Ubuntu Gets Another ATI Catalyst Driver Handout

[xpander]

sudo aticonfig --initial

didnt work for me, got just blank xorg.conf

thx for ur xorg, got it working now

[kernelOfTruth]

can someone post his xorg.conf ?
somehow it doesnt configure it in my system and its blank.
(ubuntu 10.04)

didn't

sudo aticonfig --initial

work for you ?

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
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"
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

[xpander]

can someone post his xorg.conf ?
somehow it doesnt configure it in my system and its blank.
(ubuntu 10.04)

[bautz]

Anyways... error is still the same

I tested latest catalyst with xorg 1.7.6 but still the same error as you

I'm on Archlinux x86_64 kernel 2.6.33, sony vaio eb1z1e with ATI HD5650

[TheWretched]

Sorry for the double post, but I can't seem to find an edit button!

Anyways... error is still the same

(II) Module "ddc" already built-in

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4a3248]
[...]
18: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x25d59) [0x425d59]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)

Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting

[TheWretched]

Hey Cuppa!

Ubuntu just released a driver for laptop... it doesn't work (again), but Jockey now finds it^^

[bridgman]

No, the Catalyst driver does not use KMS.

During the installation process the radeon KMS code is disabled, then after reboot the Catalyst driver starts up the "traditional UMS way".

[Kano]

Of course NOT. Very unlikely that will ever happen.

[csaket]

is it possible to use kms with the new drivers?

[Cuppa-Chino]

hi krionius or other radeon mobility hd 5650 users:
as I just cannot get it to work, xorg.0.log seems to show segmentation, I would be grateful if you could confirm the following things please:
a) distro - mine is lucid lynx beta 1 amd64 fresh install
b) version installed 1,2,3 or 4 (am guessing 3 ??) -- fglrx_8.721-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb - I tried 3 and 4
c) xorg.conf just the standard from sudo aticonfig --initial ie mine is

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

d) exact device yours is returned as - mine is:

$ lspci -nn -vv | grep Radeon
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series] [1002:68c1] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series] [1002:aa60]

e) make/model of your laptop -- mine is sony e-series

thanks a million

ok no progress but another idea: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=732254

pointed at the DDC /EDID of the laptop screen potentially being the source of the segfault. I tried reading the EDID with powerstrip in windows but that failed: no data readable . In windows the screen ended up with microsoft as manufacturer etc.

could somebody tell me if it is possible to HARD drop DDC/EDID reading with the xorg.conf, I have googled and tried things like:

Option "UseEDID" "FALSE"
Option "NoDDC" "true"

but that has not worked for me.