HOW-TO: ATI fglrx driver 8.16.20

[mlomker]

E: Couldn't find package xorg-driver-fglrx[/CODE]

Make sure that you've updated your sources.list and then do a sudo apt-get update first. You need to be connected to the Internet. There are some ways around that by downloading a file from another connected machine, but this how-to assumes an Internet connection.

[mlomker]

i also tried scorched3d and it looked crazy! it ran smooth but it didn't look like scorched3d... just fragments of polygons scattered around the screen!

I don't want to support applications in this thread, just the driver install. You might want to search and/or make a post on an appropriate thread (gaming boards). The ATI forum is also a good bet.

[mlomker]

Part of the cause is the fact that the module is built with gcc-4.0.2 and the kernel is not.

I assume you are using a newer driver than the one included with Ubuntu because it is compiled with the correct compiler. You could try putting that command in /etc/modules, but I'd recommend that you recompile it with the proper compiler instead.

Put this in your /etc/bash.bashrc (and make sure you have that compiler installed, of course):

export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4

[Zarteg]

35 Pages of complaints, doesn't works, can't finds. - still no answers from what I could find.

Makes a good arguement for Windows users, well not that bad maybe but damned close. Video in Windows just works - unfortunately security and very little else does.

As a Fedora User for a long time, I have really come to hate Ubuntu. The OS itself is kind of cool, but I have yet to see "Support"

I noticed in Fedora Posts the answers are usually exceptionally well thought out, and if someone misses something in an answer... someone else will always jump in to point out the missed piece.

Ubuntu on the other hand, pages and pages of whining, with some half baked answers that sometimes may or may not work. I feel like I am in a forum of 14 year olds with the odd post from someone who actually gets it.

Alright, rant released... (sorry about this but I am fed up and pis$ed off)

I tried to follow this install your ATI driver how to ....
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=423584

All kinds of @##@ gone wrong.... course no answers to why, and from what I gather in my reading I am likely the only user on the planet with these problems ....

Ok well what the heck I might as well post too.

Machine is a Compaq Evo N600C
2.6.12-10-686 (Kernel - Breezy)

LSPPCI
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
0000:02:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
0000:02:04.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem (rev 02)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
0000:02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)

Following along the tutorial - everything goes well until I get here:

$ sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.23.7-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 118741 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xorg-driver-fglrx 6.8.0-8.16.20-0ubuntu16.1 (using xorg-driver-fglrx_8.23.7-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xorg-driver-fglrx ...
dpkg: error processing xorg-driver-fglrx_8.23.7-1_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2', which is also in package libgl1-mesa
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
xorg-driver-fglrx_8.23.7-1_i386.deb

Then it just continues to error as I move on to other steps

$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.23.7-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 118741 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-control (from fglrx-control_8.23.7-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing fglrx-control_8.23.7-1_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/share/applnk/fireglcontrol.kdelnk', which is also in package fglrx-4-3-0
Errors were encountered while processing:
fglrx-control_8.23.7-1_i386.deb

YES I AM IN THE DIRECTORY WHERE THESE PACKAGES ARE LOCATED.

~$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.23.7-1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 118741 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-kernel-source (from fglrx-kernel-source_8.23.7-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up fglrx-kernel-source (8.23.7-1) ...

This part seems to go well - ah well maybe like windows 33% is a good number?

$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.23.7-1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 118741 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-kernel-source (from fglrx-kernel-source_8.23.7-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up fglrx-kernel-source (8.23.7-1) ...
dsmith@evo:~$ sudo m-a prepare
Kernel headers available in /usr/src/linux

OK two in a row worked WOO HA

$ sudo m-a update

Updated infos about 68 packages

Wow another one worked!

$ sudo m-a update

Updated infos about 68 packages

Wow another worked? kewl - well maybe - cuz lets face it stuff failed earlier, and I have not a clue if that may make the whole house of cards cave in.

sudo aticonfig --initial
aticonfig: error while loading shared libraries: libfglrx_pp.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Big surprise - maybe its to remind me of how much better this is than Windows

sudo fglrxconfig
sudo: fglrxconfig: command not found

I guess I don't really need this anyway right?

$ sudo fglrxinfo

sizeof(RADEONDRIRec) == 100, devPrivSize 100
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Radeon 20050528 AGP 1x NO-TCL
OpenGL version string: 1.2 Mesa 6.3.2

Note the sudo command in this first since it doesn't do anything when logged in as plain old me.

If I sound pissed off and frustrated, its because I have been playing with this crap for days.... and after hours and hours of reading, I still don't understand squat about whats going on.

Not very Tech friendly much less user friendly is it?

Now I can reboot, but if I do, X will probably fail, and I will probably have to reconfigure xorg.conf to even get to a desktop.

All being said - maybe its because of this:
with the exception of the 9100 IGP, M6 Mobility, and possibly others

Who knows, because of course while the problem with these cards is pointed out, there is no alternative answer - at least from what I can see, and I am not seeing straight after days of reading about this problem.

[Zarteg]

Part 2 of 2

Here is the output from my Xorg.0.log

Course that won't fit here, so I guess I am not including it

I am a knob ... I used Windows for years, and while there is no security or reliability at least Video and Sound drivers were always a piece of cake.

Perhaps the brain damage I experienced with all those years of Windows has made me to stupid to understand this.

Anyone know a good lawyer willing to sue MS for this medical condition that they have inflicted?

If you can help with this COOL! I (and I am sure many others) appreciate your time and intelligent comments.

Going to call a Neuro Surgeon now and make an appointment. I will check for a response later.

Drooling continues.

PS: When I do finally get back in to Ubuntu desktop (after regenerating the xorg.conf on an init 3 prompt) it seems as though my frame rate is way higher.

I am getting over 400 FPS versus about 120 prior to half baked install, which is a LOT better so maybe I should just shut up and be thankful I have a gui??

[Pettman]

Followed this how-to and still no 3d, I've been looking around pretty much and this is the info I think will be needed to sort it out.

pettman@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep fglrx fglrx                 245412  0
agpgart                32328  2 fglrx,via_agp
pettman@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep fglrx [4294717.411000] fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
[4294717.418000] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 930 MBytes.
[4294717.418000] [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.16.20 [Aug 16 2005] on minor 0
[4294717.431000] [fglrx] Internal AGP support requested, but kernel AGP support active.
[4294717.431000] [fglrx] Have to use kernel AGP support to avoid conflicts.
[4294717.431000] [fglrx] Kernel AGP support doesn't provide agplock functionality.
[4294717.431000] [fglrx] AGP detected, AgpState   = 0x1f000a0f (hardware caps of chipset)
[4294717.432000] [fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 7854 using kernel context 0

From /var/log/Xorg.0.log

(EE) fglrx(0): [agp] unable to acquire AGP, error "xf86_ENOMEM"
(EE) fglrx(0): cannot init AGP
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xf8b6f000 at 0xb7b6f000
(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): ********************************************* *

Addition:
I fixed it . By adding these 2 lines in /etc/modules

agpgart
via_agp

But now the comp hangs when I try to run anything that uses OpenGL

[japs_it88]

Problably someone has already said this:

I was one of those who installed the drivers followind the instructions and i was still getting something similar to this:

olav@dinges:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.2.1)

I casually found out that in order to configure the xorg.conf file for ATI you first have to run sudo fglrxconfig

I know have this output:

jacopo@studio:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9200SE DDR Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.1010 (X4.3.0-8.16.20)

Looks better, doesn't it?

[sistemico]

Thank you mlomker,

We installed properly an ATI X200 Radeon on a compaq presario v2415 la (Latinamerica) laptop following your How-to guide.
1024x768 resolution is working fine (Ubuntu Breezy).

sistemico.

[HighTemplar]

Sistemico:

how did you install that driver? it's the same i've downloaded from ATi website? (ati-driver-installer-8.23.7-i386)
I have the same laptop and however the GUI resolution is correct (1280x800), 3D is quite slow.

[octothorpe]

will this driver set work with my x800 in my laptop?