Re: ati driver update problems

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:56:20 -0700, Duluoz wrote this:

Hi all,

I followed the Jem Report guide, to try to get 3D support working in Suse
10.1

(download latest ati drivers, install them, run aticonfig to point to new
xorg file, run sax2 to set 0=fglrx)

However, now it wont boot to a gui, just straight to a shell login.

This is what I've tried to correct it, with no luck.

- changed aticonfig to point its initial path to the original xorg file

- uninstalled the rpm package that the ati driver installed.

- tried to run sax2 (which wont work as it cant find an Xserver

Any suggestions at all will be gratefully tried. I think I might need to
remove the 'fglrx' module from the kernel, but I dont know what the
opposite of the insmod command is, and I don't want to do something I dont
understand.

If the worst comes to the worst, and I need to reinstall, another
question.

My original installation was over the network, with just one CD. Can I
point Suse to a location on my hard drive where its files are, rather than
having to download all 2gbs again? If so where does it keep its files?

Many thanks, hope someone can help. If I get it back up, I'll stop messing
around with it!

Jamie

I upgraded from 9.3 to get the v4l and 3D fglrx of 10.1.

First, are you getting error messages?

If you've uninstalled the proprietary fglrx driver then you can add the
default back .

Login as a Superuser or root and
from the commandline:
root@linux: /> Init 3

run sax2 from the commandline
root@linux: /> /usr/sbin/sax2

to get back a basic config and install the default ati fglrx driver

I fairly certain I ran this sequence:

root@linux: /> sh ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE101-IA32

root@linux: /> rpm -ivh fglrx_6_9_0_SUSE101-8.27.10-1.i386.rpm

root@linux: /> ldconfig

root@linux: /> aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf # sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx





.

Relevant Pages

  • ati driver update problems
    ... (download latest ati drivers, install them, run aticonfig to point to ... changed aticonfig to point its initial path to the original xorg file ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Re: ATI drivers error
    ... I forgot about them when I first installed the the ATI drivers (after I ... The install told me to install .NET 2.0 ... once I select the TV as the 2nd monitor it reverts ... back to 1024x768, when I reboot. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: ATI drivers error
    ... I forgot about them when I first installed the the ATI drivers (after I ... The install told me to install .NET 2.0 ... once I select the TV as the 2nd monitor it reverts ... back to 1024x768, when I reboot. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • [opensuse] Help with ATI drivers - please
    ... I have a radeon 9800 AGP card installed. ... I installed the ATI drivers by adding this source in yast, ... The install seemed to go OK. ... Went to yast>hardware>Graphics, 3d was checked in yast (not greyed out ...
    (SuSE)
  • Re: [opensuse] Re: ATI Mobility FireGL graphics card -- experiences?
    ... but it is for sure openSUSE/SUSE Linux ... ATI's driver doesn't survive a kernel update and needs to be ... The ATI drivers worked just fine through the upgrade. ... How did you install ATI's driver? ...
    (SuSE)