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Old 07-10-2014, 08:12 PM   #1
TallTanBarbie
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Install Of ATI FirePro W8000 FGLRX Driver On Fedora 20 64 Bit Fails


http://support.amd.com/en-us/downloa...4#catalyst-pro

This is the driver I am attempting to install on my Fedora 20 system. I have seen workarounds for the consumer ATI cards:
(http://bluehatrecord.wordpress.com/2...h-kernel-3-14/)
but this doesn't seem to work for workstation GPUs.

(A): Is there a way to get this driver to work on Fedora 20?

(B): If not, what version of Linux (preferably an earlier version of Fedora) will it work with?

Thanks
 
Old 07-10-2014, 10:09 PM   #2
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I first would suggest trying the 14.20 BETA driver first before you start distribution and release hopping, if 13.352.1014 doesn't work for you.

You might also be able to get the open source driver to work if you have libmesa compiled with elf-utils and llvm+clang for the gallium3d API support.

You might also want to see exactly which kernel version you have in Fedora 20 (if it's not 3.14) and edit the patch as mentioned...:

Code:
--- lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c
+++ lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,11 @@ KCL_TYPE_Uid ATI_API_CALL KCL_GetEffecti
 #else 
 
 #ifdef current_euid
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,14,0)
+    return __kuid_val(current_euid());
+#else
     return current_euid();
+#endif
 #else
     return current->euid;
 #endif
...and edit the highlighted part to reflect the EXACT version your kernel is.

Example if you use Kernel 3.14.4, you use code KERNEL_VERSION(3,14,4)

Good luck.

Last edited by ReaperX7; 07-10-2014 at 10:11 PM.
 
Old 07-19-2014, 07:28 PM   #3
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UPDATE:

I'm using kernel 3.15.5.

OpenGL quad buffer stereo DOES work on Fedora 20 after using the kernel 3.14+ patch to install fglrx.

I discovered this by accident after installing the Google Chrome web browser.

The emitter became active after Chrome was started.

Even though GetBooleanv(GL_STEREO, &gbStereoEnabled) kept returning false, I used glutDisplayMode( GLUT_STEREO) anyway in my code and the emitter became active upon program execution.

Here's the deal. In Windows, the emitter becomes active after the computer boots up. It does not in Linux.

Thanks

Last edited by TallTanBarbie; 07-19-2014 at 07:32 PM.
 
  


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