AMD ATI fglrx 8.32.5 Released

[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]

ATI driver and Kernel 2.6.20-rc3

... 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(disk),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(disk),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