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Los drivers de ATI no pueden ser integrados en la distribucion openSUSE debido al acuerdo de licencia . Esta guía le agudará a instalar los drivers correctamente. Para las tarjetas ATI Radeon XPress 200M, o si las instrucciones de esta página fallaran, vea también ATI Radeon Xpress.

La Forma Fácil

La forma fácil de instalar los drivers propietarios de ATI tiene la ventaja de ser fácil y no requiere que se vuelva a compilar el módulo del kernel cuando éste sea actualizado. Tenga presente que muchas de las tarjetas ATI antiguas están muy bien soportadas por el driver estandar libre. Si usted tiene alguna de éstas, considere seguir usando ese driver.

Antes de usar estos drivers, trate de ejecutar su aplicación 3D usando el driver opensource por defecto: radeon (para tarjetas antiguas) y radeonhd (para las nuevas tarjetas)

1-click install para openSUSE 11.1, 11.0 y 10.3

Puede usar 1-click-install que intalará la última versión de fgrlx:

• Hága una actualización en-línea. Si no lo hace podría descargar la versión para el kernel-debug. La primera vez que lo hága, el actualizador on-line se actúalizará a sí mismo. Inmediatamente después debería hacerlo una segunda vez para obtener otras actualizaciones que son omitidas mientras se actualiza a sí mismo.
• Instala los últimos drivers disponibles.

• Ábra un terminal de consola y escriba

su -c 'SaX2 -r -m 0=fglrx'

Ésto configurará X para usar los drivers de ATI.

• Reinicie el administrador de ventanas presionando CTRL+ALT+ESPACIO (Dos veces en 11.0 posteriores). Tomará de 3-20 segundos. Alternativamente, puede reiniciar openSUSE.
• ¡Salte todos los pasos siguientes y comienze a usar openSUSE!

Vea: http://www.ati.com/online/rss/atilinuxdriver.rss?OTC-rssfeedlinux para la lista de compatibilidad.

http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Radeon_Xpress para problemas con las series Radeon Xpress

Manual de instalación para openSUSE 10.3, 10.2, 10.1

Paso 1 - Añada los repositorios de paquetes

{Para 10.3 Encontré que la información en el siguiente enlace acerca de cómo añadir repositorios a YaST está anticuada. La aplicación de Yast ahora es llamada 'Software Repositories'.

Información adicional útil - el nombre del servidor es www.ati.com y el drirectorio para 10.3 es suse/10.3

Añadir repositorios a YaST:

Versión: 10.3

http://www2.ati.com/suse/10.3

Versión: 10.2

http://www2.ati.com/suse/10.2

Versión: 10.1

http://www2.ati.com/suse/sle10

Note que éstas URL's no se pueden ver en el Navegador, Sólo desde un administrador de paquetes con soporte para YUM / REPO-MD .

Paso 2 - Instalar los paquetes

Instale los dos paquetes dependiendo de la versiónque esté ejecutando ingresando los siguientes comandos en una consola como root.

Versión: 10.3

zypper install x11-video-fglrxG01 ati-fglrxG01-kmp-`uname -r | awk -F"-" '{print $NF}'`

Versión: 10.2

yast2 --install x11-video-fglrxG01 ati-fglrxG01-kmp-`uname -r | awk -F"-" '{print $NF}'`

Versión: 10.1

yast2 --install x11-video-fglrx ati-fglrx-kmp-`uname -r | awk -F"-" '{print $NF}'`

Paso 3 - SaX2

Ejecute el siguiente comando en una consola como root.

sax2 -r

O para compatibilidad con compiz ejecute el siguiente comando como root en una consola (cuidado,ésto podria implicar riesgos para su sistema).

sax2 -r 0=fglrx

Paso 4 - Reinicie X (Servidor gráfico)

Reinicie el servidor X saliendo de la sesión de escritorio, o para los más aventureros usando CTRL+ALT+ESPACIO.

Paso 5 - Revise el funcionamiento

Ejecute el siguiente comando en una consola sobre un entorno gráfico:

glxgears

Para revisar ejecute el siguiente comando en una consola.

fgl_glxgears

The repository way

This is for people who prefer not using 1-click install can do it the direct way and actually see a bit of what is happening.

Pre-requisitos

• Being able to use yast-package manager or zypper
• Know which kernel you use (default, pae, ...), use 'uname -r' in a console

Add ATI Repository

Choose the one corresponding to your openSUSE version: http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories#ATI_Video_drivers and add it to your repository list

Installation

KERNEL is {pae, default, trace, debug}, the one corresponding to your running kernel

install: x11-video-fglrxG01, ati-fglrxG01-kmp-KERNEL

Restart and run 'sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx' or whatever you like to setup the new driver configuration

The Hard Way

The benefit of the hard way is that you get the latest version of the driver.

Disclaimer

Thank you to those who have emailed me letting me know they were able to get the drivers working by using this tutorial. --Nick

32-bit users

Before following this tutorial please make sure you have the following packages installed:

• kernel-source
• qt3
• compat
• compat-libstdc++
• libstdc++
• libstdc++-devel
• libgcc
• xorg-x11-libs
• xorg-x11-devel
• Mesa
• Mesa-devel
• fontconfig
• fontconfig-devel
• expat
• freetype
• freetype2
• freetype2-devel
• zlib
• zlib-devel
• gcc
• patch

Note: libdrm must be version 2.3 --StephaneZ 18:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Through YaST check the version number of your Kernel-default and Kernel-source packets. Both must be the same. If they aren't, get latest kernel upgrade with YaST.

64-bit users

Before following this tutorial please make sure you have the following 32-bit packages, as well as the 64-bit counterparts of the packages listed above in the 32-bit users section installed:

• kernel-source
• compat-32bit
• qt3-32bit
• libstdc++
• libgcc
• xorg-x11-libs-32bit
• xorg-x11-devel-32bit
• Mesa-32bit
• Mesa-devel-32bit
• fontconfig-32bit
• expat-32bit
• freetype2-32bit
• zlib-32bit
• gcc

Note: libdrm must be version 2.3 --StephaneZ 18:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Optional - Install Xorg 7.2 Final

If you have openSUSE 10.2 or if you want to upgrade your X version to 7.2 follow these steps and then follow the regular install steps 4.1-5.

openSUSE 10.2 ships with Xorg 7.2 RC2. You can leave it as RC2 and be fine, but most people would like to have the final release. So without further ado here is how to get the final release.

Note: ATI driver 8.35.x or lesser does not support Xorg 7.2. It only supports 7.1.1 and below.

Note: ATI driver with Xorg 7.2 support is available, 8.41.7 (download) for HD 2xxx cards, and 8.40.4 (download) for other cards (include (Mobility) FireGL, tested on my laptop). --Divinespear 14:55, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

WARNING: 8.41.7 driver will cause trouble with old cards. see note on Easy way. --Divinespear 14:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Supplemental Note: The newest version of the driver (at least for the 64-bit driver) does not appear on the main ATI Linux driver page (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-firegl.html). The latest release can be found at the 'previous releases' page: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/radeonprevious-linux64.html. As of June 15, 2007, the May driver was the latest posted, and the Installation Instructions accompanying it say that it should work with "XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0 7.1 or 7.2;". However, this paragraph's contributor has yet to get it to work.

via YaST

In YaST just add this Repository to the Installation Sources.

   type: http (if this doesn't work change it to ftp)
   server: ftp.skynet.be
   directory: /pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/

Now open up Install Software and choose Install from Source and select the newly added source. Update everything in blue. Or just update the Xorg stuff.

via Zypper

Step 1 - Add Source

# zypper service-add http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/ Xorg72
Determining http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/ source type...
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/ is type YUM
Added Installation Sources:
[x]* Xorg72 (http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/)

Step 2 - Refresh Sources

# zypper refresh
...
...
...
Refreshing Xorg72
URI: http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/software.opensuse.org/xorg72/openSUSE_10.2/
DONE
...
...
...

Step 3 - Update System

Note: This will update all system packages that have available updates

1. zypper update --type=package --no-confirm --skip-interactive

Good idea to put any latest OpenSuse DVD or CD into you disc drive for files that can be obtained off the disc! [walk to [1] and get a coffee and walk back ]

Note: As of 5/5/2007, the official ATI drivers do not support Xorg version 7.2 and up (driver version 8.36.5) (source?) Change log indicates support as of 8.33.6

Note: This will also provide easy access to the required libdrm version 2.3 mentioned above. --Ginnsu 01:39, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Recommended - Prepare the Kernel for the new drivers

This step is not necessary, but there is no harm in doing so. If you have tried installing ATI drivers before make sure you follow these steps before you follow steps 4.1-5.

Open up the console in X and execute the following commands:

   # su
   password
   # cd /usr/src/linux
   # make mrproper
   # make cloneconfig
   # make modules_prepare
   # make clean

If you have previously tried installing drivers before, follow the following command, if not, move on to steps 4.1-5.

Remove previous drivers properly by executing the command:

   # rpm -e $(rpm -qa '*fglrx*')

Now move on to Steps 4.1-5

Installation - Get and Install ATI Drivers

At this point, you can use the YUM repository at www2.ati.com like this:

 YaST -> Software -> Change installation Source -> Add

 Protocol: http
 Server Name: : www2.ati.com
 Directory on Server: suse/10.2

to add the ATI http server as additional installation source. Now use

 YaST -> Software -> Install and Delete Software

to install the ATI/fglrx driver. Select the following packages:

 x11-video-fglrxG01
 ati-fglrxG01-kmp-<kernel-flavor>

<kernel-flavor> depends on your installed kernel. Check with "uname -r" for installed default/smp/bigsmp kernel. Use "sax2 -r" for X.Org configuration.

OR

You can continue with the following instructions for manual driver package generation and installation...

Step 1 - Acquire the latest ATI driver

Go to ATI's website and download the installer -- Latest as of December 21st, 2008 -- Catalyst 8.12.

NOTE: Latest and all previous drivers for 32-bit Linux may be found at this ATI website page, and for 64-bit at this page.

Step 2 - Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package

You may want to use Sax2 to create default xorg.conf by executing the command:

   # sax2 -a

Run the installer using the console as root.

   # sh ati-driver-installer-8.7-x86.x86_64.run --listpkg

or you can do the lazy method

   # sh ati*.run --listpkg

This will list the following distributions from which you can build a driver:

       SuSE/SLED10-IA32
       SuSE/SLES10-IA32
       SuSE/SLED10-AMD64
       SuSE/SLES10-AMD64
       SuSE/SUSE102-IA32
       SuSE/SUSE103-IA32
       SuSE/SUSE110-IA32
       SuSE/SUSE102-AMD64
       SuSE/SUSE103-AMD64
       SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64

Now run the following command adding your distribution at the end:

   # sh ati*.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-IA32

And for 64-bit run:

   # sh ati*.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64

The ATI Driver Installer made a driver package for your system in the same directory as where the driver installer is located.

Step 3 - Install the driver package

If you are in runlevel 5, go to runlevel 3 by typing the following command as root in one of the consoles (which you can access by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 [F1 up to F6]) or you can run init 3 from the console in X.

Still in the console as root type in:

   # init 3

This will close X and bring you back to TTY 1

Login and go to the directory containing the drivers package we just made.

   # cd /directory_where_you_generated_the_rpm

Install the driver package

   # rpm -Uvh fgl*.rpm

After the install is finished, you need to launch the aticonfig utility

   # ldconfig
   # aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Note: if you have attempted before to install any ATI drivers the rpm remove command will not always remove the install files from the above directories. In which case you must manual remove them or enter the full filename otherwise you will encounter lib errors with conflicting files.. --davetharrison 10:44, 25 April 2007 (GMT)

Driver is installed, now to step 4.

Step 4 - Configuring the newly installed ATI driver

After the driver has been installed it now needs to be configured. Run this command after you have installed the driver.

   # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx

This forces sax2 to use the fglrx driver. Setup your resolution and save and exit

Attention: If you have ati radeon x1650 then you may want to skip previous command because sax2 doesn't make correct settings. You should run sax -a before installing the driver and after installing driver just run following command:

   # aticonfig --initial input=/etc/x11/xorg.conf

And after that you should modify xorg.conf by yourself.

Attention: If sax2 goes to a blank screen then try the below method, if that doesn't work, follow the the steps from the Troubleshooting section.

Attention:

Latest ATI drivers have problems with some x1000 cards (x1400, x1600, x1600 pro):

If sax stops, when loading the driver, and you can find something like this in /var/log/SaX.log:

   (EE) fglrx(0): PreInitDAL failed
   (EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed

then you should disable framebuffer in the console.

edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and remove the vga=xxx statement from the kernel line.

See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=222993

sax2 will start it's configuration program in X. You can do more tweaking here, but this is your option.

Disable Composite Extentions

Enabling Composite extensions disables ATI’s driver support for DRI and 3D acceleration in some cases.

Attention: If you plan on using the Beryl write up later in this tutorial do not follow this step.

Resolution: To disable the Composite extension, edit/add the following lines to the end of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

   Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "false"
   EndSection

Note: Apparently the default is Enabled, so removing the line to disable Composite will not work. The setting needs to be explicitly set to false.

Other important Settings in the xorg.conf

For best and most stable working fglrx driver set the following options to Section "Device" in the xorg.conf:

   Option      "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
   Option      "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
   Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
   Option      "UseFastTLS" "2"
   Option      "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
   Option      "VideoOverlay" "on" # setting this to be "off" may fix tty switch problems?
   Option      "mtrr" "off"
   Option      "no_accel" "no"
   Option      "no_dri" "no"
   Option      "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no"
   Option      "backingstore" "true"
   

The option UseFastTLS "2" is an important parameter. After installation of fglrx it is a good idea to run glxgears for about 5 minutes and switch to console 10 (Strg-Alt F10) after that. If you see any messages about fglrx and Error in kernel context 0 on console 10 the value of "2" should be of help. Initially this is adjusted to "0" - what is apparently risky. My experience stems from a Radeon 9600XT.

Note If you have ati radeon x1650 pro then you may want to use following option also:

   Option      "TexturedVideo" "off" 

Atleast on openSuse 10.3 that option fixed some video rendering problems and system freeze problems - at least my system is still alive and 3D works :)

Step 5 - Reboot / kill fglrx and restart X

If you want to see whether your work was successful so far you have to ensure that no instance of an old fglrx driver is still running. Therefore you should either reboot, or, even faster than that, simply unload any currently running instance of fglrx:

 # lsmod | grep fglrx

if this prints any output you should do a rmmod fglrx in order to remove the old module. Then you can start X11 again; the latest existing module will be loaded, the latest configuration from xorg.conf will be read in.

If you cannot unload the module for whatever reason, you can reboot

 # reboot

and after applying either of the two measures you ought to have 3D functional.

Testing

To make sure you are running the ATI drivers in 3D and not MESA run this command in the console in X.

   glxinfo

It should read like this:

   quiksilver:~> glxinfo
   name of display: :0.0
   display: :0  screen: 0
   direct rendering: Yes
   server glx vendor string: SGI
   server glx version string: 1.2
   server glx extensions:
       GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,
       GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method,
       GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe,
       GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
   client glx vendor string: ATI
   client glx version string: 1.3
   client glx extensions:
       GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
       GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_ARB_multisample,
       GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture
   GLX extensions:
       GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context,
       GLX_ARB_multisample
   OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
   OpenGL renderer string: RADEON X850 PRO Generic
   OpenGL version string: 2.0.6286 (8.33.6)
   OpenGL extensions:
       GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
       GL_S3_s3tc, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
       GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader,
       GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
       GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
       GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
       GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
       GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
       GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
       GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
       GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_blend,
       GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
       GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos,
       GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_element_array,
       GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_map_object_buffer,
       GL_ATI_separate_stencil, GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc,
       GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float,
       GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATI_vertex_array_object,
       GL_ATI_vertex_attrib_array_object, GL_ATI_vertex_streams,
       GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATIX_texture_env_route,
       GL_ATIX_vertex_shader_output_point_size, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
       GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
       GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint,
       GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
       GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
       GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
       GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap,
       GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
       GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
       GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
       GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
       GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
       GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
       GL_EXT_vertex_shader, GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_NV_blend_square,
       GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SGI_color_matrix,
       GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
       GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
   glu version: 1.3
   glu extensions:
       GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess
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Notice how it says:

  OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
  OpenGL renderer string: RADEON X850 PRO Generic
  OpenGL version string: 2.0.6286 (8.33.6)

And not:

  OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
  OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
  OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)

That is the proof that you are running in 3D mode.

If your OpenGL vendor string read: Mesa project... Follow the Troubleshooting steps. If you however, did get ATI in the string, there are some more tests for you below.

Another command to check is:

   fglrxinfo

To test 3D run:

   fgl_glxgears

Here are the results of my test:

   quiksilver:~> fgl_glxgears
   Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
   4217 frames in 6.0 seconds = 702.833 FPS
   4465 frames in 5.0 seconds = 893.000 FPS
   4705 frames in 5.0 seconds = 941.000 FPS
   5775 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1155.000 FPS
   6706 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1341.200 FPS
   6443 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1288.600 FPS
   7914 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1582.800 FPS
   6078 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1215.600 FPS
   6561 frames in 6.0 seconds = 1093.500 FPS

Congratulations you have now installed the drivers and are running in 3D! Follow the Troubleshooting steps below if you have not succeeded.

With the latest drivers from ATI (8.42.3 of November 21st, 2007) fgl_glxgears will not work initially. The reason for this stems from the fact that there are two versions of libGL.so.1.2 installed, one from fglrx that goes to /usr/X11R6/lib and one from Mesa that resides in /usr/lib. This problem can be solved as follows: Switch to runlevel 3 (init 3), move to /usr/lib, delete libGL.so.1.2 (only this one!) and create a softlink to the library from fglrx: ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2. After that, fgl_glxgears should work.

Troubleshooting

If sax2 freezes or goes blank, or you got Mesa in the OpenGL vendor string follow these steps:

Ensure you have upgraded to libdrm version 2.3 --StephaneZ 18:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

First of all check your sax log located in /var/log/SaX.log to see what errors happened that incurred a black screen of death.

Also look in the Xorg log files for errors concerning the fglrx module in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

    >cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"

Troubleshooting - Step 1

Get into runlevel 3 and run the following:

   # cd /usr/src/linux
   # make mrproper
   # make cloneconfig
   # make modules_prepare
   # make clean

Remove previous drivers properly by executing the command:

   # rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep fglrx)

Troubleshooting - Step 2

Reinstall the driver again running:

   # rpm -Uvh --force fgl*.rpm

Troubleshooting - Step 3

Use ldconfig and aticonfig to setup xorg.conf by running:

   # ldconfig
   # aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

And then check Other important Settings in the xorg.conf

After your run these two commands reboot back into Runlevel 3. You can accomplish this from the boot menu by typing init 3 after the command: prompt

Troubleshooting - Step 4

Now we need to ensure the kernel modules are in place: at the command prompt type:

   # fglrx-kernel-build.sh

Followed by:

   # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx -b /usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/sax2-profile

If that didn't work for you, use this:

   # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx

Attention: If sax2 is still causing blank screens and lockups update sax2 to the latest version from the repository below and then try to run sax2 again.

Note: You may need to reboot for changes to take effect.

   type: http
   server: ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu
   directory: /pub/suse/suse/update/10.2

Reboot the machine and hopefully your back on track. Check by using the Testing section of this tuturial.

If sax2 fails when loading screen or opening test-screen, and you have "PreInitDAL failed" in the sax.log file, then check PreInitDAL failed Problem

Troubleshooting - More

More ATI driver troubleshooting steps taken from the removed ATI Driver page:

--Nick 21:30, 12 April 2007

3D will not work, even though fglrx is being loaded

Symptoms: When starting the test server in sax2, it crashes and the log contains Error: No screens found

This problem is caused by an incompatibility between the OSS Radeon driver and fglrx. Run:

$ lsmod | grep radeon

followed by

$ lsmod | grep fglrx

If both kernel modules are loaded, you'll need to remove the radeon module first with

# modprobe -r radeon

Then, reboot your system.

3D will not work for non-privileged user but works for root

The problem happened to me with fglrx 8.36.5-1.i386 fresh SUSE10.2 installation on a ATI Radeon X1300

For bash users:

LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo

look for error like

undefined symbol: __glXFindDRIScreen

Remove the libGL.so* files from /usr/lib and replace them by sym links from /usr/X11R6/lib

# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so libGL.so
# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 libGL.so.1
# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1.2

You might have to enable POSIX shared memory also.

[fglrx] API ERROR: could not register entrypoint for...

Download http://www.ground-impact.com/libGL.so.1.2

Replace the original libGL.so.1.2 in /usr/X11R6/lib

[fgl_glxgears] Reports "Permission denied" when running as non-privileged user

Issue: The following output is generated when running as non-privileged user:

# fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
__FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!!
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
__FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!!
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
__FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!!
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
__FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!!
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
__FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!!
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
__FGLTexMgrCreateObject: __FGLTexMgrSHMmalloc failed!!!
FGLTexMgr: open of shared memory object failed (Permission denied)
...

Resolution: Enable POSIX shared memory.

Try adding the following to /etc/fstab:

tmpfs                /dev/shm             tmpfs      defaults              0 0

Then mount is using:

# mount /dev/shm

Note: This line may appear different then the other lines, but is in the right order.

--StephaneZ 18:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Video Output Driver Xv Fails to play Video

There are a few causes of this ranging from ATI's driver to running Xgl vice Xorg

Solution: use the Video Output driver gl2.

Mplayer:
$ mplayer -vo gl2 <file>

GMplayer:
$ echo "vo_driver = \"gl2\"" >> .mplayer/gui.conf

Xine:
$ echo "video.driver:opengl" >> .xine/config

AIGLX error __driCreateNewScreen

ATI's Driver does not support AIGLX (unless you have an older ATI card pre-r300) at this time so stick to Xorg or Xgl. This will be removed once ATI decides to start supporting it.

If you get a error in Xorg.0.log that looks like

(EE) AIGLX error: dlsym for __driCreateNewScreen_20050727 failed (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driCreateNewScreen_20050727)
(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

The solution is to type this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Source

cp: missing destination file operand

When you run:

# ./ati-driver-installer-8.xx.xx-i386.run –buildpkg SuSE/SUSE100-IA32

you may get a message starting with:

cp: missing destination file operand after

You need to set LC_ALL=C before the command to solve the problem

# LC_ALL=C ./ati-driver-installer-8.xx.xx-i386.run –buildpkg SuSE/SUSE100-IA32

White screen after login

Be sure that you have PCI: prepended to the BusID string in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. For example:

Section "Device"
       Identifier  "Device[0]"
       Driver      "fglrx"
       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
...

Note: This issue has been fixed with release 8.455.2, build date February 1, 2008.

2D Slow

If you don't use compiz, but your system is sluggish (e.g when loading pages in Firefox X maxes out your CPU) try adding Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. For example: For example:

Section "Device"
       Identifier  "Device[0]"
       Driver      "fglrx"
       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
       Option      "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"
...

ATI AGP Cards

If fglrx is still not working, set the AGP aperture Size in the BIOS to the size of the physical card memory.

More Installation Help

If you feel there isn't enough guidance here; go fly a kite, and then view ATI's list of help.

The Unofficial Wiki for the ATI Linux Driver http://wiki.cchtml.com

A GREAT guide (2007-04-20): http://blog.linuxoss.com/2007/04/20/opensuse-102-amdati-drivers-installation/

New official ATI Installer instructions (June 27, 2008) https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_cat86-inst.html

For official instructions (maintained by SUSE) to install and configure the ATI driver on (open)SUSE consult ATI Installer HOWTO.

After installing the rpm, see the README.SUSE file in /usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/

Reporting Bugs

A good practice to help ATI evolve and shape the driver more to our needs.

ATi Linux Platform Bugs

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