Yet another howto about ATI driver on FC5

[qinhan]

First I should say this only works on ix86 architectures. I actually installed x86_64 edition in the first place. But after days of pain of not being able to get the ati driver to work, I wiped out the system and installed the i386 version. I mainly followed the steps in this thread:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=100136

But there were some problems came up and I think you guys may encounter those too.

(1)Update the kernel
download development kernel from here:
http://people.redhat.com/davej/kerne...5/RPMS.kernel/

I'm using kernel-2.6.16-1.2074_FC5.i686.rpm. To complie the driver, you'll also need the kernel-devel-* package.

Install the too packages:
rpm -ivh filename.rpm
Reboot using the new kernel.

(2)Complie the kernel module
download the fglrx-kmod source rpm package from here:
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/SRPMS/
Install the package:

rpm -ivh fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.src.rpm

Goto /usr/src/redhat/SPECS

Change the following line in the file 'fglrx-kmod.spec'
%{!?kvariants: %define kvariants %{?buildup:""} %{?buildsmp:smp} %{?buildxen:xen0} %{?buildkdump:kdump}}
to
%define kvariants ""

Build the binary by:
rpmbuild -bb --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod.spec

If it is successful, you'll have some packages in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/ix86 (x denotes 3, 5 or 6)

(3)download the ati driver package file 'xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.i386.rpm' from here:
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/testing/5/i386/

You may want to download the source package from the link in step (2) and recomplie. But I found the binary package from livna worked for me.

(4)Install the packages
Put the two rpm packages 'kmod-fglrx-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2074_FC5.i686.rpm' and 'xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-2.lvn5.i386.rpm' in one directory. Now if you are using the radeon driver of xorg do the following before you install the package:
su -c '/sbin/modprobe -r radeon'
to unload the radeon module because if I don't do this I'll get an error saying:

FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16_1.2074_FC5/kernel/fglrx/fglrx.ko): Operation not permitted.

Also if you try to install the kmod-fglrx alone you will get a dependence error saying:
fglrx-kmod-common = 8.23.7 is needed by kmod-fglrx-*.

In fact fglrx-kmod-common IS xorg-x11-drv-fglrx. I don't know why people give different names to it.

No in the directory you have those two packages do
rpm -ivh *.rpm

Reboot and it'll work.
I'm uinsg ATI x700 pro and my glxgears gives 5000 FPS.

Good luck!

[anarchist_penn]

great work dude..worked like a charm. Thaks a lot

[aquanim]

Everything worked out perfectly
but when i run glxgears i get this error !! whyyyyyyyyyyy

X11]# glxgears
glxgears: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/libGL.so.1: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

[sairuk]

X11]# glxgears
glxgears: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/libGL.so.1: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

Menu -> Administration -> Security Level & Firewall -> Select the SELinux tab -> open Modify SELinux Policy -> Compatibility -> Check Allow use of shared libraries with Text Relocation

press ok and all should be well.

... only been using linux for 24hrs, so i may be wrong but thats all i did to get past that error and beats turning enforcing mode off completely.

[aquanim]

WOW 10x ! tha completes the guide !

perfect !!!!!!!!!!!

19077 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3815.289 FPS
19772 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3954.374 FPS
19510 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3901.910 FPS
19274 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3854.621 FPS
very nice ! 10x you guys !!!

[littlepig_sun]

Could it be successful? I saw the error below on my machine:

[root@hogpen SPECS]# rpmbuild -bb --target `uname -m` fglrx-kmod.spec
Building target platforms: i686
Building for target i686
error: Failed build dependencies:
kernel-devel-i686 = 2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 is needed by fglrx-kmod-8.23.7-3.2.6.16_1.2069_FC5.i686
[root@hogpen SPECS]# uname -a
Linux hogpen.cs.vu.nl 2.6.16-1.2074_FC5 #1 Fri Mar 24 18:59:51 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@hogpen SPECS]#

I used the kernel you mentioned 2.6.16-1.2074_FC5. How did you solve this problem?
Thank you very much.

[littlepig_sun]

Solved it. Another step should be done:

change the kernel version into 2.6.16-1.2074_FC5 in fglrx-kmod.spec file

[luismmorales]

i fallow all the steps for this but i get horrible fps in glxgears 200 300 with an x600 256mb.

when i run glxinfo with debug i get this

name of display: :0.0
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.23.7 fglrx (screen 0)
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
libGL error: dlopen /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __glXFindDRIScreen)
libGL error: unable to find driver: fglrx_dri.so
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:

first i got an error that gflrx wasent being found in that dir so i make a link to it to the place we was looking but them i got that other error and i cant find a way to enable direct rendering

P.D using the 2074 kernel

[theedge981]

All,

I followed these instructions to the "t" and I'm still having problems. Actually the instructions were great and everything installed properly w/o any errors, but I'm still not able to use the "fglrx" driver. When I change my xorg.conf file to use "fglrx" instead of "vesa" or "ati" (which is what I have in there at the moment), I restart X and get an error that no such device exists. Thinking I had to load it into the kernel, I did a `modprobe fglrx`but got

FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2074_FC5/kernel/drivers/video/fglrx.ko): No such device

Even running the aticonfig problem, which changed my xorg.conf to include the fglrx driver, didn't do anything.

What else do I need to do to get it to work? It seems that xorg.conf is looking in the /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers directory to find it's drivers, is this correct? I do have a /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri directory which includes 2 files (atiogl_a_dri.so fglrx_dri.so
) - I even tried copying these files to the drivers directory, but that didn't work

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Dan

[theedge981]

All,

I should have mentioned this before, but I did some research on that error message and most of what I found was that people were getting this when they physically didn't have an ATI card. I do have an ATI Radeon 7000, I assume I should be able to load the fglrx module? What else can I try in the meantime? Vesa is slowwwwwwwwwwwwww and I can't use my tv card...

[theedge981]

Update: Looked and it appears that after I installed the packages, I have a fglrx_drv.so file, but when I change my xorg.conf file around to use fglrx - I get an EE No devices detected message. What's that mean? This worked in FC3 so I know the card (Radeon 7000 is supported) - help!

DL

[qinhan]

No, Radeon 7000 is not supported by the fglrx driver. See here for supported chips:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ux_8.23.7.html

[rpeer]

Solved it. Another step should be done:

change the kernel version into 2.6.16-1.2074_FC5 in fglrx-kmod.spec file

I'm just hanging here ... can anybody offer a more detailed hint how to proceed
kernel rebuild worked just fine and boot also - 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp
(yes and I did put the 2080 in spec file )

[theedge981]

If the fglrx driver doesn't support the Radeon 7000, and the radeon driver shipped with FC5 has problems and doesn't work properly, what other options do I have to get my card working? Are there any plans to update the radeon driver that ships w/ FC5? The radeon driver in FC3 seemed to work just fine, any way I can install that version of the driver instead of the current version?

[JohnAvon]

Thank you!
I will try it!