BandiPat wrote:
> On Sunday 20 May 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm still having problems with xorg and my video card settings. The
>> system is not running the correct drivers. Screensaver will not
>> start. I had tried to install the ATI driver, but could not get that
>> to work (previous posts). Now I'm in a sort of limbo, not in either
>> setup properly.
>>
>> Do I need to reinstall the entire system to get this right? Or
>> instead of a total reinstall of the system, could I uninstall xorg
>> and kde, then reinstall these, on my working system? Or is there a
>> way to get xorg to load the default drivers without reinstalling
>> anything, and if so, how?
>>
>> Sorry for reposting this, but I still don't have this working
>> correctly. (I'm running opensuse 10.2, KDE, ATI 9800 Pro AGP card).
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Jim Flanagan
>>
>
> ========
>
> Just drop down to "init 3" to run sax2! Whether you have or had the ATI
> drivers installed, you should still be able to configure the video. A
> lot of times having a buggy/bad xorg.conf will prevent sax2 from
> starting, so rename/delete the old file, then run sax2 or just try the
> below first.
>
> You may have to use "sax2 -r -m 0=radeon", which will start from scratch
> using the xorg radeon module.
>
> ctrl-alt-F1
> login as root
> init 3
> sax2 -r -m 0=radeon (be sure to test your settings before exiting sax2)
>
> init 5
>
>
>
I had already tried running sax2 with the -r and -m and 0=radeon. Just
now I tried again, but first renaming xorg.conf. This did write a new
xorg.conf file, but nothing is improved. In KDE>configure
desktop>screensaver, I get the message:
The specified library screensaver could not be found.
The diagnosis is:
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1: undefined symbol: drmCloseOnce
Possible reasons:
- An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an
orphaned control module
- You have old third party modules lying around.
Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned
in the error message.
If this fails, consider contacting your distributor or packager.
Not sure that this is about, but has been a problem since I uninstalled
the ATI rpm. Screensaver was working fine before I tried the ATI driver.
Jim F
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