Problems installing ATI HD 4670 AGP Graphics card

kmacphail · 01-18-2012, 08:38 AM

This has been driving me bananas for 3 days now. I have trawled through a variety of how2's, tutorials and guides but to no avail.

I am running Debian (Testing) with the XFCE & MATE desktops and have been using an nVidia GT6200 AGP graphics card for some time. I recently decided to upgrade and purchased an ATI HD 2670 AGP iceq card, but I'm having no luck getting it to work.

I removed all of the nVidia files and fglrx files from previous attempts so that there should be no clashes. Now I boot into a command prompt, however when I attempt to install the ATI driver all I am left with is a blank screen on boot up, I can't do anything except restart the computer, ctrl+alt+F1 gives no response

Everything appears to install as it should, but each time I get the same outcome. I have used both guides available here (using the repos and manual).

It may be worth noting that for the manual method I am not able to convert the ati-driver-installer-11-12-x86.x86_64.run file into debs (it provides quite a few errors):

Quote:

fakeroot sh ati-driver-installer-11-12-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Debian/testing
Created directory fglrx-install.Ck4xMW
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver-8.92................................................................................................ .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................
=====================================================================
AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver Installer/Packager
=====================================================================
Generating package: Debian/testing
cp: cannot stat `/media/cb/home/kevie/downloads/ati2/fglrx-install.Ck4xMW/x710_64a/*': No such file or directory
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
dpkg-buildpackage: export CFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export CPPFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor):
dpkg-buildpackage: export CXXFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export FFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor): -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: export LDFLAGS from dpkg-buildflags (origin: vendor):
dpkg-buildpackage: source package fglrx-installer
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 8.92-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by AMD: Advanced Micro Devices. <http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html>
dpkg-source --before-build fglrx.SdB7v6
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
debian/rules build
dh_testdir
# move licenses away from binary dir
if [ ! -d usr/share/doc/fglrx ]; then \
mkdir -p usr/share/doc/fglrx; \
mv usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.* usr/share/doc/fglrx; \
fi
# set executable on user apps
find usr/X11R6/bin -type f | xargs chmod a+x
# remove exec bit from files that don't deserve it
find usr/X11R6/include \
usr/X11R6/lib \
usr/X11R6/lib64 \
usr/share usr/src -type f | xargs chmod -x
find: `usr/X11R6/include': No such file or directory
find lib -not -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs chmod -x
find lib -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs chmod +x
# set proper permissions on /etc files
if [ -d etc/ati ]; then \
chmod 755 etc/ati ; \
chmod 644 etc/ati/* ; \
chmod a+x etc/ati/*.sh ; \
fi
if [ -f debian/fglrx.default ]; then \
mv -v debian/fglrx.default debian/fglrx; \
fi
`debian/fglrx.default' -> `debian/fglrx'
# remove exec bit from 64-bit libs too
find usr/X11R6/lib64 -type f | xargs chmod -x
debian/rules binary
dh_testdir
# move licenses away from binary dir
if [ ! -d usr/share/doc/fglrx ]; then \
mkdir -p usr/share/doc/fglrx; \
mv usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.* usr/share/doc/fglrx; \
fi
# set executable on user apps
find usr/X11R6/bin -type f | xargs chmod a+x
# remove exec bit from files that don't deserve it
find usr/X11R6/include \
usr/X11R6/lib \
usr/X11R6/lib64 \
usr/share usr/src -type f | xargs chmod -x
find: `usr/X11R6/include': No such file or directory
find lib -not -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs chmod -x
find lib -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs chmod +x
# set proper permissions on /etc files
if [ -d etc/ati ]; then \
chmod 755 etc/ati ; \
chmod 644 etc/ati/* ; \
chmod a+x etc/ati/*.sh ; \
fi
if [ -f debian/fglrx.default ]; then \
mv -v debian/fglrx.default debian/fglrx; \
fi
# remove exec bit from 64-bit libs too
find usr/X11R6/lib64 -type f | xargs chmod -x
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
dh_clean: dh_clean -k is deprecated; use dh_prep instead
dh_clean: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_installdirs
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
# Create the directories to install into
dh_installdirs -pfglrx-driver \
usr \
usr/lib/xorg \
usr/lib/xorg/modules \
usr/lib/dri \
usr/bin \
usr/sbin \
etc/acpi \
etc/acpi/events \
etc/default \
etc/X11/Xsession.d
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
# the amd64 package includes 32bit compatibility libraries
dh_installdirs -pfglrx-driver \
emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib \
emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/xorg \
emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/xorg/modules \
emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/dri
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_installdirs -pfglrx-driver-dev \
usr \
usr/include \
usr/lib
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_installdirs -pfglrx-kernel-src \
usr/src/modules/fglrx \
usr/src/modules/fglrx/debian
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_installdirs -A -pfglrx-amdcccle \
usr \
usr/bin \
usr/share \
usr/share/applnk \
usr/share/applications \
usr/share/icons \
usr/share/pixmaps
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_installdirs -p \
usr/src
dh_installdirs: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_install
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
ldconfig -n usr/X11R6/lib/
dh_install -pfglrx-driver "usr/X11R6/bin/fgl*" "usr/bin"
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_install -pfglrx-driver "usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig" "usr/bin"
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_install -pfglrx-driver "usr/sbin/atieventsd" "usr/sbin"
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_installman -pfglrx-driver "usr/share/man/man8/atieventsd.8"
dh_installman: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
# amd64 needs some library redirection
dh_install -pfglrx-driver "usr/X11R6/lib64/*.so*" "usr/lib"
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_install -pfglrx-driver "usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri" "usr/lib"
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
dh_install -pfglrx-driver "usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/linux" "usr/lib/xorg/modules"
dh_install: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
cp: cannot stat `./usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/linux': No such file or directory
dh_install: cp -a ./usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/linux debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/xorg/modules/ returned exit code 1
make: *** [binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.Ck4xMW

However I have just run it using sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-12-x86.x86_64.run this appears to work and gives no error messages in the build log.

I am out of ideas, so I am now pleading for the help of somebody with experience in this area.

TobiSGD · 01-18-2012, 12:15 PM

Have you run

Code:

aticonfig --initial

as root after the install? This will generate an initial xorg.conf for the AMD driver.

jeanCarloMachado · 01-18-2012, 01:04 PM

Hello kmacphail

I have some experience with ATI on Debian(squeeze and wheeze), but worst I had Hybrid cards, I tried a lot of tutorials but none could solve. Than I installed ubuntu, and it comes ready working properly. If this computer is the your personal one I recommend you to choose for Ubuntu, or another high level distribution like Mint. Debian is better for server and computers that you do not use in a lot of applications.

Another way you could choose is to install the free drivers that are available on the repository's.

apt-get purge install linux-headers-(uname -r) fglrx-control fglrx-driver
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati

Atenciously

TobiSGD · 01-18-2012, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeanCarloMachado

Debian is better for server and computers that you do not use in a lot of applications.

I totally disagree. Debian is a nice system for the use on a desktop PC. I used it quite some time before I changed to Slackware. And saying that is not good if you use a lot of applications is in my somewhat strange, it has a repository with over 30.000 packages, and none of those I used (and from time to time I really had a lot software installed) failed on me.

To the OP: I had a short look on AMD's website, and it seems that they have a different driver for their cards with AGP interface, but I couldn't find a Linux version of it. So it may be that you have to stick with the free radeon-drivers.

adamk75 · 01-18-2012, 01:27 PM

Did you boot with the "nomodeset" kernel option and also blacklist the radeon kernel module?

Adam

kmacphail · 01-18-2012, 03:06 PM

Thanks for the responses, I'll answer these one at a time:

TobiSGD:
Yes I ran that after installing the driver and I agree that Debian is very nice as a Desktop distro

jeanCarloMachado:
I have no intention of using Ubuntu, I like my Debian setup the way it is and I feel that re-installing a totally new system is a bit much, I hopefully will find a work around (plus I hate unity with a passion, that was my worst desktop experience ever). I have tried the drivers in the repos, but these all lead to the same result: a blank screen

adamk75:
I set the kernel to boot with the "nomodeset" option in GRUB, but I hadn't tried blacklisting the radeon and radeonhd drivers, I did that but sadly the outcome was the same :'(

adamk75 · 01-18-2012, 03:07 PM

At what point does the screen go blank?

Adam

kmacphail · 01-18-2012, 03:32 PM

adamk75

As soon as it starts to load X. Nothing works then: I can't get to a prompt using ctrl+alt+F1 the hard light drive stops flashing, it just behaves like it is completely frozen. I found this on the Arch ATI wiki:

Quote:

Black screen with complete lockups / hangs after reboot or startx
Faulty ACPI hardware calls

It is possible that fglrx doesn't cooperate well with the system's ACPI hardware calls, so it autodisables itself and there is no screen output.

So try to run this:

aticonfig --acpi-services=off

But it didn't make a difference

kmacphail · 01-18-2012, 03:39 PM

I really should have included this before: here is the X log:

Quote:

[ 17.577]
X.Org X Server 1.11.2.902 (1.11.3 RC 2)
Release Date: 2011-12-09
[ 17.577] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 17.577] Build Operating System: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[ 17.577] Current Operating System: Linux kev-pc 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 14 08:02:25 UTC 2011 x86_64
[ 17.577] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-1-amd64 root=UUID=50b42c11-2ecf-40f3-9d05-0984d59b3769 ro quiet nomodeset splash
[ 17.577] Build Date: 10 December 2011 09:55:45PM
[ 17.578] xorg-server 2:1.11.2.902-1 (Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>)
[ 17.578] Current version of pixman: 0.24.0
[ 17.578] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 17.578] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 17.578] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 18 16:26:47 2012
[ 17.592] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 17.592] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 17.627] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout"
[ 17.627] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
[ 17.627] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
[ 17.874] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
[ 17.874] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 17.874] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 18.003] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 18.003] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 18.029] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
[ 18.029] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 18.029] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 18.029] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f7951bb4ae0
[ 18.029] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 18.029] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 18.029] X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[ 18.029] X.Org XInput driver : 13.0
[ 18.029] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[ 18.031] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:9495:1002:0028 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xfebe0000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000d000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 18.031] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 18.031] (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
[ 18.031] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[ 18.031] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 18.031] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[ 18.031] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[ 18.031] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[ 18.031] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 18.097] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 18.117] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 18.117] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 18.117] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 18.117] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension SELinux
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 18.117] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 18.117] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 18.117] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 18.133] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 18.133] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 18.133] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 18.133] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 18.133] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 18.133] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 18.133] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libglx.so
[ 18.168] (II) Module glx: vendor="Advanced Micro Devices, Inc."
[ 18.170] compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 18.170] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 18.170] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 18.171] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 18.187] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 18.187] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.13.0
[ 18.187] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 18.187] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 18.187] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 18.187] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 18.188] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 18.240] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 18.240] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 18.240] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 18.240] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 18.240] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 18.241] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 18.251] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 18.251] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.2.0
[ 18.251] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 18.251] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 18.251] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 18.251] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[ 18.678] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 18.687] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.92.6
[ 18.687] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 18.688] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 18.688] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 18.688] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 18.709] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 18.709] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.92.6
[ 18.717] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.92.6
[ 18.717] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.92
[ 18.717] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Nov 9 2011 21:11:31
[ 18.717] (++) using VT number 7

[ 18.727] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 18.843] (II) PCS database file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb not found
[ 18.843] (II) Creating PCS database from initial defaults instead
[ 18.898] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9495) found
[ 18.912] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[ 18.913] (II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
[ 18.914] (II) AMD Video driver is signed
[ 18.914] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[ 18.914] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 18.914] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x7f7951db11c0
[ 18.914] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs111_atiddxPreInit] === begin
[ 18.915] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[ 18.915] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[ 18.915] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[ 18.926] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 18.927] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 0.1.0
[ 18.927] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 18.927] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 18.927] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 18.927] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 18.927] (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
[ 18.927] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
[ 18.927] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB
[ 18.927] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
[ 18.940] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 18.940] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 18.940] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 18.940] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 18.940] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.92.6
[ 18.945] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 18.945] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 18.945] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 18.945] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 18.945] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
[ 18.945] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 12
[ 18.945] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 18.945] (==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
[ 18.945] (==) fglrx(0): ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
[ 18.945] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series " (Chipset = 0x9495)
[ 18.946] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1002, PciSubDevice = 0x0028)
[ 18.946] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: original ATI graphics adapter
[ 18.946] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xe0000000
[ 18.946] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xfebe0000
[ 18.946] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x0000d000
[ 18.946] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
[ 18.973] (II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
[ 19.069] (II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[ 19.253] (II) Loading sub module "vbe"
[ 19.253] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[ 19.253] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
[ 19.275] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.275] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.1.0
[ 19.275] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 11.22
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: -10R-01
[ 19.276] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[ 19.313] (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
[ 19.313] (--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 1048576 kByte, Type: DDR3
[ 19.313] (II) fglrx(0): AGP card detected
[ 19.313] (II) fglrx(0): board/chipset is supported by this driver (original ATI board)
[ 19.316] (II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 1:0.0.
[ 19.341] (II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xe0000000, MCFBSize = 0x40000000)
[ 19.341] (II) fglrx(0): [pci] find AGP GART
[ 19.341] (II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP protocol is enabled for graphics board.(cmd=0x1f004302)
[ 19.341] (II) fglrx(0): [agp] graphics chipset has AGP v3.0 (native mode)
[ 19.606] (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 19.
[ 19.606] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
[ 19.606] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!
[ 19.606] (==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
[ 19.606] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 19.606] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 19.628] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 19.642] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 19.643] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 1.0.0
[ 19.643] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 19.643] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 19.643] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 19.643] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 20.524] (II) fglrx(0): Finished Initialize PPLIB!
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 using monitor section aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP2 has no monitor section
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 has no monitor section
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT2 has no monitor section
[ 20.571] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 20.571] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 20.571] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Connected Display0: CRT2
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Display0 EDID data ---------------------------
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: GSM Model: 4b7a Serial#: 135873
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Year: 2008 Week: 8
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Sync: Separate Composite SyncOnGreen
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 41 vert.: 26
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 20.571] (II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.334 greenX: 0.286 greenY: 0.599
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.154 blueY: 0.077 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Supported established timings:
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 720x400@70Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@60Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@67Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@72Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@75Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@56Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@60Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@72Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@75Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 832x624@75Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@60Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@70Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@75Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 1152x864@75Hz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Supported standard timings:
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): #0: hsize: 1440 vsize 900 refresh: 75 vid: 3989
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): #1: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 75 vid: 20293
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 75 vid: 20321
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): #3: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): clock: 106.5 MHz Image Size: 410 x 256 mm
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1440 h_sync: 1520 h_sync_end 1672 h_blank_end 1904 h_border: 0
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): v_active: 900 v_sync: 903 v_sync_end 909 v_blanking: 934 v_border: 0
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 83 kHz, PixClock max 145 MHz
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: W1934
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name:
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff001e6d7a4bc1120200
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 081201036e291a78eae5b5a355499927
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 135054bfef80950f454f614f81800101
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 0101010101019a29a0d0518422305098
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 36009a001100001c000000fd00384b1e
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 530e000a202020202020000000fc0057
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 313933340a20202020202020000000fc
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): 00200a202020202020202020202000a3
[ 20.572] (II) fglrx(0): End of Display0 EDID data --------------------
[ 20.660] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output DFP1
[ 20.660] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output DFP2
[ 20.660] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output CRT1
[ 20.660] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output CRT2
[ 20.660] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: GSM Model: 4b7a Serial#: 135873
[ 20.660] (II) fglrx(0): Year: 2008 Week: 8
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Sync: Separate Composite SyncOnGreen
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 41 vert.: 26
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.334 greenX: 0.286 greenY: 0.599
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.154 blueY: 0.077 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Supported established timings:
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 720x400@70Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@60Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@67Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@72Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 640x480@75Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@56Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@60Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@72Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 800x600@75Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 832x624@75Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@60Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@70Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@75Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 1152x864@75Hz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Supported standard timings:
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): #0: hsize: 1440 vsize 900 refresh: 75 vid: 3989
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): #1: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 75 vid: 20293
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 75 vid: 20321
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): #3: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): clock: 106.5 MHz Image Size: 410 x 256 mm
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1440 h_sync: 1520 h_sync_end 1672 h_blank_end 1904 h_border: 0
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): v_active: 900 v_sync: 903 v_sync_end 909 v_blanking: 934 v_border: 0
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 83 kHz, PixClock max 145 MHz
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: W1934
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name:
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff001e6d7a4bc1120200
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 081201036e291a78eae5b5a355499927
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 135054bfef80950f454f614f81800101
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 0101010101019a29a0d0518422305098
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 36009a001100001c000000fd00384b1e
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 530e000a202020202020000000fc0057
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 313933340a20202020202020000000fc
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): 00200a202020202020202020202000a3
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Printing probed modes for output CRT2
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x60.0 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 +hsync -vsync (55.9 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 -hsync -vsync (80.0 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 -hsync -vsync (64.0 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x75.0 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 +hsync -vsync (75.2 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 -hsync -vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800"x75.0 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 +hsync -vsync (62.6 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800"x60.0 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 +hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x75.0 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 -hsync -vsync (67.5 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x60.0 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync -vsync (53.7 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x768"x75.0 102.25 1280 1360 1488 1696 768 771 778 805 +hsync -vsync (60.3 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x768"x60.0 79.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 768 771 778 798 +hsync -vsync (47.8 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 -hsync -vsync (45.0 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.0 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 -hsync -vsync (60.0 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.0 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (56.5 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (48.4 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x72.0 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 -hsync -vsync (48.1 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x75.0 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 -hsync -vsync (46.9 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x70.0 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625 +hsync -vsync (43.8 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.0 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 -hsync -vsync (35.2 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x480"x60.0 26.71 720 736 808 896 480 481 484 497 +hsync -vsync (29.8 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x75.0 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 +hsync +vsync (37.5 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x72.0 31.50 640 656 696 832 480 481 484 520 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0 25.18 640 648 744 800 480 482 484 525 +hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 disconnected
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP2 disconnected
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 disconnected
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT2 connected
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT2 using initial mode 1440x900
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 20.661] (II) fglrx(0): Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series has 2 configurable heads and 1 displays connected.
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
[ 20.661] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 20.661] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 20.661] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
[ 20.661] (==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
[ 20.672] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 20.672] (II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): doing swlDriScreenInit
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit for fglrx driver
[ 20.672] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 20.672] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 20.672] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 20.672] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 20.672] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 20.672] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 17, (OK)
[ 20.672] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 17
[ 20.672] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] DRM interface version 1.0
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0x7f79517ac000
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit done
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.92.6
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Date: Nov 9 2011
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 3.1.0-1-amd64
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
[ 20.672] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
[ 20.673] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
[ 20.673] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000

adamk75 · 01-18-2012, 03:42 PM

Have you confirmed a complete system pickup by trying to log in from another machine via ssh? Can you boot into Debian without starting X and pastebin the output od 'dmesg'? Finally, does your BIOS have any 'safe' AGP options?

kmacphail · 01-18-2012, 03:51 PM

adamk75

The AGP settings in my BIOS are as follows:

AGP Data Rate: 8X
AGP Aperture Size: 512MB
AGP Fast Write: Disabled
AGP SideBand Address: Enabled
Primary Graphics Adapter: AGP

AGP Voltage: Auto

Ion Silverbolt · 01-18-2012, 03:55 PM

Does the card work fine with the open source driver? Are you able to boot up to a usable desktop with a liveCD?

Unless you want to play some 3d games, I would stick with the open-source driver. The open-source driver is actually pretty good except when it comes to games.

kmacphail · 01-18-2012, 04:09 PM

Ion Silverbolt:

Yes I can boot into liveCD environments and have installed a distro beside mine that does give me an X environment. However the reason I bought this card was to play 3D games, my old one just couldn't cut the mustard and eventually I pushed it too hard and it gave up the ghost.

---------- Post added 18-01-12 at 10:10 PM ----------

Adamk75

Here's the link for the dmesg log

adamk75 · 01-18-2012, 05:09 PM

You could try passing 'noapic nolapic' and even 'acpi=0' to the kernel to see if that makes a difference.

kmacphail · 01-19-2012, 11:23 AM

Adamk75

Thanks for the response, but I am still having no joy, odd thing is that now when I boot up and the screen goes black the Xorg.0.log file is empty. This is really annoying, I would give up but I am too broke not to have this work, I can't afford to splash out on another card (nor do I want to)