Hi, I just installed Opensuse 11.1 (32-bit). My PC is equipped with an ATI HD4870 card (512MB). I downloaded the ATI driver from the AMD web site and ran the installer. I chose the option to create an RPM for Suse 11.1 and installed it with zypper. Then I ran aticonfig --initial and rebooted. when xorg starts the screen is mostly black and garbled (pic available if necessary). The relevant part of the Xorg.0.log file are (full file available if necessary): (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1 (II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0 (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 11.3 (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc. (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: RV770 (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00 (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card2 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card3 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card4 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card5 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card6 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card7 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card8 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card9 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card10 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card11 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card12 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card13 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card14 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -6 (WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connection (EE) fglrx(0): [FB] Can not get FB MC address range. ... (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized. (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): ********************************************* * ... (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//amdxmm.so (II) Module amdxmm: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1 (EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection. (II) fglrx(0): XMM failed to initialize! ... (EE) fglrx(0): PPLIB: PPLIB is not initialized!. (EE) fglrx(0): PPLIB: swlPPLibNotifyEventToPPLib() failed! (EE) fglrx(0): ulEventType = 0000000c, ulEventData = 00000001 (EE) fglrx(0): PPLIB: PPLIB is not initialized!. (EE) fglrx(0): PPLIB: swlPPLibNotifyEventToPPLib() failed! (EE) fglrx(0): ulEventType = 00000002, ulEventData = 00000000 (EE) fglrx(0): firegl_SetSuspendResumeState FAILED -9. The problems seems to come from the fact that xorg is trying to open a device named /dev/dri/cardX but there is no /dev/dri folder on my system. Did anybody manage to get this configuration to work already? Thanks, ~/jc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org