ThinkPad W500 w/ATI FireGL V5700, catalyst/fglrx failures

ManweSulimo · 2009-10-30 21:22:09

Greetings all!

I hope this is the right location for this post.
I am not exactly a linux n00b (been using it for ~5 years or so), though I am new to ArchLinux.
I've been messing around with various distros on this laptop, because of the ATI FireGL graphics chip (Yes, I know. FireGL isn't well-supported)

lspci identifies it as an

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650

this is in the R600 series of ATI chipsets.
I generally use gentoo, although I was unable to get the hardware accel working there either (exact same problem, actually)

After following the instructions for installing the Catalyst & catalyst-utils packages, attempts to startx with the fglrx driver result in the following:

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.

X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1)
Release Date: 2009-8-25
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux ArchThinkPad 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 23 10:03:24 CEST 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 30 October 2009  03:40:46PM

        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: Fri Oct 30 16:16:35 2009
(II) Loader magic: 0x1b40
(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:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:9591:17aa:2127 ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xcfff0000/65536, I/O @ 0x00002000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
List of video drivers:
        fglrx
        vesa
(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 = 8.66.2
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 2.2.0
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(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       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.66.2
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.661
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Sep 23 2009 17:30:33
(II) PCS database file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb not found
(II)   Creating PCS database from initial defaults instead
(**) ChipID override: 0x9591
(**) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9591) found

Backtrace:
0: X(xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x4e94d6]
1: X(xf86SigHandler+0x6f) [0x481b9f]
2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f59a4f57f90]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxProbeMain+0x8f7) [0x7f59a415b697]
4: X(xf86CallDriverProbe+0xd9) [0x4687a9]
5: X(DoConfigure+0x1a3) [0x48be43]
6: X(InitOutput+0x159) [0x468c69]
7: X(main+0x1fe) [0x42e66e]
8: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f59a4f449ed]
9: X [0x42dca9]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Having spent quite a bit of time searching and experimenting (which some rather knowledgeable assistance too), I am rather at a loss.
Any help would be appreciated (unless the problem really is that linux drivers for FireGL just suck! )

MadTux · 2009-10-31 06:18:23

From your log file it seems as if you are using Xorg 7.4 and ATI driver version 8.66.2?

If that is true, it seems from the wiki, that this is a non-supported combination:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI … yst_driver

hunterthomson · 2010-01-06 08:32:29

This is an old post but. . .
If you have not gotten this working yet.

I have a ATI Mobility FireGL v5700 (AKA HD3650 with slower VRAM). A few thinks you need to know.

1: You have to set this to avoid a Kernel panic.
sudo aticonfig --acpi-services=off

2: You can't use the new Xorg 1.7 that is in the repo. You have to use the older Xorg1.6
I have all the packages I can upload them for you and stuff. Just let me know

3: You have to use the xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix 1.6.3.901-1 from the AUR so you can use Kwin and Compiz effects
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26687

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You can get 3D with the OpenSource xf86-video-ati driver. Not all that good yet, Like having a Intel GMA x3100. Also, if you wait until Kernel 2.6.33 you will have KMS with your R600 GPU with the Open Source Driver.
You CAN build all the git packages form the AUR if you would like it now.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79509

Last edited by hunterthomson (2010-01-08 23:36:40)

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#1 2009-10-30 21:22:09

ThinkPad W500 w/ATI FireGL V5700, catalyst/fglrx failures

#2 2009-10-31 06:18:23

Re: ThinkPad W500 w/ATI FireGL V5700, catalyst/fglrx failures

#3 2010-01-06 08:32:29

Re: ThinkPad W500 w/ATI FireGL V5700, catalyst/fglrx failures

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