Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Jun 30, 09 08:08:47 +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
2009/6/30 David C. Rankin
: Before I royally screw up my openSuSE 11.0/fglrx install, will I have trouble with library conflicts after installing the radeonhd driver along side the fgrlx driver? I wouldn't think so. Normally, switching between radeon and fglrx is just a matter of xorg.conf and loading/unloading the drivers. Anything special about the radeonhd driver??
Using radeonhd when the fglrx module has *ever* been loaded during boottime is unsupported, and the driver will probably fail to present a reasonable image. Unloading the module is *not* enough.
Matthias, it's not that bad :-) If you load both and you are configured to use the radeonhd driver in xorg.conf -- you get a "white" screen. However, clicking around on the white screen you can see your menu and window outlines. You can also either alt+f2 "halt" or ctrl+alt+backspace to drop to the console. It was rather interesting.
That typically means that you have to deinstall the fglrx kernel module in order to use radeon/radeonhd. Because the fglrx module might be loaded in front.
Yes, it tries to load in front. I just blacklisted it in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. I am still working to get the radeonhd to run on openSuSE 11.0 (I haven't had time in the past couple of days to work with it) But, sax2 does not allow me to configure it even with sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd. sax2 fails to start the driver for configuration. I will try again later today time permitting.
3D apps use different libGL. Depending on your distribution, the libGL might be located in different locations, so the wrong one could be loaded (can be workarounded with LD_LIBRARY_PATH), or the other library is overwritten (cannot be workarounded).
BTW, this is a FAQ.
Matthias
Thanks, I'll search for the FAQ -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: radeonhd+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: radeonhd+help@opensuse.org