Hi :) the fglrx driver doesn't work. Perhaps I missed a typo or some settings are bad or are missing. IIUC RS690 is supported by the current driver. I added the output of # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log # hwinfo --gfxcard # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf the versions of catalyst-hook, catalyst-utils and xorg-server below. I verified that xf86-video-ati really was removed and verified that "nomodeset" is set for the Arch Linux kernels. "catalyst_build_module all"'s output was ok, for both kernels. suse11-2:/home/spinymouse11.2 # ls -hAl /media/archlinux/usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-rt/fglrx.ko.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 884K 2012-09-27 12:31 /media/archlinux/usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-rt/fglrx.ko.gz suse11-2:/home/spinymouse11.2 # ls -hAl /media/archlinux/usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.5-ARCH/fglrx.ko.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 883K 2012-09-27 12:32 /media/archlinux/usr/lib/modules/extramodules-3.5-ARCH/fglrx.ko.gz suse11-2:/home/spinymouse11.2 # cat /media/archlinux/root/arch_fglrx.txt # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> arch_fglrx.txt [ 45.366] Current Operating System: Linux archlinux 3.4.11-rt19-1-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Fri Sep 21 13:19:10 UTC 2012 x86_64 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 45.375] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER [ 45.448] (EE) No supported AMD display adapters were found [ 45.448] (EE) No devices detected. # shutdown -r now # grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log >> arch_fglrx.txt [ 29.463] Current Operating System: Linux archlinux 3.5.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 15 08:12:04 CEST 2012 x86_64 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 29.470] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER [ 29.541] (EE) No supported AMD display adapters were found [ 29.541] (EE) No devices detected. # hwinfo --gfxcard >> arch_fglrx.txt 28: PCI 105.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.319] Unique ID: ul7N.A_MYUPeZ6pD Parent ID: vSkL.Objt6VSItgC SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:05.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:05.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "ATI RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series]" Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc" Device: pci 0x791e "RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series]" SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x826d Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xfdff0000-0xfdffffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0xce00-0xceff (rw) Memory Range: 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 18 (2 events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d0000791Esv00001043sd0000826Dbc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: radeon is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe radeon" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge) Primary display adapter: #28 # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> arch_fglrx.txt Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "dri2" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "GLcore" #Load "v4l" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Plug 'n' Play" ModelName "Plug 'n' Play" DisplaySize 305 230 HorizSync 29-98 VertRefresh 50-120 modeline "1152x864" 128.42 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 910 Gamma 1.0 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 "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] #Option "VideoKey" # <i> #Option "MergedFB" "off" #old debian/ubuntu Identifier "Card0" Driver "fglrx" #Driver "radeon" #Driver "nvidia" #Driver "nv" #Driver "nouveau" #Driver "vesa" #VendorName "nVidia Corporation" #BoardName "G72 [GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS]" #BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" Defaultdepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1152x864" #Virtual 3840 1200 EndSubSection # 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 # grep nomodeset /mnt/oz/boot/grub/menu.lst >> arch_fglrx.txt kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux-rt root=/dev/sda9 ro nomodeset #kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux-rt root=/dev/sda9 ro nomodeset kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro nomodeset kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda9 ro nomodeset # pacman -Qi catalyst-hook | grep Ver >> arch_fglrx.txt Version : 12.8-1 # pacman -Qi catalyst-utils | grep Ver >> arch_fglrx.txt Version : 12.8-1 # pacman -Qi xorg-server | grep Ver >> arch_fglrx.txt Version : 1.12.4-1 # pacman -Qi xf86-video-ati error: package 'xf86-video-ati' was not found Regards, Ralf