Problems With FGLRX AMD Catalyst - Arch Kernel 4.1.

bartpart · 2015-11-25 07:37:58

Hi everybody.

I'm new at this so I apologize if there are any errors in this post, I'm not a noob at linux but I'm not an expert either.

I know there are a lot of posts about this topic, but I've read some of them and I couldn’t find any answer.

I have followed the wiki of amd catalyst and I installed xorg-server and every package from vi0l0's repos, I added the "nomodeset" to grub, I added the line "fglrx" to /etc/modules-load.d/fglrx.conf and I blacklisted radeon in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf but I can't start any DE. When the system reboots it says:

Failed to start Load Kernel modules
see systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service for details

When I run /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load it says:
"Failed to find module 'fglrx'"

When I run ati-config --initial it says:
"Found fglrx primary device section.
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

But when I run catalyst_build_module all it says:
*building fglrx module for 4.1.13-1-lts kernel ...
Failed!!! Check out log: /var/log/catalyst-install.log
*building fglrx module for 4.2.5-1-Arch kernel ...
ok.

I have installed Gnome but it never started, the system stops loading modules at [OK] Reached target Graphical Interface and I had to press alt+f2 to login and see what was happening. I don't have any DE at this time.

The xorg-server it's working fine, I stalled the xterm and xclock and when I run startx they run without problems, but when I run a DE everything fails and just displays a black window.

Here's the kernel and packages version

xorg-server 1.17.4-2

catalyst-hook 15.9-6

kernel 4.1.13-1-lts

When I run lspci | grep fglrx it shows nothing, and when I run fglrxinfo it says:
Error:unable to open display (null)

I have a Radeon HD 5450 and when I run lspci | grep VGA it says:
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series]

Here is my xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
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

Here is my catalyst-install.log file

--------
2015-11-24 20:21:58
Building fglrx module for 4.2.5-1-ARCH kernel ...
--------
OsVersion says: SMP=1
file /proc/kallsyms says: SMP=1
file /usr/lib/modules/4.2.5-1-ARCH/build/include/generated/autoconf.h says: SMP=1
file /usr/lib/modules/4.2.5-1-ARCH/build/include/generated/autoconf.h says: MODVERSIONS=1
file /usr/lib/modules/4.2.5-1-ARCH/build/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h says: COMPAT_ALLOC_USER_SPACE=arch_compat_alloc_user_space
make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.2.5-1-ARCH/build'
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/firegl_public.o
/tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/firegl_public.c:6508:12: warning: 'KCL_fpu_save_init' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
static int KCL_fpu_save_init(struct task_struct *tsk)
^
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_acpi.o
/tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_acpi.c:839:20: warning: 'KCL_ACPI_Slot_No_Hotplug' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
static acpi_status KCL_ACPI_Slot_No_Hotplug(KCL_ACPI_DevHandle handle, u32 lvl, void *data, void **rv)
^
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_agp.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_debug.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_ioctl.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_io.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_pci.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_str.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_iommu.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl.o
CC [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/kcl_wait.o
LD [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/fglrx.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/fglrx.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/catalyst.daIE6f/fglrx.ko
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.2.5-1-ARCH/build'
ok.

And finally, my Xorg.0.log file was too large to post here, so I leave it here in case you want to checkit out
https://cloud.openmailbox.org/index.php … 8Xfm3StiFK

I hope you can help me, and as I said, I had never post anything here, so I hope you can forgive me if anything is missing or is all messed up.

Thank you very much!

Last edited by bartpart (2015-11-25 23:14:28)

svalmont · 2015-12-28 13:26:58

Are any modules failing on boot? Does anything say fail when you first start arch?

Lone_Wolf · 2015-12-29 10:36:15

Welcome to arch linux forums, bartpart .
please use BBCode tags to make your posts more readable.

But when I run catalyst_build_module all it says:
*building fglrx module for 4.1.13-1-lts kernel ...
Failed!!! Check out log: /var/log/catalyst-install.log

please post (or pastebin if it's large) that logfile .

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#1 2015-11-25 07:37:58

Problems With FGLRX AMD Catalyst - Arch Kernel 4.1.

#2 2015-12-28 13:26:58

Re: Problems With FGLRX AMD Catalyst - Arch Kernel 4.1.

#3 2015-12-29 10:36:15

Re: Problems With FGLRX AMD Catalyst - Arch Kernel 4.1.

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