[Problem] Arch x86_64 with ATI HD3470

MoffspringR · 2009-03-25 20:08:14

hi.

Recently I installed ArchLinux x86_64 on my laptop (Sony Vaio VGN-FW21E), but I have one problem with my video card...

So, my problem is:

1) If I install the drivers from ati.com, and I execute "aticonfig --initial" to create a new xorg.conf, but when I reboot the laptop, the screen turns black and freeze
2) At another forum (and google search) told me to install the "xf86-drivers-ati" and change the "vesa" to "ati" or "radeonhd", but the problem is the same.... The screen turns black and freeze

At this moment I use Arch with "vesa" driver.

Any suggestions?

Best Regards,
MoffspringR

Edit: Sorry my english.

Kilz · 2009-03-25 23:58:18

I had to use alternate methods with hwd to get mine for a hd3870.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … generation

MoffspringR · 2009-03-26 08:32:43

Thanks,

When I used Arch i686, I installed the drivers from ati.com, and if I execute the "aticonfig --initial" the system create xorg and runs without any probem...

MoffspringR · 2009-03-26 13:10:59

Hi.

I followed the link, execute all the steps, but i dont have 3D...

I dont understand this... with 32bits, the driver works perfect, but with 64bits I have this problem... The driver is the same....

Kilz · 2009-03-26 21:45:26

How are you installing it, what version is the driver?

MoffspringR · 2009-03-26 21:49:21

The driver is: ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run

Ranguvar · 2009-03-27 00:20:30

Whenever possible, DON'T install software through anything except the Arch repos. This is so all files are managed cleanly through updates, uninstalls, downgrades, etc.

The reason the latest Catalyst driver wasn't available for 64-bit Arch in the repos before is because it's made poorly and requires an ugly hack to work. This is likely your problem. Remove the driver from AMD with whatever they tell you to, and then either:

1.) Install the xf86-video-ati open-source driver from repos and use 'ati' as your Driver in your xorg.conf
2.) Install the xf86-video-radeonhd open-source driver from repos and use 'radeonhd' as your Driver in your xorg.conf
3.) Install the catalyst driver from repos and use 'fglrx' as your Driver in your xorg.conf

The open source drivers tend to have fewer bugs than Catalyst, but may not have acceptable 3D performance. You decide.
After choosing one of the above, try making an xorg.conf with 'aticonfig', 'Xorg --configure', 'hwd -xa', etc. Then try tweaking it. Post log messages and the config if you need help.

byte · 2009-03-27 00:40:45

Ranguvar wrote:

...
3.) Install the catalyst driver from repos and use 'fglrx' as your Driver in your xorg.conf
...

Minor correction here: catalyst lives now in AUR, there is no package.
Otherwise, ACK.

MoffspringR · 2009-03-27 08:42:22

Thanks.

When I run "glxgears" I have this output:

[miguel@laptop ~]$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
2076 frames in 5.0 seconds = 415.146 FPS
2081 frames in 5.0 seconds = 416.109 FPS
XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0"
after 5451 requests (34 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
[miguel@laptop ~]$

Is normal?

Dinth · 2009-03-27 08:55:46

Yes but slightly slow.
Install catalyst from AUR, or radeonhd-r6xx-r7xx from AUR, or newest ati also from AUR. Youve done bad installing catalysts from ati.com, it puts libraries in some strange places, and you can have problems in future. Uninstall all drivers you've installed, including catalysts (both from ati.com and AUR if you installed it too), and manualy delete all files from ati.com drivers if they stayed in the system
Something like:

./usr                                                                                               
./usr/bin                                                                                           
./usr/bin/fgl_glxgears                                                                              
./usr/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig                                                                      
./usr/bin/aticonfig                                                                                 
./usr/bin/fglrx_xgamma                                                                              
./usr/bin/atiode                                                                                    
./usr/bin/atiodcli                                                                                  
./usr/bin/amdcccle                                                                                  
./usr/bin/fglrxinfo                                                                                 
./usr/share                                                                                         
./usr/share/pixmaps                                                                                 
./usr/share/pixmaps/ccc_small.xpm                                                                   
./usr/share/pixmaps/ccc_large.xpm                                                                   
./usr/share/man                                                                                     
./usr/share/man/man8                                                                                
./usr/share/man/man8/atieventsd.8.gz                                                                
./usr/share/applications                                                                            
./usr/share/applications/amdcccle.desktop                                                           
./usr/share/licenses                                                                                
./usr/share/licenses/catalyst-utils                                                                 
./usr/share/licenses/catalyst-utils/ATI_LICENSE.TXT                                                 
./usr/share/ati                                                                                     
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle                                                                            
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_zh_TW.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_zh_CN.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_pl.qm                                                             
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_hu_HU.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ja.qm                                                             
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_fr_FR.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_da_DK.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_th.qm                                                             
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_de.qm                                                             
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_pt_BR.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_cs.qm                                                             
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_fi_FI.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_nl_NL.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_sv_SE.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ko_KR.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_tr_TR.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_el_GR.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_es_ES.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ru_RU.qm                                                          
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_no.qm                                                             
./usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_it_IT.qm                                                          
./usr/lib                                                                                           
./usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so                                                                            
./usr/lib/libGL.so                                                                                  
./usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2                                                                              
./usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1                                                                          
./usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1                                                                       
./usr/lib/libfglrx_tvout.so.1                                                                       
./usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.cap                                                                            
./usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0                                                                        
./usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a                                                                             
./usr/lib/libGL.so.1                                                                                
./usr/lib/dri                                                                                       
./usr/lib/libfglrx_tvout.so.1.0                                                                     
./usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.so.1.0                                                                         
./usr/lib/libfglrx_tvout.a                                                                          
./usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0                                                                     
./usr/lib/libXvBAW.so.1.0                                                                           
./usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.a                                                                          
./usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.a                                                                             
./usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1                                                                          
./usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0                                                                        
./usr/lib/xorg                                                                                      
./usr/lib/xorg/modules                                                                              
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions                                                                   
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so                                                         
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.ati                                                        
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/glesx.so                                                                     
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux                                                                        
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so                                                         
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so                                                                    
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri                                                                          
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so                                                             
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/esut.a                                                                       
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers                                                                      
./usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
./usr/include
./usr/include/X11
./usr/include/X11/extensions
./usr/include/X11/extensions/fglrx_gamma.h
./usr/include/GL
./usr/include/GL/glxATI.h
./usr/include/GL/glATI.h
./usr/sbin
./usr/sbin/atieventsd
./usr/sbin/amdnotifyui
./usr/sbin/atigetsysteminfo.sh
./etc
./etc/acpi
./etc/acpi/events
./etc/acpi/events/a-lid-aticonfig
./etc/acpi/events/a-ac-aticonfig
./etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh
./etc/profile.d
./etc/profile.d/catalyst.sh
./etc/rc.d
./etc/rc.d/atieventsd
./etc/ati
./etc/ati/logo_mask.xbm.example
./etc/ati/atiogl.xml
./etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh
./etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default
./etc/ati/control
./etc/ati/logo.xbm.example
./etc/ati/signature

After cleaning your system install http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22899 , http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22510 and http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24824

Last edited by Dinth (2009-03-27 08:57:34)

MoffspringR · 2009-03-27 09:18:12

Ok. Thanks for advice!

I installed and removed the driver from ati.com.

MoffspringR · 2009-03-27 18:05:47

One question: After install this packages, how I create xorg.conf? With "hwd -xa"?

Dinth · 2009-03-27 18:28:29

You get some example config file from hwd -xa or another x configurator, then you make aticonfig --initial --your-parameters, and when fine tune your Xorg.conf

MoffspringR · 2009-03-27 18:39:33

bash-3.2# aticonfig --initial
bash: aticonfig: command not found

The driver is not correctly installed :S

Dinth · 2009-03-28 07:46:14

After cleaning your system install http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22899 , http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22510 and http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24824

You must install all three of them.

MoffspringR · 2009-03-28 09:17:55

And I installed... But when I choose "ati", "radeonhd" or "fglrx" the screen turns black and freezes...

You have an ATI graphic card? Can you upload your xorg.conf?

Dinth · 2009-03-28 10:06:38

hmm make sure that you have fglrx module loaded in rc.conf. You dont have and SHOULDN'T HAVE possiblity to have installed radeonhd/ati AND fglrx at once. xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-radeonhd have conflicting depedency to catalyst, so if you have them both on system at once, something must be broken.

run Xorg with fglrx driver set and paste here your /var/log/Xorg.0.log after that. Also paste here your Xorg.conf - it will be faster to find a error in it, than me pasting my

MoffspringR · 2009-03-28 11:33:50

Ok.

I will remove xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-radeonhd, and create a new xorg.conf.

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[Problem] Arch x86_64 with ATI HD3470

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