On Wednesday 24 October 2007 09:02:47 pm David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. wrote: > Background: 10.3, 2.6.22.9-0.4-default, Toshiba P35, "ATI MOBILITY > RADEON 9600/9700 Series", 1G of RAM, *All* updates applied to the OS > > Ben Kevan wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 October 2007 06:16:03 pm David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. wrote: > >>>>> Have you tried the newest ATI/AMD Driver released yesterday? > >>>>> > >>>>> Ben > >>>> > >>>> Nope, > >>>> > >>>> But thanks for the heads up! I'm off to try it now and I will report > >>>> back. I have my fingers crossed! > >> > >> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/8.42.3 > > > > Please report back on the installation / configuration of Compiz Fusion > > etc.. > > > > You can also remove XGL :D > > > > Ben > > Ben, > > I haven't even got to compiz yet, something is again FUBAR with my X > window system and the new drivers! AARRGGH! (that was mild). > > The most glaring problem is neither fgl_glxgears or fglrxinfo will run. > (If run as root, they hard lock the system) Both worked with the 8.41 > driver. Damn this is frustrating. Probably related to sax2 borking the > video card selection. > > The glaring problem is that sax2 doesn't recognize the card right. > Yast/sax2 recognizes the card as an "ATI Rv350 NP". WTF? The card was > correctly recognized as the "ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series" with > the 8.4.1 drivers. glxinfo has the right fricking information, why not > sax2: > > 21:53 Rankin-P35a~> glxinfo > name of display: :0.0 > display: :0 screen: 0 > direct rendering: Yes > ... > OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. > OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series > OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release > > Of course the yast wizards have now made it impossible to select the > right card. How in the heck do I fix this?? How do I tell it to load the > drivers for the "ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series" drivers that > should be loaded. > > Now I was meticulous in the driver build and install. Specifically, I > followed the openSuSE howto process "Building and Installing the New ATI > Driver" shown at the end of this message. The xorg.0.log offers some > other clues to this catastrophe. The 10.3 install has apparently mixed X > module versions on me??? Specifically, the module lines from xorg.0.log: > > X Window System Version 7.2.0 > Release Date: Wed Oct 24 14:18:36 UTC 2007 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 > Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX > Current Operating System: Linux rankin-p35a 2.6.22.9-0.4-default #1 SMP > 2007/10/05 21:32:04 UTC i686 > Build Date: 24 October 2007 > ... > (II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > (II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.2 > (II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0 > (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 > (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." > compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.42.3 > ^^^^^^^^^ > > What the HECK? .. The only error in the entire file is: > (EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === > CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 2 > > How in the heck did I get fglrx compiled for 7.1.0 on a 7.2 system? Is > this a bug? Do I need to report it? > > Another problem/possible clue is that the ATI Catalyst Control Center > (/usr/bin/amdcccle) will not run at all. When run as root, the following > is returned: > > [root Rankin-P35a/var/log] # amdcccle > amdcccle: xcb_xlib.c:52: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed. > Aborted > > Where do I start? Is there anything short of a complete xorg > remove/reinstall that will begin to sort out this mess? Any ideas? Anyone? > > The build and install process used is shown below. > > ------------------------------------------ > Building and Installing the New ATI Driver > ------------------------------------------ > > Prepare the kernel > > # su > password > # cd /usr/src/linux > # make mrproper > # make cloneconfig > # make modules_prepare > # make clean > > Remove old drivers > > # rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep fglrx) > > Generate new driver > > # sh ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --listpkg > # sh ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg > SuSE/SUSE103-IA32 > > Check that the new driver rpms were successfully created in > /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386 > > # l /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11073729 2007-10-22 19:45 > fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE102-8.40.4-1.i386.rpm > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15365859 2007-10-24 20:31 > fglrx_7_1_0_SUSE103-8.42.3-1.i386.rpm > > Go to Runlevel 3 > > # init 3 > > Install the new rpms created in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386 > > # rpm -Uvh /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/fglrx*.rpm > > After the install is finished, you need to launch the aticonfig utility > > # ldconfig > # aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Configure the new driver with sax2 > > # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx > > Check other important Settings in the xorg.conf > > For best and most stable working fglrx driver set the following options > to Section "Device" in the xorg.conf: > > Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on" > Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0" > Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off" > Option "UseFastTLS" "2" > Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no" > Option "VideoOverlay" "on" > Option "mtrr" "off" > Option "no_accel" "no" > Option "no_dri" "no" > Option "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no" > Option "backingstore" "true" > > All OK - reboot > ----------------------------------------- > > -- > David C. 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Here is xlib.lock resolution: http://en.opensuse.org/Xlib.lock Thank you Java Bug What version of Xorg do you have? I would recommend installing 7.3 sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/xorg73/openSUSE_10.3/ "Xorg 73 Repository" sudo zypper update -r "Xorg 73 Repository" -t package :o) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
