ATI Radeon 9550 (almost working?)

[jacksmash]

Hi,

I'm happy to have found this forum!

Anyways... I've tried installing the drivers from the ATI site (btw... why is "x86_64" always part of the installer file even when you don't specify 64-bit?).

The install process runs smoothly (thanks to help I've found searching this forum, and partha's website). But after I run 'aticonfig --initial', I get this when running fglrxinfo:

Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
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)

So, although I didn't get any errors whatsoever during the install, it's clear that the ATI drivers are not being used.

Also, when I reboot my computer X doesn't start... and so I do a rescue to change the xorg.conf file so I can get X started again.

Any suggestions?

[jacksmash]

Ok... I tried a reinstall, and now I'm having more serious problems. When I try to run something simple like aterm I get this error:

aterm: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied


Should I just stop while I'm ahead?

Cheers.

[Michael]

The ATI installer uses a combined 32-bit and 64-bit package. The driver will work whether your using i386 or x86_64 Linux.

As far as your problems go, how are you installing the drivers? Are you using a buildpkg command or the graphical interface? The GUI path won't work on newer distributions.

What Linux distribution are you using?

[jacksmash]

Thanks for responding.

I'm using FC6 (i686), just reinstalled the latest kernel today.

From the command line:

./ati-drivername-.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6

That's what I used.

[Michael]

Output of:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

[jacksmash]

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
(EE) AIGLX: Screen 1 is not DRI capable

I noticed you moved this to the AMD/ATI thread. You'll have to forgive me if I'm a complete idiot... but do these drivers only work with AMD?

I got the x86_64 ones working with my radeon xpress 200M on my laptop no problem (AMD 64). But what I'm working on now in my desktop, and it's Intel (not by choice!).

[Michael]

AMD bought out ATI. They are the AMD drivers.

Aha, that output makes it an easy fix.

Make sure you have:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Off"
Option "AIGLX" "Off"
EndSection

In your xorg.conf.

[jacksmash]

Hmm... I did have that at one point, but I'll try it again.

Basically, since X didn't start, I let it try to start itself with a default configuration.

So then i tried to do the install process again by doing a

yum remove ATI-fglrx

but when I try to install the rpms again, it says that the 'package kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.blahblah.. is already installed.

So I tried a rpm -e on that specific rpm, but then it tells me that it isn't installed!

I must be losing it. But basically I have to do the install again anyways.

[jacksmash]

Do you know how I can start over without having to reinstall fc6?

[Michael]

You could reinstall them with --force argument.