Catalyst 13.11 beta 6 and Fedora 20

[Dyskette]

Is anyone here using Catalyst drivers? And, is anyone here using GNOME Shell and Catalyst?

I got a black screen at startup using propietary drivers with GNOME, I installed LXDE in the meantime and the problem seems to be GNOME Shell not starting. Also Totem gives segmentation fault.

With open source drivers I got everything working, but I can't use them because they make my screen flicker every 0.2 seconds. That makes my screen unusable.

So, I reported this bug on bugzilla,gnome.org and is bug 712340 if anyone is having the same issue as me.

Also, in the meantime, would be some workaround that any of you know of?

P.S. Sorry for my weird english.

[lovenemesis]

Exactly same problem!

Good thing is that my R9 270X doesn't flick so I can still live on with RadeonSI open source driver.

[Dyskette]

I got GNOME Shell working, but I had to rebuild some packages. Also I found out that besides Totem, also Cheese and Bijiben have this issue.

I followed this guide:
http://hacktux.com/fedora/source/rpm

1. Install tools:
sudo yum -y install yum-utils rpmdevtools

2. Setup RPM folders and subfolders:
rpmdev-setuptree

3. Change working directory to SRPMS:
cd ~/rpmbuild/SRPMS/

4. Download sources:
yumdownloader --source cogl

5. Install build dependencies.
sudo yum-builddep cogl-1.16.0-2.fc20.src.rpm

6. Install source package:
rpm -ivh cogl-1.16.0-2.fc20.src.rpm

7. Change working directory to SPECS
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/

8. Edit spec file
nano cogl.spec

Note: Changes I made in spec files (only for cogl, clutter and gnome-shell):
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712340#c2

9. Build package.
rpmbuild -bb cogl.spec

10. Change working directory to RPMS (there is where rpm files are after building.)
cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/$(arch)

11. Install, reinstall or update packages.
sudo yum reinstall cogl-1.16.0-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum install cogl-devel-1.16.0-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm

Note: If you are updating to a highest version use update option for yum.

In this order, repeat steps 3 to 11 for each package, replacing name and version:
1. cogl
2. clutter (needs rebuilt cogl-devel)
3. gnome-shell (needs rebuilt clutter-devel)

Optional (rebuild only if you use this software):
- totem
- cheese
- bijiben