Howto for fglrx / catalyst (Ati driver)

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by lorek123

thx for reply and a xorg.conf edit is the same as the for FC6??

Yes the xorg.conf edit is the same. ( I have heard that the 8.36 driver has issues in FC7 . The livna driver should be updated to 8.37 in a day or two )

[STRASHARO]

Yep, the 8.36 driver doesn`t work with the default kernel of FC7, waiting for 8.37 to come.

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by STRASHARO

Yep, the 8.36 driver doesn`t work with the default kernel of FC7, waiting for 8.37 to come.

There is more info about this in post #2

[Dr_Jay]

So, I followed all of the instructions and can't seem to get anything to work correctly for me...

I have the fglrx driver running properly as noted by the output:

glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: Yes

All of my startup scripts are in-place and ready to roll, i.e. I have a gdm entry that points to /usr/bin/startXgl and that file is as such:

#!/bin/sh
#
# 19/02/07
# nicofo - http://nicofo.tuxfamily.org
#

# 1) Start Xgl
#XGL_OPT will be overwritten by 'configureXgl'
#ex pour une ATI : XGL_OPT=":1 -fullscreen -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer -ac"
XGL_OPT=":1 -fullscreen -accel glx:pbuffer -accel xv:pbuffer -ac"
/usr/bin/Xgl $XGL_OPT &
#sleep 2
DISPLAY=:1

# 2) Start Gnome or KDE or xfce
case "$1" in
--kde)
exec startkde;;
--xfce)
exec xfce4-session;;
*)
cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"
xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session;;
#exec gnome-session;;
esac

That said and everything installed and leaving the gdm default.conf with 0=Standard and trying to open a gnome+Xgl session I get a Fatal Server Error: No Screens Found and dumped back to gdm where I am able to logon to standard gnome with not Xgl.

Second I try setting to 1=Standard in my default.conf...the session gnome+Xgl loads..but I beleive that Xgl is not loaded as evidenced by the output from glxinfo:

direct rendering: Yes

I have been messing with this for two days now...works fine on my Debian system but for the life of me I can't make it work on FC6

For fun, here is my xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

#HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
#VertRefresh 75
#DisplaySize 314 234
#DisplaySize 285 214
#DisplaySize 339 271
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# vendor=1002, device=5460
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter1"
Driver "fglrx"
BoardName "ATI Radeon x300"
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
Option "mtrr" "no" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, AUTO" #"LVDS, NONE" #"AUTO, NONE"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "unspecified" #"31.5 - 90.0"
Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified" #"75"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
Option "CenterMode" "off"
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
Option "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
Option "DesktopSetup" "horizontal" #or horizontal to stretch
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter2"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"

#Device "ATI OSS"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "False"
EndSection

Thx in advance for all of the help!!

Dr_J

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by Dr_Jay

So, I followed all of the instructions and can't seem to get anything to work correctly for me...

I have the fglrx driver running properly as noted by the output:

All of my startup scripts are in-place and ready to roll, i.e. I have a gdm entry that points to /usr/bin/startXgl and that file is as such:

That said and everything installed and leaving the gdm default.conf with 0=Standard and trying to open a gnome+Xgl session I get a Fatal Server Error: No Screens Found and dumped back to gdm where I am able to logon to standard gnome with not Xgl.

Second I try setting to 1=Standard in my default.conf...the session gnome+Xgl loads..but I beleive that Xgl is not loaded as evidenced by the output from glxinfo:


I have been messing with this for two days now...works fine on my Debian system but for the life of me I can't make it work on FC6

For fun, here is my xorg.conf



Thx in advance for all of the help!!

Dr_J

try deleting this as it will conflict with XGL

Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"

Restart X

And see if it works if not post the output from these commands

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW

[Dr_Jay]

No joy removing that option from my xorg.conf, still just dumps me back to gdm with the error Fatal Server Error: No Screens Found
GTK Unable to Open Display (or something similar)

output for WW is as follows: Note, no entries for EE

(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): MonitorLayout is no longer supported.
(WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name "glesx.so"
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "IgnoreEDID" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "NoTV" is not used
(WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...

I am going to try to set my 1= rather than 0=

[leigh123linux]

Try editing this section

Section "Monitor"

#HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
#VertRefresh 75
#DisplaySize 314 234
#DisplaySize 285 214
#DisplaySize 339 271
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel"
EndSection

to

Section "Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel"
EndSection

also remove these options as they are not supported

Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, AUTO" #"LVDS, NONE" #"AUTO, NONE"

Option "IgnoreEDID"

Option "NoTV"

[Dr_Jay]

Done and done with the following output from Xorg.0.log | grep WW and still dumping back to gdm for gnome+xgl

(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): MonitorLayout is no longer supported.
(WW) LoadModule: given non-canonical module name "glesx.so"
(WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...

new xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
# vendor=1002, device=5460
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter1"
Driver "fglrx"
BoardName "ATI Radeon x300"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "CenterMode" "off"
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
Option "DesktopSetup" "clone" #or horizontal to stretch
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter2"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"

#Device "ATI OSS"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "False"
EndSection

just to make sure...I don't need to add the Xgl server in my /etc/gdm/custom.conf as long as I am calling it through the gdm menu, correct?

[leigh123linux]

No additional editing is needed as the script does this all .

try commenting ( # ) these

Section "Device"
# vendor=1002, device=5460
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter1"
Driver "fglrx"
BoardName "ATI Radeon x300"
#Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
#Option "CenterMode" "off"
#Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
#Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
#Option "DesktopSetup" "clone" #or horizontal to stretch
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

restart X

[Dr_Jay]

Unfortunately still unable to start Xgl and with the same error....making me crazy!

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by Dr_Jay

Unfortunately still unable to start Xgl and with the same error....making me crazy!

Try re-running the script to reconfigure XGL


su
cd to-script-path
sh installXGL_EN

[nicofo]

Hello,
I have updated my scripts for the installation of XGL: it now installs the very last version of XGL for FC6.
You can try it.
Rem: the installation script is being translated=> some parts are still in French, but the programs are in English.

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by nicofo

Hello,
I have updated my scripts for the installation of XGL: it now installs the very last version of XGL for FC6.
You can try it.
Rem: the installation script is being translated=> some parts are still in French, but the programs are in English.

Hi nicofo,

Thank you for your updated script.

Leigh

[nicofo]

It's done, the script is available in English:

• XGL installation script for FC6: installXGL_EN NEW
• XGL installation script for FC5: installXGL_FC5_EN

Rem: the new script for FC6 installs the latest version of XGL and is compatible with the official versions of Compiz and Beryl. Beryl is now a lot more stable than before !
Rem2: the script for FC5 works also for FC6 (but uses old packages of XGL and Compiz)
Rem3: I have not yet tested the scripts with FC7, but I guess the version FC6 should work. Can you give me your feedback ? Thanks

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by nicofo

It's done, the script is available in English:

• XGL installation script for FC6: installXGL_EN NEW
• XGL installation script for FC5: installXGL_FC5_EN

Rem: the new script for FC6 installs the latest version of XGL and is compatible with the official versions of Compiz and Beryl. Beryl is now a lot more stable than before !
Rem2: the script for FC5 works also for FC6 (but uses old packages of XGL and Compiz)
Rem3: I have not yet tested the scripts with FC7, but I guess the version FC6 should work. Can you give me your feedback ? Thanks

Hi nicofo,

Thanks again for your new scripts.
I think feedback on XGL on FC7 will be delayed due to no working fglrx driver for FC7 , hopefully ATI will rectify this problem quickly.

Leigh