fglrx problem

alexandru · 2010-12-01 22:51:34

startx won't work
it's the first time i ever try arch linux (as if it isn't obvious) i got it working on my virtual machine but not on the real thing
i installed it normally, i got libgl, xorg, mesa and then the ati cataclyst driver from their website, it installed it
i aticonfig --initialconfig, i inserted fglrx in modules in rc.conf and when i try to startx:

[ 272.876]
X.Org X Server 1.9.2
Release Date: 2010-10-30
[ 272.877] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 272.877] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.35-ARCH x86_64
[ 272.877] Current Operating System: Linux K50AF 2.6.36-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 24 00:39:57 CET 2010 x86_64
[ 272.877] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda8
[ 272.877] Build Date: 01 November 2010 10:29:19PM
[ 272.877]
[ 272.877] Current version of pixman: 0.20.0
[ 272.878] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 272.878] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 272.879] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 1 22:30:30 2010
[ 272.879] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 272.879] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 272.879] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout"
[ 272.879] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
[ 272.879] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
[ 272.880] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
[ 272.880] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 272.880] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 272.880] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[ 272.880] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 272.880] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 272.880] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 272.880] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 272.880] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 272.880] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[ 272.880] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 272.880] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 272.880] (II) Loader magic: 0x7d3360
[ 272.880] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 272.880] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 272.880] X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
[ 272.880] X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
[ 272.880] X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
[ 272.881] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:9553:1043:1c42 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfbdf0000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000d000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 272.881] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 272.881] (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
[ 272.881] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[ 272.881] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 272.881] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[ 272.881] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[ 272.881] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[ 272.881] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 272.881] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 272.881] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 272.881] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 272.881] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 272.881] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 272.881] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 272.881] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 272.881] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 272.881] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 272.881] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 272.881] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 272.881] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 272.881] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 272.881] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module glx
[ 272.881] (II) UnloadModule: "glx"
[ 272.882] (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 272.882] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 272.882] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 272.882] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 272.882] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.13.0
[ 272.882] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 272.882] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 272.882] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 272.882] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 272.882] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 272.882] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 272.882] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 272.882] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 272.882] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 272.882] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 272.882] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 272.882] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 272.882] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 272.882] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 272.882] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 272.882] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 272.882] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
[ 272.882] (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
[ 272.882] (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 272.883] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 272.883]
Fatal server error:
[ 272.883] no screens found
[ 272.883]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 272.883] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 272.884]

the xorg.conf is exactly the same as on my current debian instalation so it's not that

can i get some help in here?

Last edited by alexandru (2010-12-02 09:10:31)

Dogmeat · 2010-12-01 23:52:25

It says the fglrx module does not exist. It means you didn't installed Catalyst properly or didn't rebuild the fglrx module after a major kernel upgrade.

alexandru · 2010-12-02 07:13:25

i said i used the ati installer just like i did on my curent distro
i have everything that the ati installer installs
i have aticonfig and fglrxinfo and everything

and if i "find / -name fglrx" i get
/home/debian/usr/lib/fglrx
/home/debian/usr/lib/dkms/fglrx
/lib/modules/fglrx

if i cd /lib/modules/fglrx and [tab][tab][tab] i get
Display all 1257 possibilities? which is exactly what i get if i cd /home/debian/usr/lib/fglrx and then [tab][tab][tab]

yet when i modprobe fglrx it says no module found

i also used the repositories part from the ati catalyst wiki here
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AT … positories
and when i said pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils it downloaded everything and said "Errors occured, no packages were upgraded"

i can't ever remove it because pacman -R fglrx says its not htere

Last edited by alexandru (2010-12-02 08:36:40)

alexandru · 2010-12-02 09:04:06

i fixed it,
i found a fglrx-uninstall.sh in /.?./ati/, used it then deleted libgl and its files and some other conflicting files then i pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils and it works now

alexandru · 2010-12-02 09:11:42

now startx works but when i try to configure x by amdcccle i get
amdcccle: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4:cannot open share object file: No such file

RaisedFist · 2010-12-02 09:49:54

did you install qt?

alexandru · 2010-12-02 09:50:47

i don't think so, what's qt?
i followed this guide it doesn't mention anything about qt
http://willensky.blogspot.com/

Last edited by alexandru (2010-12-02 09:52:15)

RaisedFist · 2010-12-02 09:53:29

qt is a gui toolkit. install it with pacman -S qt and then try amdcccle again.

alexandru · 2010-12-02 10:11:56

i installed it and now i get segmentation error when i run amdcccle
i'm obviously missing some stuff, can you please check that guide (untill the screenshot) and tell me what else i need to install to get it working

wicd is also not working (dbus connection error)
neither is chromium

RaisedFist · 2010-12-02 12:37:30

have you installed dbus and started it? wiki is your friend.

alexandru · 2010-12-02 12:47:26

i know that the wiki is my friend
but not when i don't know what my problem is
and yes i installed dbus
its step 17 of the tutorial
pacman -S hal dbus xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-synaptics
and step 14 as well
type nano /etc/rc.conf to add dbus, hal & alsa: DAEMONS=(dbus hal syslog-ng network crond alsa)

alexandru · 2010-12-02 13:57:31

i got everything else fixed but my amdcccle thing still gets me segmentation fault

Unia · 2010-12-02 15:20:44

You could try installing to opensource driver:

pacman -S xf86-video-ati

No other steps will be needed.

alexandru · 2010-12-02 16:31:58

how do i use xf86-video-ati and will i be able to play wine emulated games and stuff with it?

ANOKNUSA · 2010-12-02 18:20:21

alexandru wrote:

i can't ever remove it because pacman -R fglrx says its not there

fglrx is just the name of the kernel module; the official driver name--and therefore the package name--is catalyst-*. The different varieties of it can be found in the Arch User Repository; there's an article in the wiki on ATI-Catalyst covering the package details installation. It's best to use one of the AUR packages than to install manually, since you can use pacman to track the package and easily install an update. I use catalyst-generator, since it's usually up-to-date and allows me to easily rebuild the module every time there's a kernel update. If you want to use one of these packages, make sure you read up on ABS too.

As for xf86-video-ati: Depending on your graphics card, you may be able to play games in wine using it. If you want to give it a shot, just look at the ATI section of the wiki. DO NOTE: you will need to undo the changes you've made by installing the fglrx module to get it working (changes in mkinitcpio.conf, rc.conf, menu.lst, etc). If possible, it might be best to work from a tty and follow the instructions to the letter.

Last edited by ANOKNUSA (2010-12-02 18:21:25)

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#1 2010-12-01 22:51:34

fglrx problem

#2 2010-12-01 23:52:25

Re: fglrx problem

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Re: fglrx problem

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Re: fglrx problem

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Re: fglrx problem

#6 2010-12-02 09:49:54

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Re: fglrx problem

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Re: fglrx problem

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Re: fglrx problem

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#13 2010-12-02 15:20:44

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