My problem is unique, and no one has been of any help so far. I have tried posting in fedora forum as well as other linux forums. I own a MSI X1800 XT (Model RX1800XT-VT-2D-512E) 512 MB graphics card. Versions upto 8.32.5 of fglrx run without a hitch on it. Versions from 8.33.6 onwards always result in a black screen upon reboot, and the system hangs. I cant even press Ctrl+Alt+F4/F1 etc. to get in to the console. I have tried all versions till the latest 8.37.6. The problem is not unique to fedora alone, as the same problem creeps up even if I use OpenSuse, Ubuntu or any other distro. The problem is newer kernels require newer fglrx versions, and so I am unable to get hardware acceleration in any of the new kernel ( 2.6.19 onwards) based distros.
My configuration is as follows:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
Gigabyte GA-K8N51-GMF9 Motherboard (Nforce 430/Geforce 6100)
1 GB DDR400 RAM
MSI X1800XT 512 MB graphics
Cooler master 600W PSU
Samsung Syncmaster 793s 17" CRT display
OS: Fedora core 6 x86, Ubuntu Feisty fawn x64
I have tried doing the following:-
1. Manually running the .run file, building rpms/debs with the --Fedora/FC6 option and then editing xorg.conf and disabling composite extension to get DRI.
2. Downloading pre-built kernel modules from livna using yum
3. Using apt to download restricted drivers in ubuntu feisty fawn
All drivers from 8.33.6 to 8.37.6 just cause the same problem on restart. The xorg.0.log shows some DRM module error. Please help me.
Regards,
Karthik Ramgopal
India
My configuration is as follows:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
Gigabyte GA-K8N51-GMF9 Motherboard (Nforce 430/Geforce 6100)
1 GB DDR400 RAM
MSI X1800XT 512 MB graphics
Cooler master 600W PSU
Samsung Syncmaster 793s 17" CRT display
OS: Fedora core 6 x86, Ubuntu Feisty fawn x64
I have tried doing the following:-
1. Manually running the .run file, building rpms/debs with the --Fedora/FC6 option and then editing xorg.conf and disabling composite extension to get DRI.
2. Downloading pre-built kernel modules from livna using yum
3. Using apt to download restricted drivers in ubuntu feisty fawn
All drivers from 8.33.6 to 8.37.6 just cause the same problem on restart. The xorg.0.log shows some DRM module error. Please help me.
Regards,
Karthik Ramgopal
India
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