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zamolxis

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Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 34

Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

I went through the other similar threads and tried just about everything without luck... The latest Xorg & Catalist updates cause lots of problems on my desktop.

The video card is an ATI X300.

Without a xorg.conf, X server starts and things work, more or less - but much slower than they used to. It's pretty clear fglrx is not actually used, xv doesn't work, fglrxinfo gives:

Error: unable to open display (null)

With the previous xorg.conf (the one wich worked fine before the updates), X doesn't start (even after commenting out the "RgbPath" line and adding Option "AutoAddDevices" "false") and the log shows many fglrx errors such as:

(EE) fglrx(0): Unknown EDID version 0
(EE) fglrx(0): ===[swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 7

X -configure won't generate a xorg.conf

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting

In conclusion:
- without a xorg.conf fglrx doesn't work although X server starts
- with an old xorg.conf fglrx will generate errors and X server will not start

Any ideas?

Last edited by zamolxis (2008-12-15 14:11:41)

zamolxis

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Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 34

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

Finally X started after I deleted /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.

And everytime I need to change resolution (for tv out, etc) X crashes - and the only way to "bring it back" is by deleting again /etc/ati/amdpcsdb before restarting X.

So 2 issues here:

1. Why does catalyst crash X when changing the resolution back and forth?
2. Why won't X restart after a crash unless I delete /etc/ati/amdpcsdb first?

Davide Faria

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From: Brasil

Registered: 2007-07-26

Posts: 7

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

That worked for me too.
Thx.

De Mysteriis

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Registered: 2008-11-23

Posts: 19

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

# pacman -S xorg
# pacman -S catalyst
Add HAL daemon to your rc.conf
# cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi
# vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi
(Add your keyboard layout)
# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(Write something like # My xorg.conf and save)
# aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# startx

This worked for me 100%.

zamolxis

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Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 34

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

# pacman -S xorg
# pacman -S catalyst
Add HAL daemon to your rc.conf
# cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi
# vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi
(Add your keyboard layout)
# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
(Write something like # My xorg.conf and save)
# aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# startx

This worked for me 100%.

I had alreday done all that. Still, X will crash every time after changing the resolution (for tv out) and back and won't restart unless I delete /etc/ati/amdpcsdb first. Rebooting won't help either (again, unless I delete /etc/ati/amdpcsdb first).

Last edited by zamolxis (2008-12-16 09:14:48)

Cornholio

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Registered: 2007-09-26

Posts: 38

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

Finally X started after I deleted /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.

And everytime I need to change resolution (for tv out, etc) X crashes - and the only way to "bring it back" is by deleting again /etc/ati/amdpcsdb before restarting X.

So 2 issues here:

1. Why does catalyst crash X when changing the resolution back and forth?
2. Why won't X restart after a crash unless I delete /etc/ati/amdpcsdb first?

same issue here. the problem started with catalyst 8.10, with 8.9 is all fine

mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

FYI, there is a new catalyst in [testing].

signor_rossi

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Registered: 2007-08-24

Posts: 257

Re: Xorg & Catalyst updates cause major problems here

Maybe you could try this:
Backup your old xorg.conf
use 'hwd -xa' to create a new xorg.conf
use 'aticonfig --initial' to adapt the new xorg.conf to fglrx
use the ATI Control Center amdcccle and aticonfig to change our xorg settings from now on only (activate Xv, TV out, etc.). You may have to restart X after some configuration changes.

BTW, what is the Xinerama setting in amdccle for? Does it use Xorg Xinerama or already Xorgs Xrandr?

SignorRossi.