fglrx not visible with lsmod

[sherl]

Hi again,

After installation 8.30.3 drivers with success (see http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=325 for details), i encountererd the following trouble.

# /sbin/lsmod | grep "fglrx"
=> Nothing appears

# /sbin/lsmod | grep "radeon"
radeon 109537 0
drm 72789 1 radeon

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1400x1050"
HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

Any ideas ?

[Michael]

What card are you running?

What happens when you manually modprobe fglrx?

Anything of relevance in your X log?

[sherl]

Hi,

My video card is Radeon X300

$ modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format

#file /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped


# uname -a
Linux dream 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 14:54:20 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[sherl]

Oups, my video card is M300 (not X300)

# lspci | grep ATI
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Radeon Mobility M300]

[Michael]

Did you try reinstalling all of the RPMs? (or make sure all four were installed)

[sherl]

Did you try reinstalling all of the RPMs? (or make sure all four were installed)

Yes, i think the problem came from the version of gcc or architecture problem.
There error during the modeprod let me think this.

I just tried to use by hand:
# modeprod -f fglrx
and it works

But i dont understand yet why did i need to add the -f option

Sh

[sherl]

some other trace of the problem.
# demsg
...
fglrx: version magic '2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 SMP mod_unload 586 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1'

Looks like i586 and i686 conflic!

Sh

[sherl]

After browsing the web, my problem seems to be referenced their: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211941

Wrong kernel architecture with FC6 due to anacron bug.
This is the reason why i've got an i586 kernel instead of a i686.

[sherl]

Thus i've just removed my kernel:

# yum remove kernel
It removes a i586 version
and then (just after):
# yum install kernel
it install a i686 version
Then i've reconfigured grub (do not forget to reconfigure grub!!!)
Then i reboot

After, reboot, i've removed all ATI package
#rpm -e ATI-fglrx-control-panel-8.30.3-1.fc6 ATI-fglrx-8.30.3-1.fc6 kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-8.30.3-1.fc6 ATI-fglrx-devel-8.30.3-1.fc6

Then, i rebuild all the package
# ./ati-driver-installer-8.30.3.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6./ati-driver-installer-8.30.3.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6
Creating directory fglrx-installVerifying archive integrity... All good.Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.30.3............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..........................................======== ========================================== ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager========================================== ========
Generating package: Fedora/FC6Package
/home/brothier/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm has been successfully generated
Package /home/brothier/tmp/ATI-fglrx-control-panel-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm has been successfully generated
Package /home/brothier/tmp/ATI-fglrx-devel-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm has been successfully generated
Package /home/brothier/tmp/kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm has been successfully generated
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install

Then i've reinstalled all the fresh package
rpm -ivh ATI-fglrx-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm ATI-fglrx-control-panel-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm ATI-fglrx-devel-8.30.3-1.fc6.i386.rpm

and it works!

# lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx 414252 8