M Harris wrote:
> On Saturday 12 May 2007 08:57, Jim Flanagan wrote:
>
>> Running openSUSE 10.2, radeon 9800 pro.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
> ... and another thing...
>
> ... did you try running aticonfig --initial
>
> ??
>
> The instructions change for suse 10.2 and on... previous to 10.2 you
> run:
>
> aticonfig --initial --input=/blah/blah/... profile
>
> ... but on 10.2 you do not need the profile.
>
>
I did run aticonfig --initial --input=blah....... earlier when trying
to install the ATI driver.
> Also, when you built the driver did you receive any errors or warnings
> about
> symbols not being resolved? The kernel sources may not be installed
> correctly or completely, or you may need to copy the kernel config to the
> sources tree and then run make dep to get the dependencies right. Also,
> take a look in /var/log/Xorg.log to see if there are any clues...
>
I did not see any errors when building the rpm. But I have since
uninstalled that rpm. xorg.log does not show any (EE) errors, but there
are a number of warnings, such as (WW) The directory
"/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
I'm not familiar at all with kernel config and source tree. But will try
your last method, ln .............. and see if that works.
> My experience so far with the radeon card and the fglrx driver:
>
> So far its been a PITA and very flaky. My kernel kept crashing on my
> boys
> machine... anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes of use down she goes... no hits,
> no runs, no error messages, no panic... just dead. (very unLinux like). I
> have now set my AGP bios settings down to 4x , 64M apature, fastwrite off,
> and things seem to be stable now. I still get a "double" X server running
> even though I'm configured for one head, and only have one card/monitor. And
> two of the games which ship with openSUSE 10 do not play ... Amazon Queen,
> and Steel Blue SKy... both cause the monitor to blank... turn grey... with
> streaks... not good. All other 3D stuff works well, and for the most part
> we're happy... but I have to be honest... this is my very last ATI card,
> period.
>
> What we need is a 3D hardware standard with open drivers period. (ok,
> I'll
> spare you the rant)
>
> Good luck with your card.
>
>
>
>
At this point I have pretty much given up trying to get the ATI driver
working. At least the current version. I had hoped the new one would
have solved the problems many had in the past. It didn't for me. As far
as the rant goes, I'm with you on that one. ATI video cards and Linux
don't mix.
Many thanks,
Jim F
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