[solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

mcover · 2008-11-15 14:51:29

Hi,

I finally want to upgrade my kernel to latest version. Since change from 2.6.26 to 2.6.27, X won't start anymore, and it is related to fglrx (apparently catalyst 8.8 is not intended for use with kernel >=2.6.27).

In testing repo there is the new catalyst 8.11 - together with new xorg-server. Updating those two and everything else that comes with new kernel (2.6.27) I was hoping I could finally use the new kernel. But it still does not work. Black screen as usual.

I had problems with my Radeon before. I needed to add "mem=2900M" (<- without black screen as well) and "nopat" to kernel parameters. Having to use mem=2900M doesn't make me happy (figure mtrr is the problem, but I can't prove it).

If anyone successfully got this combination running I would appreciate any help, Xorg.conf or whatever helps to get it working.

Thanks.

Last edited by mcover (2008-11-16 13:31:05)

ak-89 · 2008-11-15 15:14:59

I had black screen too when I updated catalyst to 8.10 or newer. I had to delete /etc/ati/amdpcsdb to get it working.

Last edited by ak-89 (2008-11-15 15:16:11)

emu · 2008-11-15 16:08:47

I had to uncomment 2 lines in my xorg.conf

now it works like a charm.

#RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
and
#Load "record"

and i added this for better 3d effect, no idea if it helps or not.
Option "UseFastTLS" "2"
under Device

by the way, i have an radeon mobility x1600

mcover · 2008-11-15 21:05:48

Thanks! But it still doesn't work. I tried it all.

error
no screens found (see below)

X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux ME-1 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Nov 8 10:11:43 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 09 November 2008  07:16:27PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 15 20:41:34 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
(**) |   |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi".
    Entry deleted from font path.
    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi".
    Entry deleted from font path.
    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi").
(==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1.
(**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Mouse1
(WW) Disabling Keyboard1
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81d66e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
    X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
    X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
    X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
(II) Loader running on linux
(++) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3400 Series rev 0, Mem @ 0xfdef0000/0, I/O @ 0x0000a000/0, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(II) System resource ranges:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
    compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.1.0
    Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
    ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(**) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
    compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.55.2
    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.55.2
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.552                    
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Oct 28 2008 21:22:33
(WW) This ATI Proprietary Linux Driver does not guarantee support of video driver ABI higher than 2.0
(WW) Video driver ABI version of the X server is 4.1
(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x95C4) found
(II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
(II) AMD Video driver is signed
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [5] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x880eb90
(II) resource ranges after probing:
    [0] -1    0    0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
    [1] -1    0    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
    [2] -1    0    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
    [3] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
    [4] 0    0    0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
    [5] 0    0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [6] 0    0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
    [7] -1    0    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
    [8] -1    0    0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
    [9] 0    0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
    [10] 0    0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 0.1.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0
(**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
(==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
(II) fglrx(0): Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
(II) fglrx(0): 10BitPixelFormat disabled by default
(==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
(II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for I is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for II is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
(--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series" (Chipset = 0x95c4)
(--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1043, PciSubDevice = 0x19d3)
(--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI
(EE) fglrx(0): No valid linear framebuffer address
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitConfig failed
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === end
SetVBEMode failed
(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

/proc/mtrr - I posted about this before, and I still think something is terribly wrong with my machine:

reg00: base=0x00000000 (   0MB), size=2048MB: write-back, count=1
reg01: base=0x80000000 (2048MB), size=1024MB: write-back, count=1

There is no space that indicates the framebuffer/video-card memory. From lspci -vv (VGA controller section):

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3400 Series (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 19d3
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 1: I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at fdef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at fdec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
        Kernel modules: fglrx

I do have 3 GB ram, but where are the 256M of vid-mem in mtrr? This is still bugging me - if anyone has a clue, I'd be thankful.

It all worked until new catalyst. But maybe I was just lucky and the mem=2900M was a very unstable fix that had to break at some point.

Thanks for the help.

Inkaine · 2008-11-15 23:47:36

This is the third thread on Catalyst now ... but anyways. The latest 8.8 Catalyst from extra repo should work with 2.6.27 as it has been specifically patched to work with it. For me everything had worked until 8.9 with patches on kernel 2.6.27 and after that I had to do what ak-89 already said: deleting the driver database and regenerating it again with "aticonfig --initial -i /etc/X11/xorg.conf". Should be all fine for xserver 1.4.2 from extra.

I myself am running on xserver 1.5.3 from testing with a self-compiled 8.11 catalyst (been using the pre-8.11 version from testing until 2 days ago). No flaws here.

Your Xorg.0.log indicates it doesn't find any screens. Are you sure you configured X right? Maybe can you post you xorg.conf? It's a bit odd having issues for 4 consecutive driver versions. I go so far as to say maybe it's even hardware related... Nopat never affected the driver working at all, it just takes care of freezes and micro stutters.

Comparing your against my latest log (on HD3200, i.e. no discrete memory using 512MB of my 4 GB system memory as well):

me: (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xd0000000
you: (EE) fglrx(0): No valid linear framebuffer address

and then looking at you lspci output it should indicate your fb at 0xc0000000. Your graphics card is indicated as HD3400, but I can't find that as officially supported even in the 8.11 catalyst release notes. Is it the X3400 variant? Or one like this: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-938673.html I've found another thread about 3470 integrated variant with your error. So maybe it's just not yet supported? Does vesa driver work or one of the two open source ones?

emu wrote:

and i added this for better 3d effect, no idea if it helps or not.
Option "UseFastTLS" "2"
under Device

This won't work. The driver overwrites these settings unless they have been written to the driver database. So after changing the fglrx-[Device] section in xorg.conf you will always have to run "aticonfig -i /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to apply these changes. However it doesn't work for TLS. There you'll have to add "--tls=2" to the previous command, xorg.conf is always ignored.

Wintervenom · 2008-11-16 00:15:11

The one that just got put into testing works perfectly for me.
The full-screen scrambling bug is gone now.

Last edited by Wintervenom (2009-08-05 14:20:25)

mouse256 · 2008-11-16 12:52:27

I'm using xorg-server (1.4.99.906-2) and xf86-video-ati (6.9.0-1) from testing from some time ago on a radeon 9600. I know they're a little outdated, but still newer than current. I upgraded to these as current was having 2 nasty bugs for me, and they were solved in here. I did not upgrade any further as everything works just fine for me now.
But for my part the xorg-server and xf86-video-ati from testing are quite valueable.

mcover · 2008-11-16 13:29:58

Well, like Inkaine said, it might be it is not supported,

However, I AM running catalyst 8.8 with kernel 2.6.26 right now. So, I would assume that even though it might not be officially supported, it still works - even for future versions of catalyst. That something like that happens is just ridiculous, absolutely stupid - well done ATI.

I guess I'll try some of the open-source drivers now. Thought i also had trouble with radeonhd when I initially tried setting up my machine 3 months ago. Again: no useable screens found.

ATI just isn't there yet, unless its 2+ years old graphics adapter, stay away!

Thanks for the help, I'll mark the thread as SOLVED.

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#1 2008-11-15 14:51:29

[solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#2 2008-11-15 15:14:59

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#3 2008-11-15 16:08:47

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#4 2008-11-15 21:05:48

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#5 2008-11-15 23:47:36

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#6 2008-11-16 00:15:11

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#7 2008-11-16 12:52:27

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

#8 2008-11-16 13:29:58

Re: [solved] catalyst and xorg from testing: success anyone?

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