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Phlogiston

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Registered: 2009-02-14

Posts: 39

unable to load newer fglrx module (catalyst):

When I try to modprobe the latest catalyst module, I get the following error on dmesg:

fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 802 MBytes.
[fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes
[fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads
[fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed

This is the card:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1402
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 17
        Memory at a0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at 9800 [size=256]
        Memory at fa8f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at fa8c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Mask- 64bit- Count=1/1 Enable-
        Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
        Kernel modules: fglrx, radeonfb

and here all the other modules loaded: (of course remove fglrx, this is with the catalyst-old which still works)

lsmod                                                                                                        
Module                  Size  Used by                                                                                        
usblp                  11732  0                                                                                              
ipv6                  259252  12                                                                                             
rfkill_input            5396  0                                                                                              
snd_seq_oss            29696  0                                                                                              
snd_seq_midi_event      6004  1 snd_seq_oss                                                                                  
snd_seq                47856  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event                                                               
snd_seq_device          6016  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq                                                                          
arc4                    1588  2                                                                                              
ecb                     2452  2                                                                                              
usbhid                 35168  0                                                                                              
hid                    40064  1 usbhid                                                                                       
snd_hda_codec_si3054     4468  1                                                                                             
b43                   126000  0                                                                                              
rfkill                  9456  3 rfkill_input,b43                                                                             
snd_pcm_oss            36832  0                                                                                              
snd_mixer_oss          14132  1 snd_pcm_oss                                                                                  
joydev                  9536  0                                                                                              
snd_hda_codec_realtek   189336  1                                                                                            
mac80211              158652  1 b43                                                                                          
usb_storage            93216  0                                                                                              
cfg80211               36524  2 b43,mac80211                                                                                 
input_polldev           3132  1 b43                                                                                          
snd_hda_intel          24872  5                                                                                              
snd_hda_codec          60212  3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel                                     
snd_hwdep               6904  1 snd_hda_codec                                                                                
fglrx                2064612  16                                                                                             
serio_raw               4984  0                                                                                              
ohci_hcd               23332  0                                                                                              
video                  16292  0                                                                                              
output                  2388  1 video                                                                                        
snd_pcm                66936  5 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec                                 
snd_timer              19132  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm                                                                              
snd                    51108  20 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer                                                                                                                                                                        
soundcore               6112  1 snd                                                                                                                                                 
snd_page_alloc          8124  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm                                                                                                                               
asus_laptop            16752  0                                                                                                                                                     
led_class               3416  2 b43,asus_laptop
ehci_hcd               34688  0
i2c_piix4               8868  0
psmouse                54632  0
shpchp                 31816  0
sg                     25352  0
ssb                    37848  1 b43
pcmcia                 33036  2 b43,ssb
i2c_core               20616  1 i2c_piix4
usbcore               134576  6 usblp,usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
pci_hotplug            27060  1 shpchp
pcmcia_core            32232  3 b43,ssb,pcmcia
atl2                   25324  0
ati_agp                 6528  0
agpgart                29332  2 fglrx,ati_agp
evdev                   9312  13
thermal                15056  0
fan                     4056  0
button                  5700  0
battery                 9816  0
ac                      3832  0
cpufreq_ondemand        6816  2
acpi_cpufreq            7428  0
freq_table              3476  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
processor              38720  4 thermal,acpi_cpufreq
rtc_cmos               10156  0
rtc_core               16400  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2324  1 rtc_core
ext4                  222960  3
mbcache                 6584  1 ext4
jbd2                   53612  1 ext4
crc16                   1556  1 ext4
sr_mod                 14756  0
cdrom                  33856  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 25328  5
pata_atiixp             4404  0
ata_generic             4536  0
pata_acpi               3828  0
ahci                   29956  4
libata                156908  4 pata_atiixp,ata_generic,pata_acpi,ahci
scsi_mod              100404  5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata

It seems to be related to another agp modul using the pages or something, but i still didn't find a working solution on the net.

Thanks for any hint

Rorschach

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From: Ankh-Morpork

Registered: 2008-11-07

Posts: 143

Re: unable to load newer fglrx module (catalyst):

Hi,
from what I read on the ubuntu bug-tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/283836 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/284408 this looks like a bug in the fglrx-driver itself. Because that's a closed-source proprietary driver there's not much one can do but waiting for ATI to fix it.

To solve your problem at the moment you could try to downgrade to a catalyst-driver you know who works with your card or switch to one of the free ati and radeon drivers supporting your card.

Last edited by Rorschach (2009-05-25 09:42:42)