installed new ATI 8.40 drivers...CRASH!

Gentoo Bob · #1 3rd October 2007, 09:08 PM

I installed the ATI 8.40 drivers and my system crashed on reboot. couldnt load some module. I knew I shouldnt have updated. I just wanted better FPS. They were only 570. Thats bad. lol

Anyone else had the same issue? I just went back into my Xorg.conf and changed it to "ati". I'm back up. Its trying to load fglrx.so.

Or is there anyway to roll back to the original drivers I had. I used whatever FC7 install setup installed.

Let me know, thanks.

leigh123linux · #2 3rd October 2007, 09:26 PM

Where did you get the driver and was it in rpm's ?

Did you edit xorg.conf

To edit xorg.conf

su
gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then add these sections.

Code:

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


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

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Don't forget to save the changes

Finally, the following options are useful in the section "Device" :

Code:

Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"

After editing don't forget to restart X ( Ctrl + Alt + Backspace )

Gentoo Bob · #3 4th October 2007, 12:50 AM

I got the new ATI drivers from yum. --> # yum install kmod-fglrx

Messed my stuff up. I will try what you said. Unless you think I should do differently since I used yum.

leigh123linux · #4 4th October 2007, 03:21 AM

kmod-fglrx is fine just edit xorg.conf and you should get x working

Gentoo Bob · #5 4th October 2007, 02:32 PM

Still not working. I uninstalled, reinstalled. Made the changes you suggested. Still wont work. I when trying to startx i get "No Screens Found".

I can put radeon or ati for the driver and it works. except when i do...

glxinfo | grep -i direct = direct rendering is NO & OpenGL renderer string: MESA GLX Indirect.

glxgears = 209FPS which is even worse!

I looked at the Xorg log and it only says No Screens found. Any ideas?

leigh123linux · #6 4th October 2007, 05:56 PM

Are you running 64 bit fedora ?

What card model ?

post the output from these commands

su -
lspci |grep VGA
yum list kmod-fglrx kernel-*
uname -r

Gentoo Bob · #7 4th October 2007, 07:22 PM

[root@CORP-L-FC7LAPPY ~]# lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]

[root@CORP-L-FC7LAPPY ~]# yum list kmod-fglrx kernel-*
Installed Packages
kernel.i686 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 installed
kernel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 installed
kernel-headers.i386 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 installed
kmod-fglrx.i686 8.40.4-2.2.6.22.9_91.f installed
Available Packages
kernel.i586 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE-debug.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE-debug-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-debug.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-debug-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-devel.i586 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-xen.i686 2.6.20-2936.fc7 updates
kernel-xen-2.6-doc.noarch 2.6.20-2936.fc7 updates
kernel-xen-devel.i686 2.6.20-2936.fc7 updates
kmod-fglrx.i586 8.40.4-2.2.6.22.9_91.f livna

[root@CORP-L-FC7LAPPY ~]# uname -r
2.6.22.9-91.fc7

What do you think Chief?

leigh123linux · #8 4th October 2007, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gentoo Bob

[root@CORP-L-FC7LAPPY ~]# lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]

[root@CORP-L-FC7LAPPY ~]# yum list kmod-fglrx kernel-*
Installed Packages
kernel.i686 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 installed
kernel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 installed
kernel-headers.i386 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 installed
kmod-fglrx.i686 8.40.4-2.2.6.22.9_91.f installed
Available Packages
kernel.i586 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE-debug.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE-debug-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-PAE-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-debug.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-debug-devel.i686 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-devel.i586 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 updates
kernel-xen.i686 2.6.20-2936.fc7 updates
kernel-xen-2.6-doc.noarch 2.6.20-2936.fc7 updates
kernel-xen-devel.i686 2.6.20-2936.fc7 updates
kmod-fglrx.i586 8.40.4-2.2.6.22.9_91.f livna

[root@CORP-L-FC7LAPPY ~]# uname -r
2.6.22.9-91.fc7

What do you think Chief?

Ok your card is not supported by fglrx in fedora due to your card being legacy , the last driver to support your card was 8.28 which doesn't work with F7.
Your only choice for 3D is the open source radeon driver

Gentoo Bob · #9 5th October 2007, 12:01 AM

WHOOHOO!!! thats great news. not. lol Thats fine. I just use it at work anyways so 3D isnt that important but I would like my FPS to really kick it up a notch. So do you suggest I install legacy drivers from ATI's website? or are there rpm's for the driver I need?

leigh123linux · #10 5th October 2007, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gentoo Bob

WHOOHOO!!! thats great news. not. lol Thats fine. I just use it at work anyways so 3D isnt that important but I would like my FPS to really kick it up a notch. So do you suggest I install legacy drivers from ATI's website? or are there rpm's for the driver I need?

There is no legacy support for ATI in F7 due to xorg 1.3 aka 7.2 .

Gentoo Bob · #11 5th October 2007, 02:14 AM

alrighty then. Thanks for all your help!