Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (340 mails)

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

Juan Erbes wrote:
> What method to install the Ati drver has used You ?
>
> What method to configure the Ati drver has used You?
>
> Sometimes, can coexist in xorg.conf the 2 drivers, the radeonhd and
> the fglrx. You has verfified that?
>
> I prefer to install by compilation executing as "su" "sh
> ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run", and the initial
> configuration with the "aticonfig" tool.
>
> Regards

Juan,

        Thanks for your reply. I always install the same way:

        (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

The Damage extension allows a client to be notified whenever something is drawn
to a window. This feature is useful for VNC servers, for screen magnifiers, and
for clients using the Composite extension to update the screen.

        Yes I verified no radeonhd

17:38 alchemy:~> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Layout[all]"
        Screen      0  "Screen[0]" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
        Option         "Clone" "off"
        Option         "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        InputDevices   "/dev/gpmdata"
        InputDevices   "/dev/input/mice"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
        FontPath       "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
        FontPath       "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
        FontPath       "/usr/local/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option      "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
        Option      "IgnoreABI" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard[0]"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "Protocol" "Standard"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
        Option      "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse[1]"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Buttons" "5"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "Name" "Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical"
        Option      "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
        Option      "Vendor" "Sysp"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse[3]"
        Driver      "synaptics"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
        Option      "Name" "Touchpad"
        Option      "SHMConfig" "on"
        Option      "Vendor" "Synaptics"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
        Identifier     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
        VendorName   "TOSHIBA"
        ModelName    "TOSHIBA 17IN TRUEBRIGHT"
        UseModes     "Modes[0]"
        DisplaySize  367        230
        HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
        VertRefresh  43.0 - 60.0
        Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
        Option       "DPMS"
        Option       "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        VendorName  "ATI"
        BoardName   "ATI RADEON X1300"
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
        Option      "no_accel" "no"
        Option      "UseFastTLS" "1"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "no_dri" "no"
        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen[0]"
        Device     "Device[0]"
        Monitor    "Monitor[0]"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
                Modes    "1440x900" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768"
"1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1440x900" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768"
"1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1440x900" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768"
"1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
                Modes    "1440x900" "1366x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768"
"1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group        "video"
        Mode         0660
EndSection

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

        If I read your post right, then it looks like we are doing it the same, 
but
the fglrx driver is still hosed for my X1200 card ever since the 8-10 driver
release ;-(

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