Hiya, Thanks for the ideas you sent. I tried running modprobe fglrx and got an error saying that module couldn't be found. I googled this error and found this site: http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-install-ati-fglrx-driver-in-debian.html
I've tried following the instructions there to take the ATI download and turn it into a debian package that can be installed, but I get the following error: root@server:~/Downloads# sh ati-driver-installer-11-4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Debian/experimental Created directory fglrx-install.5Cujo2 Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing ATI Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver-8.841................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ ===================================================================== ATI Technologies Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver Installer/Packager ===================================================================== Generating package: Debian/experimental cp: cannot stat `/root/Downloads/fglrx-install.5Cujo2/x710_64a/*': No such file or directory Package build failed! Package build utility output: dpkg-buildpackage: export CFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: export CPPFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): dpkg-buildpackage: export CXXFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: export FFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: export LDFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): dpkg-buildpackage: source package fglrx-installer dpkg-buildpackage: source version 8.841-1 dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by ATI Technologies Inc. <http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html> dpkg-source --before-build fglrx.4rcUKk dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64 debian/rules build dh_testdir make: dh_testdir: Command not found make: *** [build] Error 127 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.5Cujo2 My xorg.conf file is: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "aticonfig Layout" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 EndSection Section "Module" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Driver "fglrx" BusID "PCI:1:5:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection The important part of my Xorg log file is below (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 connected (II) fglrx(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 using initial mode 1600x1200 (II) fglrx(0): DPI set to (96, 96) (II) fglrx(0): Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series has 2 configurable heads and 1 displays connected. (==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in (==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO (==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000 (==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000 (==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so" (==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0 (==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1 (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized. (WW) fglrx(0): *********************************************************** (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed * (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible * (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled * (WW) fglrx(0): *********************************************************** It looks like the kernel module isn't installed properly - any ideas how I should go about setting it up? Robin On 6 May 2011, at 16:10, Benjie Gillam wrote: > You probably want to fully uninstall the existing drivers before installing > the new ones. You may also want to run fglrxconfig (or whatever it's called) > to autogenerate an xorg.conf file (you shouldn't need to, but if it's not > working...) > > Can you: > $ sudo modprobe fglrx > ? > > Running > $ glxinfo | grep dir > should give you > direct rendering: yes > if the driver is installed properly. > > If you like, you can send me your /var/log/Xorg.* log files and your > /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if it exists) and I'll try and give you a hand diagnosing > the issue. > > Cheers, > > Benjie. > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
