it. All libGL.so* files should link to this. You can check the library dependencies with 'ldd': for example 'ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/fgl_glxgears' gives the libraries used in fgl_glxgears. Check this. It works for me now. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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[1] http://etudiant.epita.fr:8000/~nonolk/ has some old patches, including the NFORCE AGP diff.
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http://www.g-tec.co.at/ati.html is a very good tutorial about installing ATI-drivers on Debian Linux(nforce2 chipset)
