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Originally posted by blindfrog View PostHave you blacklisted radeon module from /etc/modprobe.d/blaclist.conf? Black screen here also if I haven't.
Add "blacklist radeon" there like the others that are already there.
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Originally posted by TorkildJ View PostThat helped a little bit.. Now it goes all the way to the login screen before it freezes (and screen is not black).. error message is however the same.. Maybe some other things in my xorg.conf is wrong?
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Originally posted by nanonyme View PostFunny notion but a false one. Fedora sometimes diverts from upstream when testing is being done with X. (since stuff gets to Fedora before it gets upstream, sometimes)
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It works
Originally posted by TrentZ View PostYes, you put "SWCurosr" in the wrong Device section. It should be in 'aticonfig-Device[0]-0'.
Thank you very much for your help.
But i am really a bit surprised that such a strange workaround is needed to avoid total catastrophe with the ati driver
So to sum up, what seems to do the trick for Fedora 11:
Code:1. Go to init 3 (non graphical mode) 2. as root write "rmmod radeon; rmmod drm;" 3. now run ati-driver setup and verify that it has installed without errors 4. use xorg.conf with correct settings (provided below. "lib64" should be replaced with "lib" for 32bit systems 5. in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add lines "blacklist radeon" and "blacklist drm" 6. run "depmod -a" 7. reboot system and pray that it works!
Code:Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "off" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" FontPath "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d" FontPath "built-ins" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dri2" Load "extmod" Load "record" Load "dbe" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" #make DRI work with fglrx. EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 510 290 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "ACR" ModelName "Acer V233H" HorizSync 30.0 - 94.0 VertRefresh 49.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Driver "fglrx" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "SWCursor" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
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Originally posted by TorkildJ View PostIT WORKS!
Thank you very much for your help.
But i am really a bit surprised that such a strange workaround is needed to avoid total catastrophe with the ati driver
So to sum up, what seems to do the trick for Fedora 11:
Code:1. Go to init 3 (non graphical mode) 2. as root write "rmmod radeon; rmmod drm;" 3. now run ati-driver setup and verify that it has installed without errors 4. use xorg.conf with correct settings (provided below. "lib64" should be replaced with "lib" for 32bit systems 5. in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add lines "blacklist radeon" and "blacklist drm" 6. run "depmod -a" 7. reboot system and pray that it works!
Code:Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "off" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules" FontPath "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d" FontPath "built-ins" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dri2" Load "extmod" Load "record" Load "dbe" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" #make DRI work with fglrx. EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 510 290 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "ACR" ModelName "Acer V233H" HorizSync 30.0 - 94.0 VertRefresh 49.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Driver "fglrx" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "SWCursor" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
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Wohoo you can get rid of the "swcursor trick" now! There's a better fix for those lock ups.
EDIT: Added January 5, 2012 Howto for F16 & F19 (there is no catalyst driver from rpmfusion repository for F20 and higher) Click this link to make sure your card is supported by this driver (All ATI cards below the HD series are unsupported, in F17 all HD4xxx and below are unsupported)
1) mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.old
2) aticonfig --initial -f
3) aticonfig --set-pcs-str="DDX,EnableRandR12,FALSE"
Works great and kwin desktop effects are usable againLast edited by blindfrog; 01 September 2009, 05:09 PM.
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Originally posted by Untit1ed View PostThanks, this topic is really helpful. I had the same problem on OpenSUSE 11.0 Kernel 2.6.25.20. I had to use radeonhd driver instead, because fglrx driver crashed my system on X startup.
The only way to make it not crashing is to disable DRI, but that would have disabled all acceleration. I don't mind the lack of 3D accleration, but does anyone know if there is a way to disable only 3D acceleration so that I can play video?
ThanksLast edited by Saphy; 05 September 2009, 09:12 PM.
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