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sirkubador

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Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 10

X server won't start after recent catalyst-test and kernel upgrade

Hi,
after recent upgrade of catalyst-test (13.2) and kernel (3.7.5), my x server won't start with this log (WW) and (EE) only:

[   114.989] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[   116.077] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[   116.093] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[   116.101] (EE) fglrx(0): DAL initialization failed!
[   116.101] (EE) fglrx(0): Display Infrastructure Failed
[   116.101] (EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed
[   116.212] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[   116.212]
Fatal server error:
[   116.212] no screens found
[   116.212] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
     at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[   116.212] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   116.212] (EE)
[   116.515] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

My card is mobility radeon hd 5700, I'm running on x86_64 system. I'm using aticonfig generated xorg.conf. I will provide any other information if needed.

I've tried:
- to downgrade to catalyst 12.8 and xorg 1.12 (screen just freezes after trying to get to X, only poweroff button works (system catches the signal and shuts down softly - no errors in Xorg.0.log))
- to use catalyst-total 13.1 / catalyst-generator 13.1 (Xorg.0.log says something about *not* compatible module - i can try it again and give you the whole log, it is probably another problem)
- to use open-source drivers (poor performance, overheating)
- to check nomodeset option (present at all kernel images in generated grub.cfg)

Unfortunately, I could not find any similar issue solved in past few days...

sirkubador

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Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 10

Re: X server won't start after recent catalyst-test and kernel upgrade

(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)

I solved this one with no effect on starting X.

sirkubador

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Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 10

Re: X server won't start after recent catalyst-test and kernel upgrade

Downgrading kernel to 3.7.4 actually worked for catalyst 13.1. Anyone knows what could be wrong for linux 3.7.5?

Edit: catalyst-test 13.2 beta works with linux 3.7.4.

Last edited by sirkubador (2013-02-05 14:24:44)