ATI X800 on Sager 9860 with Gentoo Linux

i used the 2.6.11 kernel it has an additional option for PCI-express, after selecting this lspci reported ATI chip. i used "ChipID 0x5d48" in the device section of the xfree86 conf file. now i have GUI

Thanks for the information...I downloaded the latest ATI driver version (8.12.10) and I only have it partly working...I'm using yoper-2.2-6 with a customized 2.6.11.7 kernel...Using your suggestion of the ChipID 0x5d48 (the real ID, per lspci is listed as: Unknown device 5d4a) I am able to get X to run...however...only in 2D mode...the fglrx_drv.o builds fine in the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers location, however, the kernel module fails to build. Below is the output I get if anyone has any ideas on what is causing this...I also used some information found at http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/g...1_whichversion & http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...0-start-0.html
to help get this going.

From Xorg.0.log
...snip...
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 6.8.0, module version = 8.12.10
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
...snip...
(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(**) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
(**) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
(==) fglrx(0): EnablePrivateBackZ = NO
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xb0100000 - 0xb010ffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[1] 0 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xb0206000 - 0xb02067ff (0x800) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xb0204c00 - 0xb0204c1f (0x20) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0xb0204800 - 0xb02048ff (0x100) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0xb0220000 - 0xb023ffff (0x20000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0xb0205000 - 0xb0205fff (0x1000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xb0200000 - 0xb0203fff (0x4000) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0xb0204000 - 0xb02047ff (0x800) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0xb0004000 - 0xb00043ff (0x400) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0xb0000000 - 0xb0003fff (0x4000) MX[b]
[16] -1 0 0xb0100000 - 0xb010ffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
[17] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[18] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[19] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[20] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[21] 0 0 0x00004000 - 0x000040ff (0x100) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[24] -1 0 0x000054c0 - 0x000054df (0x20) IX[b]
[25] -1 0 0x00005000 - 0x000050ff (0x100) IX[b]
[26] -1 0 0x00005400 - 0x0000547f (0x80) IX[b]
[27] -1 0 0x000054e0 - 0x000054ef (0x10) IX[b]
[28] -1 0 0x00005480 - 0x000054bf (0x40) IX[b]
[29] -1 0 0x00003060 - 0x0000307f (0x20) IX[b]
[30] -1 0 0x00003080 - 0x0000308f (0x10) IX[b]
[31] -1 0 0x00003040 - 0x0000305f (0x20) IX[b]
[32] -1 0 0x00003020 - 0x0000303f (0x20) IX[b]
[33] -1 0 0x00003000 - 0x0000301f (0x20) IX[b]
[34] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[b]
[35] -1 0 0x00004000 - 0x000040ff (0x100) IX[b](B)
[36] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[37] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(WW) fglrx(0): Cannot read colourmap from VGA. Will restore with default
(II) fglrx(0): UMM area: 0xc08f7000 (size=0x076f9000)
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 6.8.x
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 6.8.2
(II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (Unknown error 999)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (Unknown error 999)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (Unknown error 999)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (Unknown error 999)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
[drm] failed to load kernel module "fglrx"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] drmOpen failed
(EE) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit failed!
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
(II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x07ff0000
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1728,8191)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1728,1050) (front color buffer -
assumption)
...snip...

Also, I notice that when in X my refresh rate is listed as 61Hz instead of 60Hz...I'm using the same modelines that I used when running with the compiled in vesa driver...

Compile errors when running the make.sh on the fglrx kernel module:
[root@sith /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod]# sh make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11.7-2.CUSTOM/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.11.7-2.CUSTOM/build'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `firegl_stub_putminor':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:508: warning: `inter_module_put' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:578)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:510: warning: `inter_module_unregister' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:574)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `firegl_stub_register':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:530: warning: `inter_module_register' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:573)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:561: warning: `inter_module_put' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:578)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_get_vm_phys_addr':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:1672: warning: passing arg 1 of `pmd_offset' from incompatible pointer type
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `do_vm_shm_nopage':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2202: warning: passing arg 1 of `pmd_offset' from incompatible pointer type
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_vm_phys_addr_str':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2572: warning: passing arg 1 of `pmd_offset' from incompatible pointer type
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: At top level:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2660: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_vm_map':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2721: warning: implicit declaration of function `remap_page_range'
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: At top level:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2875: error: parse error before '*' token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2875: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `drm_agp_module_stub'
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2875: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agpgart_available':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3017: error: `drm_agp_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3017: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3017: error: for each function it appears in.)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3017: error: parse error before ')' token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3038: error: request for member `free_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3040: error: request for member `free_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3043: error: request for member `allocate_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3045: error: request for member `allocate_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3048: error: request for member `bind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3050: error: request for member `bind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3053: error: request for member `unbind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3055: error: request for member `unbind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3058: error: request for member `enable' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3060: error: request for member `enable' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3063: error: request for member `acquire' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3065: error: request for member `acquire' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3068: error: request for member `release' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3070: error: request for member `release' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3073: error: request for member `copy_info' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3075: error: request for member `copy_info' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_uninit':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3157: warning: `inter_module_put' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:578)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_free_memory':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3190: error: request for member `free_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3191: error: request for member `free_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_allocate_memory':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3200: error: request for member `allocate_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3201: error: request for member `allocate_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_bind_memory':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3211: error: request for member `bind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3212: error: request for member `bind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_unbind_memory':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3222: error: request for member `unbind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3223: error: request for member `unbind_memory' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_enable':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3233: error: request for member `enable' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3235: error: request for member `enable' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_acquire':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3281: error: request for member `acquire' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3282: error: request for member `acquire' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_release':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3292: error: request for member `release' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3293: error: request for member `release' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function `__ke_agp_copy_info':
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3306: error: request for member `copy_info' in something not a structure or union
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:3313: error: request for member `copy_info' in something not a structure or union
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.11.7-2.CUSTOM/build'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2

Well, after several attempts I finally got 3D Acceleration working on my Sager 9860 running Linux. I'm currently using yoper linux 2.2 BETA, however, I expect this would work in Gentoo as well since most of the Information I got to resolve this came from Gentoo forums (which I also have run on this laptop and plan to again soon)...Anyway, this is what I had to do:

Here are the specific links which helped me to get this working:
http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/g...1_whichversion
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...-start-25.html
http://pciids.sourceforge.net/iii/?i=1002
http://odin.prohosting.com/wedge01/g...tml#4_nodevice

0) I installed the lastest Binary driver releast from ATI using their GUI tool: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/at...er-8.14.13.run
1) I downloaded the "fglrx_binary_edit.tar.bz2" tool from this url: http://members.lycos.co.uk/wedge_ant...y_edit.tar.bz2
2) I extracted this tool into my home directory and it creates a directory called: fglrx_binary_edit. I changed to that directory and ran "make". If all goes well it creates a binary called: fglrx_binary_edit
3) I then copied the "libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3" from /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/ and then ran the fglrx_binary_edit binary with the following options: ./fglrx_binary_edit 5653 5d4a
NOTE: the 5d4a is the ID that shows up in my lspci output and the 5653 is the PCI ID for the X700 which IS supported by the binary ATI driver release.
3.5) Copy the modified libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3 back to it's original location. Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod and the execute the make.sh script. Then cd .. and execute the make_install.sh. If all goes well there will be no errors.
4) A "modprobe fglrx" resulted in the module loading successfully!!
5) I then updated my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and modified the line:
ChipID 0x5653 in the "Device" Section.
I replaced "vesa" with fglrx in this same section as well. I've included a snip below.
6) I then logged out and restarted X and it works! My FPS went from at best 700/sec previously running glxgears to between 4600-4600/sec! Also the fgl_glxgears program which (obviously) wouldn't run before, now does and shows an average FPS of about 900/sec.

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTO, AUTO"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "unspecified"
Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified"
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" "0x00000000"
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 "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
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" "yes"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "agplock=0" # AGP locked user pages: disabled
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # no device found at config time
#ChipID 0x5d48 # Works good.
ChipID 0x5653
Screen 0
EndSection