Getting "no signal" when I try using fglrx driver

[jamespenguin]

I'm currently running a fresh install of Slackware 12, and am trying to get the ATI proprietary drivers to work.

I've followed the instructions for installing the drivers as per this post,

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2866487&highlight=Installing+ATI-Driver-Installer-8.40.4#post2866487

However, whenever I run 'startx' my monitor just blinks and then says 'no signal' Does anybody know why this might be?

Information:
Kernel: 2.6.21.5-smp
Xorg: 7.1
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO
xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Simple Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen[0]" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
	Option         "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"
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  "speedo"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard1"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse1"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "lulzwut"
	Option	     "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	     "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	DisplaySize  430   270	

	HorizSync    31.0 - 81.0
	VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Device[0]"
	Driver      "radeon"
#	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option      "MergedFB" "false"

	Option	    "AGPMode"  "8"
	Option	    "AGPFastWrite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen[0]"
	Device     "Device[0]"
	Monitor    "lulzwut"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1600x1050"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

[Xipeos]

You're still using the radeon driver.

	Driver      "radeon"

Change it to

	Driver      "fglrx"

Or run aticonfig --initial.

You most likely get a blank screen because of AGPFastWrite (it doesn't affect fglrx).

Read the instructions carefully next time.

[jamespenguin]

Oh yeah, I probably should have mentioned that I'm using the radeon drivers right now since fglrx isn't working. /me modifies previous post.

[PH_Lobo]

I am also getting no signal from the fglrx driver. Ever since I upgraded to Slackware 12 with my X800XT AIW AGP card I cannot get fglrx to work on my single head LCD Widescreen monitor (1680x1050) or any other monitor (including my old CRT).

I tried the old method of just running the shell script, and even running the script followed by installing the packages created using --buildpkg Slackware/All. I used the aticonfig --initial -f.

When I startx, I get "Entering Digital Power saving mode" and a blank screen with no active signal (monitor light is orange instead of blue). I end up having to CTRL-ALT-BS, then CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot the PC as switching to a terminal shows nothing too (like the card output gets completely disabled).

Right now only the Radeon driver is working, but the 3D is terrible unless drawing flat non textured objects (it seems textures are giving this driver grief).

If anyone knows the exact steps to get the driver working on Slackware 12 using a AGP card I would appreciate the help!

Thanks,
Peter

[yoshi314]

Right now only the Radeon driver is working, but the 3D is terrible unless drawing flat non textured objects (it seems textures are giving this driver grief).

you have bad opengl/drm module config. i can play darkplaces just fine on mere x300se using mesa and opensource drivers.

that happens if you use opensource 2d driver and try to use 3d via fglrx opengl library.

[PH_Lobo]

I appreciate your comment on you running darkplaces (I don't know what that is), I have no such problem running basic things like glxgears and opengl screen savers including the whales. I tried running UT2004 and it runs smooth in some places then runs bad in others. Doom3 and Quake4 are hopeless as well as GoogleEarth which only ran fine when fglrx was working.

I'm not sure if I do have a broken opengl/drm, but in case I do, how should I fix it (I completely removed fglrx and any reference to it and re-installed the mesa libraries, glxinfo shows acceleration is on).

Anyway, back to the point. I want the FGLRX driver to work on my system. If anyone knows the reason why I am getting no signal from this driver I would really like to know what is wrong and get it working again.

Thanks,
Peter

[Kano]

Sometimes it helps to use the other connector (maybe thru an adapter).