Fail to link to fglrx-libglx.so?

**jonnyboysmithy** · February 4th, 2012

I have installed fglrx driver and I'd like to be able to use desktop effects.
Also I cant open the catalyst control center.
When from a terminal I try to switch to integrated gpu to safe power I get:

Code:

jotham@Jotham-Laptop:~$ sudo aticonfig --px-igpu
[sudo] password for jotham:
No layout section was found in the file: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'.
Please run 'aticonfig --initial' first or modify your configuration file manually and run aticonfig again.
aticonfig: parsing the command-line failed.
jotham@Jotham-Laptop:~$

And when I run

Code:

jotham@Jotham-Laptop:~$ sudo aticonfig --initial
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
Fail to link to fglrx-libglx.so, please check whether driver is installed correctly
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-1
jotham@Jotham-Laptop:~$

Some of the documentation tells me to fix the fglrx-libglx.so issue I have to:

Code:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core

Which just makes the xserver not start properly, and then have to got to tty1 and re-enavble the driver using jockey-text.I'd be okay with not having any effects but I'd like to be able to switch to the eco graphics mode. I'm using 11.04 64bit ati hd 6700m series (6740m specifically I think?)

**jonnyboysmithy** · February 4th, 2012

Screenshots:

**jonnyboysmithy** · February 4th, 2012

So how can I re-enable desktop effects?

**jonnyboysmithy** · February 9th, 2012

Solved!!

What I had to do was get the installer to compile for my system in particular where as before I had tried the stock configuration but it wouldn't work, compiling didn't work because I didn't have all the build dependencies

(it never told me but I later figured it out). Link to driver: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...eon_linux.aspx
Btw after installation you have to reboot (of course) and run:

Code:

sudo aticonfig --initial

Hopefully someone else will find this useful..

**jonnyboysmithy** · February 9th, 2012

I thought I had it. I'm back to square one. I think this is a bug. Any opinions?

**DAB4970** · February 18th, 2012

I also get that output from doing #aticonfig --initial -f

Using Radeon HD 5450 on Ubuntu 11.04

there is an "LN" cmd (creating links) that I found in my reference book, but I'm not sure exactly how to utilize it.

**DAB4970** · February 20th, 2012

I quit using the proprietary driver and went with the open sourced xserver-xorg-video-radeon pkg. Meaning, I used "radeon" in the xorg.conf file on the drivers line. It uses all the space on the monitor. That was my main issue with the proprietary driver.

I tried the xserver-xorg-video-ati pkg ("ati" in the xorg.conf file) but that seemed to make the screen go blank after just a few minutes of use. Not sure what is really was doing other than that.

Hope this help someone.