How to get Xorg 6.9 running Etch?

[misiooo]

Hello! I am running Etch. And my ATI just wont work with Xorg 7 :/
Is it possible somehow to downgrade to Xorg 6.9 (there ATI drivers work fine).

My machine: MSI M510C, 768 Ram, 40GB HDD, Intel PentiumM 1.6GHz, ATI Mobiliyt Radeon 9700.

Or maybe it will be easier to install sarge with Xfree, upgrade it somwhow to Xorg 6.9 and load new kernel (for WiFi)?

[amc]

What's the error you got?

[misiooo]

# apt-get install fglrx-driver module-assistant
# module-assistant prepare
# module-assistant a-i fglrx
# modprobe -v fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-k7/misc/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format

That is with fglrx-driver in debian repositories contrib/non-free.

Properiaty ATI drivers wont even install.

And now it seems something is fu**d up. I cant boot liunx! It stops at:
Waiting for root filesystem...

And it hangs here.

[ajdlinux]

The ATI drivers are notorious for being crap. If they don't work, don't say you weren't warned.

No, you can't downgrade. Debian does not support downgrading at all. Fix Xorg 7 instead of going back to 6.9. Xorg 7 is now working very well on my testing installation.

[Poita]

# apt-get install fglrx-driver module-assistant
# module-assistant prepare
# module-assistant a-i fglrx
# modprobe -v fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-k7/misc/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format

That is with fglrx-driver in debian repositories contrib/non-free.

Properiaty ATI drivers wont even install.

And now it seems something is fu**d up. I cant boot liunx! It stops at:
Waiting for root filesystem...

And it hangs here.

Try using dmesg then post the output here!
In my case it said that i was using gcc-4.1 instead of gcc-4.0...
Well, i did it here...

first of all, boot in recovery mode,
Check your gcc version

#apt-get install gcc-4.0 modconf
#cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/
#sh make

Then the output says the folder ( i am not sure where is it ) you should copy the compiled module...

#cp ./fglrx.ko (Destination you should check on the output)
#modconf

Now look for the fglrx drivers, go to the misc, then install the fglrx...

edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and on the line

driver "ati"

you change to

driver "fglrx"

#reboot

and try

$fglrxinfo

[misiooo]

I already had gcc 4.0.4.
Partialy i solved problem (at least it loads fglrx module):

Solution:
1. Do all as above beside last modprobe -v fglrx
2. Edit xorg.conf, in device section replace radeon with fglrx.
3. Reboot.

Now I have loaded fglrx, but no 3D acceleration :/
Here is more info:

fglrxinfo:

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display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)

modprobe -r fglrx
modprobe -i fglrx
dmesg | grep fglrx :

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fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GER$[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 681 MBytes.
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0
[fglrx:firegl_pci_getinfo] *ERROR* Cannot find Asic ID: 0x0001
[fglrx:firegl_init_asic] *ERROR* Cannot get PCI info.
[fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 5187 using kernel context 0
[fglrx] module unloaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 681 MBytes.
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0

Some stupid Mesa I cant play Slune! Only 8 fps)

Any solution to this?

[ajdlinux]

Have you remembered to load the X modules that go with it?

[Poita]

I already had gcc 4.0.4.
Partialy i solved problem (at least it loads fglrx module):

Solution:
1. Do all as above beside last modprobe -v fglrx
2. Edit xorg.conf, in device section replace radeon with fglrx.
3. Reboot.

Now I have loaded fglrx, but no 3D acceleration :/
Here is more info:

fglrxinfo:

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display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)

modprobe -r fglrx
modprobe -i fglrx
dmesg | grep fglrx :

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fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GER$[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 681 MBytes.
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0
[fglrx:firegl_pci_getinfo] *ERROR* Cannot find Asic ID: 0x0001
[fglrx:firegl_init_asic] *ERROR* Cannot get PCI info.
[fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 5187 using kernel context 0
[fglrx] module unloaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 681 MBytes.
[fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.25.18 [May 18 2006] on minor 0

Some stupid Mesa I cant play Slune! Only 8 fps)

Any solution to this?

hmmm...You have compiled the ati drivers from the installer...
I compiled the one that comes with the fglrx-driver package...
Have you tried to compile debian's ones?