ilovelinux2006
Programmer
Hi everyone,
First off I have the driver ATI Mobility radeon
version 6.14.10.6343
This has been an on-going process of trying to install the the ATI drivers for linux. My specific linux is Debian 3.1r2, and i updated to testing so I have KDE 3.5 and everything. I downloaded "ati-driver-installer-8.26.18-x86.run" and "fglrx-6-8-0_8.26.18-2_i_386.rpm". Since Im running debian, i ran alien --to-deb fglrx-6-8-0_8.26.18-2_i_386.rpm so I have the .deb file now. So I installed that first:
dpkg -i fglrx-6-8-0_8.26.18-2_i_386.deb
That installed. Then I did ./ati-driver-installer-8.26.18-x86.run so the interface comes up, and it says:
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X server: Xorg 7.0.0
The dialog box says Install Driver 8.26.18 on X. Org 7.0.x so I press continue, and install automatically. Then it tells me to run aticonfig in a shell. I follow the instructions:
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then When I restart the computer, it does not start xorg. If I run fgl_glxgears I get:
user@debian:~$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
X Error of failed request: BadMatch *invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 30
Current serial number in output stream: 30
If I click on the "ATI Control" in the KDE menu, it says:
"Driver does not provide the FireGL X11 extensions!
Panel components will operate only partially."
Then the dialog comes up: OpenGL: Vendor : Mesa project: Version: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.2), Renderer: Mesa GLX Indirect
Anyways when I restart the computer (after bashing aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
The dialog blue screen pops up:
Failed to start the X server. It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server ouptput to diagnose the problem?
I click Yes
The major thing i found was at the bottom, the:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
So I look back in the xorg.conf file. I notice the major thing changed was:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
End Section
What Did I do wrong? Or not fully completed? Thank you very much!
First off I have the driver ATI Mobility radeon
version 6.14.10.6343
This has been an on-going process of trying to install the the ATI drivers for linux. My specific linux is Debian 3.1r2, and i updated to testing so I have KDE 3.5 and everything. I downloaded "ati-driver-installer-8.26.18-x86.run" and "fglrx-6-8-0_8.26.18-2_i_386.rpm". Since Im running debian, i ran alien --to-deb fglrx-6-8-0_8.26.18-2_i_386.rpm so I have the .deb file now. So I installed that first:
dpkg -i fglrx-6-8-0_8.26.18-2_i_386.deb
That installed. Then I did ./ati-driver-installer-8.26.18-x86.run so the interface comes up, and it says:
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X server: Xorg 7.0.0
The dialog box says Install Driver 8.26.18 on X. Org 7.0.x so I press continue, and install automatically. Then it tells me to run aticonfig in a shell. I follow the instructions:
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then When I restart the computer, it does not start xorg. If I run fgl_glxgears I get:
user@debian:~$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
X Error of failed request: BadMatch *invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 30
Current serial number in output stream: 30
If I click on the "ATI Control" in the KDE menu, it says:
"Driver does not provide the FireGL X11 extensions!
Panel components will operate only partially."
Then the dialog comes up: OpenGL: Vendor : Mesa project: Version: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.2), Renderer: Mesa GLX Indirect
Anyways when I restart the computer (after bashing aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
The dialog blue screen pops up:
Failed to start the X server. It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server ouptput to diagnose the problem?
I click Yes
The major thing i found was at the bottom, the:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
So I look back in the xorg.conf file. I notice the major thing changed was:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
End Section
What Did I do wrong? Or not fully completed? Thank you very much!