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Make sure you have edited the XFree86 config file as appropriate fro your card. Check ALL of ATI's documentation to see if there is anything that you have missed out on.

Eg, with NVidia cards, you have to change a number of options in the XFree86 conig file - eg "nv" to "nvidia"...

Thought it was about time to push this topic again

'Cause I was experiencing the same problem with my ATI Radeon 9600 Mobility (M10)... I'm not an excessive gamer anymore but I WANT MY TUX RACER

There actually are people you got their Linux to recognize their ATI cards as capable of displaying/using 3D -- but none of whom I met could help me

Well... it did work for me so maybe you'll find yourself a solution by typing "3Ddiag --dri" on your konsole. It gives you some hints of what to change in your /etc/X11/XF86Config in order to get 3D running.

I just got a Radeon 9200 SE PCI for my computer, and the ATI site says that they don't have drivers for it for Linuxo n their website. Would the drivers for the other Radeons work then?

Hi,

I've just spent some time toying with my new ati 9800, and I'm pleased to say that I've finally got the damn thing working and its working well!

I'm getting around 4500 fps (glxgears)

I had to recompile the kernel with agpgart as a modules then load it with the 'agp_try_unsupported=1' parameter.

My XF86Config file is slightly abnormal, but only because I'm using 2 monitors.

I can post sections of the XF86Config file if people are interested!

Here are the relevent system specs:

[software]
Linux From Scratch 5.0
Kernel 2.4.23
XFree86 v4.3.0.1
KDE 3.2

[hardware]
P4 3GHz
Gigabyte 8KNXP M/B (i875 chipset)
128MB ATI 9800 Pro

posting it could help, so why not!

OK, here are the XF86Config-4 sections:

<snip>

Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a
EndSection

<snip>

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 0"
Driver "fglrx"
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ===
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000201"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTO, AUTO"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "31.5 - 91.1"
Option "VRefresh2" "60 - 100"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x06419064"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAScale" "0"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4e48
Screen 0
EndSection

<snip>

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1" # vendor=1002, device=4e48
Screen 1
EndSection

<snip>

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
EndSubsection
EndSection

<snip>

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

<snip>

bear in mind that much of the configuration is only required for dual monitors.

You should be able to adapt it to suit your system

Does the fglrx driver work with other Radeons, such as a 9200?

You can get a driver for the following cards here:

http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

The supported cards are:

8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700 & 9800

Ok, thanks.