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Zerathidune

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Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

fglrx kernel module not fround.

Hi,

I'm trying to set up the catalyst drivers on my new system (3D rendering is not supported by the free drivers for my card) and I have it working somewhat, but I don't have any kind of acceleration. The problem most certainly is that the fglrx kernel module is not loaded, but when I do

sudo /sbin/modprobe fglrx

I get:

FATAL: Module fglrx not found.

I've tried reinstalling catalyst several times, to no avail. the kernel module seems to be located at

/lib/modules/2.6.24-ARCH/video/fglrx.ko

I would appreciate any help anyone could give me.

thanks.

Kurous

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From: Victoria BC

Registered: 2006-08-07

Posts: 36

Re: fglrx kernel module not fround.

What does

uname -r

return

And anything of note from

dmesg

after trying the modprobe

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Zerathidune

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Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

Re: fglrx kernel module not fround.

I actually *just* got it working by using insmod <full path to module>. I'm not sure how to go about getting it to load on boot though.

uname -r

2.6.24-ARCH

dmesg reports nothing after trying to modprobe.

I suppose I could just add the insmod command to /etc/rc.local, but I'd like to understand why modprobe can't find it.

Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

Posts: 3,108

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Re: fglrx kernel module not fround.

What happens if you run sudo depmod -ae then try again

Zerathidune

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Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

Re: fglrx kernel module not fround.

That did it, thanks.

unfortunately, now every time I log out of kde I get a blank screen, and my entire system locks up (can't even ssh in.) if I do ctrl+alt+backspace, I am safely brought back to kdm, but not if I log out properly.

I'm using kdemod.

there is a fix for this suggested on the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI … Hard_locks

but I've already tried that to no effect. it seems according to that page that the solution is out of date anyway.

3D rendering is working though...

I'd much rather use the OSS drivers, but they don't support acceleration for my card yet.

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Zerathidune (2008-04-04 04:09:51)