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--- doc:appunti:linux:tux:ati_proprietary_linux_driver [2007/03/10 17:08] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ doc:appunti:linux:tux:ati_proprietary_linux_driver [2010/04/20 12:24] (current) – niccolo
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 ====== ATI proprietary Linux driver for X.org ======
+===== The free way =====
+-04-20: Now I'm using an **ATI Radeon X300 PCIE** video card with **X.org 7.5** on a **Debian Squeeze**. I'm using the free video driver provided by the package **xserver-xorg-video-radeon**.
+As reported by the ''NEWS.Debian'' file: standard linux kernels in Debian as of version 2.6.29-1 do not contain the firmware necessary to allow the radeon driver to use 3D acceleration via DRI.
+Starting the (non-free) GoogleEarth application I was noticed that OpenGL was working in software emulation only, and the kernel warns:
+<code>
+kernel: [12221.004285] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
+kernel: [12221.004818] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode
+kernel: [12221.005096] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R300_cp.bin
+kernel: [12221.154273] radeon_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/R300_cp.bin"
+kernel: [12221.154278] [drm:radeon_do_init_cp] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
+</code>
+After installing the package **''firmware-linux-nonfree''** OpenGLS runs with satisfying hardware acceleration.
+===== Non-free =====
 Here we use **NON FREE SOFTWARE**, please avoid this as possible!