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romeo_tango 03-04-2010 04:09 AM
Opensuse 11.2 ATI Repository - Download fglrx Corrupt? Any mirrors?
 
Hi,

Im trying to install fglrx module via YAST.

ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default (915KB)
x11-video-fglrxG01 (24.53MB)

The problem is that it always returned me this :

Code:
Error: INVALID:Package ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default-8.593_2.6.31.5_0.1-21.1 seems to be corrupted during transfer. Do you want to retry retrieval?
Please help me how to get the fglrx downloaded perfectly. Are there any ATI mirrors or what?

I tried to use one-click-install from OpenSuse Community but aside from the same error, the one-click-install instead downloading the fglrxG02.

Mine is Radeon X1600 and Im sure it is using the G01.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

Simon Bridge 03-04-2010 04:43 AM
X1600 is RV515 chipset supported in the radeonHD driver - do not use fglrx: ATI stopped supporting older cards in the latest drivers. OTOH: they give good support to the free software drivers these days.

romeo_tango 03-04-2010 05:01 AM
Yes, okay, I already using radeonhd rite now. Actually that is the only worked for me.

sax2 -r -m 0=radeon gave me a blank screen after entered.
sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd is successful.

But the problem is now I still can't enable desktop effect. It says that Desktop Effects are not supported on your current hardware / configuration. Since I just upgraded from 11.1, I believe this is the driver / configuration issue.

I already added these line too in xorg.conf:

Code:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
And while this module xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd - Driver for AMD GPG (ATI) r5xx/r6xx Chipsets already installed in Yast, why do I can't see any radeon drivers in lsmod ?

Here is the result of my lspci | grep "ATI"
Code:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV530 [Radeon X1600]
My uname -a
Code:
Linux graypc 2.6.31.5-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Simon Bridge 03-04-2010 09:31 PM
I checked the depreciated cards list just to be sure:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Catalyst_9.4
... yep - your card is in the legacy support structure.
Quote:
The Linux ATI Catalyst™ driver will only be supported in Linux distributions prior to February 2009 for the legacy products listed above.
It is possible that there is a legacy fglrx package in your repos (not in mine) - the only one I found on ATIs site was for Win32.

otoh: there are indications that x1600 can have 3d acceleration with radeonhd and mesa drivers - together.

Useful discussion:
http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/...-2-compiz.html

You may find that the previous attempt to install fglrx has bunta'd X for you - it happens. You need to remove everything associated with it and reinstall everything except the fglrx package from the repos. Update everything in community (at least).

Then try glxinfo.


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