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#1 2009-06-21 01:05:31

cyclotomic
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I hate ATI. [Solved]

Hello, 

I just reinstalled and for some reason now when I try to configure X using the proprietary ATI drivers  using the command 'aticonfig --initial' my keyboard doesn't work and if I use the command 'Xorg -configure' X crashes and yields the message "Caught signal 11"  sever aborting.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Last edited by cyclotomic (2009-06-21 04:06:00)

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#2 2009-06-21 02:38:19

DevoidOfWindows
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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

One, do you have xf86-input-evdev?
Two, are you using a custom kernel?
Three, does this config work for you:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    Option        "UseFastTLS" "1"
    Option        "VideoOverlay" "off"
    Option        "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
    Option        "TexturedVideo" "on"
    Option        "Textured2D" "on"
    Option      "BackingStore" "on"
EndSection

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

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Group        "video"
    Mode         0666
EndSection

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#3 2009-06-21 02:40:51

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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

join the club my friend!

evdev doesnt work for me either and i am waiting for catalyst to have 2.6.30 support....


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#4 2009-06-21 02:42:27

cyclotomic
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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

I do have xf86-input-evdev.  I have the stock kernel.  I will try it and post back.

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#5 2009-06-21 03:38:02

cyclotomic
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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

Ok.  Sorry I took so long, lot of things going on.  I tried your configuration and it works.  Thank you.

Edit:   Dang it.  Now when I type

"glxinfo | grep direct"

It spews out the error,

"X error of failed request:  BadRequest  (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 136 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request: 14
  Current serial number in output stream: 14"

And my heating fan is also running crazy fast right now, and it did not used to.

Edit 2:  Fixed it by uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling.  Fan is quiet again, and direct rendering is a go.  Thanks again for the help.

Last edited by cyclotomic (2009-06-21 04:05:41)

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#6 2009-06-21 10:58:25

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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

I had a bit of a laugh at the thread title.

I hate ATI (solved)

haha


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#7 2009-06-21 11:07:42

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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

(I guess that one crossed my mind too. Like: ATI saw the thread, traced the IP, drove by & performed some major "emergency" brain surgery. "Thank you, now I don't hate ATI any more! [solved]")

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#8 2009-06-21 11:43:16

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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

I've not upgraded to 2.6.30 yet, specifically because I was afraid I would lose hardware accelerated 3D for a while. As I understand from this thread, it does work now?

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#9 2009-06-21 16:12:53

cyclotomic
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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

whoops wrote:

(I guess that one crossed my mind too. Like: ATI saw the thread, traced the IP, drove by & performed some major "emergency" brain surgery. "Thank you, now I don't hate ATI any more! [solved]")

lol. I still hate them, I don't understand why their drivers are always a problem, even on windows they are an extreme annoyance.  Next time I'll just get integrated or Nvidia.

trontonic wrote:

I've not upgraded to 2.6.30 yet, specifically because I was afraid I would lose hardware accelerated 3D for a while. As I understand from this thread, it does work now?

I'm currently using 2.6.29.  So I don't know if it works on 2.6.30 or not. Sorry.

Last edited by cyclotomic (2009-06-21 16:16:31)

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#10 2009-06-21 17:02:15

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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

It works with kernel2.6.30 with my repo http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 99#p571399 Only x86_64, sorry.
But I have the PKGBUILDS, http://dev.archlinux.org/~eduardo/pkgs/

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#11 2009-06-21 20:04:26

sayems
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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

* Configuring Xorg
          o # pacman -S xorg
          o # yaourt -S hwd
          o # hwd -xa
          o # pacman -S xf86-input-evdev
          o # pacman -S xf86-input-mouse
          o # pacman -S xf86-input-keyboard
          o # /etc/rc.d/hal start
          o # pacman -Rd libgl

    * ATI graphics card
          o # yaourt -S catalyst catalyst-utils
          o # aticonfig --initial
          o # lspci | grep VGA

Last edited by sayems (2009-06-21 20:05:44)

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#12 2009-06-21 20:11:02

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Re: I hate ATI. [Solved]

kensai wrote:

It works with kernel2.6.30 with my repo http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 99#p571399 Only x86_64, sorry.
But I have the PKGBUILDS, http://dev.archlinux.org/~eduardo/pkgs/

do you know if i can use your pkgbuilds to make my own in i686?
how do i remove the installed kernel and install the patched kernel?

Last edited by venky80 (2009-06-21 20:13:18)


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