X Server and Ati Radeon R360

turbopollux · 2017-01-22 10:04:24

Hello everyone! I am trying to start up my new Ati Radeon videocard on arch...
At first i am trying install proriethary catalyst driver but fgirx module not loading (with Xorg 117). I deleted all catalyst package retirn Xorg 1.19 but damaged my xorg.conf file i think. Now i install xf86-video-ati opensource driver, disable modesitting
(in /etc/default/grub appending GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "nomodeset" and there i executed "grub-mkconfi -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" but xorg not stating...........
and in logs i saw there:
[ 36.386] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
[ 36.386] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 36.386] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
[ 36.386] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
[ 36.386] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 36.386] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 36.386] (EE)

There my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option    "Protocol" "auto"
Option    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# Option "DPMS"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
# ModelName "Unknown"
# HorizSync 18.0 - 90.0
# VertRefresh 23.0 - 75.0
# ModeLine "1360x768_60.00" 84.8 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
# Option "PreferredMode" "1360x768_60.00"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1360x768_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Whats wrong with it all?

seth · 2017-01-22 13:41:46

"disable modesitting"
And why is that? X won't work w/o modesetting support and anything but the nvidia (and fglrx?) blobs.
As the error btw. explixitly states.

Steef435 · 2017-01-22 16:18:27

Apart from that, have you followed all the instructions from the wiki on the uninstallation of Catalyst? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AM … stallation

You shouldn't need a Xorg configuration file for radeon. X is pretty good at auto detection these days. So you should be safe to remove all video-related configuration options if you think those are related (I don't know).

JohnBobSmith · 2017-01-22 20:47:00

Unless I am mistaken, the R3XX series of cards are ancient: 2002-2005, see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATi_Radeon_R300_Series. Therefore, I don't think you have your card name right because you said this was a "new" card. The only way to be sure is to run the vanilla (no arguments) lspci command. Post the output of that here please.

Now, assuming you do in fact have such an old card, I'm not sure catalyst would even function on it. First, you would need the legacy version of catalyst, which has been deprecated for some time if I recall correctly. Second, the lack of GCN support means most modern applications/programs might not work well, if at all, do to the changed instruction set. Which begs the question: Why the old card? You are at a disadvantage without GCN support, even if you only intend to web browse with this machine.

In order to fix the xorg issues at hand, ensure you have done all of the following in this order:
-Remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This won't be needed in a mode-setting environment
-Remove the nomodeset from GRUB and remember to grub-mkconfig!
-Remove all catalyst libraries. The easiest way to do this is pacman -Ss catalyst, and then carefully remove most/all entries.
-Remove any extra repositories from /etc/pacman.conf, which should only be [xorg117] and [catalyst].
-Finally, follow up with a forced refresh system upgrade to update your xorg files/system to the current version: sudo pacman -Syyu

This is all in the wiki that Steef mentioned, with some of my personal tweaks from experience to ensure that the un-install works. Reboot and you should be able to log in, at which point you will likely need to install mesa and libgl related packages in addition to the plain mode-setting driver.

Last edited by JohnBobSmith (2017-01-22 20:48:08)

turbopollux · 2017-01-28 08:10:14

I am sorry mate. I have r7 360 card
http://www.amd.com/ru-ru/products/graphics/desktop/r7

headkase · 2017-01-28 08:26:09

Have you tried to use "xf86-video-amdgpu"? If not try it. Catalyst is done now just so you know. No more updates, no support for newer X servers, no support for newer kernels, and such. Which means that eventually it will become extinct. AMDGPU is a modern replacement for Catalyst and there is also a beta "AMDGPU-Pro" in the AUR. Try xf86-video-amdgpu first and actually see if it does what you need to do fine. If it doesn't then try Pro. Regardless, AMDGPU is the future and you will have nothing but grief if you persist with Catalyst. If for some reason your card doesn't meet requirements for xf86-video-amdgpu then try "xf86-video-ati". Again, if you insist on Catalyst - a proprietary blob that no one can improve except AMD and they gave up on it - then you are going to have nothing but headaches with Arch.

Edit: And xf86-video-amdgpu(+Pro) is the direct result of AMD sharing technical documentation over the years with the FOSS community. That is in contrast with nVidia who provide a good binary driver but it is completely proprietary and they won't share their technical documentation for the creation of FOSS drivers.

Last edited by headkase (2017-01-28 08:29:27)

seth · 2017-01-28 08:36:04

He did (try) to get rid of catalyst - the predominant issue is the unexplained attempt to disable modesetting.

headkase · 2017-01-28 08:59:58

What is the output of "cat /proc/cmdline"?
If no-modesetting is a kernel parameter then it should show there.

Last edited by headkase (2017-01-28 09:00:22)

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X Server and Ati Radeon R360

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