Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1495 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Andersen wrote:
> David C. Rankin wrote:
>
> Except that, as Anders points out, and I can confirm, this driver works just
> fine, as did the previous one.  My hardware is the x1400 so its a tad 
> different
> than yours.
>
> In the past I have had problems with ATI drivers trying to do an in-place 
> upgrade
> rather than a remove and re-install.  Further, I've known ATI to put modules
> in strange places that were too far down the path, such that you end up with a
> mix of old and new modules running.  (This stuff is really hard to find, but 
> it has
> happened in OpenSuse since before it was OpenSuse.  I first discovered this 
> when
> I did a clean install and the ATI drivers worked perfectly out of the gate.  
> Since I
> had two identical machines, I compared files and dates till I found the 
> culpret.)
>
> I don't know what to suggest, since you probably don't want to nuke and 
> reinstall
> that machine, and 8-9 is working great for you.  There is not much new in this
> release to chase after.

The bizarre part is that my card *is Listed* as being supported, right under
yours. I have the x1300 which ain't a whole lot different than then x1400.

ATI Mobility Radeon™ X1600 ATI Mobility Radeon™ 9550
ATI Mobility Radeon™ X1400 ATI Mobility Radeon™ 9500
ATI Mobility Radeon™ X1300 ATI Mobility Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series
ATI Mobility Radeon™ X1200 ATI Mobility Radeon™ Xpress 200 Series

( 9-3 release notes page 3)

I do a complete proper removal and reinstall, so I don't think I'm screwing up
there:

(1) make sure the 'kernel-source' package is installed, if not, then install it
(as root):
        zypper in kernel-source
(2) Build the fglrx rpm from the install package.

i586:
  sh ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-IA32

x86_64
  sh ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64
        SuSE/SUSE110-AMD64

(3) make a copy of your current xorg.conf so sax2 won't screw it up
        cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /tmp/xorg.conf

************************************************
** if not in runlevel 3, go to runlevel 3 now **
************************************************

(4) (as root for all remaining commands)
        init 3

(5) Removing old fglrx driver
        rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep fglrx)

(6) Preparing the kernel source (not 100% necessary, but proper)

        cd /usr/src/linux
        make mrproper
        make cloneconfig > /dev/null 2>&1
        make modules_prepare
        make clean

(7) Install the new fglrx rpm you created, example:
        rpm -Uvh fglrx64_7_1_0_SUSE110-8.532-1.x86_64.rpm

(8) Initialize your xorg.conf for the new driver:
        aticonfig --initial

(9) Add options to the end of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to enable compiz:

Section "Extensions"
        Option      "Composite" "true"
        Option      "DAMAGE" "true"
EndSection

(10) REBOOT,

        I can't think of a way to do the install that is any more complete or 
thorough
than that.

        I mean I guess I could dump fglrx, run the radeon driver for a while, 
while
doing several more rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep fglrx)s, but honestly, I can't see
where it is going south on my end?

        Oh well, I have a spare drive for my laptop with 10.3 on it, I'll try 
the 9-3
driver on 10.3 and see if that makes a difference....


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