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lDeNl

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 3

Ati 4770 + Catalyst 10.7 Kernel 2.6.35 - black screen

First
Xorg 1.8 + Catalyst 10.7.1(from AUR) work good
but I had bug "Black/grey/white boxes/artifacts mainly in firefox/thunderbird"
I make "aticonfig --set-pcs-str=DDX,ForceXAA,TRUE"
And all work good, after 2-3 days I try to fix bug maximizing/resizing window by patch xorg-server-backclear/xorg-server-1.8-catalyst-maximize-fix
I delete catalyst, delete xorg ->
Install xorg-server-1.8-catalyst-maximize-fix and after install new Catalyst 10.7.3
And it give me black screen After that I try many time to reinstall my catalyst and xorg(from [extra]) without patch fix no effect - black screen...
With vesa driver all good
With xf86-video-radeonhd (radeonhd) all good
but i don't like this drivers...
How I can fix my problem?

dcc24

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Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 732

Re: Ati 4770 + Catalyst 10.7 Kernel 2.6.35 - black screen

As it is stated in the post_install() of catalyst, you need to add "nomodeset" to your kernel line in grub config.

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It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain)

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lDeNl

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 3

Re: Ati 4770 + Catalyst 10.7 Kernel 2.6.35 - black screen

Yes I have been add "nomodeset"...
/etc/ati/amdpcsdb I'm also delete.

I test Xorg by "xinit" with xinitrc or kde...

dcc24

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Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 732

Re: Ati 4770 + Catalyst 10.7 Kernel 2.6.35 - black screen

So, let's go through this checklist together:

- You have nomodeset in your kernel line
- You are using xorg-server-1.8-catalyst-maximize-fix (my package)
- You are using catalyst-10.7-3 (Vi0L0's package / catalyst repo)
- You have built the fglrx kernel module as instructed in catalyst post_install()
- You have specified the fglrx driver in the "Device" section in xorg.conf

... and it still  doesn't work?

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It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain)

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lDeNl

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Registered: 2010-08-15

Posts: 3

Re: Ati 4770 + Catalyst 10.7 Kernel 2.6.35 - black screen

Yes all is true except

- You have built the fglrx kernel module as instructed in catalyst post_install()

I think I don't understand this... You can give me link or explain what i must doing?

And I try all xorg server 1.8 and catalyst 10.7.1 and 10.7.3