[SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

lord_zlayer · 2009-05-09 10:53:35

Hi everyone!

Got me an new laptop and have an Radeon HD 3200 in it and hoped to get it working but
I dont managed to get it to work so I hoped someone here could help me

Ive tested the xf86-video-ati
xf86-video-radeonhd
xf86-video-radeonhd-git
But those does get it to work but the performance is really shit and I really want 3d acceleration
so I decided to give the catalyst 9.4-1 from AUR a go.
Installs with yaourt and everything seems to go fine but when I startx it goes back to command line.

My xorg:
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Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

#Section "Module"
# Load "glx"
# Load "dri"
# Load "drm"
#EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "fglrx"
# Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
# Option "DRI" "on"
# Option "ColorTiling" "on"
EndSection

#Section "DRI"
# Group "video"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection
---------------------------------------------------

The commented lines were used for the radeonhd driver.

Here is the Xorg.0.log when using fglrx driver:

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X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux acer 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 29 15:36:46 CEST 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 15 April 2009 11:01:49AM

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat May 9 12:36:07 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
(**) | |-->Device "Card0"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(**) Option "DontZap" "false"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
(II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
(II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
(II) Loader magic: 0x15c0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 5.0
X.Org XInput driver : 4.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7

(--) PCI:*(0@1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xcfdf0000/65536, 0xcfe00000/1048576, I/O @ 0x00009000/256
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[20] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[25] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[26] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[27] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[28] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[29] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[30] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[31] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[32] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[33] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[34] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[35] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so
(II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.60.3
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.60.3
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:05:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.60.3
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.602
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Apr 1 2009 15:01:03
(II) PCS database file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb not found
(II) Creating PCS database from initial defaults instead
(WW) This ATI Proprietary Linux Driver does not guarantee support of video driver ABI higher than 2.0
(WW) Video driver ABI version of the X server is 5.0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9612) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:17:0) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:18:0) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:18:1) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:18:2) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:19:0) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:19:2) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:0) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:2) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:3) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:4) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:5:1) found
(II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
(II) AMD Video driver is signed
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[20] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[25] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[26] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[27] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[28] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[29] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[30] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[31] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[32] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[33] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[34] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[35] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x2499770
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[20] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[24] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[25] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[26] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[27] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[28] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[29] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[30] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[31] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[32] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[33] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[34] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[35] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[36] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[37] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[38] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[39] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[40] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.6.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 5 func 0
(II) fglrx(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 8/8
(EE) fglrx(0): Given depth (8) is not supported by fglrx driver
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitVisual failed
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === end
SetVBEMode failed
(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

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Anyone knows why it isnt working. Im not so good at this so I really have no idea.

Thx in advance for all help I can get

Last edited by lord_zlayer (2009-05-10 12:22:13)

tomk · 2009-05-09 11:09:00

Please use code tags for conf and log file posts.

lord_zlayer · 2009-05-09 14:59:55

tomk wrote:

Please use code tags for conf and log file posts.

Well I gladly do if I knew how to

No one have any idea how to solve my problem?

greenfish · 2009-05-09 16:24:47

lord_zlayer wrote:

tomk wrote:
Please use code tags for conf and log file posts.
Well I gladly do if I knew how to
No one have any idea how to solve my problem?

if you rely on HAL you don't need all that crap in your xorg.conf

HOWTO use the evdev driver (also known as hotplugging)

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "true"
EndSection

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … otplugging
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hal

heres my xorg.conf (example, notice how tiny it is?)

http://pastebin.com/d2de15e56

Press "code" button above the smilies (easier to read..code)

Last edited by greenfish (2009-05-09 16:29:39)

lord_zlayer · 2009-05-09 22:52:31

Thanks greenfish for your help I changed my xorg.conf to this:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen         "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "DontZap" "false"
    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    Option        "AutoAddDevices" "true"
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:1:5:0"
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

And now I get into X with the catalyst driver and it seems much smoother than with
the radeonhd driver.

But now comes the next problem, when I try to launch a 3d application such as tuxkart
I get this outout:

[johan@acer ~]$ tuxkart
Data files will be fetched from: '/usr/share/games/tuxkart'
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  137 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request:  21
  Current serial number in output stream:  21

Anyone knows anything about this? glxgears gives me the same results.

lord_zlayer · 2009-05-10 12:21:48

I searched alot for this problem but couldnt find anything. I thought maybe its because Im running Arch 64 so I switched to i686 and now 3d acceleration is working flawlessly.
To bad it woudnt work on 64 bit because Arch 64 is really wonderfull.
Thanks again greenfish, you got me an working xorg.conf

greenfish · 2009-05-11 17:14:38

lord_zlayer wrote:

I searched alot for this problem but couldnt find anything. I thought maybe its because Im running Arch 64 so I switched to i686 and now 3d acceleration is working flawlessly.
To bad it woudnt work on 64 bit because Arch 64 is really wonderfull.
Thanks again greenfish, you got me an working xorg.conf

Oh snap, didn't see your reply until I browsed the forums. Glad you got it sorted somewhat. I have full 3D acceleration on my archbox64, weird? However my fan are constantly running at full speed and sometimes my sony crashes due to overheating.. thanks to catalyst.

No problem lord_zlayer have fun!

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#1 2009-05-09 10:53:35

[SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

#2 2009-05-09 11:09:00

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

#3 2009-05-09 14:59:55

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

#4 2009-05-09 16:24:47

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

#5 2009-05-09 22:52:31

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

#6 2009-05-10 12:21:48

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

#7 2009-05-11 17:14:38

Re: [SOLVED] Installing Catalyst drivers from AUR

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