ATI Proprietary drivers

cefege · 02-01-2012, 06:50 AM

How can I install it?
Is there something prebuilt or a script ( I didn't find it on slackbuilds)
I can't find any conclusive info about this.

What about the ati open source drivers? I know they are slower but easier to install (according to arch wiki).

Andersen · 02-01-2012, 08:08 AM

It's not that difficult anymore. There's an option to build Slackware package, so you can install it with installpkg command:

Code:

# ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Slackware/Slackware

Code:

# installpkg fglrx-8.892-x86_64-1.tgz

To get minimal version of xorg.conf, run aticonfig:

Code:

# aticonfig --initial

cefege · 02-01-2012, 12:12 PM

Can you explain in more detail? Where should I download it from? I'm using 64 current.

What do you mean by minimal version of xorg.conf?
Are there any files I should edit after for it to work?

yasoo · 02-01-2012, 12:40 PM

Hey cefege,

Have a look at the Salix Wiki.
It's exactly the same as Andersen wrote with a little bit more explanation.

Greets
Yasoo

---------- Post added 02-01-12 at 01:41 PM ----------

Oh and here is the URL:

http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.ph...all_ATI_Driver

Andersen · 02-01-2012, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cefege

Can you explain in more detail? Where should I download it from? I'm using 64 current.

What do you mean by minimal version of xorg.conf?
Are there any files I should edit after for it to work?

You can download it from here, just follow the guides, and choose your card and OS architecture:

http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/drivers.aspx

cefege · 02-01-2012, 01:34 PM

You need to have the kernel-source and kernel-headers packages installed.
kernel-source is not installed with the default OS.

So I have to rebuild the kernel? Why else does it need kernel-source and kernel-headers?

Andersen · 02-01-2012, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cefege

You need to have the kernel-source and kernel-headers packages installed.
kernel-source is not installed with the default OS.

So I have to rebuild the kernel? Why else does it need kernel-source and kernel-headers?

Those things about kernel-source and kernel-headers are Salix-specific things, ignore them. If what you have is "full" Slackware instalation, then your system already have all that you need.

cefege · 02-01-2012, 01:47 PM

This is odd. I didn't touch nothing yet but,

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep '(II) Loading /'

Quote:

[ 72.031] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 72.044] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 72.051] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 72.054] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 72.056] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 72.064] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 72.065] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 72.103] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so
[ 72.279] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 73.334] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so

This means it uses ati drivers right?

TobiSGD · 02-01-2012, 01:56 PM

No, that means it uses the open source drivers, which are installed by default. May I ask which card you are using?

Andersen · 02-01-2012, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cefege

This is odd. I didn't touch nothing yet but,

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep '(II) Loading /'

This means it uses ati drivers right?

Yes, it's the driver that comes with Slackware.
If that one works well, and if you don't need hardware acceleration, then you don't need proprietary driver.

edit:

TobiSGD was faster

TobiSGD · 02-01-2012, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andersen

if you don't need hardware acceleration, then you don't need proprietary driver.

The radeon driver offers hardware acceleration.

Andersen · 02-01-2012, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

The radeon driver offers hardware acceleration.

Hm.. I didn't know that, or it just was not the case couple years ago. Thanks anyway.

cefege · 02-01-2012, 05:08 PM

Ok so how can I install. I didn't install the sources from DVD. .. Should I get them now?

Andersen · 02-01-2012, 05:30 PM

If you didn't do some kind of "custom install" when you installed your Slackware, you don't have to install anything from your Slack DVD.
Just do what I mentioned before:

1. Go to this place and choose apropriate driver for your card and 64-bit Linux:

http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/drivers.aspx

2. Use it to make a .tgz package:

Code:

# sh ati-driver-installer-<release>-<architecture>.run --buildpkg Slackware/Slackware

3. Install the package:

Code:

# installpkg fglrx-<version>-<architecture>.tgz

4. Run aticonfig to make xorg.conf:

Code:

 # aticonfig --initial

After that, you can reboot your machine. I think that's all.

cefege · 02-01-2012, 05:54 PM

Did like you told me.

And I couldn't log into xfce anymore. It just loaded a black screen an I had to restart. Luckily I managed to revert to the old xorg and uninstalled the drivers.

xorg.conf with propietary ati:

Quote:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

#DisplaySize 470 300 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"

### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
### <percent>: "<f>%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" # 
#Option "AGPMode" # 
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # 
#Option "GARTSize" # 
#Option "RingSize" # 
#Option "BufferSize" # 
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "FBTexPercent" # 
#Option "DepthBits" # 
#Option "PCIAPERSize" # 
#Option "AccelDFS" # [<bool>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "CustomEDID" # [<str>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # 
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # 
#Option "TunerType" # 
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "ScalerWidth" # 
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ClockGating" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectorTable" # <str>
#Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTVDACAdj" # [<bool>]
#Option "Int10" # [<bool>]
#Option "EXAVSync" # [<bool>]
#Option "ATOMTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "R4xxATOM" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicPM" # [<bool>]
#Option "NewPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
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

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection