HOWTO: Install the ATI driver on ANY stable version of Ubuntu

[tseliot]

If you want to install ATI's proprietary driver you can follow this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI


Please, remember that only the installation of the driver from Ubuntu's repositories is officially supported by Ubuntu.

Should you want an easier but not supported method to install the ATI driver you can try Envy (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html) (at your very own risk)

[gmanr26]

I just followed these simple instructions and yet my card is not working. When you drag windows around in Ubuntu the movement is shaky which tells me that the graphics card is not being used. My card is the ATI Radeon 9550 (x8 AGP) ... any help.

[tseliot]

I just followed these simple instructions and yet my card is not working. When you drag windows around in Ubuntu the movement is shaky which tells me that the graphics card is not being used. My card is the ATI Radeon 9550 (x8 AGP) ... any help.

which method did you try?

[gmanr26]

which method did you try?

I fixed it. Apparently it was installed and working it's just the ATI sucks in Linux because they are proprietary. Now running Compiz (sp) :)

[ag65151]

I tried the instructions for Feisty, but whenever I start X I got "No Screen found." I must admit to being a noob when it comes to X. There is a Screen defined in xorg.info using the proper driver. I don't know how to continue.

[maxrisc]

No screens found could mean that the resolution or vertical refresh rate you have selected are out of range.

On my lappy if I select 1440x900@75 I get the error. When I set it to 1440x900@60 X starts.

[aouie]

There are some known issues and no ideas about the HD 2000 series. Also, this hasn't been tested. But, hopefully someone will test the method described in my other post (http://http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=527333) and put it in a neater format and make it a sticky.

It should be as simple as

Starting with a *** CLEAN SYSTEM WITH DEFAULT VESA DRIVERS FOR THE ATI CARD *** (and the libstdC++ 5 and updated "mesa" packages)
Download ATI's drivers (http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html) for Linux.
sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run
Follow the prompts for the automatic install.
sudo aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=left --vrefresh=1,85
Restart X.
You should now have a *** WORKING DUAL HEAD SYSTEM WITH PROPRIETARY ATI DRIVERS ***,

Sincerely,
Aouie

[digital_exhaust]

Gave it a try and I get...

digital@digital-desktop:~$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run
sh: Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run
digital@digital-desktop:~$

Downloaded the drivers three separate times and got the same results each time... on a clean updated install...

Any ideas?

[tseliot]

Gave it a try and I get...

digital@digital-desktop:~$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run
sh: Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run
digital@digital-desktop:~$

Downloaded the drivers three separate times and got the same results each time... on a clean updated install...

Any ideas?

the guide says:
Perform the following commands (where <version> is the version number of the installer):

sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh
bash ./ati-driver-installer-<version>.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/edgy
sudo ln -sf dash /bin/sh
You may need to wait a few mintues for this to complete.


therefore you will have to type:
sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh
bash ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/feisty
sudo ln -sf dash /bin/sh

[kipman725]

Hello I installed the latest ATI drivers and they are working well but some of the information in the howto is not correct for all users:
control center works fine on my Pc
I didn't have to do any editing of linux-restricted-moduals-common file to have the latest driver

still don't have AGP DMA in any form working so performance is still kind of neutered (this is a motherboard issue) but alot better than what I was getting with the apt-get drivers (I don't think they installed properly). Thanks :D

[Dark Star]

Thanks nice How To will help most of my frnds :D

[digital_exhaust]

<snip>

Thank you!!!

[Lazai]

Howdy folks, nice thread so far, it has been a great help. Following the instructions in 2 different wiki articles (clean install between both) and even trying envy as a last ditch effort (again after a clean install) I find myself with the same road block. After the reboot to use fglrx over vesa my system hangs when attempting to load X (at least i think that is where its hanging, going back into my xorg.conf file i can change the device back to vesa and load just fine) I am unable to swap "desktops" ctrl+alt+f1 through f7 don't respond and numlock doesn't toggle (oldschool hardware lock test heh) I had to throw the acpi=off and pnpbios=off into my grub file to get Linux loaded at all (an overload of info is often better than a lack) at this point i am floundering attempting to get this card up and running. below i will list my system specs, and an example of my xorg.conf file (at least the pertinent parts). Any help you kind folks can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Video Card: ATI X1950XTX 512mb PCIe
Display:22" Viewsonic Flat panel LCD vx2245wm (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx2245wm/)
MotherBoard: Asus M2R32-MVP
Memory: 4 GB Crucial 667 DDR
CPU: AMD Athlon AM2 64 4800+



Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VX2245wm"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "VX2245wm"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection



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

[Lazai]

WOOT! Got it fixed, sadly, that driver has a real big problem with having a second x1950 attached via the crossfire controller cable. removing the second card resolved my issue.

[zamolxis]

I was able to install the .40 drivers, and CCC works fine on my system. I was even able to set up some sort of big_desktop. However, it's not accelerated, the drivers don't seem to be used and big_desktop works strangely. It seems as if each monitor is completely separate. I can move the mouse from one monitor to the other, but I cannot move windows/applications the way I can in Windoze. What gives?

Here's my xorg:# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
Screen "aticonfig-Screen[1]" RightOf "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

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

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 9600XT"
Driver "ati"
VideoRam 131072
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[1]"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI RADEON 9600XT"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
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 "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[1]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

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


glxgears results in 400FPS (very low -> no acceleration)

fglrxinfo:
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.1".
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.1".
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)



display: :0.0 screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)

[MrChips]

Remove these sections which I have copied from your xorg.conf:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI RADEON 9600XT"
Driver "ati"
VideoRam 131072
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI RADEON 9600XT"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection



For some reason these lines were not deleted when you reconfigured your aticonfig. This has happened to me before. Although later on I tried this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

And finally things were all good in ATI land. :)

[tseliot]

Although later on I tried this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

And finally things were all good in ATI land. :)

This is the guide I suggest in this thread...

I'm glad it worked for you.

[darkpark]

I'm having a hard time getting the ATI fglrx driver to work with my ati x1950pro AGP. It *seems* to load fine since I can't find any errors after having combed through the system logs (cat *|grep fglrx in /var/log) but every time I boot up Fiesty I get a black screen. By the way, I used the restricted driver manager to install/enable the fglrx driver. I'm back to using the Vesa driver.
As a side note, I originally installed gusty and I had the same results. I have used err.. tried both the fglrx restricted driver from the ubuntu repositories and the one from ATI ( x86 8.40.0). I had the same results: black screen.

please help. :)

I added a snippet from my log(s):
(==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
(==) fglrx(0): HPV inactive
(==) fglrx(0): FSAA enabled: NO
(==) fglrx(0): FSAA Gamma enabled
(==) fglrx(0): FSAA Multisample Position is fix
(==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so
(II) fglrx(0): Depth moves disabled by default
(==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): cpuFlags: 0x4000001f
(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 65536
(==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
(==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
(==) fglrx(0): EnablePrivateBackZ = NO
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.1.0.0
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0xb7cce000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.34.8
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Feb 20 2007
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.20-16-generic
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000
(II) fglrx(0): [pci] find AGP GART
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] Mode=0x1f00421b bridge: 0x10de/0x00e1
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP v1/2 disable mask 0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP v3 disable mask 0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] enabling AGP with mode=0x1f00431a
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] Remapping MC AGP space (new MCAGPBase = 0xde000000)
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP protocol is enabled for graphics board. (cmd=0x1f004312)
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] graphics chipset has AGP v3.0 (native mode)
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] ringbuffer size = 0x00100000 bytes
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] texture shared area handle = 0x00008000
(II) fglrx(0): shared FSAAScale=1
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
(II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xe0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x00954000
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1600,1528)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1600,1200) (front color buffer - assumption)
(II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1600 x 328
(==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
(==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete

[tseliot]

I'm having a hard time getting the ATI fglrx driver to work with my ati x1950pro AGP. It *seems* to load fine since I can't find any errors after having combed through the system logs (cat *|grep fglrx in /var/log) but every time I boot up Fiesty I get a black screen
can you post the entire log?

[darkpark]

I'm at work now, so I cannot provide the log in its entirety but perhaps I failed to mention that I do get the Ubuntu boot-up screen with the progress indicator. I'm mentioning it because I have seen some posts that indicate that the blank screen appears immediately after the grub menu.

By the way, is there another driver that's better than the standard Vesa driver and will work with the ATI radeon video cards? I don't need 3d acceleration but I would like something better/faster than the Vesa driver.


X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux bluebox 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:55:27 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Sep 4 22:15:43 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "SyncMaster"
(**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) Ignoring unrecognized extension "Direct Rendering"
(**) Extension "Composite" is disabled
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x81c92e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,00e1 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,00e0 card 1458,0c11 rev a2 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,00e4 card 1458,0c11 rev a1 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,00e7 card 1458,5004 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,00e7 card 1458,5004 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:2: chip 10de,00e8 card 1458,5004 rev a2 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,00e5 card 1458,5002 rev a2 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,00e3 card 1458,b002 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,00e2 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,00ed card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,7280 card 174b,e250 rev 9a class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:1: chip 1002,72a0 card 174b,e251 rev 9a class 03,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:08:0: chip 1412,1724 card 1412,3630 rev 01 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:09:0: chip 1102,0005 card 1102,0021 rev 00 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0b:0: chip 11ab,4320 card 1458,e000 rev 13 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000acff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf2000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:14:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf4000000 - 0xf5ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf6100000 - 0xf61fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Primary (PCIE) rev 154, Mem @ 0xe0000000/28, 0xf3000000/16, I/O @ 0xa000/8
(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Secondary (PCIE) rev 154, Mem @ 0xf3010000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xf0000000 from 0xf1ffffff to 0xefffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xf5400000 - 0xf5403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf51fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xf5200000 - 0xf53fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf60040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf6003000 - 0xf6003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf6002000 - 0xf6002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xf3010000 - 0xf301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b47f (0x80) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xf5400000 - 0xf5403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf51fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xf5200000 - 0xf53fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf60040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf6003000 - 0xf6003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf6002000 - 0xf6002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xf3010000 - 0xf301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b47f (0x80) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf5400000 - 0xf5403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf51fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf5200000 - 0xf53fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf60040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf6003000 - 0xf6003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf6002000 - 0xf6002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[11] -1 0 0xf3010000 - 0xf301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b47f (0x80) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.34.8
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.34.8
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: LGDr8.34g1
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Feb 20 2007 11:49:19
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Information: autobuild-rel-r6-8.34.1.1.2.3-driver-lnx-x86-x86_64-327152
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x7280) found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf5400000 - 0xf5403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf51fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf5200000 - 0xf53fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf60040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf6003000 - 0xf6003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf6002000 - 0xf6002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[11] -1 0 0xf3010000 - 0xf301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b47f (0x80) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x81e4c48
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf5400000 - 0xf5403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xf5000000 - 0xf51fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xf5200000 - 0xf53fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf6004000 - 0xf60040ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf6003000 - 0xf6003fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf6002000 - 0xf6002fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[11] -1 0 0xf3010000 - 0xf301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xf3000000 - 0xf300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[14] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b47f (0x80) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e47f (0x80) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
[32] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[33] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
[34] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[35] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin, [x]
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0
(**) fglrx(0): Depth 32, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 32 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
(==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS"
(EE) fglrx(0): Weight given (000) is inconsistent with the depth (32)
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitWeight failed
SetVBEMode failed
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === end
(II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

In my particular case, the following two lines seem to be the show stoppers:
EE) fglrx(0): Weight given (000) is inconsistent with the depth (32)
(EE) fglrx(0): PreInitWeight failed

Hmm... so where is this "Weight" supposed to be specified? In my xorg.conf (posted below), I have a default bit depth.


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
Fontpath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
Fontpath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SyncMaster"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "SyncMaster"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Direct Rendering" "true"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection

[darkpark]

welps! I'm happy to say that I finally got the dog-gone fglrx driver to work, but I had to use the version 8.38.6 ati driver (from their site: check their archive section). I also forced x8 agp speed (auto is the default) in my motherboard settings, although I'm not sure if that made a difference. anyway...
Yippe!!!

For the sake of completion and system comparison....

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 64 4400+
Video: Sapphire X1950Pro AGP 512MB
Audio card: Creative Labs X-FI xtreme-music
motherboard: Gigabyte K8NSC-939 nforce3 250 chipset

correction:
The fglrx driver does seem to work, but DRI doesn't and I MESA is being used for opengl.


(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.34.8
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Feb 20 2007
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(WW) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version does *not* match driver.
(EE) fglrx(0): incompatible kernel module detected - HW accelerated OpenGL will not work
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x2000 at 0xb7cdb000
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

[zamolxis]

Remove these sections which I have copied from your xorg.conf:
(...)
And finally things were all good in ATI land. :)

AWESOME!
Thank you, MrChips, I'm finally using the binary drivers.
glxgears gives me 2600-4400 FPS, hope this is normal
can't wait for the overhyped new drivers :)
still couldn't get beryl, etc, but at least now i have a starting point

I can't help but wonder: why was it necessary to remove those lines, what was wrong with them?

tia

[another_sam]

an ATI X1400 will work out of the box on Gutsy Gibbon (ubuntu 7.10)? at least to let me configure the wifi graphically and then, if i want, be able to download a better driver...

thanks

[.evan]

I'm new to linux (first post here) and after a week of tinkering with a dual head set up I finally have two monitors working well. The only lingering pain in the neck is that I can't drag windows from one monitor to the next.

I posted the relevant parts of my xorg.conf file on my blog along with a few images of the screens in action.

http://hobbylobby.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/dual-monitors-in-ubuntu-xorgconf-driver-ati-card/

My linux teacher suggested that I post the link to that here to give back to the community after having learned so much from all of you thus far.

Section “Device”
# Crucial to give each Device a unique ID
Identifier “0 ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)”
Driver “fglrx”
# In my case, there’s only one PCI BusID
Busid “PCI:1:5:0″
Screen 0
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “1 ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)”
Driver “fglrx”
Busid “PCI:1:5:0″
Screen 1
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Laptop Monitor”
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Samsung Monitor”
Option “DPMS”
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Laptop Screen”
Device “0 ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)”
Monitor “Laptop Monitor”
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
# Despite not including any more modes, there are many more options in the GUI
Modes “1680×1050″ “1280×800″
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Samsung Screen”
Device “1 ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)”
Monitor “Samsung Monitor”
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1680×1050″
EndSubSection
EndSection

# Enabling the Xinerama caused problems every time -
# but it sounds like getting that working is the last step
# in having true interacting monitors.

#Section “ServerFlags”
# Option “Xinerama” “true”
# Option “DefaultServerLayout” “DualHead”
#EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Default Layout”
Screen 0 “Laptop Screen” 0 0
Screen 1 “Samsung Screen” RightOf “Laptop Screen”
# DualHead means two monitors
Option “DualHead” “true”
Inputdevice “Generic Keyboard”
Inputdevice “Configured Mouse”
Inputdevice “stylus” “SendCoreEvents”
Inputdevice “cursor” “SendCoreEvents”
Inputdevice “eraser” “SendCoreEvents”
Inputdevice “Synaptics Touchpad”
EndSection

[JoePits]

an ATI X1400 will work out of the box on Gutsy Gibbon (ubuntu 7.10)? at least to let me configure the wifi graphically and then, if i want, be able to download a better driver...

thanks

i used the gutsy daily today and x1400 worked on its own after installing.

[kaktuskatta]

I have the drivers successfully installed, but I'm only able to get the correct info from fgrlxinfo when I run the command as superuser!

when I type fglrxinfo, this comes up:

libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)

when I type sudo fglrxinfo, this comes up:

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6473 (8.37.6)

Same thing with glxgears:

libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering
1455 frames in 5.2 seconds = 281.140 FPS
1356 frames in 5.5 seconds = 244.854 FPS
1356 frames in 5.3 seconds = 257.310 FPS
1356 frames in 5.2 seconds = 261.399 FPS
1130 frames in 5.0 seconds = 225.353 FPS
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

output from sudo glxgears:

11212 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2242.262 FPS
11308 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2257.913 FPS
11302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2257.020 FPS
11251 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2244.817 FPS
11313 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2257.681 FPS
11256 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2245.015 FPS

Ehh....a huge difference, so I assume that there's a permission issue. Does anybody know where I change this permission, and how?

Thanks in advance

[.evan]

[QUOTE=kaktuskatta;3352756]I have the drivers successfully installed, but I'm only able to get the correct info from fgrlxinfo when I run the command as superuser!

output from sudo glxgears:

11212 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2242.262 FPS
11308 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2257.913 FPS
11302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2257.020 FPS
11251 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2244.817 FPS
11313 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2257.681 FPS
11256 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2245.015 FPS

I'm new here - so forgive the question if it's obvious to everyone else, but what does
the glxgears have to do with setting up the graphics card drivers?

.evan

[kaktuskatta]

The point is that the openGL setup is not working as it should be, the graphic is lagging, which means that the card is not set up correctly. I need some help with this, and this is the place to ask. Hope this answered your question. P.S: glxgears is a small application that can tell you whether everything is working or not. That's why I posted the FPS from the terminal :)

[Thecoldfrost]

The problem I have isn't that fglrx doesn't work, infact the one I get from "sudo apt-get install" works very well, if a little slowly. The problem I have is installing any driver downloaded from ati's site.

Following guides from this forum, and from cchtml also (or using envy, or just running the .run file), it doesn't matter, the install goes perfectly. however amdcccle doesn't work (I don't know if its meant to work before the first reboot), aticonfig works though. So from default xorg.conf I run aticonfig, and it makes the changes. I restart X or reboot completely. Following possible fixes from this forum and others just do nothing.

Everything goes nicely, the Ubuntu loading screen comes up, the orange bar moves up, but after than the screen doesn't move to the login screen, rather it "flashes" two shades of black infinately. ctrl+alt+f1 etc don't work. At this point I should point out I have found a thread with exactly the same error, however it was never replies to at all.

I am at my wits end, i thought since 8.40.4 wouldn't work, maybe with all the changes 8.41.7 would. Its exactly the same. I have literarly reinstalled ubuntu as many times as there are drivers, since using one from ati.com stops me being able to reinstall the one on the repositories. (The number of reinstalls is x2 because I tried, and am still on 32bit now, whereas I was using 64bit)

It isn't a problem with xorg.conf. I have tried the same xorg.conf I am using now, with any other driver version and above problem occurs. Unless its a refresh rate issue, which I tried to play about with, but I don't know if I had it right for my screen.

Is there something different about the repositories driver from ati.com's?

Could it be that the card isn't being detected correctly?

My system is:
Athlon x2 3800+
1.5gb ram
sapphire x1950pro 512mb agp
Abit AV8-3rd eye
Sound Blaster Audigy SE
Sony SDM-HS75P Monitor (1280x1024 @ 75hz)

The reason I want to install from ATI's site, is because I would like catalyst control center. Its not so bad for gaming with the driver already installed, everything works fine, only a little slower than I used to play them. I don't really like to ask for help, I prefer to persevere with something untill I fix it, but this is beyond me.

In summary -> Having tryed both ubuntu 32bit and 64bit the only fglrx driver I can install is the one from apt-get. Any from ati.com will boot me into a screen flashing between two shades of black. I am 99% sure its something I am doing wrong, as I refuse to believe the problem can be so persistant as going though so many driver releases.

[Harry789]

I used envy and get

laan97ac@laan97ac-laptop:~$ glxgears
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
3755 frames in 5.0 seconds = 744.296 FPS
3840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 762.530 FPS
3840 frames in 5.0 seconds = 761.791 FPS
3840 frames in 5.1 seconds = 760.374 FPS

How do I fix the DRI thing?

Actually I had higher FPS before install (ATI radeon x600)

[Harry789]

ok here is part of my problem:

laan97ac@laan97ac-laptop:~$ 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: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)

[tonbuntu]

I have the x300 card and the following problems:

In Feisty, when using the open source driver, the resolution is correct 1280 x 1024, but the refresh rate isn't (60 instead of 70) and Compiz works;

When using the proprietary driver, the resolution and refresh rate are correct, but Compiz doesn't work ("extension not available").

Can't I just quickly somehow manually change the refresh rate for the open source driver (I like to use Compiz)?

Thanks
Tony

[Proteasome]

Total noob, just installed feisty, have RV350 (see below)

simon@Macrophallus:~$ lspci | grep
VGA01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]

I followed the posted guide to the letter, including the troubleshooting section, but still have
the same problem with Mesa:

simon@Macrophallus:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)

Trying to enable 3d rendering, install compiz, but can't get past this. Any suggestions highly appreciated.

[bootsbradford]

I have tried to install the ATI driver but something is not working.

The command 'fglrxinfo' returns the following info:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)


Can anyone help? I've read around a bit but just ended up confused as to why I still can't get the ATI info displayed. :(

[Harry789]

bootsbradford, I have the exact same problem as you.

[mjpolifka]

On a fresh install, I downloaded the newest version (8.40), ran

sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run
sudo aticonfig --initial --force

rebooted, and now everything works. I have been messing around with the Binary HOWTO for a week and searching Google for an answer, but this simple solution is the only one that worked for me, and to be honest I'm not sure why. Before I did this, DRI was not found and I had no direct rendering.

Card: Radeon X1650 PRO AGP 512MB
Intel P4 2.66GHz 2.5GB Memory
Getting ~1500FPS

[bootsbradford]

sudo aticonfig --initial --force


At last! This is the command that did the job for me. Again, not sure why I've read pages and pages of wiki instructions but this was never proposed.

Anyway, this is the answer for me. Thanks, mjpolifka! Harry789, I wonder if this will do the job for you as well? :)

[HokeyFry]

i have the the ATI driver successfully installed, but i need 3d accelleration enabled. how do i do this?

if this helps, this is what 'lspci' returns about my card

VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400

thanks in advance for any help

[pdusen]

Help me! I am an HD 2900 owner who drifted off Linux for a while when I upgraded cards, but I am trying to get back into it now that 8.41 is available. But no matter what I do or what guide I follow, I am absolutely unable to get the driver to set up properly! It consistently fails to load X whenever I reboot after installing. I have to keep reverting to my backup.

Does anybody have a method that they know for a fact works with this card and driver?

[Lolo Uila]

Okay, I've run older ATI cards under Linux before, and while the fglrx driver has never been easy to set up I have been successful... until now. :(

I am trying to get a Radeon X1950 Pro AGP card running in Feisty and I've been beating on this thing for over a week now. I have tried the last 4 or 5 driver versions as well as the one in the Ubuntu restricted repositories and I just can't get it to work.

After installing any driver version I either boot into the Linux (gnome) desktop, but fglrxinfo says mesa, or I get a black screen and hard locked computer (have to use the reset button to reboot). I have tried the guide here; I have tried envy, and I've tried both the install and trouble shooting guides below:

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Troubleshooting

I have googled around and found loads of hits about the "ATI Black Screen of Death" for people running Athlon 64 hardware on 64 bit Linux, but I'm running 32 bit on Intel hardware (although I tried those fixes as well with no results).

System specs:
Shuttle fb75 motherboard (Intel 875P chipset) on-board sound and Ethernet
Intel P4 3.4GHz (not overclocked currently)
2GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 RAM (2-3-2-5)
Diamond MM Radeon X1950 Pro AGP 8X (512MB)
ATI HD TV Wonder tuner card
Seagate 750GB IDE HD
Pioneer DVR-111D IDE DVD burner
2x100GB Hitachi SATA HD (RAID-0)
Shuttle (Prism) USB WiFi adapter
Mitsumi FA404M combination floppy drive & 8-in-1 card reader

I've got XP Pro and Linux Mint Celena (Ubuntu Feisty) dual booting from the RAID volume and the X1950 card works perfectly under Winblows. In Linux, however, only the vesa driver works.

I'm beginning to think the ATI driver doesn't support the AGP X1k cards (which are actually PCI-E cards with a bridge chip). Can anyone tell me if these cards are supported?

If they are then I need help to get this thing going. I know a lot about computer hardware, and I'm familiar enough with Linux to work in the terminal. Are there any logs I can look in to figure out what's locking the system, or why fglrx isn't loading?

Thanks a bunch for any help anyone can offer!

Aloha, Tim

[Temüjin]

Lolo Uila:

Try looking at var/log/Xorg.0.log (it's something like this, do an ls to get the correct filename).

Then, look in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to see if it's set up correctly. Also, make sure the bus ID of your vid card matches the output of lspci -v (you can do a sudo update-pciids to get the right name strings).

[Lolo Uila]

There are no (EE) error entries in the log. Then again, I am hard locking before X fully starts, so it's possible the error is not logged before the system hangs.

There is something interesting in the log however...

(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Primary (PCIE) rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/28, 0xfc030000/16, I/O @ 0xc000/8
(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Secondary (PCIE) rev 0, Mem @ 0xfc020000/16

(--) fglrx(0): VideoRAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3
(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected

It seems my AGP card is being detected as PCI-E, and only half of the 512MB of video RAM is detected. Odd?

The end of the log looks like:

(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
(II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
So it looks like fglrx is loading alright, but something is crashing X and hard locking the system.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Tim

[Lolo Uila]

Okay, I'm back to an install that I can boot, but mesa is being used instead of fglrx.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log now shows some (EE) error & (WW) warning messages:

(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 9.13
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: RV570
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
(II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
[drm] failed to load kernel module "fglrx"
(WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connection
(--) fglrx(0): VideoRAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3
(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
Looked in /dev/dri/ and there is no card0 device defined (the /dev/dri/ path is empty).

(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(**) fglrx(0): ATI GART size: 128 MB
(WW) fglrx(0): No DRM connection for driver fglrx.
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.1.0.0
(EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
I looked for any entries with GPS in them and found nothing.

Currently lsmod | grep fglrx returns nothing

fglrxinfo returns:
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: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)

glxinfo | grep vendor returns:
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: ATI
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org

So, did I find anything useful?

Thanks again for any help!!

Aloha, Tim

[Lolo Uila]

So basically it looks like whenever fglrx loads without errors (well, without logged errors) I get hard locked when X is started.

I get all the boot messages and the loading stuff, but it hangs right when I'd expect the Gnome login screen to appear. At that point my screen is black, but my monitor detects a signal on whatever port I have it plugged into and it doesn't go into power save mode. It seems like the card is actually sending a black screen to the display. I have tried both ports with both DVI and Analog connections and the results are the same.

The system is hard locked as far as I can tell. Typing in my login info gets me nowhere (no login sounds or change to the black screen). Trying to exit to the shell with ctrl+alt+f1 does nothing. Hitting ctrl+alt+delete does make the hard drive busy light flash a few times, but nothing happens. No shutdown or reboot.

[sigh] I'd really like to get this working because there isn't an acceptable nVidia card to substitute. The only AGP card that offers comparable performance is the XFX 7950GT, which would cost me over $250, and has a very notorious reputation for failing due to inadequate cooling and generally poor design.

Thanks again. If there are any other logs or info needed just let me know.

Aloha, Tim

[fizz]

to the people having problems with Mesa GLX, i was having this problem to.

The first thing i checked was from a command line CTRL/ALT/F1
sudo modprobe fglrx

In my case, after i ran envy, there was no created fglrx.ko, so I had to run envy again from command line (sudo envy -t) and install ati driver again, i said no to config, no to reboot

I then sudo modprobe fglrx
No errors this time, i did startx opened terminal glxinfo to verify that it was the ATI driver, logged out, and started GDM and evertything is cool now. I hope this made some sort of sense.

[hoborocket]

Both Envy and the instructions on the wiki there just break my xorg. :( I'm out of options, really.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3433396#post3433396

[Juleshu]

I tried this method:
Instructions for 7.04 (Feisty)
Note: If you use Kubuntu then follow the instructions for 6.10 (Edgy)--

* Install linux-restricted-modules and restricted-manager provied in the restricted repositories:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-generic restricted-managerOpen the restricted drivers manager included in 7.04 "System -> Administration -> Restricted Drivers Manager" and select "ATI accelerated graphics driver". This will hopefully enable fglrx in a painless way. If not, follow the instructions for Edgy.




And I get the message "failed to start the x server" when I restart.

I have the newest 64bit ubuntu (Q6600) and an ATI 2600xt.

I just reinstalled ubuntu (It only takes 15 minutes on the Q6600), what should I try next?

Somewhere online I found this: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
Will this command work to fix things if it happens again so I do not have to reinstall?

I just completely erased vista 64bit off of my PC. I just did not like it. I'd like to get ubuntu up and running properly so I can use dual monitors, otherwise I'm going back to windows XP for a bit.


Thanks in advance for any assistance. I'm a linux newb, but my first PC was a 386 running dos, so I'm picking up the basics pretty quickly.

[Juleshu]

I installed and ran Envy and I got the same problem.

[Juleshu]

I got it to work. I used the method in this thread for those who are having trouble:
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=19436&st=0

[kaktuskatta]

I've finally figured out how to solve the DRI-problem. The problem I had were related to lack of permissions, which lead to loading of the softwarebased slow and indirect rendering from the MESA drivers. I solved the problem by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and at the end of this file add the following strings:

#allows anyone to access DRI settings
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

And that's it! When I type fglrxinfo in the terminal now, I get:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6747 (8.40.4)

glxgears gives:

21108 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4221.464 FPS
28122 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5624.303 FPS
27651 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5530.020 FPS
27569 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5513.712 FPS
28012 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5602.231 FPS

etc etc etc......

And that's all! Hope this helped somebody else but me :)

Enjoy! :guitar:

[nixie21]

Trying to do this now with my radeon 9600

got this error

ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Generating package: Ubuntu/feisty
./packages/Ubuntu/ati-packager.sh: line 58: dpkg-architecture: command not found
Error: unsupported architecture:
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.Qw9332
nixie21@Main:~/Desktop$


Any ideas?

[nixie21]

All good now...fixed...

[Lolo Uila]

Umm nixie21, that's not fixed. Your flgrxinfo output should say ATI for the driver, not tungsten and mesa.

[nixie21]

nixie21@Main:~$ glxinfo | grep vendorserver glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: SGI
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.


Hmm, what do i do???

[haemphyst]

SWEET!!! Worked like a champ on the X1550 256MB PCI-e card! Ubuntu 6.06LTS (Dapper?)

Once I figured out how to navigate the directory paths in the terminal... And figured out that directory names are case sensitive... And two reboots later... And realizing that 75Hz on the DVI was too high a refresh rate for my older (only 2 and a half years, sad... "older"... sheesh!) LCD...

:KS:KS:KS Three gold stars for Dave! BWAHAHAHA

Seriously, though, thanks! Now, to tackle Beryl.

[mgazb]

I'm really struggling getting the acceleration going on a RV280 (Radeon 9200 PRO) card with my Feisty system.
It runs with the Driver set to "ATI", but if I set it to "fglrx" I can't start X.
I have tried using the restricted driver manager (both command line and from the toolbar) and it says "No hardware that needs restricted drivers present"/

My xorg.conf after running

aticonfig --initial
aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

reads as follows


# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SyncMaster"
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 "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "BusType" "PCI"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
Monitor "SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
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


The Xorg.0.log from this is



X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux q-console 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 9 09:33:06 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
(**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "stylus"
(**) |-->Input Device "cursor"
(**) |-->Input Device "eraser"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81c92e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0204 card 1106,0204 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 1106,1204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 1106,2204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 1106,3204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:4: chip 1106,4204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:7: chip 1106,7204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b188 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,0571 card 1458,5002 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1458,5004 rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3227 card 1458,5001 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1458,a002 rev 60 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 1458,e000 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,5960 card 1002,5960 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:1: chip 1002,5940 card 1002,5961 rev 01 class 03,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe3ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] rev 1, Mem @ 0xd0000000/27, 0xe3000000/16, I/O @ 0xc000/8
(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd8000000/27, 0xe3010000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe1ffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe4001000 - 0xe40010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe40000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xe3010000 - 0xe301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe3000000 - 0xe300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe4001000 - 0xe40010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe40000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xe3010000 - 0xe301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe3000000 - 0xe300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xe4001000 - 0xe40010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe4000000 - 0xe40000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xe3010000 - 0xe301ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xe3000000 - 0xe300ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.34.8
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "wacom"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) Wacom driver level: 47-0.7.7-7 $
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.34.8
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: LGDr8.34g1
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Feb 20 2007 11:49:19
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Information: autobuild-rel-r6-8.34.1.1.2.3-driver-lnx-x86-x86_64-327152
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

[mgazb]

I can get the graphics card working using the "ati" driver, but this does all the rendering in software on the host. I'm trying to get the hardware acceleration working.
8.28 is the last version of fglrx for this hardware. I can't build it out of the box for 7.04 as this driver doesn't have an option for Feisty. If I try to build it for Edgy, I get errors in the driver code that I can't easily resolve.

[chikin03]

I'm having the same problem, mgazb. Radeon 8500 is apparently "pre-r200", and so 8.40 ATI drivers are not out (only a set which apparently supports 7.1). When I try to install them, the screen gets garbled on bootup, and even ctrl-shift-bkspc doesn't get me to a command-line. I have to boot up recovery, change back xorg.conf, and try again... Only error on log is No Device Detected.

To be honest, I'm not sure I need these drivers. I want Ubuntu for productive stuff...and for MythTV. Now, from what I'd recalled from Edgy, I thought I needed fglrx [and in fact, when I thought I had installed MythTV with my PVR-150, all I got out of the tuner was a black, blank screen--whereas it certainly works in XP]. Does anyone know otherwise? Mythfrontend won't even start up again, because of some libGL.so error. I don't mind completely reformatting, I just hate to do it without any sense of direction as to where I should go now.

Is the solution just to buy a $25 nvidia card?

[chikin03]

Update: got it to work. Just had to remove the ati drivers, I think. In answer to my question, hardware acceleration is not needed to run mythtv. I guess I'll never have compiz/beryl though.

[Tzimbar]

As far as I can understand, new kernels (2.6.20 or newer) are not supported by the "old" ATI 8.28.8 drivers... :(
So, if we want to use Feisty and OpenGL, we will have to use open source drivers (which have the sadly famous bug causing the entire system to hang when an OpenGL application is run...) :(

[Sim777]

After searching for 2 days and going through many guides, I'm stuck. I'm rather new to linux, so please treat me kindly.
I have basic Inspiron 1501 with dreaded ATI Xpress card. After following one guide, I got blackscreen. After fixing that using liveCD, and trying another guide, I have following problem.


\fglrxinfo
fglrxinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory



Here's Xorg.0.log


X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux sim-laptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:31:23 UTC 2007 x86_64
Build Date: 04 April 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 13 15:45:37 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
(**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "stylus"
(**) |-->Input Device "cursor"
(**) |-->Input Device "eraser"
(**) |-->Input Device "Synaptics Touchpad"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Option "AIGLX" "off"
(**) Extension "Composite" is disabled
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x7a16e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1002,5950 card 1028,01f5 rev 10 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1002,5a3f card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 1002,5a37 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 1002,5a38 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1002,4380 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 01,06,01 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:0: chip 1002,4387 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:13:1: chip 1002,4388 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:2: chip 1002,4389 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:3: chip 1002,438a card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:4: chip 1002,438b card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:5: chip 1002,4386 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:14:0: chip 1002,4385 card 1028,01f5 rev 13 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:14:1: chip 1002,438c card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:14:2: chip 1002,4383 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 04,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:14:3: chip 1002,438d card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:14:4: chip 1002,4384 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,01 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:05:0: chip 1002,5975 card 1028,01f5 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:00:0: chip 14e4,4311 card 1028,0007 rev 01 class 02,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 08:00:0: chip 14e4,170c card 1028,01f5 rev 02 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 08:01:0: chip 1180,0822 card 1028,01f5 rev 19 class 08,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 08:01:1: chip 1180,0843 card 1028,01f5 rev 01 class 08,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,8), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009cff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc0100000 - 0xc01fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:5:0), (0,2,4), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:6:0), (0,5,7), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 5 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc0200000 - 0xc02fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:20:3), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 8: bridge is at (0:20:4), (0,8,10), BCTRL: 0x0006 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 8 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc0300000 - 0xc03fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:5:0) ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP] rev 0, Mem @ 0xc8000000/27, 0xc0100000/16, I/O @ 0x9000/8
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xc0302400 - 0xc03024ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xc0302000 - 0xc03020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xc0300000 - 0xc0301fff (0x2000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xc0200000 - 0xc0203fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xc0003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xc0004800 - 0xc0004bff (0x400) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xc0004400 - 0xc00044ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xc0009000 - 0xc0009fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xc0008000 - 0xc0008fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xc0007000 - 0xc0007fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xc0006000 - 0xc0006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xc0005000 - 0xc0005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xc0004000 - 0xc00043ff (0x400) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0xc0100000 - 0xc010ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0x00008420 - 0x0000842f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00008410 - 0x0000841f (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x00008400 - 0x0000840f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x00008450 - 0x00008453 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00008430 - 0x00008437 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00008454 - 0x00008457 (0x4) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00008438 - 0x0000843f (0x8) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xc0302400 - 0xc03024ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xc0302000 - 0xc03020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xc0300000 - 0xc0301fff (0x2000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xc0200000 - 0xc0203fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xc0003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xc0004800 - 0xc0004bff (0x400) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xc0004400 - 0xc00044ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xc0009000 - 0xc0009fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xc0008000 - 0xc0008fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xc0007000 - 0xc0007fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xc0006000 - 0xc0006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[11] -1 0 0xc0005000 - 0xc0005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[12] -1 0 0xc0004000 - 0xc00043ff (0x400) MX[B]
[13] -1 0 0xc0100000 - 0xc010ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0x00008420 - 0x0000842f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000170 - 0x00000177 (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x000001f