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Topic: Ati drivers doesn't works

Hey
I tried today to install ati drivers to my fresh crunchbang install.
Drivers install with success and linux boot up with no fail, but there is no fglrx driver working at all.
I tried Ati drivers v 12.11 and v.11.10.
My graphic card is HD545v
Also it won't me to install  fglrx-driver from synaptic because of need xorg-video-abi-6.0
I have no idea what how to fix it, maybe any1 able to help me, or had same problem.
Kernel i Use : 

3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64

fgl_glxgears output : 

Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  139 (ATIFGLEXTENSION)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  66 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  13
  Current serial number in output stream:  13

fglrxinfo : 

X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  139 (ATIFGLEXTENSION)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  66 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  13
  Current serial number in output stream:  13

Ati Properity install log : 

Uninstalling any previously installed drivers.

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.902/source ->
                 /usr/src/fglrx-8.902

DKMS: add Completed.
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.902 with DKMS
[Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.902 from DKMS

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 8.902
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
[Reboot] Kernel Module : update-initramfs

My currently xorg.conf : 

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Last edited by piotr409 (2012-02-06 15:18:15)

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Re: Ati drivers doesn't works

http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary

  • From: inside Ed
  • Registered: 2011-07-25
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Re: Ati drivers doesn't works

First, install the needed stuff: 

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms fakeroot linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Edit your /etc/default/grub file. Change 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

to 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset radeon.modeset=0"

Run 

sudo update-grub

Uninstall the driver, with 

sudo sh /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorgbak

Reboot. Don't do anything else to the system, just reboot. You'll boot into a pretty basic desktop. Install the downloaded driver again and reboot.

Last edited by el_koraco (2012-02-07 15:42:52)

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Re: Ati drivers doesn't works

1881 wrote:

http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary

Tried this but but can't get past 

# modprobe -r radeon drm

Module radeon is in use error even after reboot.

Tried logging straight in via terminal as well.

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  • Registered: 2011-04-25
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Re: Ati drivers doesn't works

El koraco, that worked beautifully with a re-install of the drivers after a kernel change.
Thanks!
boomclart, did El's suggestion work for you?

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Re: Ati drivers doesn't works

tmillic wrote:

El's suggestion work for you?

It didn't, because he wasn't following my suggestion, he was following an outdated guide on the Debian wiki. Glad it worked out for you. The dkms package should rebuild the fglrx module on kernel updates. If it doesn't (and you'll know it didn't because you'll either have a choppy desktop or no desktop at all), all you need to do is uninstall, reboot and reinstall + reboot. Happy crunching.

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