[arch-general] fglrx driver doesn't work

Thu Sep 27 08:54:26 EDT 2012

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