Hi Wil! On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Phil Perry <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/03/11 17:28, Wil Irwin wrote: > >> >> I have tried multiple times to install the driver using the "GUI" >> installer >> and the subsequent steps. Installation appears to proceed and I can finish >> with "aticonfig --initial". However, the driver doesn't appear to be >> applied. Scrolling down any webpage or document is very constipated, and >> dragging windows across the screen is also extremely constipated. In >> addition the GUI for Catalyst Control Panel will allow resolution, etc. >> changes, but they are not applied after a re-boot. I have also tried the >> command-prompt based install, with exactly the same results. I'm using the >> 11.2 driver released on 02/15/2011. I should also note the same problem >> (or >> at least similar) happened with SL5 and Ubuntu 10.x) >> >> The errors shown for fgl_glxgears, fglrxinfo, and glxinfo. uname -r; and >> the >> xorg.conf file are listed below. I am running SL6 with all updates and >> packages installed. >> >> Any suggestions would be VERY MUCH appreciated. >> > If you _must_ use the proprietary driver from ATI, without using the elrepo, please do notice that it will not work with kernels above a certain version. I can report that my 5870 runs smoothly with the proprietary driver under a 2.6.35.9 kernel (custom built, in debian). Whenever I try to install the proprietary driver and the install fails, I get the same errors you got from glxinfo, so I suppose you're having the same issue (kernel incompatibility). You can be sure that the error is due to kernel version incompatibility by reading /usr/share/ati/install.log (or something similar, I am not at the machine with the device right now), which logs the problems with the proprietary driver install. HTH, Renato.
