How do I configure X to use ATI 3D accelerated graphics

These notes are for an Xorg based ?xserver. To install the ATI Radeon drivers on an XFree86 installation, see ?ATIHowToXFree86.

ATI Radeon cards 8500,9000,9200 and 9250 work with Open Source drivers and support ?OpenGL 3D Graphics.

To configure X to use accelerated 3d drivers, the configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf should be edited as follows:

 Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI 3D"
        Driver          "ati"
 EndSection

 Section "Screen"
        Device          "ATI 3D"

Install the required libraries

It is necessary to install driver libraries, in order for the 3D capabilities of the card to be utilized:

 apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri

questions

glxinfo|grep render

See Also

?ATIHowToXFree86 Configuring XFree86 to use ATI 3D accelerated graphics

ATIProprietary Installing the closed source proprietary driver