Hello,

As a newbie in Slackware I use the slapt-get to update my packages.
Yesterday,after upgrading the X.org packages to the last 10.2 version I
noticed that my Direct rendering is no longer working.

I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300, and I have installed the flgrx
driver from ATI website. Direct rendering was working after this
upgrade.

Has anybody else had this issue. What should I do?

Thank you!

PS: I posted the same message on www.linuxquestions.org forum and I
hope this does not upsets anybody.

PPS: Sorry for my English

Problem solved with a FGLRX Driver reinstall


PCPbSlack wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As a newbie in Slackware I use the slapt-get to update my packages.
> Yesterday,after upgrading the X.org packages to the last 10.2 version I
> noticed that my Direct rendering is no longer working.
>
> I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300, and I have installed the flgrx
> driver from ATI website. Direct rendering was working after this
> upgrade.
>
> Has anybody else had this issue. What should I do?
>
> Thank you!
>
> PS: I posted the same message on www.linuxquestions.org forum and I
> hope this does not upsets anybody.
>
> PPS: Sorry for my English

PCPbSlack <cristi.parvu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300, and I have installed the flgrx
> driver from ATI website. Direct rendering was working after this
> upgrade.

I think you will have to reinstall flgrx again.
Or don't use slapt-get, it doesn't know about non-slack packages like
that, so it will break it again and again.

PS: the same is true for the Nvidia drivers, they have to be reinstalled
again after every kernel or X11 update.
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On 2006-07-28, Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@math.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> PCPbSlack <cristi.parvu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300, and I have installed the flgrx
>> driver from ATI website. Direct rendering was working after this
>> upgrade.
>
> I think you will have to reinstall flgrx again.
> Or don't use slapt-get, it doesn't know about non-slack packages like
> that, so it will break it again and again.
>
> PS: the same is true for the Nvidia drivers, they have to be reinstalled
> again after every kernel or X11 update.

I often use slapt-get, and normally I have a look first at
Slackware Security Advisories.
Did not have a look with the last update of X11.
Guess, it's the high temp..
Anyhow X did not start again.
Installing fontconfig and freetype solved the problem.
Did not have to reinstall NVidia driver.

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Mike schreef:

> On 2006-07-28, Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@math.tudelft.nl> wrote:
> > PCPbSlack <cristi.parvu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300, and I have installed the flgrx
> >> driver from ATI website. Direct rendering was working after this
> >> upgrade.
> >
> > I think you will have to reinstall flgrx again.
> > Or don't use slapt-get, it doesn't know about non-slack packages like
> > that, so it will break it again and again.
> >
> > PS: the same is true for the Nvidia drivers, they have to be reinstalled
> > again after every kernel or X11 update.
>
> I often use slapt-get, and normally I have a look first at
> Slackware Security Advisories.
> Did not have a look with the last update of X11.
> Guess, it's the high temp..
> Anyhow X did not start again.
> Installing fontconfig and freetype solved the problem.
> Did not have to reinstall NVidia driver.
>
OOPS
X started without reinstalling NVidia.
However noticed later that glx did not load.
Reinstalling NVidia solved the problem.
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> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Mike Slack current
> email: micder at zeelandnet dot nl
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