AMD ATI fglrx 8.32.5 Released

[Michael]

New in ATI/AMD fglrx 8.32.5 (CATALYST 6.12) is some support for X.org 7.2 and Radeon X1950 official support. There is also a great deal of bug fixing in this release @ https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.32.5.html

Phoronix Article

With the release of X11R72, the new ATI fglrx drivers now support X.Org 7.2. But what else is new with these display drivers? At Phoronix, we have once again examined these latest Linux drivers, and with today's public release we have all of the details to share.

As has been the case for some time now, between driver releases we have not seen any noticeable performance gains or losses. In our selected benchmarks the frame-rate remained virtually the same between the 8.31.5 and 8.32.5 display drivers. While for the most part this release was not very exciting, it had appended (partial) support for X.Org 7.2 and support for the Radeon X1950 family. There were also a slew of bugs that were fixed in this release. While we will save all of the details for our ATI AYiR 2006 article due out later this month, 2006 was the best year yet when it comes to the Linux fglrx display drivers and 2007 will also have some very exciting things in store.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=8168

Happy Holidays!

[Michael]

Below is a complete list of all GPUs supported by the 8.32.05 driver release:

ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 (M24 3150), ATI FireMV 2400 (M24 3151),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 (HP) 3152),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200 (M24 GL 3154),
RADEON X600/X550 Series (RV380 3E50),
ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380 GL 3E54), RADEON 9500 (RADEON 9500 4144),
RADEON 9600TX (RADEON 9600TX 4146), ATI FireGL Z1 (FireGL Z1 4147),
RADEON 9800 SE (RADEON 9800 SE 4148), RADEON 9500 (RADEON 9500 4149),
ATI RADEON 9600 Series (RV350 4150),
ATI RADEON 9600 Series (RV350 SE 4151),
ATI RADEON 9600 Series (RV360 4152), ATI RADEON 9550 (RV350 LX 4153),
ATI FireGL T2 (FireGL T2 4154),
ATI RADEON 9600 Series (RV351 P 4155),
RADEON X800 Series (R420 4A48 4A48),
RADEON X800 PRO (R420 4A49 4A49), RADEON X800 Series (R420 SE 4A4A),
RADEON X800 XT (R420 XT 4A4B), RADEON X800 Series (R420 4A4C 4A4C),
ATI FireGL X3-256 (R420 GL 4A4D),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9800 (M18-P 4A4E), RADEON X800 SE (R420 8P 4A4F),
RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R420 XT Platinum 4A50),
RADEON X800 VE (R420 4P 4A54),
ATI RADEON X850 Consumer (R481 4P 4B48),
ATI RADEON X850 XT (R481 XT 4B49), ATI RADEON X850 SE (R481 SE 4B4A),
ATI RADEON X850 PRO (R481 Pro 4B4B),
ATI RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition (R481 XT Platinum Edition 4B4C),
RADEON 9700 PRO (RADEON 9700 PRO 4E44),
RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 (RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 4E45),
RADEON 9600 TX (RADEON 9600 4E46), ATI FireGL X1 (FireGL X1 4E47),
RADEON 9800 PRO (R350 4E48), RADEON 9800 (R350LE 4E49),
RADEON 9800 XT (R360 4E4A),
ATI FireGL X2-256/X2-256t (FireGL X2 4E4B),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series (M10-P 4E50),
ATI RADEON 9600 Series (RV350 LE 4E51),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9500 (M11-CL 4E52),
ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL T2/T2e (M10-GL 4E54),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9550 (M12-P 4E56),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 5460),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22T 5461),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE (M24-C 5462),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3100 (M22 GL 5464),
RADEON X800 Series (R423 5548), RADEON X800 GTO (R423 PRO 5549),
RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition (R423 XT Platinum 554A),
RADEON X800 GT (R423 SE 554B), R430 XTP (R430 XTP 554C),
ATI RADEON X800 XL (R430 XT 554D), ATI RADEON X800 GT (R430 SE 554E),
RADEON X800 GTO (R430 PRO 554F), ATI FireGL V7100 (R423 GL XT 5550),
ATI FireGL V5100 (R423 GL - PRO2 5551), R430 GL XT (R430 GL XT 5554),
R430 GL PRO (R430 GL PRO 5555),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5000 (M26-CSP128GL 564A),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5000 (M26-GL 564B),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 XL (M26-XC 564F),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 (M26-CSP128 5652),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 (M26-X 5653),
Radeon X700 Series (RV410 (5657) 5657),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RS480 5954 Generic 5954),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RS480 5955 Generic 5955),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RS482 5974 Generic 5974),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RS482 5975 Generic 5975),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RS400 5A41 Generic 5A41),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RS400 5A42 Generic 5A42),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RC410 5A61 Generic 5A61),
ATI Radeon Xpress Series (RC410 5A62 Generic 5A62),
RADEON X300/X550 Series (RV370 5B60),
RADEON X600 Series (RV380 (X) 5B62), RADEON X550 (RV370 XT 5B63),
ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370 GL V3100 5B64),
ATI FireMV 2200 (RV370 FireMV 2200 5B65), RV370X (RV370X 5B66),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT (M28-XT 5D48),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5100 (M28 GL 5D49),
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 (M28-P 5D4A),
R480 Consumer 4P (R480 Consumer 4P 5D4C),
RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition (R480 XTP 5D4D),
RADEON X800 GTO (R480 PRO 5D4F), ATI FireGL V7200 (R480 GL 16P 5D50),
R480 GL 12P (R480 GL 12P 5D51), RADEON X850 XT (R480 XT 5D52),
RADEON X800 XT (R423 XT 5D57), ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410 GL - 8P 5E48),
RADEON X700 XT (RV410 XT 5E4A), RADEON X700 PRO (RV410 PRO 5E4B),
RADEON X700 SE (RV410 SE (5E4C) 5E4C), RADEON X700 (RV410 LE 5E4D),
RADEON X700/X550 Series (RV410 SE (5E4F) 5E4F),
Radeon X1800 Series (R520 7100),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT (M58 16P 7101),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 (M58 12P 7102),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V7200 (M58 GL 16P 7103),
ATI FireGL V7200 (R520 GL 16P 7104),
ATI FireGL V5300 (R520 GL 12P 7105),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V7100 (M58 GL 12P 7106),
Radeon X1800 Series (R520 16P HiClk 7108),
Radeon X1800 Series (R520 16P 7109),
Radeon X1800 Series (R520 12P 710A),
Radeon X1800 Series (R520 8P 710B),
Radeon X1800 Series (R520 4P 710C),
ATI FireGL V7300 (R520 GL 16P 528 MB 710E),
ATI FireGL V7350 (R520 GL 16P 1 GB 710F),
Radeon X1600 Series (RV515 XT 7140),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV515 PRO 7142),
Radeon X1300 PRO (RV505 7143 7143), M54-GL (M54-GL 7144),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (M54-P 7145),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV515 LE 7146),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV505 7147 7147),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 (M52 7149),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 (M52-T 714A),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 (M52 714B 714B),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 (M52 714C 714C),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV515 714D 714D),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV515LE PCI 714E),
ATI FireGL V3300 (RV515 GL 7152),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV515 VE 715E),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV505 715F 715F),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV516 7180 7180),
Radeon X1600 Series (RV516 XT 7181),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV516 7183 7183),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 (M64P 7186),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV516 7187 7187),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 (M64M 718A),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350 (M62P 718B),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350 (M62CSP64 718C),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 (M64CSP128 718D),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV516LE PCI 718F),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350 (M62S 7196),
Radeon X1600 Series (RV530 XT 71C0),
Radeon X1650 Series (RV535 XT (71C1) 71C1),
Radeon X1600 Series (RV530 PRO 71C2),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV535 PRO (71C3) 71C3),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200 (M56 GL 71C4),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (M56-P 71C5),
Radeon X1650 Series (RV530 XT2 71C6),
Radeon X1650 Series (RV535 (71C7) 71C7),
Radeon X1600 Series (RV530 71CD 71CD),
Radeon X1300 Series (RV530 PRO2 71CE),
ATI FireGL V3400 (RV530 GL 128 MB 71D2),
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250 (M66 GL 71D4),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 (M66-P 71D5),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 XT (M66-XT 71D6),
ATI FireGL V5200 (RV530 GL 256 MB 71DA),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 (M66-M 71DE), RV550 (RV550 7200 7200),
Radeon X1950 Series (R580 7240 7240),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 7243 7243),
Radeon X1950 Series (R580 7244 7244),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 7245 7245),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 7246 7246),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 7247 7247),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 7248 7248),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 7249 7249),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 724A 724A),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 724B 724B),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 724C 724C),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 724D 724D),
ATI FireStream 2U (R580 724E 724E),
Radeon X1900 Series (R580 724F 724F),
Radeon X1950 Series (RV570 XT 7280),
ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 (M68 7284),
Radeon X1650 Series (RV560 XT 7291),
Radeon X1650 Series (RV560 7293 7293),
ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS600 7941 Generic 7941),
ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS600 7942 Generic 7942)

[rob2687]

The changelog link doesn't work.

[Michael]

AMD webmasters are probably running slow today...

Here are download links: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

[Fragadelic]

Just a small note on an inconsitency in the articel and benchmarks. The benchmarks claim version 8.32.2 and the rest of the article states 8.32.5.

[Michael]

From Page 2:

Note: For our testing we had used the internal 8.32.2 display drivers, which are virtually identical to today's 8.32.5 driver package.

[naveed]

Any updates on AIGLX support with the 8.32.5 fglrx release?

[Michael]

Any updates on AIGLX support with the 8.32.5 fglrx release?

Negative, you will need to wait until next year.

[Fragadelic]

From Page 2:

My bad. Didn't read all the details. Just looked at the important stuff.

[Skywalker]

Seems like the memory allocation bug still has not been fixed. From the log:

Dec 13 16:34:25 localhost kernel: audit(1166052865.235:14): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=3852 comm="..." name="fglrx_dri.so" dev=dm-0 ino=41653383 scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 tcontext=user_u:object_r:lib_t:s0 tclass=file

[giorgosts]

Video on tv-out still cropping under Xv overlay. With TexturedVideo enabled, cropping is gone but video is slower and sharpness, colors, contrast and blacks not so good. Also a big green line at the top. All these disappear with Xv and TexturedVideo disabled.

http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309

[Fragadelic]

I installed them but they fail to install control panel and when I went looking for it after a --keep, they were nowhere to be found. Anyone tried these and gotten the control panel installed?

[Michael]

Did you use the graphical installer or buildpkg? What distribution are you using?

[Fragadelic]

Graphical and it is an Ubuntu Edgy derivative called Linux Mint.

The installer doesn't recognize the Xorg version either but it installs and 3d works fine. I have the fgl_glxgears and fglxrinfo and the gamma one but no control panel.


Here is the output in the terminal window from running the installer:

Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.32.5............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ........................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: Unknown X Window
cp: cannot stat `x710/usr/X11R6/bin/*': No such file or directory
find: install/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel: No such file or directory

[Fragadelic]

Running it with --buildpkg Ubuntu/6.10 fixed it all.

Thanks for mentioning it.

[cyberfish]

Hi all,

I am reading for many days now about fglrx and all the ATI stuff on Linux. I am just about to give up.

Everything seems ok but, of course, it is not.

I am from those who have the DRI impossible to enable. Here are the classics error messages I got:

[glxinfo]
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
0x23 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x24 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x27 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x28 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 None
0x29 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None
0x2a 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None



[Xorg.0.log]
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AGP Mode" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AGPSize" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "RenderAccel" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "EnablePageFlip" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
(WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...



[xorg.conf]
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"

# InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "latin9"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 24.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "AGP Mode" "8"
Option "AGPSize" "128"
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "FALSE"
Option "RenderAccel" "TRUE"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "TRUE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection


[uname -a]
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 #1 SMP Fri Nov 10 12:45:28 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux


The kernel is a 686 32 bit kernel and my CPU is a 64-bits capable AMD Sempron 2500+

The graphic card is an Sapphire ATI 9600 pro Atlantis (256 MB inside).


For sure I could live without opengl, but it is now a question of honour to make it work.

Sure you understand.

Thank you very much.

cyberfish

[Michael]

What happens if you make your xorg.conf really simple? Like here http://www.phoronix.com/redblog/downloads/xorg-fc6-sample.conf

Are you trying the 8.32.5 drivers?

Did the drivers work with any other distribution?

[cyberfish]

Well yes, it is the 8.32.5 drivers on a FC6 system. I can't try on another distribution.

With the xorg.conf you gave me, I got a black screen when system should be starting X server (no input signal in LCD display, i.e. display was in standby mode) and the HDD was not loading anything. The num lock key was working and the mouse too but nothing else. I tried to Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Alt+Suppr but nothing happened. I had to hard reset.

I just added lines about HorizSync, VertRefresh, AGPMode and AGP Size and I got a proper boot but at improper HorizSync and VertRefresh (??!).

Still no DRI enabled.

[Michael]

Does your Xorg.0.log show any errors (EE) not warnings?

Had you tried using the open-source Radeon drivers?

[cyberfish]

The command
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW && cat var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
only send back warnings. No error.

The radeon driver does not work. My card is still unsupported by the radeon driver so it is "normal" that it does not work.

[cyberfish]

well, to be precise. The radeon driver work the same way the fglrx driver works.

no dri support and 250 fps approx to the glxgears.

[Michael]

The ATI Radeon 9600 should be supported by the open-source Radeon driver... Who/what says it isn't supported? Edit: nevermind, didn't see your second post.

Edit: Have you tried using Livna RPMs for the fglrx drivers? livna.org

[Fragadelic]

well, to be precise. The radeon driver work the same way the fglrx driver works.

no dri support and 250 fps approx to the glxgears.

What motherboard?

If it is nforce3 or nforce4 based it will not work since the agp driver does not work properly. Nothing wrong with the card. A via or sis based motherboard should work though. I had the same issue with my sempron system and only nvidia would work since they also provided a driver workaround for the agp stuff.

[cyberfish]

Michael, it's the same with the livna driver.


Well Fragadelic, I'm afraid you found the trick...

it's an asus k8n with nforce chipset. Are you sure the problem comes from here ? But tell me why do I bought an ATI card with a nvidia chipset ?!

[Fragadelic]

Yes. That is the exact same board I have. Should get fixed eventually in newer kernels though but nothing out right now works AFAIK.

I have a 6600gt in that PC and this PC is a P4 524 (EM64T) 3.06G on an MSI PM8M3-VH motherboard wiht an X700 Pro video card.

Via and Sis chipsets are better supported in Linux.

What you could try is the nforce drivers from nvidia but you will have to compile them yourself. They might work although I'm not sure if they include the agp driver or not.

Not a chipset problem or video card problem. Nvidia has not given enough info to the kernel devs.

What reportedly works is to boot into windows and run a 3d app. Then reboot to linux and the agp should work and you should have dri and 3d. If you dual boot with windows this will work for you but if you only use linux, then you can either get an nvidia vard or an sis or via based mobo. mobo would be cheaper IMHO or just wait until the kernel driver works properly with it in a couple of months or so hopefully.
.

[cyberfish]

Thank you very much for your help (Michael and Fragadelic). I will give a try to the nforce3 drivers and maybe buy a cheap nvidia graphic card if I want to have fun with 3d.

For sure I don't have any Window OS on my computer.

Bye !

[Skywalker]

The command
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW && cat var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
only send back warnings. No error.

The radeon driver does not work. My card is still unsupported by the radeon driver so it is "normal" that it does not work.

Is this just a typo in your command there? There is a / missing on the right part so it would not show errors anyway:

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

In any event, if no direct rendering, first step is to find out whether fglrx loads with it, or not. The log will tell that. Should say something like
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
Solid Lines
Dashed Lines
Offscreen Pixmaps
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
30 128x128 slots
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
(II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor
(II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 169.
(II) fglrx(0): Exposed events to the /proc interface

Toward the end.

If DRI loads but does not work, then the problem is usually minor. I can think of two possibilities: either Selinux disallows some memory allocation thing, in which case trying to use the driver (such as when trying glxinfo or glxgears) results in a message in /var/log/messages like this:

Dec 13 16:18:55 localhost kernel: audit(1166051935.047:4): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=3124 comm="fgl_glxgears" name="fglrx_dri.so" dev=dm-0 ino=41653383 scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0 tcontext=user_u:object_r:lib_t:s0 tclass=file

This is really a bug in fglrx, but the work-around is easy, just allow execmod for fglrx_dri.so. I don't remember the precise command but a search will tell.

Finally there is a possibility that there are conflicting libraries that get loaded. To find out, there are ways to run things such as glxgears or fgl_glxinfo etc. in debug/verbose mode, which will tell you. Again, I don't quite recall the specifics, but a search will tell you.

[stjepan]

Negative, you will need to wait until next year.

Really, will GLX_EXT_tfp be finally in fglrx in 8.33 (January 07)?

Ohhh I can't wait for it ... :(
NVidia beats ATI again...

stjepan

[cyberfish]

Sorry, I get confused. I missed that /

I got errors and here they are :

=== cyberfish@localhost (/dev/pts/1) ~ 1 -> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW && cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AGPMode" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AGPSize" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "RenderAccel" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "EnablePageFlip" is not used
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) fglrx(0): [agp] unable to acquire AGP, error "xf86_ENODEV"
(EE) fglrx(0): cannot init AGP
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable

Yesterday's diagnosis appears to be good. I am looking after compiling the nforce drivers but I don't find anything about agp in it. It seems to be only about Sata and Ethernet.

Thank you for your help.

[Fragadelic]

There is an Arch Linux Wiki about this:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Radeon_&_Kernel_2.6

Under the Hardware Conflicts section you will find info on the nforce3 issue.

And the kernel bug report:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6350

Still present in 2.6.19.

[niniendowarrior]

I am going to download this in the weekend and I hope to God or any religious power that this build fixes my problem.

I haven't been up to recompiling kernels yet, had a number of health-related issues.

[leigh123]

Hi all,

I am having some issues with the new ATI driver 8.32.5.
I have accelerated graphics no problem , I have tried this driver with FC5 ,FC6 ,suse 10.2 64 bit and Debian Etch and all show the same problem.

here my output debian:/home/leigh# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_ARB_multisample
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6234 (8.32.5)


debian:/home/leigh# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6234 (8.32.5)

heres a screenshot of the fault any clues

http://www.linux-ati-drivers.homecall.co.uk/Screenshot.png

[Michael]

I have seen this problem before, now if just I can remember what it was :)

Can you post your xorg.conf?

Did the X1600 work with past releases?

[leigh123]

All the past releases were ok .

here my xorg.conf


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

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


Thanks for the quick reply

[leigh123]

This dont look right to me?


debian:/home/leigh# ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0xb7f2f000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e43000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7e34000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7d03000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7cf1000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7ced000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7cea000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7ce5000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fe7000)
debian:/home/leigh#

[leigh123]

had a go with the libaries

debian:/usr/X11R6/lib# ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 (0xb7e39000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7d4d000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7d3e000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c0d000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7bfb000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7bf7000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7bf4000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7bef000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7ef1000)


still the same

[leigh123]

I have dropped back to the 8.28 driver and have no problems now .

thanks Leigh

[liqor_mortis]

I've been having the same problem as leigh, corruption on the top of the screen with both fgl_glxgears & video (screenshots below).

http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/7164/corrupt1wu5.th.png (http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=corrupt1wu5.png)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6923/corrupt3sn3.th.png (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=corrupt3sn3.png)

However, no such problems with glxgears (but notice the low FPS):

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5944/corrupt2qg7.th.png (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=corrupt2qg7.png)

I can't go back to the 8.28 driver as I've upgraded to an X1950 pro (AGP) from a 9600XT.

xorg.conf (unchanged from when I had the 9600XT) below:

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"
EndSection

Section "Module"

# Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# Load "type1"
# Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerPS/2"
Option "Dev Name" "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse"
Option "Buttons" "9"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Resolution" "800"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

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

Section "Device"

Identifier "Standard VGA"
Driver "vga"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
# Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050""1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

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

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

I could take the redundant screen section out, though I can't see that making any difference as the 9600XT had none of these problems with the same driver & kernel config. Any clue? Or is it just a bug?

Distro is Gentoo, kernel 2.6.18-r6, xorg 7.1.

[Michael]

Looks to be a bug with fglrx.

[liqor_mortis]

Thanks Michael, I'll try that straight away, report back soon.

edit: 8.28.8 won't build on gentoo, 8.30.3 builds but doesn't work at all. Any more suggestions or will I just have to wait for the next release?

edit2: Just found this (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159404) on the gentoo bugzilla, looks like I'll have to wait.

Is it possible to get hold of the 8.32.1 beta release?

[Dice62]

Hey guys, about the 8.32.05 Drivers, I installed FC6 yesterday, with all developments tools, and basically everything other than Xen and Visualization stuff, etc etc.

So. I tried the guides there were in the site, but none worked! first off, I don't have a lib64 folder, but I stilled linked it with the qt-3.3/lib, which worked fine.

Whenever I use the command aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
My XServer can't start, and I have to resort back to restoring my original. I use an ATi Radeon X700Pro. When I tried to the --buildpkg Fedora/FC6, it only gave me 4 RPMs, not five, which maybe my primary problem. The one it did not give me was: ATI-fglrx-IA32-libs-8.32.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm

Here is my current Xorg.conf File. (Right after I restored it)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

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

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

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "False"
EndSection

(I added the ServerFlags and Extentions section after I got XServer running again)

This is the Xorg.conf that I get when I use
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Which, makes XServer not work.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "False"
EndSection

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

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

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

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

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

That's my story, any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Michael]

Are you running x86_64 Linux? If not, you should only have four RPMs for i386 Linux.

What does your Xorg.0.log show in the way of errors?

[Dice62]

Are you running x86_64 Linux? If not, you should only have four RPMs for i386 Linux.

What does your Xorg.0.log show in the way of errors?

Hey, wow that was a fast response!
Anyways, no I'm not using a 64-Bit processor, so I guess the 4 RPM thing is ok, as for my Xorg.0.log, here you are:

(II) fglrx(0): Composite extension enabled, disabling direct rendering
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

(That is the only error I can find.)

[Dice62]

Hmm, it seemed like it's working now, I'm still using the Xorg I posted before, not the aticonfig one. I restarted and it worked, so horray?

[Dice62]

Ok, so as soon as my video card drivers started working, my sound died. In the same reboot. Could it be my Xorg.conf?

[Michael]

Your sound shouldn't be related to your audio. Check alsamixer

[numerodix]

I have an X1300 and I can't get these new drivers to work at all. I only have kdm as a window manager, so I can't test with anything minimalistic, but it shouldn't make a difference, should it? When I start X, KDE's loader comes up, and halts before the end. The mouse is live, but what little has loaded of the desktop is dead. I can't switch to console, keyboard is also dead. All I can do is power off. No errors in Xorg.log or dmesg either.

8.31.5 works just fine though.

[Dice62]

Your sound shouldn't be related to your audio. Check alsamixer

This is what I get when I try to open alsamixer:
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

I'm looking around atm for what could have caused this.

[liqor_mortis]

I have an X1300 and I can't get these new drivers to work at all.

Ref my post on the previous page, the gentoo devs have hard masked these drivers as they don't work with X1000 series cards. So I would imagine that is the case with all distros.

[Michael]

Ref my post on the previous page, the gentoo devs have hard masked these drivers as they don't work with X1000 series cards. So I would imagine that is the case with all distros.

The fglrx 8.32.5 display driver themselves have absolutely no compatibility problems with the X1000 series. If anything, it is likely an issue with the Gentoo packaging scripts specifically.

[liqor_mortis]

I hadn't considered that, so just I tried using the ATI installer directly. It didn't solve the problems I was having although it installed the driver successfully, but it did give me an interesting error message on starting the installer:

X Server: Unknown X Window

Is that relating to the xorg version or the X display currently running? The installer was also looking for a couple of files in the temporary fglrx-install directory which weren't there:


cp: cannot stat `x710_64a/usr/X11R6/bin/*': No such file or directory
find: install/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel: No such file or directory

[Michael]

I hadn't considered that, so just I tried using the ATI installer directly. It didn't solve the problems I was having although it installed the driver successfully, but it did give me an interesting error message on starting the installer:

X Server: Unknown X WindowIs that relating to the xorg version or the X display currently running? The installer was also looking for a couple of files in the temporary fglrx-install directory which weren't there:


cp: cannot stat `x710_64a/usr/X11R6/bin/*': No such file or directory
find: install/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel: No such file or directory


The ATI graphical installer is rather problematic at this time with newer distributions and wouldn't be recommended for use at this time. However, the --buildpkg command is handy except there are no bundled Gentoo packaging scripts in the official driver.

Your best bet would probably be to contact the maintainer of the Gentoo ATI packages.

[numerodix]

The fglrx 8.32.5 display driver themselves have absolutely no compatibility problems with the X1000 series. If anything, it is likely an issue with the Gentoo packaging scripts specifically.

Well I did try the driver using the ATI installer and that gave the same result. Is the driver working on other distros with the same card?

[Michael]

Well I did try the driver using the ATI installer and that gave the same result. Is the driver working on other distros with the same card?

You're one of the first people I have heard claiming the 8.32.5 driver is broken. I have used it dozens of times already on Fedora, and I know many have it working with Ubuntu, and I know SuSE is also working fine with these drivers.

[vdgraaf]

I have an identiocatl problem as above...on a brand new Fedora 6 install.
The ATI installer fails to detect what version of X I have...

I tried generating the rpm-s but I got another error:
RPM build errors:
File not found: /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.32.5-1-7606-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.32.5-1.fc6-root-root/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel

Any idea how to fix it?

[Fragadelic]

You need to build the packages like so and install them after:

ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6

[Michael]

I have an identiocatl problem as above...on a brand new Fedora 6 install.
The ATI installer fails to detect what version of X I have...

I tried generating the rpm-s but I got another error:
RPM build errors:
File not found: /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.32.5-1-7606-root/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.32.5-1.fc6-root-root/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel

Any idea how to fix it?

If you run into fireglcontrol panel problems, see: http://phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=318

[vdgraaf]

I've installed the ATI RPM from livna and everything went fine..but still not 3d acceleration.

I have the same xorg.conf as the sample posted here:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "UseShm" "true"
EndSection

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

The lsmmod fglrx is showing the module installed.
Modprobe fglrx shows no errors.
The ATI control panel works but shows the MESA driver.

..what else can I do?

[Michael]

Does your /var/log/Xorg.0.log show any errors? (Look for EE)

[vdgraaf]

(EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/lib64/dri/f
glrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: _glapi_add_entrypoint)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

..YEP..this seems to the problem. The AIGLX doesn work..but how to fix it?

[Michael]

(EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/lib64/dri/f
glrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: _glapi_add_entrypoint)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

..YEP..this seems to the problem. The AIGLX doesn work..but how to fix it?

AIGLX is not presently supported by the fglrx drivers.

[vdgraaf]

I've added this section in xorg.conf, as per some other forum reccomendations..to disable AIGLX:

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

..and now there are NO errors in the log file..but still the MESA driver is used. Damn it!

[Michael]

What graphics card are you using?

[vdgraaf]

Mobility Radeon X600

[Michael]

Are there any abnormal warnings in your log? Also, what kernel are you using (version and i386, x86_64 or anything abnormal PAE, Xen, etc...)?

[vdgraaf]

I am running fedora 6 on x86_64 ..and I get no abnormal errors in the log file..very strange indeed...

[vdgraaf]

OK..I fixed the problem.
According to another guy from this forum:
"The corresponding libGL.so.1.2 from this package will be installed in /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/ . Of course, the existing ligGL.so.1.2 provided by MESA, which resides in /usr/lib, will be found in the path first. So rename /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib/ligGL.so.1.2.MESA and copy /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/ligGL.so.1.2 to /usr/lib. It did the trick. REBOOT!"

So in the end it was a library that was found first..and it was the wrong one.

mike

[Harlz]

... It doesn't seem to work. The DRI system doesn't init because /dev/dri is empty. This is a symptom of the kernel fglrx module not being loaded. It doesn't load because the compile fails. It gives the errors at the bottom of this post.

If you define FGL_USE_SCT in firegl_public.c the module does compile, although it won't load.

Anyone else seeing this? or even better have a fix other than wait for the next ati release. And with my new X1600 I can't get non-ati accelerate support, unlike with my old 9600.

Error Message from running make.sh on FC6 / 2.6.20-rc3:
-------------------------------------------------------


ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
build_date =Tue Jan 9 20:20:16 WST 2007
uname -a =Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.20-rc3 #0 SMP Sun Jan 7 18:31:31 WST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
uname -s =Linux
uname -m =i686
uname -r =2.6.20-rc3
uname -v =#0 SMP Sun Jan 7 18:31:31 WST 2007
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(di sk),10(wheel) context=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t
.
drwxr-xr-x 126 root root 12288 Dec 18 00:13 /usr/include
.
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 9 20:18 ati
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 17 22:35 kernels
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 7 21:42 linux -> linux-2.6.20-rc3/
drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:24 linux-2.6.17.11
drwxr-xr-x 20 ashelton ashelton 4096 Jan 7 17:38 linux-2.6.20-rc2
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jan 8 20:55 linux-2.6.20-rc3
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 7 19:05 redhat
.
file /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build/include/linux/agp_backend.h says: AGP=1
OsVersion says: SMP=1
file /proc/kallsyms says: SMP=1
file /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build/include/linux/autoconf.h says: SMP=1
file /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build/include/linux/autoconf.h says: MODVERSIONS=1
.
CC=gcc
cc_version=
found major but not minor version match for gcc and the ip-library
ls -l ./libfglrx_ip.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jan 9 20:20 ./libfglrx_ip.a -> libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4
.
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
def_vma_api_version=-DFGL_LINUX253P1_VMA_API
Assuming default VMAP API
Assuming default munmap API
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.20-rc3'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘mlock’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘addr’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘len’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:191: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘_syscall2’:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:191: error: expected declaration specifiers before ‘_syscall2’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:224: error: parameter ‘__ke_debuglevel’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:225: error: parameter ‘__ke_moduleflags’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__mod_author228’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: error: parameter ‘__mod_author228’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: warning: ‘__used__’ attribute ignored
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: error: section attribute not allowed for ‘__mod_author228’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__mod_description229’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: error: parameter ‘__mod_description229’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: warning: ‘__used__’ attribute ignored
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: error: section attribute not allowed for ‘__mod_description229’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: expected declaration specifiers before ‘;’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__param_perm_check_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__param_perm_check_firegl’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__param_str_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__param_str_firegl’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__param_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__param_firegl’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: warning: ‘__used__’ attribute ignored
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: section attribute not allowed for ‘__param_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: alignment may not be specified for ‘__param_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: ‘firegl’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: for each function it appears in.)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__mod_firegltype233’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__mod_firegltype233’ is initialized
[snip several hundred lines]
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:4167: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:4177: error: old-style parameter declarations in prototyped function definition
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: parameter name omitted
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: parameter name omitted
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: parameter name omitted
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:4177: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.20-rc3'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2

[Michael]

... It doesn't seem to work. The DRI system doesn't init because /dev/dri is empty. This is a symptom of the kernel fglrx module not being loaded. It doesn't load because the compile fails. It gives the errors at the bottom of this post.

If you define FGL_USE_SCT in firegl_public.c the module does compile, although it won't load.

Anyone else seeing this? or even better have a fix other than wait for the next ati release. And with my new X1600 I can't get non-ati accelerate support, unlike with my old 9600.

Error Message from running make.sh on FC6 / 2.6.20-rc3:
-------------------------------------------------------


ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
build_date =Tue Jan 9 20:20:16 WST 2007
uname -a =Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.20-rc3 #0 SMP Sun Jan 7 18:31:31 WST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
uname -s =Linux
uname -m =i686
uname -r =2.6.20-rc3
uname -v =#0 SMP Sun Jan 7 18:31:31 WST 2007
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(di sk),10(wheel) context=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t
.
drwxr-xr-x 126 root root 12288 Dec 18 00:13 /usr/include
.
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 9 20:18 ati
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 17 22:35 kernels
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jan 7 21:42 linux -> linux-2.6.20-rc3/
drwxrwxrwx 20 root root 4096 Dec 28 07:24 linux-2.6.17.11
drwxr-xr-x 20 ashelton ashelton 4096 Jan 7 17:38 linux-2.6.20-rc2
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jan 8 20:55 linux-2.6.20-rc3
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 7 19:05 redhat
.
file /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build/include/linux/agp_backend.h says: AGP=1
OsVersion says: SMP=1
file /proc/kallsyms says: SMP=1
file /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build/include/linux/autoconf.h says: SMP=1
file /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build/include/linux/autoconf.h says: MODVERSIONS=1
.
CC=gcc
cc_version=
found major but not minor version match for gcc and the ip-library
ls -l ./libfglrx_ip.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jan 9 20:20 ./libfglrx_ip.a -> libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4
.
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
def_vma_api_version=-DFGL_LINUX253P1_VMA_API
Assuming default VMAP API
Assuming default munmap API
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-rc3/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.20-rc3'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘mlock’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘addr’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘len’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:191: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘_syscall2’:
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:191: error: expected declaration specifiers before ‘_syscall2’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:224: error: parameter ‘__ke_debuglevel’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:225: error: parameter ‘__ke_moduleflags’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__mod_author228’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: error: parameter ‘__mod_author228’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: warning: ‘__used__’ attribute ignored
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:228: error: section attribute not allowed for ‘__mod_author228’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__mod_description229’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: error: parameter ‘__mod_description229’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: warning: ‘__used__’ attribute ignored
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:229: error: section attribute not allowed for ‘__mod_description229’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: expected declaration specifiers before ‘;’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__param_perm_check_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__param_perm_check_firegl’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__param_str_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__param_str_firegl’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__param_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__param_firegl’ is initialized
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: warning: ‘__used__’ attribute ignored
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: section attribute not allowed for ‘__param_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: alignment may not be specified for ‘__param_firegl’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: ‘firegl’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: for each function it appears in.)
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: storage class specified for parameter ‘__mod_firegltype233’
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:233: error: parameter ‘__mod_firegltype233’ is initialized
[snip several hundred lines]
expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:4167: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:4177: error: old-style parameter declarations in prototyped function definition
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: parameter name omitted
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: parameter name omitted
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:189: error: parameter name omitted
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:4177: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.20-rc3'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2



It's likely due to using the Linux 2.6.20 kernel. I'll see if I can recall a patch for the Linux 2.6.20 for the fglrx 8.32.5 driver.

[leigh123]

You're one of the first people I have heard claiming the 8.32.5 driver is broken. I have used it dozens of times already on Fedora, and I know many have it working with Ubuntu, and I know SuSE is also working fine with these drivers.


I have had problems with this driver version with my X1600 on every distro I have cared to try it with (Debian, Ubuntu, Knoppix, Suse , Fedora, Mandrake and so on) It would seem that the ati driver is broken for certain cards only.:(
I hope the next one is better for me:cool:

[leigh123]

Hi all,

The new 8.33.6 driver has just been released, and it works great with my X1600:D :cool:

debian-leigh:/home/leigh# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1600 Series Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6286 (8.33.6)



http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html