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killux

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Registered: 2006-12-24

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fglrx and AIGLX problem

I am trying to install Xorg and I am having a couple of problems. This is what I do.

pacman -S xorg
pacman -S hwd
pacman -Sy ati-fglrx

hwd -x
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd /etc/X11/xorg.conf
aticonfig --initial
startx

My screen flickers a couple of times and then I get this error:

Fatal: Module fglrx not found.
[drm] failed to load module "fglrx"
Fatal: Module fglrx not found.
[drm] failed to load module "fglrx"
(EE) fglrx(0): Failed to initialize GPS!
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 28: twn: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 29: xclock: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 30: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 31: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 31: exec: xterm: not found
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" refcount is 2, should b e 1;fixing.

Help? Thanks.

Crooksey

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From: UK ~

Registered: 2006-08-14

Posts: 415

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Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

xorgconfig #generate xorg.conf with all your settings
aticonfig --initial
vi /etc/rc.conf #find the line MODULES and add fglrx
reboot
startx

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killux

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Registered: 2006-12-24

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Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

With xorgconfig, how can I find out all the settings I need to know. I used hwd because I did't know how to answer all those questions. Thanks Crooks.

Crooksey

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From: UK ~

Registered: 2006-08-14

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Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

Well, what laptop do you have (google or owners manual for the vert refresh rate) As for keyboard, just choose, and as far as the resolutions go, just choose roughly, aticonfig will do the rest

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killux

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Registered: 2006-12-24

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Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

I did it exactly the way i did it my first try but instead of running startx i ran X and it worked. Does X read from the same config file and if not how can i make the file it reads from my main configuration?

ToastedToad

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From: Sequim, WA

Registered: 2006-03-08

Posts: 79

Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

You'll need to use the open source 'radeon'drivers in order to use AIGLX.

killux

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Registered: 2006-12-24

Posts: 4

Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

Does Pacman have an open source Radeon driver available or do you know where you can download one from?

I know X will work because I have ran it before on Ubuntu, and Knoppix. Maybe I can take config file and drivers from that distro? I need help.

Thanks.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

FWIW Killux pastebin'd his xorg.conf:

http://pastebin.ca/291967

It looks fine to me but I've never used fglrx. Perhaps someone else could spot a problem?

Hum

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Registered: 2004-06-13

Posts: 46

Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

can you run "xorgcfg"?

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: fglrx and AIGLX problem

[drm] failed to load module "fglrx"

What kernel version are you using?  You have to make sure your system is entirely up-to-date - the ati-fglrx package is only maintained for the most recent kernel package in the repos.