Yes. Or well....... I should say I don't know. I ran "aticonfig --initial -f" from the konsole. Is that what you mean?

According to the documentation after the install of the driver you should run as root: /usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial and then reboot. I don't think aticonfig --initial -f is the same.

Give the above a try, if that still doesn't help, if you are willing we can approach this from another method. It will mean starting again with the removal of the current driver.

I'm up for anything right now!!...... LOL ........ can I simply run that command in konsole after the "su" switch, or should I log in as root? Thanks for sticking with me on this!!!!

Yes you can use the su command to switch to root and then run that command.

No go.........

[root@localhost alan]# /usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig --initial
bash: /usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig: No such file or directory


(There is no "bin" folder in that directory. There is, however, a "lib" folder.)

That's strange. Let's check exactly what is installed and working. Type exit to leave root mode, don't close the konsole.

Type: glxinfo | grep direct You should see direct.

Then do: dmesg You are looking for any references to fglrx near the bottom of the listing.

Then do: lsmod | grep fglrx You are looking for the listing to show fglrx loaded.

Finally do: less /var/log/Xorg.0.log > xorglog.txt This will create a txt file in your home/username folder.

Click on this file to open it with kwrite then go to edit select find then type this in the search box DRI Initialization Successful and click the find button.

You can use F3 to step through this file looking for that string.

Oh to get the upright stick (called a 'pipe') you use shift and the \ key.

I will edit this post and update it until all your requests have been satisfied..... brb


[alan@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect




dmesg command: (This is noted at the bottom)

[fglrx:firegl_cail_init] *ERROR* CAIL: AGP acquire failed, error -19
[fglrx:hal_init_asic] *ERROR* Failed to initialize ASIC.
[fglrx] ACPI is disabled on this system
[fglrx:firegl_cail_init] *ERROR* CAIL: AGP acquire failed, error -19
[fglrx:hal_init_asic] *ERROR* Failed to initialize ASIC.
[fglrx] ACPI is disabled on this system




[alan@localhost ~]$ lsmod | grep fglrx
bash: lsmod: command not found



Phrase not found for "DRI" in the xorglog.txt file. (Would you like for me to post it?)

You are showing great patience and hopefully gaining some commandline skills.

Editing is finished with the above post. Thank you. I'm learning more and more every day. Gotta crawl before we walk I suppose.... :-) .... Forgetting what I know with Window$ is the hardest part I think.

Ok, there seems to be some agp issues there. I think the best thing to do is to abandon the troubleshooting and get down to installing via another method. Do: ls /usr/share/fglrx you are looking for this file to be present: ati-uninstall.sh or something similar. Do you know if you have the plf repositories added to your system?

Here's what I find:


[alan@localhost ~]$ ls /usr/share/fglrx
ls: cannot access /usr/share/fglrx: No such file or directory




"/usr/share/fglrx" does not exist.


I'm not sure about the "plf repositories".



I ran a search for the ati_uninstall.sh and could not locate anything.

It seems the driver either isn't installed or didn't install correctly. What we are going to do now is replace your current repository list with a fresh one and in the process your system will be updated with all current updates. After that we can get down to installing the driver.

In my signature you will see a link to smarturpmi go there and select the closest location to you from the following categories:

main release
contrib release
non-free release
plf-free release
plf-nonfree release
main updates
contrib updates
non-free updates

-- optional --

main backports
contrib backports
non-free backports
plf-free backports
plf-nonfree backports

Once you have made your choices, scroll to the very bottom and click the synthesis button. On the final screen select the option to download a script. Let me know when you have downloaded the script to your home/username folder and we will continue.

I have the script you requested. Sorry it took so looooong. :-)

No worries. From the konsole (not as root) type: chmod +x smarturpmi.sh (this is to make the file executable) and hit enter.

Now switch to root and type: ./smarturpmi.sh and hit enter. Choose a for fully automatic. Answer 'y' or 'yes' when asked if current sources should be replaced.

I'll explain what will happen. First your current sources list will be replaced with the ones you selected from the smarturpmi website, then the script will check for any new updates for your system. It will automatically download and install the updates. This may or maynot be a lengthy process. Chances are i will have to disappear before the update is complete.

When the update is complete stay as root and type: urpmi dkms-fglrx fglrx to install the ati driver.

When driver has been installed type: XFdrake

Go to Hardware then Set up the graphical server. Select the proprietary driver when offered the choice. Restart the system when all tasks have been completed.

Post how you got on, i'll check this thread later.