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GodsOtherHand

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Registered: 2013-08-25

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Gnome crash after installing amd catalyst

Installed arch on my Acer Iconia tab w500 with Gnome as the DE.

Performance using the open-source driver was bad, so i tried the amd driver, following these steps:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AM … repository

Used Vi0L0's repository and followed the steps from " Configuring the driver ". However, when i restart, Gnome says  'On no! Something has gone wrong' and invites me to log out.. logging in back again presents me to the same screen.

Info that might be usefull:

$ lsmod | grep flgrx
      fglrx                             9175838   33
      amd_iommu_v2         17450        1  fglrx
      button                           12909      1  fglrx



running 'fglrxinfo' gives me an error. Unable to open display(null). Because i am on the CLI.


$ grep '(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
      (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   116.907] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: PID 615 does not belong to any knows session
[121.639]  (EE) AIGLX error: 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]


$ grep '(WW)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
          Running this command i see the following problems:
  fonts.dir not found in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".

Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)

Falling back to old probe method for fglrx

fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:1:1) found    ---> This mesage appears multiple times with different values

fglrx(0): board is an unknown third pary board, chipset is supported

fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used

fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used

Last edited by GodsOtherHand (2014-10-18 21:22:55)

GodsOtherHand

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Re: Gnome crash after installing amd catalyst

anyone?

mrunion

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Re: Gnome crash after installing amd catalyst

Do a forum search. I don't use an ATI card, but I've read that it's incompatible with GDM. Again, do a search and you should be able to find that information.

(Also, don't bump your own threads. That is not something this board allows.)

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markzz

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Registered: 2013-06-08

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Re: Gnome crash after installing amd catalyst

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM#AMD_Catalyst

Most likely doesn't work with 3.14.  This is why I left and only use Intel and Nvidia chips.

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GodsOtherHand

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Registered: 2013-08-25

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Re: Gnome crash after installing amd catalyst

Ty for your replies. I know that bumping a thread is not nice, but a few days have passed and i still had no solution.

Wow, never even crossed my mind that GDM would not work with Catalyst.

cassfalg

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Registered: 2014-10-21

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Re: Gnome crash after installing amd catalyst

Well, not quite. Yes, gdm had issues with catalyst since 3.12. That can be worked arround by using a different Login Manager - e.g. kdm, lightdm and whatnot. Or Downgrading gdm and libgdm to 3.10. The symptoms are a black screen at start, since gdm crashes. You can still start a gnome-session via startx.

This issue is seperate. Here, gnome session crashes, even when started via startx. I've got the same issue, but no solution yet.