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Problems with ATI drivers ( x1600 series card )

Hello,

I'm having some problems with ati drivers. It was working fine until i had to reboot my computer. Now, i cannot start X when using fglrx driver ( vesa works fine ).

I'm running Debian Etch and have installed it using this howto http://technowizah.com/2006/10/debia...i-drivers.html

Here is the Xorg.0.log

Code:

II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0

(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.44.3

(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.443.1

(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Dec 19 2007 21:29:14

(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found

(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x71CD) found

(II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release

(II) AMD Video driver is signed

(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:

        [0] -1  0      0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1  0      0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1  0      0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1  0      0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1  0      0xff6fb000 - 0xff6fbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [5] -1  0      0xff6ff000 - 0xff6fffff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [6] -1  0      0xff6fe000 - 0xff6fefff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [7] -1  0      0xff6fd000 - 0xff6fdfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [8] -1  0      0xff6fc000 - 0xff6fcfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [9] -1  0      0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

        [10] -1 0      0xff5e0000 - 0xff5effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [11] -1 0      0xff5c0000 - 0xff5dffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [12] -1 0      0xff5f0000 - 0xff5fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [13] -1 0      0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [14] -1 0      0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [15] -1 0      0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [16] -1 0      0x0000ef90 - 0x0000ef9f (0x10) IX[B]

        [17] -1 0      0x0000efe0 - 0x0000efe3 (0x4) IX[B]

        [18] -1 0      0x0000efa8 - 0x0000efaf (0x8) IX[B]

        [19] -1 0      0x0000efe4 - 0x0000efe7 (0x4) IX[B]

        [20] -1 0      0x0000eff0 - 0x0000eff7 (0x8) IX[B]

        [21] -1 0      0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [22] -1 0      0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]

        [23] -1 0      0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [24] -1 0      0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]

        [25] -1 0      0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)

(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x81e0648

(II) resource ranges after probing:

        [0] -1  0      0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1  0      0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1  0      0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1  0      0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1  0      0xff6fb000 - 0xff6fbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [5] -1  0      0xff6ff000 - 0xff6fffff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [6] -1  0      0xff6fe000 - 0xff6fefff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [7] -1  0      0xff6fd000 - 0xff6fdfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [8] -1  0      0xff6fc000 - 0xff6fcfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [9] -1  0      0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

        [10] -1 0      0xff5e0000 - 0xff5effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [11] -1 0      0xff5c0000 - 0xff5dffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [12] -1 0      0xff5f0000 - 0xff5fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [13] -1 0      0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [14] 0  0      0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]

        [15] 0  0      0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]

        [16] 0  0      0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]

        [17] -1 0      0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [18] -1 0      0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [19] -1 0      0x0000ef90 - 0x0000ef9f (0x10) IX[B]

        [20] -1 0      0x0000efe0 - 0x0000efe3 (0x4) IX[B]

        [21] -1 0      0x0000efa8 - 0x0000efaf (0x8) IX[B]

        [22] -1 0      0x0000efe4 - 0x0000efe7 (0x4) IX[B]

        [23] -1 0      0x0000eff0 - 0x0000eff7 (0x8) IX[B]

        [24] -1 0      0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [25] -1 0      0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]

        [26] -1 0      0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [27] -1 0      0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]

        [28] -1 0      0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)

        [29] 0  0      0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]

        [30] 0  0      0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.

(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin, [x]

(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"

(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so

(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 0.1.0

        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0

(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0

(EE) fglrx(0): Given depth (16) is not supported by fglrx driver

(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitVisual failed

SetVBEMode failed

(EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed

(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === end

(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"

(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.



Fatal server error:

no screens found

Lspci

Code:

# lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 655 Host (rev 50)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)

00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)

00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)

00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)

00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)

00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)

00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)

00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)

00:05.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] RAID bus controller 180 SATA/PATA  [SiS] (rev 01)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 71cd

01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 71ed

What can i do?

Thanks,

Fernando.

Forgot to attach Xorg.conf.

Here it is:

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)

#

# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using

# values from the debconf database.

#

# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.

# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)

#

# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*

# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg

# package.

#

# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated

# again, run the following command:

#  sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg



Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier    "Default Layout"

        Screen        "Default Screen" 0 0

        Screen        "aticonfig-Screen[1]" RightOf "Default Screen"

        InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"

        InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"

EndSection



Section "Files"



        # path to defoma fonts

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"

        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"

        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"

        FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"

EndSection



Section "Module"

        Load  "bitmap"

        Load  "ddc"

        Load  "dri"

        Load  "extmod"

        Load  "freetype"

        Load  "glx"

        Load  "int10"

        Load  "vbe"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"

        Driver      "kbd"

        Option      "CoreKeyboard"

        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"

        Option      "XkbModel" "abnt2"

        Option      "XkbLayout" "br"

        Option      "XkbVariant" "abnt2"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Configured Mouse"

        Driver      "mouse"

        Option      "CorePointer"

        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

        Option      "Protocol" "ImPS/2"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

        Identifier  "Generic Monitor"

        HorizSync    28.0 - 72.0

        VertRefresh  43.0 - 60.0

        Option      "DPMS"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

        Identifier  "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"

        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"

        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"

        Option      "DPMS" "true"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier  "Placa de Vídeo Genérica"

        Driver      "fglrx"

        BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection



Section "Device"

        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[1]"

        Driver      "fglrx"

        BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"

        Screen      1

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Default Screen"

        Device    "Placa de Vídeo Genérica"

        Monitor    "Generic Monitor"

        DefaultDepth    16

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    1

                Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    4

                Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    8

                Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    15

                Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    16

                Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

        SubSection "Display"

                Depth    24

                Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

        EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "Screen"

        Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]"

        Device    "aticonfig-Device[1]"

        Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"

        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport  0 0

                Depth    24

        EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "DRI"

        Mode        0666

EndSection

I think this is the problem with your configuration, but I am not 100% sure:

Quote:

(EE) fglrx(0): Given depth (16) is not supported by fglrx driver

Your xorg.conf file contains this line, which seems like it could be the cause of the problem.

Quote:

DefaultDepth 16

Which appears to relate to a screen attached to an fglrx device. I would try changing this line to 24,as so:

Quote:

Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"

Change to:

Quote:

Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"

I dont think the fglrx driver supports depths below 24. It seems that xorg is reading both the screen sections from your config file, and then loading the fglrx driver, which reads the screen sections, sees the depth of 16, doesn't like it and quits with an error. If you look in the ServerLayout section at the top, you will see that you are actually using this screen ("Default Screen" 0 0), and another one. In my config file, I am only using one screen:

Quote:

Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

You could also remove the default screen and see what happens. Make sure you backup first.

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

I have changed default depth to 24 and restarted Xorg. Now my computer freezes when i do this.

I get an black screen and cannot change to an terminal ( ctr + alt + f1 ) or ssh on my computer ( totally freezed ).

Do you know what can i do or what is causing this?

Thanks again!

Does xorg start automatically when the computer boots, or do you type startx or a similar command? If you get to a terminal when the pc boots, check the log file again, then change back to the 16 depth, or restore the backed up log file. Thinking about it, aticonfig makes a backup file too of the original xorg.conf. You could try recovering this, and then editing the file manually changing the vesa driver to fglrx (and check the depth). Another option would be if you got back to a terminal, you could run (I think this is it with debian):

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

to freshly reconfigure your xorg.conf and then try running aticonfig again, or change the file manually.If you cant get to a terminal, you may need to use single user mode (might appear in grub) to edit the file, or it may be easier if you could use a livecd of some sort, like damn small linux, mount the disk and edit the file through that.

EDIT: The backed up file from aticonfig will be at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-0

Hello,

I have booted up in recovery mode and changed the driver to vesa and it works now.

Do you know if this is a bug with the fglrx driver or how can i use it?

I need it to use 1440x900 resolution and use my two monitors on the same card.

Thanks,

Fernando.

Oh! You are using two monitors. I think aticonfig has an option for this:

Code:

aticonfig --help | grep dual

  --initial=dual-head

        Same as '--initial' but generate a basic dual head configuration file.

        Note:  This option is not valid if '--initial=dual-head' is specified.

        Screens start at 0.  You can use 1 for dual-head

        Screens start at 0.  You can use 1 for dual-head

        Screens start at 0.  You can use 1 for dual-head

        Set the secondary screen position for dual head.

        Enable/disable swap heads in dual-head mode.

        This option works only in dual-head mode.

      Dual head  :    aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=above

                        This command will generate a dual head configuratio

Check out aticonfig --help for more info on this. I seem to remember having a similar setup on my old 9550 card. Should work.

Hello,

I have already done it. But my computer still freezes when X start.

Hello,

I have booted again in recovery mode and here is what i get on Xorg.0.log:

Code:

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0

(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.44.3

(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.443.1

(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Dec 19 2007 21:29:14

(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found

(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x71CD) found

(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x71CD) found

(II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release

(II) AMD Video driver is signed

(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:

        [0] -1  0      0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1  0      0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1  0      0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1  0      0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1  0      0xff6fb000 - 0xff6fbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [5] -1  0      0xff6ff000 - 0xff6fffff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [6] -1  0      0xff6fe000 - 0xff6fefff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [7] -1  0      0xff6fd000 - 0xff6fdfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [8] -1  0      0xff6fc000 - 0xff6fcfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [9] -1  0      0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

        [10] -1 0      0xff5e0000 - 0xff5effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [11] -1 0      0xff5c0000 - 0xff5dffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [12] -1 0      0xff5f0000 - 0xff5fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [13] -1 0      0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [14] -1 0      0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [15] -1 0      0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [16] -1 0      0x0000ef90 - 0x0000ef9f (0x10) IX[B]

        [17] -1 0      0x0000efe0 - 0x0000efe3 (0x4) IX[B]

        [18] -1 0      0x0000efa8 - 0x0000efaf (0x8) IX[B]

        [19] -1 0      0x0000efe4 - 0x0000efe7 (0x4) IX[B]

        [20] -1 0      0x0000eff0 - 0x0000eff7 (0x8) IX[B]

        [21] -1 0      0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [22] -1 0      0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]

        [23] -1 0      0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [24] -1 0      0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]

        [25] -1 0      0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)

(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x81e26d0

(II) fglrx(1): pEnt->device->identifier=0x81e26d0

(II) resource ranges after probing:

        [0] -1  0      0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        [1] -1  0      0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        [2] -1  0      0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        [3] -1  0      0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        [4] -1  0      0xff6fb000 - 0xff6fbfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [5] -1  0      0xff6ff000 - 0xff6fffff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [6] -1  0      0xff6fe000 - 0xff6fefff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [7] -1  0      0xff6fd000 - 0xff6fdfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [8] -1  0      0xff6fc000 - 0xff6fcfff (0x1000) MX[B]

        [9] -1  0      0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

        [10] -1 0      0xff5e0000 - 0xff5effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [11] -1 0      0xff5c0000 - 0xff5dffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

        [12] -1 0      0xff5f0000 - 0xff5fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

        [13] -1 0      0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

        [14] 0  0      0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]

        [15] 0  0      0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]

        [16] 0  0      0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]

        [17] -1 0      0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        [18] -1 0      0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [19] -1 0      0x0000ef90 - 0x0000ef9f (0x10) IX[B]

        [20] -1 0      0x0000efe0 - 0x0000efe3 (0x4) IX[B]

        [21] -1 0      0x0000efa8 - 0x0000efaf (0x8) IX[B]

        [22] -1 0      0x0000efe4 - 0x0000efe7 (0x4) IX[B]

        [23] -1 0      0x0000eff0 - 0x0000eff7 (0x8) IX[B]

        [24] -1 0      0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [25] -1 0      0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec7f (0x80) IX[B]

        [26] -1 0      0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

        [27] -1 0      0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]

        [28] -1 0      0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)

        [29] 0  0      0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]

        [30] 0  0      0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.

(II) Setting vga for screen 1.

(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin, [x]

(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"

(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so

(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 0.1.0

        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0

(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0

(**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32

(II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)

(==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor

(**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS"

(==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888

(II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)

(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for I is 0x06419064

(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for II is 0x06419064

(==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON

(--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "Radeon X1600 Series" (Chipset = 0x71cd)

(--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x148c, PciSubDevice = 0x2213)

(--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI

(--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xe0000000

(--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xff5f0000

(==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000

(II) Loading sub module "int10"

(II) LoadModule: "int10"

(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so

(II) Loading sub module "vm86"

(II) LoadModule: "vm86"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvm86.so

(II) Module vm86: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0

        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0

(II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000

(II) Loading sub module "vbe"

(II) LoadModule: "vbe"

(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so

(II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 9.12

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: RV530

(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00

(II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected

drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0

drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)

drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)

drmOpenDevice: Open failed

drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0

drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK)

drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0

drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK)

drmGetBusid returned ''

(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"

(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so

(II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."

        compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.44.3

        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(--) fglrx(0): VideoRAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR2

(II) fglrx(0): AGP card detected

(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported

I am sorry but I think this one might be beyond me. Perhaps someone else could help you out on here. I am just not sure. This might be a bug with the drivers. The last drivers I used with debian that *just worked* were the 8.40.4 drivers. Since then, I have had problems with various things.

The release notes can be found here https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ux_8.40.4.html

Hello,

I have installed the ATI Catalyst™ 7.11 version and now it's working. It seens to be a bug with the 7.12 version.

Thanks for your help.

Well, Finally I have the ATI card installed right. After reading all the disclaimers and trying 15 different "guaranteed" methods of flawless installation, I used Envy. It loaded easy, even after I goofed up and stopped it half way through.

Please, try Envy (linked), it solved all my ATI problems. I'm running Gusty on a Radeon 9600 with all the bells and whistles now. Got the cube running, wobbly windows, all sounds and graphics.

Great, well done. I found both the 7.11 and 7.12 versions of the driver to be quite buggy - especially the 7.12 version. One to keep an eye on is the RadeonHD project, which aims to implement a free and open source driver for R500 and R600 chipsets (thats the x1000 and HD 2000 cards). Theres a link here. They seem to release an update every two weeks.

Quote:

The Novell developers hope to complete 2D work on the RadeonHD driver by the end of this year.

Looks promising. I read somewhere that 3D should be there within 6 to 9 months, but dont quote me on it. Happy new year!