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halflife268

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Registered: 2008-03-05

Posts: 4

fglrx error

I have a Radeon 9600SE AGP and last I heard, it shouldn't be affected by the infamous Rialto chip bug. However, in the middle of configuring X on a new Arch install, and testing this configuration, with of course the catalyst package installed, the monitor just shuts off when X starts up. I can't get back to any terminal in anyway forcing me to power cycle my power supply.

When I reboot and check the Xorg log, I see this:

(EE) fglrx(0): Given depth (8) is not supported by fglrx driver
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitVisual failed
SetVBEMode failed
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

 
Fatal server error:
no screens found

I tried commenting out the 8 depth subsection, but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Last edited by halflife268 (2008-03-05 00:34:40)

halflife268

Member

Registered: 2008-03-05

Posts: 4

Re: fglrx error

Nevermind, I figured it out.

Don't isntall the catalyst package before you create an initial xorg.conf file. If you happen to do so, just copy the file you created with X -configure over to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Then change the driver from fglrx to vesa then run aticonfig --initial and try again.

simon04

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From: Austria

Registered: 2008-04-20

Posts: 11

Re: fglrx error

I solved this problem by modifying xorg.conf in the following way:
Added DefaultDepth in the Screen-Section:

Section "Screen"
        DefaultDepth 24
        [...]
EndSection

Cheers, Simon