Howto for fglrx / catalyst (Ati driver)

[gossamer]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

It needs patching.

http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms...ee&view=markup

Where is the source that this patches?

Thanks,
Dave

Originally Posted by gossamer

Where is the source that this patches?

Thanks,
Dave

It's a patch for the ati installer (12.3 or 12.4).

[gossamer]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

It's a patch for the ati installer (12.3 or 12.4).

The installer? You mean amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run? That's just one big 104MB auto-extracting shell script. Do you have specific steps, please?

Thanks,
Dave

Originally Posted by gossamer

The installer? You mean amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run? That's just one big 104MB auto-extracting shell script. Do you have specific steps, please?

Thanks,
Dave

This guide should help but will need modifying

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Fed...i686_Fedora_16

[gossamer]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

This guide should help but will need modifying

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Fed...i686_Fedora_16

Okay, after some playing around I got it to compile and install properly.

When it didn't make any difference in the display, I figured out it's a problem with the local user, not the display after all.

What would cause the upper third of the display to be black and inaccessible, although the clock, "applications" and "places" menus are accessible?

IOW, how do I reset the xorg config for a local user?

Thanks,
Dave

---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:09 PM ----------

Originally Posted by gossamer

Okay, after some playing around I got it to compile and install properly.

When it didn't make any difference in the display, I figured out it's a problem with the local user, not the display after all.

What would cause the upper third of the display to be black and inaccessible, although the clock, "applications" and "places" menus are accessible?

IOW, how do I reset the xorg config for a local user?

Thanks,
Dave

Turns out this was all the result of a corrupt ~user/.config/dconf/user file. After removing that file and logging in again, the display was fixed.

Of course I went through the process of rebuilding the driver before I learned this. Not something I look forward to ever having to do again. Just very frustrating.

[Pepi]

*puuh*

Still have the "copy_from_user" trouble...

[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
In file included from /usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:575:0,
from include/asm-generic/termios.h:51,
from /usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h:1,
from include/linux/termios.h:5,
from include/linux/tty.h:41,
from include/linux/vt_kern.h:11,
from /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:35:
/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:57:7: error: called object ‘2’ is not a function
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to compile kernel module - please consult readme.
[Reboot] Kernel Module : dracut


Compared to the previous posts, your kernel modules have been pretty old....? Is this issue because I'm using the latest kerner??

[gossamer]

Originally Posted by Pepi

*puuh*

Still have the "copy_from_user" trouble...

[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64'
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
In file included from /usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:575:0,
from include/asm-generic/termios.h:51,
from /usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/termios.h:1,
from include/linux/termios.h:5,
from include/linux/tty.h:41,
from include/linux/vt_kern.h:11,
from /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.c:35:
/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:57:7: error: called object ‘2’ is not a function
make[2]: *** [/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.3.1-5.fc16.x86_64'
make: *** [kmod_build] Error 2
build failed with return value 2
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to compile kernel module - please consult readme.
[Reboot] Kernel Module : dracut


Compared to the previous posts, your kernel modules have been pretty old....? Is this issue because I'm using the latest kerner??

I'm using fc15, not fc16, so still at kernel 2.6.

The basic idea is to run the shell script with the --extract option and find the right directory before applying the patch:

# sh amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run --extract /usr/src/ati
# cd /usr/src/ati/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
# patch -p0 < rename_debug.patch
# cd /usr/src/ati
# ./ati-installer.sh 8.961 --install --force

Substitute the 8.961 with your version number, of course.

Best regards,
Dave

[Pepi]

Dummy ....

I read the wiki so badly. The problem was fixed by following this:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Fed...6_64_Fedora_16

(I was following the next solution were I need to patch the installer)

[scarletshark]

In F16, it appears that the driver is working properly for me (for the most part). However, occasionally Gnome3 has to reload, which is a bit annoying.

I really only need to have the driver running when I'm using 3D-Coat, Maya, or other such software. Is it possible to create a script that turns the driver on, and starts my 3D application?

[Cygn]

and this is the firePro version for the rename_debug patch. Tested on fglrx-8.911.3.3
apply with :

patch -p0 < rename_debug_firepro.patch

in /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod after installing the driver (and it fails to build the module)
then rebuild the module with

./make.sh
cd ..
./make_install.sh

hope it helps.

[Stygian]

I installed the AMD Radeon HD 6470M 12.3 driver a while ago. And it was working fine until yesterday, I got a message from SuperKaramba saying that the transparency in KDE has been disabled. From the system settings I checked the Desktop effects and found this message: "OpenGL compositing (the default) has crashed kwin in the past" and asking me whether I want to re-enable OpenGL or not. When I enable it systemsettings crashes and the OpenGL is not enabled. I even tried to enable compositing from kwinrc but kwin fails to start afterwards. I only updated the Kernel to 3.3.5-2.f16.PAE a while ago and this didn't happen back then.
X.Org X Server 1.11.4
I'm using the ati 12.3 driver from the official amd website.
Does anyone have an idea why this is happening ?

[Fenrin]

Originally Posted by Stygian

....

yes, if you update you kernel, it doesn't update the kernel module of this driver automatically.

I'm not sure if there is any command to rebuild the kernel module. I just reinstall the driver in such a case (so first excecute /usr/share/ati/uninstall-fgrlx.sh" and then install it again).

The akmod-driver of this guide on page 1 is supposed to build the kernel modules automatically after a kernel update. But akmod-catalyst fails sometimes. If you want to try akmod-catalyst make sure that you excecute /usr/share/ati/uninstall*.sh first, so that Catalyst is uninstalled, and then "yum reinstall mesa-libGL".

[Cygn]

if you have used the ati installer:

su -
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
./make.sh
cd ..
./make_install.sh

rebuilds the module, even if you haven't kept the original installer.

[Stygian]

Originally Posted by Fenrin

...

I already tried re-installing the driver a couple of times, the card works fine, I mean I can execute glxinfo and play games, but the OpenGL still fails to start. Could it be a kwin issue ?

Looking at the fglrx-install.log, it seems that the driver rebuilt the modules and the akmod is working correctly, and I can comfirm that because I updated the kernel many times before and the driver still works

Building module:
cleaning build area....
cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.951/build; sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=3.3.5-2.fc16.i686.PAE --norootcheck.....
cleaning build area....
DKMS: build completed.

Nevertheless I tried to rebuild the modules manually like Cygn mentioned but it still not working.

[jcrivera]

Please Note that:
If you want to use Linux in your computer, should remember not to buy this crap of graphic card so called ATI RADEON, as I mentioned it is a real headache not just to configure but everything else.