Howto for fglrx / catalyst (Ati driver)

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by ispanico

Hello,

I did it, (I didn't restart the laptop)
it seems it hasn't change (may be it happens less often the effect but it is still affected by this effect)
I noticed that this time this effect did't start at the beginning with the movie, but when I use the right click to
see the xine display option in order to put the full screen, the option menu creates problem with the video image:
they interfere (it is like the video and the menu go one below the other in sequence).
Then the effect I told before start appearing during the video reproduction.

I also noticed that after that I change auto -> xvmc then I execute xine and I noticed all that I have explained above. then I looked into the file where I changed the configuration and I found that the
changes has changed again to auto.
I re changed to control that I had saved before but the same thing happened

Thank you.

Start another post as this is problem isn't really anything to do with this howto as it is a xine problem !!!

[ispanico]

Ok thank you very much
I did it.

I just want to say that right now I discover to have the same problem with
googleearth, it has the same problem I have with xine.
In both the program I didn't have this problem before fusion-compiz installation (which is very beautiful )
So may be the problem is something concerning fusion or video driver optimization.
Or probably it is just I need to switch off the fusion effect when using this 2 program.

Anyway thank you

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by ispanico

Ok thank you very much
I did it.

I just want to say that right now I discover to have the same problem with
googleearth, it has the same problem I have with xine.
In both the program I didn't have this problem before fusion-compiz installation (which is very beautiful )
So may be the problem is something concerning fusion or video driver optimization.
Or probably it is just I need to switch off the fusion effect when using this 2 program.

Anyway thank you

Try here for additional help as some of the compiz-fusion developers hang out on this forum

http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/

[StormChaser]

Originally Posted by leigh123@linux

There are no XGL packages for F8

If there is no XGL for F8, why is a choice in my sessions? Grant it your how-to was awesome, it managed to get my ATI driver in and set me back at 1280x800.. Basically I just need to install Compiz-Fusion and thats it.. What about the bug with no titlebars.. I assume that is Emeralds problem?

[StormChaser]

Ok lets start fresh.. Compiz-Fusion 6.99.. I loda it up.. Emerald trys to be Window Decorator.. No titlebars and not a single Compiz plugin works.. No cube, no fold out..

[amitg]

Hi,

I am beginner to Linux installation although quite familiar with it as a user. I have built a AMD 6000 with Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H. The MOB has integrated ATI Radeon X1250. I am trying to use a video driver suitable for this for days without any success. The default Mesa driver works fine and I can load the X windows. I tried using ATI's proprietary drive from its driver page but that gives

# uname -a
Linux FedoraDesktop 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 17:56:40 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# fglrxinfo 
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

so I uninstalled it and used method given here using Livna. But with that I can't even start the X windows.

# grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log.Livna.save 
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

# grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log.Livna.save 
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0".
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "single head configuration"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
(WW) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0".
        Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
        Using the default mouse configuration.



(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported


(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Primary Controller - CRT on primary DAC
(II) fglrx(0): Internal Desktop Setting: 0x00000001
(II) fglrx(0): POWERplay not supported on this hardware

# more xorg.conf.fc8.livna.not.working.updated 
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

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

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

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "UseFastTLS" "0"
        Option      "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
        Option      "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
        Option      "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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

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

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

This MOB has TV Out and I am hoping to use it as an PVR (probably MythTV) but I can't even get default CRT display to work with a driver other than Mesa.

Please help.

Some more info

# /sbin/lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series
01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller
02:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

# /sbin/lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx                1722972  0

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by StormChaser

Ok lets start fresh.. Compiz-Fusion 6.99.. I loda it up.. Emerald trys to be Window Decorator.. No titlebars and not a single Compiz plugin works.. No cube, no fold out..

You need to delete all the old compiz configs file in /home/*/.gconf/apps/compiz

rm -rf /home/*/.gconf/apps/compiz

and for the title bar try

emerald --replace

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by amitg

Hi,

I am beginner to Linux installation although quite familiar with it as a user. I have built a AMD 6000 with Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H. The MOB has integrated ATI Radeon X1250. I am trying to use a video driver suitable for this for days without any success. The default Mesa driver works fine and I can load the X windows. I tried using ATI's proprietary drive from its driver page but that gives

# uname -a
Linux FedoraDesktop 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 17:56:40 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# fglrxinfo 
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

so I uninstalled it and used method given here using Livna. But with that I can't even start the X windows.

# grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log.Livna.save 
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

# grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log.Livna.save 
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0".
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "single head configuration"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(**) |   |-->Device "Videocard0"
(WW) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0".
        Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
        Using the default mouse configuration.



(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported


(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Primary Controller - CRT on primary DAC
(II) fglrx(0): Internal Desktop Setting: 0x00000001
(II) fglrx(0): POWERplay not supported on this hardware

# more xorg.conf.fc8.livna.not.working.updated 
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

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

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

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "UseFastTLS" "0"
        Option      "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
        Option      "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
        Option      "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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

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

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection

This MOB has TV Out and I am hoping to use it as an PVR (probably MythTV) but I can't even get default CRT display to work with a driver other than Mesa.

Please help.

Some more info

# /sbin/lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series
01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller
02:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

# /sbin/lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx                1722972  0

You have probably screwed up mesa-libGL by using the ATI homepage driver ( did you uninstall the ATI homepage driver ? )


try

su
yum install yum-utils
yumdownloader mesa-libGL
rpm -U --replacepkgs --replacefiles mesa-libGL*rpm

[amitg]

Originally Posted by leigh123@linux

You have probably screwed up mesa-libGL by using the ATI homepage driver ( did you uninstall the ATI homepage driver ? )


try

su
yum install yum-utils
yumdownloader mesa-libGL
rpm -U --replacepkgs --replacefiles mesa-libGL*rpm

Yes I uninstalled the ATI driver using the shell script fglrx-uninstall.sh.

That did not help. I remembered that even ATI driver did this and I found out from http://www.phoronix.com/forums/archi...hp/t-5222.html the binary patch and that is how ATI driver started to work (only partially) but that patch doesn't alter the Livna driver. Also when this happens, machine freezes. I can't even get back to command prompt. None of the keys work. I have to reboot (hard) to get to the console again.

[ispanico]

Hi,

I have installed the new kernel 2.6.23.8
and I notice that fusion doesn;t work with this kernel but in the previous 2.6.22.9-91.fc7, thanks to you,
I was able to make it work.
Now I think that the xorg.conf file should not change if I change the kernel versio, so why it does not work?
I looke aorund and I found
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Hardware/ATI,
Now, how do I know which video card I VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M66-P [Mobility Radeon X1700]
have (which generation),
and how do I know which Xorg version I have?

These are just questions to understand if that link can be useful to me or not.
Anyway why it should not work on the new kernel?
thank you a lot

I have:

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by ispanico

Hi,

I have installed the new kernel 2.6.23.8
and I notice that fusion doesn;t work with this kernel but in the previous 2.6.22.9-91.fc7, thanks to you,
I was able to make it work.
Now I think that the xorg.conf file should not change if I change the kernel versio, so why it does not work?
I looke aorund and I found
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Hardware/ATI,
Now, how do I know which video card I VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M66-P [Mobility Radeon X1700]
have (which generation),
and how do I know which Xorg version I have?

These are just questions to understand if that link can be useful to me or not.
Anyway why it should not work on the new kernel?
thank you a lot

I have:

F7 uses xorg 1.3


and I think this is the correct link

http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/ATI_with_AIGLX

[amitg]

I am almost ready to do a full reinstall of FC8. May be the upgrade from FC7 to FC8 is causing this problem. Any guidance? I would have to first find out how to do the full reinstall without deleting the settings I have like users, groups, selinux, firewall, vmware etc

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by amitg

I am almost ready to do a full reinstall of FC8. May be the upgrade from FC7 to FC8 is causing this problem. Any guidance? I would have to first find out how to do the full reinstall without deleting the settings I have like users, groups, selinux, firewall, vmware etc

Install this package

su
yum install yum-utils

Then post the output from these commands

package-cleanup --problems

package-cleanup --dupes

package-cleanup --orphans

P.S upgrades are always second best and are problematic so I would recommend a clean install ( just backup the user files and ditch "groups, selinux, firewall, vmware etc " the rest )

[amitg]

Yes I understand. In Windows I would never do that but I thought Linux can do much better. In fact it upgraded so nicely without any problems except for the X. I think if ATI had written a better driver, I would not even have this problem. Also I am a novice to Linux installation and that is contributing to it.

Thanks so much for helping. Here is the output.

# package-cleanup --problems
Setting up yum
Reading local RPM database
Processing all local requires
No problems found


# package-cleanup --dupes
Setting up yum
avahi-0.6.21-6.fc8.x86_64
avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.x86_64
2:xinetd-2.3.14-14.fc8.x86_64
2:xinetd-2.3.14-12.fc7.x86_64
1:qt-3.3.8-7.fc7.i386
1:qt-3.3.8-9.fc8.i386
at-3.1.10-17.fc8.x86_64
at-3.1.10-19.fc8.x86_64
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-12.fc8.x86_64
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64
4:vixie-cron-4.2-5.fc8.x86_64
4:vixie-cron-4.2-3.fc8.x86_64


# package-cleanup --orphans
Setting up yum
jasper-1.900.1-2.fc7.i386
kernel-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.x86_64
qt-3.3.8-7.fc7.i386
krbafs-1.2.2-10.1.i386
VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386
kernel-kdump-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.x86_64
krbafs-devel-1.2.2-10.1.i386
foremost-1.5.2-1.fc8.x86_64
autorun-3.20-1.1.x86_64
kdepim-devel-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.x86_64
nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64
bouml-3.3.1-1.fc8.x86_64
krbafs-1.2.2-10.1.x86_64
tux-3.2.18-9.fc6.x86_64
kdepim-libs-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.i386
flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.x86_64
kdepim-devel-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.i386
jre-1.6.0_03-fcs.x86_64
avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.x86_64
VMware-server-console-1.0.4-56528.i386
kdepim-libs-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.x86_64
krbafs-devel-1.2.2-10.1.x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-12.fc7.x86_64
kdepim-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.x86_64
OpenEXR-1.4.0a-3.fc6.i386
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64
yum-3.2.8-1.fc8.noarch

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by amitg

Yes I understand. In Windows I would never do that but I thought Linux can do much better. In fact it upgraded so nicely without any problems except for the X. I think if ATI had written a better driver, I would not even have this problem. Also I am a novice to Linux installation and that is contributing to it.

Thanks so much for helping. Here is the output.

# package-cleanup --problems
Setting up yum
Reading local RPM database
Processing all local requires
No problems found


# package-cleanup --dupes
Setting up yum
avahi-0.6.21-6.fc8.x86_64
avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.x86_64
2:xinetd-2.3.14-14.fc8.x86_64
2:xinetd-2.3.14-12.fc7.x86_64
1:qt-3.3.8-7.fc7.i386
1:qt-3.3.8-9.fc8.i386
at-3.1.10-17.fc8.x86_64
at-3.1.10-19.fc8.x86_64
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-12.fc8.x86_64
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64
4:vixie-cron-4.2-5.fc8.x86_64
4:vixie-cron-4.2-3.fc8.x86_64


# package-cleanup --orphans
Setting up yum
jasper-1.900.1-2.fc7.i386
kernel-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.x86_64
qt-3.3.8-7.fc7.i386
krbafs-1.2.2-10.1.i386
VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386
kernel-kdump-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.x86_64
krbafs-devel-1.2.2-10.1.i386
foremost-1.5.2-1.fc8.x86_64
autorun-3.20-1.1.x86_64
kdepim-devel-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.x86_64
nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64
bouml-3.3.1-1.fc8.x86_64
krbafs-1.2.2-10.1.x86_64
tux-3.2.18-9.fc6.x86_64
kdepim-libs-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.i386
flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.x86_64
kdepim-devel-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.i386
jre-1.6.0_03-fcs.x86_64
avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.x86_64
VMware-server-console-1.0.4-56528.i386
kdepim-libs-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.x86_64
krbafs-devel-1.2.2-10.1.x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-12.fc7.x86_64
kdepim-3.5.8-5.svn20071013.ent.fc8.x86_64
OpenEXR-1.4.0a-3.fc6.i386
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-1.x86_64
yum-3.2.8-1.fc8.noarch

Ok run

su
yum erase kernel-kdump-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7  kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 kernel-2.6.22.9-91.fc7
package-cleanup --cleandupes

then post the output from

package-cleanup --dupes