ATI X don`t start

calin_ionut · 2015-03-01 13:43:23

Hello!

I have some problems with the ATI proprietary drivers. I found this blog http://henryhermawan.blogspot.ro/2014/1 … 2-for.html and i give it a try.

I know that ATI drivers are a pain in the ... (I will NEVER EVER buy a ATI product)

1) I installed the official drivers, like in the blog says it gives error (about the radeon module is in use)
2) I use the patched, compile, installed with no errors
3) After restart black screen

I logged in terminal, the fglrx module was loaded.

I deleted the old xorg.conf and generate a new one (aticonfig --initial)

The new xorg.conf file

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
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"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
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

when i try to startx

[  1345.606] 
X.Org X Server 1.17.1
Release Date: 2015-02-10
[  1345.609] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[  1345.610] Build Operating System: Linux 3.18.6-1-ARCH x86_64 
[  1345.611] Current Operating System: Linux ArchGames 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 08:44:05 CET 2015 x86_64
[  1345.611] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=c5617415-fdb9-4672-89fa-3ba4b7ea2477 rw quiet
[  1345.614] Build Date: 22 February 2015  12:50:32PM
[  1345.615]  
[  1345.616] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[  1345.618] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[  1345.618] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[  1345.622] (==) Log file: "/home/calin/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.6.log", Time: Sun Mar  1 15:28:33 2015
[  1345.624] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[  1345.625] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[  1345.625] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout"
[  1345.625] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
[  1345.625] (**) |   |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
[  1345.625] (**) |   |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
[  1345.625] (==) Automatically adding devices
[  1345.625] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[  1345.625] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[  1345.625] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/".
[  1345.625] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[  1345.625] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/").
[  1345.625] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[  1345.625] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[  1345.625] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[  1345.625] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[  1345.625] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[  1345.625] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[  1345.625] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[  1345.625] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[  1345.625] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[  1345.625] (II) Loader magic: 0x815d80
[  1345.625] (II) Module ABI versions:
[  1345.625] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[  1345.625] 	X.Org Video Driver: 19.0
[  1345.625] 	X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[  1345.625] 	X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[  1345.627] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c1
[  1345.628] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[  1345.628] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 8 paused 0
[  1345.630] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:0) 8086:0162:1849:0162 rev 9, Mem @ 0xf7400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[  1345.630] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:6819:174b:e218 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf7b00000/262144, I/O @ 0x0000e000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[  1345.630] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[  1345.630] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[  1345.630] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[  1345.630] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[  1345.630] (II) Module glx: vendor="Advanced Micro Devices, Inc."
[  1345.630] 	compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
[  1345.630] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[  1345.630] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[  1345.652] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
[  1345.652] 	compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 14.50.2
[  1345.652] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  1345.652] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[  1345.652] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[  1345.652] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[  1345.652] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
[  1345.652] 	compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 14.50.2
[  1345.652] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:14.50.2
[  1345.652] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 14.501.1003                          
[  1345.652] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Nov 20 2014 21:22:54
[  1345.652] (++) using VT number 2

[  1345.652] (--) controlling tty is VT number 2, auto-enabling KeepTty
[  1345.652] xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
[  1345.652] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[  1345.663] (II) Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default
[  1345.664] (WW) LoadKernelModule: Setting of real/effective user Id to 0/0 failed[  1345.665] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 247
[  1345.665] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 247
[  1345.665] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[  1345.665] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[  1345.665] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
[  1345.665] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 9
[  1345.665] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[  1345.667] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x6819) found
[  1345.667] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[  1345.667] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0xca4670
[  1345.667] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[  1345.667] (II) fglrx(0): Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default
[  1345.667] (EE) 
[  1345.667] (EE) Backtrace:
[  1345.668] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x119) [0x5949c9]
[  1345.668] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__restore_rt+0x0) [0x7f486f6ae53f]
[  1345.669] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (xdl_xs116_atiddxLeaveVT+0x30) [0x7f486c19a880]
[  1345.669] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (xf86DeleteScreen+0x5a) [0x481e9a]
[  1345.669] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (InitOutput+0xaf7) [0x47b567]
[  1345.669] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (remove_fs_handlers+0x22a) [0x43c9da]
[  1345.669] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f486f69b800]
[  1345.670] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (_start+0x29) [0x427039]
[  1345.670] (EE) 8: ? (?+0x29) [0x29]
[  1345.670] (EE) 
[  1345.670] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x10
[  1345.670] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[  1345.670] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[  1345.670] (EE) 
[  1345.670] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[  1345.670] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/calin/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.6.log" for additional information.
[  1345.670] (EE) 
[  1345.673] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Can anyone help me please? I forgot something? Any advice is welcomed!

I forgot to mention: I have an Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 and a HD7850
The radeon module is not loaded.

Last edited by calin_ionut (2015-03-01 14:00:47)

Xabre · 2015-03-01 14:03:18

Use older X, version 1.16, it's known that Catalyst produces a nasty segfault with X 1.17.

calin_ionut · 2015-03-01 14:06:27

Hi Xabre! How can i downgrade?

karol · 2015-03-01 14:36:08

Read the wiki.

skottish · 2015-03-01 14:46:52

calin_ionut,

This doesn't answer your question directly, but have you tried the open source drivers? You're running a HD7850 which is well supported with that driver. Sure, you don't go much beyond OpenGL 3.3, but it *should* perform very well otherwise.

Last edited by skottish (2015-03-01 14:47:13)

calin_ionut · 2015-03-01 15:22:09

Hi skottish. To be honest i have not tried. What i know (from experience with nouveau and nvidia proprietary drivers) the ATI should bring more performance in games.

I use this PC only for games, and i want to test the steam with arch and see how it`s going.

The problem was i installed arch last night and i didn`t have the old xorg in cache, luckly i have the package on the laptop which has arch installed from at least 1 year

I downgraded xorg from 1.17.1-3 => 1.16.3-2 , created a new xorg file but now i have another errors:

[    45.008] 
X.Org X Server 1.16.3
Release Date: 2014-12-20
[    45.008] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    45.008] Build Operating System: Linux 3.18.1-1-ARCH x86_64 
[    45.008] Current Operating System: Linux ArchGames 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 08:44:05 CET 2015 x86_64
[    45.008] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=c5617415-fdb9-4672-89fa-3ba4b7ea2477 rw quiet
[    45.008] Build Date: 29 December 2014  01:09:58PM
[    45.008]  
[    45.008] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
[    45.008] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    45.008] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    45.009] (==) Log file: "/home/calin/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.6.log", Time: Sun Mar  1 17:01:50 2015
[    45.009] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    45.009] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    45.009] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    45.009] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    45.009] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    45.009] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    45.009] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    45.009] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    45.009] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    45.009] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/".
[    45.009] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    45.009] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/").
[    45.009] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[    45.009] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    45.009] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[    45.009] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[    45.009] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    45.009] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[    45.009] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[    45.009] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    45.009] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    45.009] (II) Loader magic: 0x818d80
[    45.009] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    45.009] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    45.009] 	X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
[    45.009] 	X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[    45.009] 	X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[    45.012] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/c1
[    45.012] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    45.012] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 8 paused 0
[    45.014] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:0) 8086:0162:1849:0162 rev 9, Mem @ 0xf7400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[    45.014] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:6819:174b:e218 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf7b00000/262144, I/O @ 0x0000e000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    45.014] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    45.014] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    45.014] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    45.014] (II) Module glx: vendor="Advanced Micro Devices, Inc."
[    45.014] 	compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
[    45.014] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[    45.014] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 1
[    45.014] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[    45.014] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[    45.014] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[    45.014] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    45.014] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    45.015] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intel
[    45.015] (II) UnloadModule: "intel"
[    45.015] (II) Unloading intel
[    45.015] (EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)
[    45.015] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[    45.015] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module ati
[    45.015] (II) UnloadModule: "ati"
[    45.015] (II) Unloading ati
[    45.015] (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
[    45.015] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    45.015] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[    45.015] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    45.015] (II) Unloading modesetting
[    45.015] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[    45.015] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    45.015] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[    45.015] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[    45.016] (II) Unloading fbdev
[    45.016] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[    45.016] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    45.016] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[    45.016] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    45.016] (II) Unloading vesa
[    45.016] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[    45.016] (EE) No drivers available.
[    45.016] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    45.016] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    45.016] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    45.016] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/calin/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.6.log" for additional information.
[    45.016] (EE)

when start X he can`t load some modules.

Xabre · 2015-03-01 15:31:48

That log says that ati driver is not installed (xf86-video-ati) nor intel driver (xf86-video-intel).

skottish · 2015-03-01 15:34:12

Xabre wrote:

That log says that ati driver is not installed (xf86-video-ati) nor intel driver (xf86-video-intel).

As well, if you're using the (any) open source driver, don't downgrade xorg-server.

Potomac · 2015-03-01 15:34:44

calin_ionut wrote:

Hi skottish. To be honest i have not tried. What i know (from experience with nouveau and nvidia proprietary drivers) the ATI should bring more performance in games.

please test the radeon open source driver in order to see if it's enough for you,

you can see here the features supported by the radeon driver :

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/

calin_ionut · 2015-03-01 15:45:58

Potomac wrote:

please test the radeon open source driver in order to see if it's enough for you,
you can see here the features supported by the radeon driver :
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/

I will test it after testing the prorietary.

Xabre · 2015-03-01 16:30:02

Only thing I hate about free driver is the hustle with PRIME. Otherwise, Catalyst is just a pain in the lower back. If you can get free driver to work, free driver should always be your first choice. It simply is, and by the looks of it, will always be maintained properly, unlike Catalyst which is a huge pile of mess that keeps producing new (or reintroducing old) problems every few months(weeks) whenever there is some system ugrade. On a rolling-release distro, it's simply a pain.

calin_ionut · 2015-03-01 16:46:34

I know Xabre. Like i said NEVER BY ATI VIDEOCARD

Anyway i am getting new errors:

(EE) fglrx(0): The graphics processor is already set to console mode, set X mode fail. Cannot start X.
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none of them have a usable configuration.
(EE) Fatal server error
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1)

How is already set to console mode? i don`t get it.

nuxlee · 2015-03-10 06:00:22

My X server crashes and I get same message when I try to run libreoffice or sometimes it crashes when i work in emacs. I have opensource driver installed for my radeon hd 8330. Any suggestions? Yeah that started happening when I updated xorg in february 2015.

calin_ionut · 2015-03-10 17:45:34

Still not working. The opensource driver is not so good in steam, Probably i will sell this and buy an nvidia one. ATI

d00maz · 2015-03-12 21:40:00

after the X 1.17 problem,i had the same issue,so i just switched to OS Ati drivers,only thing ill have to mess around with is steam to even launch.

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