Howto for fglrx / catalyst (Ati driver)

[CompizUser]

Ok, did what you suggested (except adding 'install' before --noplugins) and everything installed without error. Compiz is still not working though. The error from
'compiz --replace' is

compiz (core) - Fatal: Root visual is not a double buffered GL visual
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

So I assume this is the original error which made me reinstall compiz in the first place. The output of glxinfo and fglrxinfo looks good so I'm still puzzled.
And: Tnaks again!

[leigh123linux]

Ok, did what you suggested (except adding 'install' before --noplugins) and everything installed without error. Compiz is still not working though. The error from
'compiz --replace' is

compiz (core) - Fatal: Root visual is not a double buffered GL visual
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

So I assume this is the original error which made me reinstall compiz in the first place. The output of glxinfo and fglrxinfo looks good so I'm still puzzled.
And: Tnaks again!

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cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[CompizUser]

Ok here it is:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[leigh123linux]

Ok here it is:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Disable OpenGLOverlay

i.e

Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"

also add the module paths



For 64 bit O/S

Section "Files"
       ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
       ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx
EndSection

For 32 bit O/S

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

[CompizUser]

Ok, did everything u suggested but to no avail. Error report from compiz stays the same.

Btw I thought xorg.conf was obsolete by now...

[leigh123linux]

Ok, did everything u suggested but to no avail. Error report from compiz stays the same.

Btw I thought xorg.conf was obsolete by now...

It's still needed for ATI & Nvidia cards.

Did you restartX?

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

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

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[CompizUser]

I restarted X by using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace.
But the log shows an error:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep EE
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) AIGLX error: fglrx exports no extensions (/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driDriverExtensions)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

The other ouput is:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep WW
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(WW) This ATI Proprietary Linux Driver does not guarantee support of video driver ABI higher than 2.0
(WW) Video driver ABI version of the X server is 4.1
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Unknown vendor-specific block f
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used


Unfortunately I have to leave now but I will check back during the night. Thanks again Leigh!

[mrechte]

Thanks. Surprisingly these lines have been removed from xorg.conf after upgrading to 9.2. When I check the Xorg.0.log it seems to find fglrx extension without these ModulePath directives. So I don't think they are useful now.

I re-installed the xorg-x11-drv-fglrx which restored the missing lines, but there is no much improvement: cannot use aticonfig to change bad underscanning, amdcccle (Catalyst Control Centre) refuses to start saying fglrx is not loaded or not working properly.

I remind you that my config is using an HD3200 (R600) chipset.

Thanks

[CompizUser]

Hi again Leigh,

Try this

Code:

su
ln -s /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/lib/dri
ldconfig

RestartX

This doesn't work since the *.so file already exists. The Xorg log also mentioned it:

(EE) AIGLX error: fglrx exports no extensions (/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driDriverExtensions)

Maybe this version of the ATI driver is flawed?

[jaymann]

Sorry to butt in, but I was having pretty much the same problem.
(Diamond Stealth X300SE)
First I added

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

as leigh suggested

I then replaced (on a whim) the two paths because the other way didn't work:

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

with:

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

Exchanging the two paths, then restarting X.
I tried it both ways just to make sure.
Problem fixed.