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#1 2009-05-14 16:22:27

jiehong
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[~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Hello!

so, here is my problem :
I was on Archlinux and everything worked fine, but I decided to change my partitions into ext4. So backup, and install from ftp sources.

Now I'm still configuring some things, but the main is done. However I have a problem I hadn't before : my xorg is not prety fast.

I did not use any xorg.conf file before, because we don't neet one anymore. But I would like to use my ATI HD2400 and it's 128Mb for my screen... and not my CPU.
So I've decided to make a xorg.cong file and use the dri mode.
I've tried both with the radeon and the radeonhd, and oddly the radeonhd is worst!!!

Well, I'm only getting "200FPS" at the glxgears test which is so slow ( I get more than 1000 with a ubuntu test with the same laptop ).
And I'm getting this score with both radeon and radeonhd driver. Just the radeonhd lag in video and page scrolling.

so, I'm quiet annoyed and I'd like to fix that ( I've done all was written in the ATI wiki.... but of installing the propriatary driver of course ).

By the way, I'm using the 64 bits, and I'd like to use the "nv" module for mplayer but can't yet.

Thanks for helping

Here is my xorg.conf file, generated by "X -configure" :

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "drm"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      330   210    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "AUO"
    ModelName    "8174"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"                # [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"          # <i>
        Option     "AGPMode"                "4"
        Option     "AGPFastWrite"           "true"
        #Option     "AGPSize"                # <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"             # <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"           # <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"              # <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"            # <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"        # [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"       # <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"              # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"            # <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"          # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"           # [<bool>]
        Option     "AccelMethod"            "EXA"
        #Option     "DRI"                    "on"
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"         # <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"             # <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeon"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Mobility Radeon HD 2400"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Last edited by jiehong (2009-05-15 11:09:22)

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#2 2009-05-14 16:52:14

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Ok you have a few choices of drivers, but none will provide 3d acceleration so glxgears will run at around 200~300fps (but glxgears shouldn't be considered a do all be all benchmark I read).

I have the same card as you and currently I'm using this http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24235 and this http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24235

The first one is the driver, that by itself seems to work quite nicely for 2d desktop tasks (no 3d no xv) and the second thing should improve further the 2d performance by allowing the use of dri and it will allow the use of xv, there is one catch though, I'm seeing a strange effect on text input fields of qt apps when using the driver + drm module, I haven't had time yet to try everything I can to solve that small problem before I ask for more help or report a bug (but first I need to find out the culprit big_smile ).

This driver will also allow you to set/force a low power mode if you have a mobility radeon (as is my case) and it does seem to actually reduce the power consumption.

Here's my xorg.conf for reference (without the commented stuff):

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "off"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "AUO"
    ModelName    "8174"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Option "ForceLowPowerMode" "on"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeon"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Mobility Radeon HD 2400"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

All the driver options are (all will provide dri and xv when used with the drm module):

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15374 (doesn't provide hdmi audio as far as I know)

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13019 (this one is almost on par with the one above, no power saving as far as I know but provides hdmi audio when used with alsa)

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24236 (the first branch to support dri and xv, I believe the changes have been integrated in the two drivers above and no changes have been made in a while)

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#3 2009-05-15 11:08:38

jiehong
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Thanks!!!

I'm having some troubles with making the GIT packages, but I think I will wait for the improving of the free drivers.

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#4 2009-05-15 17:15:27

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

It works fine here, just grab the tar.gz on aur, unpack it (which should create a new directory), enter the directory and issue makepkg, it will take care of everything for you.

After it compiles install the package kill x and either remove the old modules that are loaded in memory with rmmod (radeon and drm) and restart X or just reboot your machine (seems to work better sometimes).

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#5 2009-08-09 10:41:35

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Hi,

I think have the same problem as jiehong, scrolling and moving a window goes very slow.
Previously I used the "radeon" driver instead of the "radeonhd" (selected in xorg.conf).
I didn't have this problem with the radeon driver (with or without xorg.conf), but with the radeon driver my laptop screen doesn't work with extended desktop.
I want extended desktop so I use the radeonhd driver.

My kernel version is 2.6.30, so I think the solution of ROOKIE doesn't work for me.
Nevertheless I tried this solution because I didn't find any other.
I have xf86-video-radeonhd-git installed (with a lot of warnings, but no errors), but when installing "drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx 20090625-1" I get this error:

==> Starting make...
make DRM_MODULES=radeon.o modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core'
sh ../scripts/create_linux_pci_lists.sh < ../shared-core/drm_pciids.txt
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/build  SUBDIRS=`/bin/pwd` DRMSRCDIR=`/bin/pwd` modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-ARCH'
  CC [M]  /build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core/drm_auth.o
In file included from /build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core/drmP.h:84,
                 from /build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core/drm_auth.c:36:
/build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core/drm_os_linux.h:36: error: conflicting types for 'irqreturn_t'
include/linux/irqreturn.h:16: note: previous declaration of 'irqreturn_t' was here
make[3]: *** [/build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core/drm_auth.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-ARCH'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/drm-radeon-module-git-r6xx-r7xx/src/drm-build/linux-core'
make: *** [radeon.o] Error 2

Some system info:
Graphics card: ATI mobility Radeon HD2400.
kernel: 2.6.30
Desktop environment: KDEmod

This is my whole xorg.conf (I am an arch newbie):

      Section "ServerLayout"
          Identifier     "X.org Configured"
          Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
          InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
      EndSection

      Section "Files"
          ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
          FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
          FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
          FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
          FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
          FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
      EndSection

      Section "Module"
          Load  "glx"
          Load  "dri"
          Load  "dbe"
          Load  "drm"
          Load  "dri2"
          Load  "extmod"
          Load  "record"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
          Identifier  "Keyboard0"
          Driver      "kbd"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
          Identifier  "Mouse0"
          Driver      "mouse"
          Option        "Protocol" "auto"
          Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
          Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
      Identifier  "Touchpad"
      Driver      "synaptics"
      Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
      Option        "Protocol" "auto-dev"
      Option        "LeftEdge" "2000"
      Option        "RightEdge" "5300"
      Option        "TopEdge" "1700"
      Option        "BottomEdge" "4200"
      Option        "FingerLow" "25"
      Option        "FingerHigh" "30"
      Option        "MaxTapTime" "180"
      Option        "MaxTapMove" "300"
      Option        "VertScrollDelta" "100"
      Option        "MinSpeed" "0.06"
      Option        "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
      Option        "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
      Option        "SHMConfig" "on"
      EndSection


      Section "Monitor"
          #DisplaySize      330   210    # mm
          Identifier   "Monitor0"
          VendorName   "CPT"
          ModelName    "1415"
          Option "PreferredMode" "1280x800"
      EndSection

      Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "monitor-VGA"
      Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
      Option "RightOf" "Monitor0"
      EndSection

      Section "Device"
          Identifier  "Card0"
          Driver      "radeonhd"
          VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
          BoardName   "Mobility Radeon HD 2400"
          BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
          Option          "monitor0" "monitor0"
          Option          "monitor-VGA" "monitor-VGA"
          ### Available Driver options are:-
          ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
          ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
          ### [arg]: arg optional
          #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
          #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
          #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
          #Option     "Dac8Bit"                # [<bool>]
          #Option     "BusType"                # [<str>]
          #Option     "CPPIOMode"              # [<bool>]
          #Option     "CPusecTimeout"          # <i>
          #Option     "AGPMode"                # <i>
          Option     "AGPMode" "8"               # <i>
          #Option     "AGPFastWrite"           # [<bool>]
          Option     "AGPFastWrite" "true"          # [<bool>]
          #Option     "AGPSize"                # <i>
          #Option     "GARTSize"               # <i>
          #Option     "RingSize"               # <i>
          #Option     "BufferSize"             # <i>
          #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"       # [<bool>]
          #Option     "EnablePageFlip"         # [<bool>]
          Option     "EnablePageFlip" "true"        # [<bool>]
          #Option     "NoBackBuffer"           # [<bool>]
          #Option     "DMAForXv"               # [<bool>]
          #Option     "FBTexPercent"           # <i>
          #Option     "DepthBits"              # <i>
          #Option     "PCIAPERSize"            # <i>
          #Option     "AccelDFS"               # [<bool>]
          Option     "AccelDFS" "true"              # [<bool>]
          #Option     "IgnoreEDID"             # [<bool>]
          #Option     "DisplayPriority"        # [<str>]
          #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
          #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"       # <freq>
          #Option     "ColorTiling"            # [<bool>]
          Option     "ColorTiling"  "true"          # [<bool>]
          #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
          #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"     # <i>
          #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     # <i>
          #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"     # <i>
          #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
          #Option     "TunerType"              # <i>
          #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
          #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
          #Option     "ScalerWidth"            # <i>
          #Option     "RenderAccel"            # [<bool>]
          Option     "RenderAccel" "true"           # [<bool>]
          #Option     "SubPixelOrder"          # [<str>]
          #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
          #Option     "DynamicClocks"          # [<bool>]
          #Option     "VGAAccess"              # [<bool>]
          #Option     "ReverseDDC"             # [<bool>]
          #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"           # [<bool>]
          #Option     "AccelMethod"            # <str>
          Option         "AccelMethod" "EXA"            # to enable 2D and Xv acceleration on R6XX - default AccelMethod shadowfb
          #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
          Option     "DRI" "true"                   # [<bool>] to enable 2D and Xv acceleration on R6XX - default DRI disabled
          #Option     "ConnectorTable"         # <str>
          #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
          #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"         # [<bool>]
          #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"        # [<bool>]
          #Option     "ForceTVOut"             # [<bool>]
          #Option     "TVStandard"             # <str>
          #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"        # [<bool>]
          #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"        # [<bool>]
          #Option     "Int10"                  # [<bool>]
          #Option     "EXAVSync"               # [<bool>]
          Option     "EXAVSync" "true"             # [<bool>]
          #Option     "ATOMTVOut"              # [<bool>]
          #Option     "R4xxATOM"               # [<bool>]
      EndSection

      Section "Screen"
          Identifier "Screen0"
          Device     "Card0"
          Monitor    "Monitor0"
          DefaultDepth 24
          SubSection "Display"
          Viewport   0 0
          Depth     1
          EndSubSection
          SubSection "Display"
          Viewport   0 0
          Depth     4
          EndSubSection
          SubSection "Display"
          Viewport   0 0
          Depth     8
          EndSubSection
          SubSection "Display"
          Viewport   0 0
          Depth     15
          EndSubSection
          SubSection "Display"
          Viewport   0 0
          Depth     16
          EndSubSection
          SubSection "Display"
              Viewport   0 0
              Depth     24
              Modes     "1280x800"
              Virtual   2304 800
          EndSubSection
      EndSection

      Section "DRI"
      Group "video"
      Mode 0666
      EndSection



Thanks for any help!

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#6 2009-08-09 23:08:14

app4des
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Registered: 2009-02-18
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Just install the xf86-video-ati package from official arch repos, and remove any xorg.conf file, as the defaults seem to work the best. It is not worth messing with git version yet because no serious improvement has appeared yet.

If your HD2400 is in a laptop you should avoid open-source drivers for now, as they always run very hot with them and you also get 2/3 of the intended battery time. So if you are a laptop user it is worth trying to install catalyst (fglrx).

The new ati (from git) driver supposedly has improved power management with the "ForceLowPowerMode" but I have tested it on 3 ATI card models, and I see little to no difference. Catalyst is ages ahead in energy saving.

Last edited by app4des (2009-08-09 23:12:15)

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#7 2009-08-19 02:15:51

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Cataylst-9.8 is already out and it works perfectly with my HD2400 now with glxgears reaching 3000.

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#8 2009-08-19 04:57:04

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Cataylst-9.8 is already out and it works perfectly with my HD2400 now with glxgears reaching 3000.

gee i only manage to get at best around 1400 on my HD3200 using the same driver.

The new ati (from git) driver supposedly has improved power management with the "ForceLowPowerMode" but I have tested it on 3 ATI card models, and I see little to no difference. Catalyst is ages ahead in energy saving.

i also tried the git driver and enabled force low power mode but found it made no difference on my laptop, thats the only reason i use fglrx is for the power save feature

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#9 2009-08-26 21:15:17

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

I downloaded the catalist9.8.1 from AUR and installed it. Installation failed because catalyst-utils was not installed, so I downloaded Catalyst-utils from AUR and installed it without any errors. Now I try to install the catalist9.8.1 again but I get an error "'catalyst-utils>=9.8': not found in sync db".
I don' t know why I get this error. Re-installing catalyst-utils doesn't help.

The packman wiki about "not found in sync db":
"this likely due to the package not being located because the repository has not been set correctly.

How do I set the repository correctly ?

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#10 2009-08-27 03:20:53

guzz46
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

try adding this repo to your /etc/pacman.conf

[catalyst]
Server = http://dev.archlinux.org/~eduardo/repo/x86_64

change x86_64 to i686 if you are running 32bit, then just run pacman -Sy catalyst-utils catalyst
thats where i get it from

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#11 2009-08-27 07:38:48

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Thanks for the fast response.
I tried to install catalyst-utils and catalyst like you said. It downloads the files fine, bit when installing it asks to remove libgl.
Answering NO ends installation because catalyst-utils conflics with libgl.
Answering YES gives "error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)" with a long list of conflicted files.

I tried to remove libgl manually with "pacman -R libgl" but some programs require libgl: capseo, mesa, mplayer, xine-lib, xorg-server, xorg-utils.
Should I remove these programs first ?

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#12 2009-08-27 07:42:48

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

No. Catalyst-utils provides and replaces libgl, so when you'll install catalyst-utils, there will be no problem.

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#13 2009-08-27 09:21:17

basb
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

Replacing it with pacman doesn't work. How should I replace it? Manually ?

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#14 2009-08-27 09:33:09

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

pacman -Rd libgl
removes it without checking dependencies

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#15 2009-08-27 10:01:35

basb
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

That worked. libgl is removed.

But when I try to install catalyst and catalyst-utils again with "pacman -S catalyst-utils catalyst", It doesn't ask me anymore to remove libgl, but gives the same error as before:

    error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
    catalyst-utils: /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default exists in filesystem
    catalyst-utils: /etc/ati/atiogl.xml exists in filesystem
    catalyst-utils: /etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh exists in filesystem
    catalyst-utils: /etc/ati/control exists in filesystem
    catalyst-utils: /etc/ati/logo.xbm.example exists in filesystem
    catalyst-utils: /etc/ati/logo_mask.xbm.example exists in filesystem

The list of conflicting files is much longer. What should I do?

Last edited by basb (2009-08-27 10:02:09)

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#16 2009-08-27 10:45:17

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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

i'm not sure about that one, this is what i have in my /etc/ati

amdpcsdb          atiogl.xml         control           logo_mask.xbm.example
amdpcsdb.default  authatieventsd.sh  logo.xbm.example  signature

all of which where deleted when i uninstalled catalyst-utils & catalyst except amdpcsdb
maybe try backing up those files first then delete them

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#17 2009-08-27 11:46:54

basb
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

I can remove these files in the ati directory, but the full list of conflicting files contains files of which I am not sure if I should delete them.
This is the full list of conflicting files:

              sh-4.0$ sudo pacman -S catalyst-utils catalyst
            resolving dependencies...                                   
            looking for inter-conflicts...                               
           
            Targets (2): catalyst-utils-9.8-1  catalyst-9.8-1 
           
            Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
            Total Installed Size:   78.91 MB
           
            Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
            checking package integrity...     
            (2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [###########################] 100%
            error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)       
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/dri exists in filesystem                                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.cap exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.so.1.0 exists in filesystem                 
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libXvBAW.so.1.0 exists in filesystem                   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libaticalcl.so exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libaticaldd.so exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libaticalrt.so exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0 exists in filesystem                 
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.a exists in filesystem                   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1 exists in filesystem               
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 exists in filesystem             
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.a exists in filesystem                     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 exists in filesystem                 
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_tvout.a exists in filesystem                   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_tvout.so.1 exists in filesystem               
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/libfglrx_tvout.so.1.0 exists in filesystem             
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so exists in filesystem             
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so exists in filesystem 
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/glesx.so exists in filesystem             
             catalyst-utils: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so exists in filesystem 
             catalyst-utils: /usr/sbin/amdnotifyui exists in filesystem                       
             catalyst-utils: /usr/sbin/atieventsd exists in filesystem                       
             catalyst-utils: /usr/sbin/atigetsysteminfo.sh exists in filesystem               
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_cs.qm exists in filesystem     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_da_DK.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_de.qm exists in filesystem     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_el_GR.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_es_ES.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_fi_FI.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_fr_FR.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_hu_HU.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_it_IT.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ja.qm exists in filesystem     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ko_KR.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_nl_NL.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_no.qm exists in filesystem     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_pl.qm exists in filesystem     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_pt_BR.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ru_RU.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_sv_SE.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_th.qm exists in filesystem     
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_tr_TR.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_zh_CN.qm exists in filesystem   
             catalyst-utils: /usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_zh_TW.qm exists in filesystem   
             Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

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#18 2009-08-27 12:03:02

guzz46
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

i'm not sure on that one, i would of thought uninstalling something would remove all of its files too, did you uninstall catalyst-utils from aur before installing the one from the repo, what if try uninstalling catalyst-utils and catalyst, see if those files are still there then try and reinstall again

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#19 2009-08-27 14:41:56

basb
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

How do I uninstall packages installed from AUR?
I supposed with pacman, but using "pacman -Qs catalyst" gives "error: 'catalyst': not found in local db"
As posted before I installed catalyst-utils succesfully from AUR, but I get a similar error if I want to remove it with pacman.
"pacman -Qs catalyst" gives no hits either.

Last edited by basb (2009-08-27 14:42:29)

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#20 2009-08-27 19:05:22

basb
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

I tried removing the conflicting files and install again. This results in a new list of conflicting files sad
What should I do ?

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#21 2009-08-27 22:37:58

guzz46
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

did you you still have catalyst-utils installed, if so try uninstalling it

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#22 2009-08-28 08:06:22

basb
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

catalyst-utils is not installed.
I made a catalyst-utils package with "makepkg -s" but didn't install it with "pacman -U". I previously thought makepkg would also install it. Moreover "pacman -Qs catalyst" gives no hits and pacman gives no message that catalyst-utils is installed when I try to install catalyst-utils.

So the problem is now:
I want to use the catalyst driver.
When trying to install catalyst-utils (needed by catalyst) from aur, or http://dev.archlinux.org/~eduardo/repo/i686, libgl has to be removed first manually ("pacman -Rd Iibgl).
After removing libgl and try to install catalyst-utils again I get a list of conflicting files.
Removing the conflicting files results in a new list of conflicting files.

Last edited by basb (2009-08-28 08:08:19)

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#23 2009-08-28 13:26:10

guzz46
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Re: [~Solved] ATI card, free driver....

I've run out of ideas, maybe try ask at http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57084&p=32
they will know alot more about it than me

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