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bryan-clint

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Registered: 2014-04-15

Posts: 4

AMD Catalyst 14.3-1 Errors and unexpected performance drops.

Hello,
I installed the AMD Catalyst driver when I was assured that it would give me greater performance in my games.
Whenever I play Team Fortress 2 (an OpenGL game) it is slower than the open source drivers. Direct rendering seems to be enabled but I do get an error when I run

sudo LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo > /dev/null

libGL: AtiGetClientDriverName: 13.35.5 fglrx (screen 0)
libGL error: OpenDriver: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
ukiOpenDevice: open result is 4, (OK)
ukiGetBusid returned 'PCI:1:0:0'
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card1
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card2
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card3
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card4
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card5
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card6
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card7
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card8
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card9
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card10
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card11
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card12
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card13
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card14
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card15
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
ukiOpenDevice: open result is 4, (OK)
ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 4
ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
ukiOpenDevice: open result is 5, (OK)
ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 5
ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
ukiOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
ukiGetBusid returned 'PCI:1:0:0'
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card1
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card2
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card3
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card4
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card5
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card6
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card7
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card8
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card9
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card10
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card11
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card12
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card13
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card14
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card15
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
ukiOpenDevice: Open failed
ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
ukiOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 11
ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0 

Any Idea as to what could be wrong?

Last edited by bryan-clint (2014-04-15 13:32:28)

jasonwryan

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.3-1 Errors and unexpected performance drops.

Please edit your post to remove the sarcasm from the thread title, it doesn't help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post
and add code tags, rather than that horrific highlighting which makes the log impossible to read...

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ewaller

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.3-1 Errors and unexpected performance drops.

I installed the AMD Catalyst driver when I was assured that it would give me greater performance in my games.

With your one post, you clearly did not get that advice here.  A bad attitude is a bad way to say hello.  More information would have been a better choice.
You may want to read the link in my signature and try again.

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Darksoul71

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.3-1 Errors and unexpected performance drops.

Being a former AMD / ATI user myself I can understand your feelings to some point but as pointed out sarcasm doesn't help here.
Radeon has evolved to a status where one can play even more demanding games if you have a somewhat beefy card.

From the few lines you have posted it seems to me that the fglrx binary is missing and thus the corresponding device entries are missing.

As usual I would try to follow the instructions given by the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMD_Catalyst

Edit: You should also check your kernel and Xorg log for any messages related to fglrx.

Last edited by Darksoul71 (2014-04-15 09:05:13)

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.3-1 Errors and unexpected performance drops.

@bryan-clint: I can't read anything highlighted in yellow (another side-effect of my dysgraphia). Please use code tags.

What card are you running?
Which version of AMD Catalyst are you running?

I have it the other way around. With my AMD 3305M APU with Radeon 6480G, I get much better performance out of AMD Catalyst than I do Open Source...

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bryan-clint

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Re: AMD Catalyst 14.3-1 Errors and unexpected performance drops.

@Darksoul71 I installed the packages listed on the wiki:
catalyst-hook
catalyst-utils
catalyst-libgl
and the corresponding lib32 packages.

Are there any packages I am missing?