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batal
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 Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: [HOWTO] Proprietary ATI drivers (8.24.8) with XOrg7 (7.0.0) |
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This mini-howto is about getting the proprietary ATI drivers (verion 8.24.8) to work with Xorg7. I thought i it would be best, if i write down my experiences with this problem, since i was searching the forums for quiet a lot of time and haven't found anything to solve this. So please don't blame me for posting this, if there is actually already a solution on the boards.
First of all there is to say, that getting the drivers to work just seems to be a problem with a new X installation (not upgrades).
Changelog
04/20/2006 Improved the method of getting the files out of the installer, and added a minor fix to the code according to coffeejunk's post below. Thanks coffeejunk.
I. What we have
- Fresh 2006.0 stage3 installation without X, KDE ...
- Modular X
- KDE 3.5.2
- An ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
- Kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r5
This means my "base system" runs on x86, and XOrg and KDE on ~x86
II. Resources
III. The Problem
The installer of the driver didn't seem to like my XOrg installation.
| Code: | clementine ~ # sh ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.24.8....................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' since this will be removed in the future
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: Xorg 7.0.0
Detected version of X does not have a matching 'x700' directory
You may override the detected version using the following syntax:
X_VERSION=<xdir> ./ati-driver-installer-<ver>-<arch>.run [--install]
The following values may be used for <xdir>:
x410 XFree86 4.1.x
x420 XFree86 4.2.x
x430 XFree86 4.3.x
x680 X.Org 6.8.x
x690 X.Org 6.9.x
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install |
Hmm!? According to the System Requirements listed in the release notes of the driver [1] XOrg 7 shouldn't cause any problems.
After reading that XOrg 6.9 is the same as XOrg 7 - just not modular, i thought it would be best trying to tell him we have got version 6.9 (If you just guessed, yes i am not so much into X and stuff :P)
| Code: | | clementine ~ # X_VERSION=x690 sh ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run |
The installation went well, but it didn't work. A reboot later i found out, that Direct Rendering wasn't active...
IV. The Solution
Here is what you actually are looking for. I guess this would have been enough information for you on that problem, but i thought it would have not been enough to justify a howto :)
Long story short. The installer won't copy the necessary files to their right location, because of the differing version of XOrg (well thats my guess at this point). To fix this, we first have to extract the installers files.
| Code: | | clementine fglrx-install # sh ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run --extract fglrx-install |
Its contents will look like this
| Code: | clementine fglrx-install # ls
ATI_LICENSE.TXT fglrx-uninstall.sh pre_cp.sh
README.distro install pre_drv.sh
arch lokixml.sh pre_km.sh
ati-installer.sh map_xname.sh preun_km.sh
ati-packager-helper.sh packages setup.data
ati-packager-wrapper.sh post_drv.sh verify_install.sh
check.sh post_km.sh x410
common postun_cp.sh x420
component_config.sh postun_drv.sh x430
copy_uninstall_files.sh postun_km.sh x680
create_log.sh postun_rn.sh x690 |
| Code: | clementine fglrx-install # ls x690/usr/X11R6/lib/
modules
clementine fglrx-install #
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This directory (modules) needs to be copied to /usr/lib/xorg/ and made executable
| Code: | clementine fglrx-install # cp -r x690/usr/X11R6/lib/modules /usr/lib/xorg/
clementine fglrx-install # chmod +x /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so |
Now let's have a look at whats we got
| Code: | clementine fglrx-install # ls /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/
ati_drv.so atimisc_drv.so fglrx_drv.so r128_drv.so radeon_drv.so vesa_drv.so
clementine fglrx-install #
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Now we have the right files placed in the right directory. Reboot your system and give it a try :)
This way it worked very well for me.
V. Additional Information
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clementine batal # emerge --info
Portage 2.1_pre7-r5 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14
dev-lang/python: 2.4.2
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/"
LINGUAS="de"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X aac acl alsa amarok apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 ccache cdr cdrom cli crypt css ctype cups curl dba dri dvd dvdr dvdread elibc_glibc encode esd ethereal exif expat fat fbsplash firefox flac foomaticdb force-cgi-redirect ftp gcj gd gdbm gif glut glx gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal hbci iconv icq idn imagemagick imlib innodb isdnlog java jpeg jpeg2k kde kernel_linux lame lcms libg++ libwww mad maildir memlimit mime mmx mono mozdevelop mp3 mpeg mysql mysqli ncurses nforce2 nls nptl nsplugin ntfs ogg opengl openssl oss pam pcre pdf pdflib perl png posix pppd python qemu-fast qt quicktime readline real reiserfs samba sblive screen sdl session sharedmem simplexml soap sockets socks5 speex spell spl sse ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev userland_GNU vorbis wifi win32codecs x86 xml xml2 xmlrpc xsl xv xvid zlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse linguas_de video_cards_fglrx video_cards_vesa"
Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS
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clementine batal # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig Screen 0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 320 240 # mm
Identifier "aticonfig Monitor 0"
VendorName "IVM"
ModelName "HM703U"
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" # <i>
#Option "AGPMode" # <i>
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # <i>
#Option "GARTSize" # <i>
#Option "RingSize" # <i>
#Option "BufferSize" # <i>
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "PanelOff" # [<bool>]
#Option "DDCMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "MonitorLayout" # [<str>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "CRT2HSync" # [<str>]
#Option "CRT2VRefresh" # [<str>]
#Option "CRT2Position" # [<str>]
#Option "MetaModes" # [<str>]
#Option "MergedDPI" # [<str>]
#Option "MergedXinerama" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedNonRectangular" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedMouseRestriction" # [<bool>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # <i>
#Option "TunerType" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicClocks" # [<bool>]
#Option "BIOSHotkeys" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "yes"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
Driver "fglrx"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig Screen 0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
Monitor "aticonfig Monitor 0"
DefaultDepth 24
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
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
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I will gladly accept any suggestions or corrections...
-batal
Last edited by batal on Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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coffeejunk
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| Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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what i had to do was:
»unmerge the old ati-driver
| Code: | | emerge -aC ati-driver |
»now its on to get the new one 
if you like, look up atis homepage
clickme
| Code: | | wget https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run |
»next step is that you have to extract all the files ati-file contains, because ati says they wont support xorg7
| Code: | | sh ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run --extract ati-driver |
»by there youve got a directory called ati-driver.. it should contain a directory called x690. this stands for Xorg 6.9 this is just the same as Xorg 7.0 but not modular. this shouldnt disturb the driver 
now we need to copy the driver-files to the xorg-directory, and make em executable.
| Code: | cp -r ati-driver/x690/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ /usr/lib/xorg/
chmod +x /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so |
»start x.org and enjoy the "power" of your ati-card
[edit]
my last emerge --sync told me that the driver now is in portage.. *thumbs up* so you might only need to emerge ati-driver
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| Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks coffeejunk. I was able to install and get it working in X. Despite X being able to load the driver, I am still experiencing serious kernel panics on logout and on log in, I am unable to load the desktop (gets as far as loading the gnome-panel then hangs). I hope these issues are resolved in a subsequent driver release. For now I have the driver loaded and X started but only because I disabled DRI in xorg.conf, unfortunately, that means I have no direct rendering and no XGL  [insert obligatory ATI rant here] |
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IdefiX666
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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I have problem starting x...
| Code: | | (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0) |
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Serph
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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I can't get dri to work
glxinfo |grep direct
direct rendering: No
less /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep DRI
(II) fglrx(0): DRI Initialization Successfull!
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
I had DRI working on Xorg 6.8 so nothing has changed.
Basically Xorg log says DRI is setup however glxinfo says otherwise.
Am I missing something? |
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IdefiX666
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | (II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 6.8.99.8, module version = 8.24.8
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
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