Probs with ATI Catalysts Drivers

I’m currently using ATI Catalyst Drivers 6.14.10.6404 (3.9) for my ATI Radeon 9600xt.
If I upgrade to the latest ATI or Omega Drivers (4.7 I think), my card crashes and is very unstable.
my current graphics settings are:
enabled VPU recover
fast write is on
AGPx8
Why does 3.9 work and 4.7 not work, I have only had this problem since changing to this board.
Any help appreciated.

Well I hope it works for you engrrowl! I was installing a slipstreamed version of XP with SP2. But that sure didn't help me. I would randomly have my screen corrupt with my 9700. And that stupid card has given me headaches since I got an LCD. So driver incompatibility used to make my screen go black all the time. It would then revert to normal (maybe!). But there were many times I had to shutdown by the keyboard and disconnect the DVI cable to get it to work again. And the LCD is a Samsung so it's not cheap.
I broke down the other night and when I had to reinstall WinXP from scratch I reverted to an older GF4. This morning I ordered a Geforce 6800, and it will "upgrade" fine. But if I tried to go from an ATI to an Nvidia I would have had to reload my OS again. So it worked out for me.
But it's strange that switching video cards solved all my "issues". That and the fact that I've never really like ATI's drivers means I will never get another of their cards.

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HOW TO: Install LATEST ATI CATALYST drivers

So ATI/AMD doesn't consistently update the "BootCamp" drivers and as a gamer I want utmost performance out of what I have (of course without OCing). Therefore, I went searching for a solution and found it and I will explain it here, step by step. Forgive me if this has already been posted. Note that I did this in XP and NOT Vista.
1. Download the latest CATALYST drivers from here:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp
2. Open the driver software as if you were going to install it and let it extract to its default directory. Take note of what that directory is as you will need to know that file path for later. Once it extracts it will move on to an installation. Stop/cancel the installation the first chance you get.
3. REMOVE your currently installed ATI drivers. There are two ways to do this:
-1. If you downloaded the actually CATALYST Software Suite, there will be a program in the folder to where it extracted called "AtiCimUn" that will remove your drivers.
-2. Google "remove ATI drivers" and I think it's the first link that tells you a detailed step by step method of removing the drivers.
4. Restart after successfully removing the drivers.
5. Download MobilityModder here: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php
-If you scroll closer to the bottom of that page, there will be a download link AND instructions for the PROPER method of installing MobilityModder.
6. Run MobilityModder
7. Browse to the directory where the drivers are installed.
8. Click "Modify"
9. When the modification is complete, close MobilityModder and Right Click on "My Computer" then click on Properties
10. Click the "Hardware" tab
11. Click on Device Manager
12. At least one device should have a yellow circle with a black question mark in it. For me, Windows saw it as a "VGA Controller". Right click it and click "Update Drivers"
13. It will ask you some stuff about if you want Windows Update to look for drivers, say "No not this time" and click next
14. Select "Install from a list or specific location{Advanced) and click next
15. Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install"
16. Click on the "Have Disk" button
17. Browse to the folder where the ATI drivers were extracted to (MobilityModder will have rewritten the modified files to the same location)
18. The specific file you are looking for is a Configuration file whose icon looks like a white notepad with a yellowish cog that has some metal rod going through it. Click on it and click "open"
19. At this point Windows should recognize which card you have specifically, if not, it will have the entire list of cards that driver can update. If you run into that, just find it in the list.
20. Let windows copy the files, if it tells you that the drivers are not digitally signed, say "continue anyway". It's just an effect of the MobilityModder modifying the files and since it doesn't have a certificate, it's not considered signed.
21. When it's done click finish.
22. Restart
23. Happy new drivers
I'm thinking you might be able to skip the MobilityModder part and just skip straight to directing Windows right to where the drivers are instead of having to mod the files. I'm not sure if it works because I haven't done it but you're welcome to try. If it doesn't work it just means you have to use MobilityModder.
I hope this helps.

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So I completely removed the drivers and loaded unmodified drivers. I had to find my x1600 from the list and there were actually two but I just took the first one. I let Windows copy the files after warning that it can't confirm they were for my hardware. After a restart I tried my games again and they were taking up the whole screen as they did when I had BootCamps outdated drivers.
So I can say that you CAN skip steps 5-9 (the steps for the mobility modding). You'll just have to find your drivers and some of them do show up multiple times. I'm probably going to try the other x1600 listing just to see what happens. I'm not sure if there's a difference between the same listings (mine was Radeon x1600 followed by another Radeon x1600) but I'm assuming there is or else ATI would put so many >.<

Satellite L350D-20D: ATI radeon 3100 with Ati Catalyst Control

i was instaled on my Satelite L350D 20-D graphic drivers from Toshiba website
But after instalaton i dont have Ati Catalyst Control Center i have ion my Program Files some Foler with instalation but this is some 0.2 MB ,,,
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Hardware:ATI Radeon HD 3100
Software type:Catalyst Software Suite
Version:11.8
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[SOLVED]Problem installing ATI catalyst drivers

Hello arch users, ive been having trouble when installing the ati proprietary drivers through pacman. I followed the wiki and added the catalyst repo into my pacman.conf file. however when i type in sudo pacman -Syu i get this:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'catalyst.db' from catalyst.apocalypsus.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed to update catalyst (download library error)
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and when i try to install catalyst and catalyst-utils i get this as an output:
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: catalyst-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] y
:: catalyst and ati-dri are in conflict. Remove ati-dri? [y/N] y
Targets (6): ati-dri-8.0.4-1 [removal] libgl-8.0.4-1 [removal]
netkit-bsd-finger-0.17-7 xinetd-2.3.15-2 catalyst-12.6-3
catalyst-utils-12.6-1
Total Installed Size: 121.91 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 74.13 MiB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(4/4) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
error: catalyst-utils: signature from "Vi0L0 <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: catalyst: signature from "Vi0L0 <[email protected]>" is unknown trust
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature))
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
any idea on what to do?
i want to use the proprietary over the open source because it gives me less problems when using 3d rendering.
or are there any other ways of installing these packages other than pacman?
Last edited by CokaBear (2012-07-19 19:45:35)

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I'm running 64bit arch and i just upgraded to the new catalyst drivers from AUR (9.4). When I try to run xorg now, it fails (screen just goes black and I can't switch to any of the vcs or kill X). The X log file says that it can't load the glx module because it doesn't exist. I'm not entirely clear on modules and how they work, but what should I do to try and get X working?
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Last edited by Qvintvs (2009-03-28 17:08:54)

I'm running a Radeon HD 4870 x2. I've been trying some things, and now I dont get the missing glx error. I do get these errors:
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(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) fglrx(0): Unknown EDID version 0
Though it appears that X keeps going past all three of these. Here's my entire log: http://pastebin.com/f5153ff39 . Here's the xorg.conf file aticonfig generated with the unused device, monitor, and screen sections commented out: http://pastebin.com/f1e765d83 .
Any help on where to go next would really be appreciated, I've been at this for over a day now.
jun, I think the wiki discourages getting the drivers from the amd site directly, though given the success (or lack thereof) I'm having with the AUR drivers, I can't say (personally) that they're any better.
Last edited by Qvintvs (2009-03-29 19:18:06)

StartX Failing With ATI Proprietary Drivers

I have installed the catalyst legacy drivers, but cannot figure out why they are not working.
My log from xorg:
[ 2142.903]
X.Org X Server 1.12.4
Release Date: 2012-08-27
[ 2142.903] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 2142.903] Build Operating System: Linux 3.4.8-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 2142.903] Current Operating System: Linux arch 3.7.10-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 28 09:50:17 CET 2013 x86_64
[ 2142.903] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=82506866-1d99-427a-abf7-4cfa641b7c26 ro quiet nomodeset
[ 2142.903] Build Date: 27 August 2012 08:04:39AM
[ 2142.903]
[ 2142.903] Current version of pixman: 0.28.2
[ 2142.903] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 2142.903] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2142.903] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 8 10:50:35 2013
[ 2142.903] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 2142.903] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 2142.903] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout"
[ 2142.903] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
[ 2142.903] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
[ 2142.903] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
[ 2142.903] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 2142.903] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 2142.903] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 2142.903] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2142.903] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 2142.903] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2142.903] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[ 2142.903] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 2142.903] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 2142.903] (II) Loader magic: 0x7c8b00
[ 2142.903] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 2142.903] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 2142.903] X.Org Video Driver: 12.1
[ 2142.903] X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
[ 2142.903] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[ 2142.904] (--) PCI:*(0:2:0:0) 1002:9488:106b:00b6 rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0220000/65536, I/O @ 0x00001000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 2142.904] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 2142.904] (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
[ 2142.904] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[ 2142.904] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 2142.904] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[ 2142.904] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[ 2142.904] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[ 2142.904] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 2142.905] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2142.905] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2142.905] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 2142.905] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 2142.905] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 2142.905] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2142.905] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2142.905] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 2142.905] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 2142.905] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 2142.905] (II) Module glx: vendor="Advanced Micro Devices, Inc."
[ 2142.905] compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2142.905] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 2142.905] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 2142.906] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2142.906] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.13.0
[ 2142.906] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 2142.906] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 2142.906] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 2142.906] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2142.906] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2142.906] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 2142.906] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 2142.906] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2142.906] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.2.0
[ 2142.906] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 2142.906] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 2142.906] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[ 2142.920] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 2142.920] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
[ 2142.920] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 2142.921] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 2142.921] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 2142.921] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 2142.921] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 2142.921] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
[ 2142.921] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.97.2
[ 2142.921] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.97.100.7
[ 2142.921] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Nov 16 2012 14:45:00
[ 2142.921] (--) using VT number 2
[ 2142.925] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 2142.928] (II) Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
[ 2142.929] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9488) found
[ 2142.929] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@2:0:1) found
[ 2142.930] (II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
[ 2142.930] (II) AMD Video driver is signed
[ 2142.930] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x93e4a0
[ 2142.930] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs112_atiddxPreInit] === begin
[ 2142.930] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[ 2142.930] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[ 2142.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[ 2142.931] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2142.931] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.1.0
[ 2142.931] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 2142.931] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 2142.931] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 2142.931] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 2142.931] (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
[ 2142.931] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
[ 2142.931] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB
[ 2142.931] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
[ 2142.931] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 2142.931] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 2142.931] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 2142.931] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 2142.931] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
[ 2142.932] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 250
[ 2142.932] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 250
[ 2142.932] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:2:0:0
[ 2142.932] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 2142.932] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
[ 2142.932] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 11
[ 2142.932] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:2:0:0
[ 2142.933] (**) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
[ 2142.933] (**) fglrx(0): ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
[ 2142.933] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" (Chipset = 0x9488)
[ 2142.933] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x106b, PciSubDevice = 0x00b6)
[ 2142.933] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI
[ 2142.933] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000
[ 2142.933] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xd0220000
[ 2142.933] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x00001000
[ 2142.933] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
[ 2142.933] (II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
[ 2142.940] (EE) fglrx(0): V_BIOS address 0xd00 out of range
[ 2142.940] (II) fglrx(0): Invalid ATI BIOS from int10, the adapter is not VGA-enabled
[ 2143.157] (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
[ 2143.157] (--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 262144 kByte, Type: GDDR3
[ 2143.157] (II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
[ 2143.157] (--) fglrx(0): Using per-process page tables (PPPT) as GART.
[ 2143.157] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[ 2143.158] (II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 2:0.0.
[ 2143.257] (II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xf00000000, MCFBSize = 0x10000000)
[ 2143.271] (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 46.
[ 2143.271] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
[ 2143.271] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!
[ 2143.271] (==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
[ 2143.271] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 2143.271] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 2143.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 2143.272] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2143.272] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2143.272] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 2143.272] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 2143.272] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 2143.272] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 2143.423] (II) fglrx(0): Finished Initialize PPLIB!
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS using monitor section aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 has no monitor section
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP2 has no monitor section
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT2 has no monitor section
[ 2143.428] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 2143.428] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 2143.428] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Connected Display0: LVDS
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Display0 EDID data ---------------------------
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: APP Model: 9cbc Serial#: 16843009
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Year: 2009 Week: 26
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.4
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Digital Display Input
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 8 bits per channel
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Digital interface is undefined
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 48 vert.: 27
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: Off
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Default color space is primary color space
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Preferred mode is native pixel format and refresh rate
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.653 redY: 0.334 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.620
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.146 blueY: 0.050 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.329
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Supported established timings:
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 10
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): clock: 138.5 MHz Image Size: 475 x 267 mm
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1920 h_sync: 1968 h_sync_end 2000 h_blank_end 2080 h_border: 0
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1080 v_sync: 1083 v_sync_end 1088 v_blanking: 1111 v_border: 0
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Unknown vendor-specific block 1
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): LM215WF3-SLA1
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: Color LCD
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff000610bc9c01010101
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 1a130104a0301b78266fb1a7554c9e25
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 0c505400001001010101010101010101
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 0101010101011a3680a070381f403020
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 3500db0b1100001a0000000100061030
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 11000000000000000a20000000fe004c
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 4d3231355746332d534c4131000000fc
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): 00436f6c6f72204c43440a20202000ba
[ 2143.428] (II) fglrx(0): End of Display0 EDID data --------------------
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output LVDS
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: APP Model: 9cbc Serial#: 16843009
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Year: 2009 Week: 26
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.4
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Digital Display Input
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 8 bits per channel
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Digital interface is undefined
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 48 vert.: 27
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: Off
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Default color space is primary color space
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Preferred mode is native pixel format and refresh rate
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.653 redY: 0.334 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.620
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.146 blueY: 0.050 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.329
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Supported established timings:
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 10
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): clock: 138.5 MHz Image Size: 475 x 267 mm
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1920 h_sync: 1968 h_sync_end 2000 h_blank_end 2080 h_border: 0
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1080 v_sync: 1083 v_sync_end 1088 v_blanking: 1111 v_border: 0
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Unknown vendor-specific block 1
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): LM215WF3-SLA1
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: Color LCD
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff000610bc9c01010101
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 1a130104a0301b78266fb1a7554c9e25
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 0c505400001001010101010101010101
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 0101010101011a3680a070381f403020
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 3500db0b1100001a0000000100061030
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 11000000000000000a20000000fe004c
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 4d3231355746332d534c4131000000fc
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): 00436f6c6f72204c43440a20202000ba
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "APP", prod id 40124
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.6 kHz eP)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0 108.00 1400 1444 1556 1684 1050 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1444 1556 1684 1024 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1444 1556 1684 960 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800"x60.0 108.00 1280 1444 1556 1684 800 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x60.0 108.00 1152 1444 1556 1684 864 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x768"x60.0 108.00 1280 1444 1556 1684 768 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 108.00 1280 1444 1556 1684 720 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 108.00 1024 1444 1556 1684 768 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x600"x60.0 108.00 1024 1444 1556 1684 600 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.0 108.00 800 1444 1556 1684 600 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x480"x60.0 108.00 800 1444 1556 1684 480 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x480"x60.0 108.00 720 1444 1556 1684 480 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0 108.00 640 1444 1556 1684 480 1051 1054 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.1 kHz)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output DFP1
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output DFP2
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): EDID for output CRT2
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS connected
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 disconnected
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP2 disconnected
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT2 disconnected
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1400x1050
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Display dimensions: (480, 270) mm
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): DPI set to (74, 98)
[ 2143.455] (II) fglrx(0): Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 has 2 configurable heads and 1 displays connected.
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
[ 2143.455] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 2143.455] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 2143.455] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
[ 2143.455] (==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
[ 2143.455] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 2143.456] (II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): doing swlDriScreenInit
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit for fglrx driver
[ 2143.456] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 250
[ 2143.456] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 250
[ 2143.456] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 250
[ 2143.456] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:2:0:0
[ 2143.456] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 2143.456] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
[ 2143.456] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 12
[ 2143.456] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:2:0:0
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] DRM interface version 1.0
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:2:0:0"
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x26000
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] mapped SAREA 0x26000 to 0x7f222ea1b000
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] framebuffer handle = 0x27000
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit done
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.97.2
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Date: Nov 16 2012
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 3.7.10-1-ARCH
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
[ 2143.456] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00028000
[ 2143.475] (EE) fglrx(0): Not enough video memory to allocate primary surface (frame buffer).
[ 2143.475] (II) fglrx(0): Shutdown CMMQS
[ 2143.475] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 2143.475] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x26000 at 0x7f222ea1b000
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed *
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible *
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled *
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[ 2143.475]
Fatal server error:
[ 2143.475] AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
[ 2143.475]
[ 2143.475]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 2143.475] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 2143.475]
[ 2143.498] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed *
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible *
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled *
[ 2143.475] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
Have you gone over this section of the wiki and made sure everything is done? Are you using the legacy driver? If so how did you install it, and from where?
Last edited by Kilz (2013-03-09 13:01:00)

[SOLVED] Dual-Screen Setup with ATI Catalyst

I'm having a beast of a time trying to set up X to work on my two screens.
Screen 1 is a 23" screen connected with a DVI cable. My preferred resolution for this one is 1920x1080. Screen 2 is a 17" screen (4:3) connected with a VGA cable. My preferred resolution for this one is 1280x960.
I tried using "aticonfig --initial=dual-head". This does not produce a working xorg.conf file. Specifically, my smaller monitor simply complains about not being able to display the given video mode. Running xrandr (from the main screen) shows only that output as being "connected" - the rest of them (including the CRT outputs which seem to correspond to the VGA port) as "disconnected".
I've spent about 5 hours searching for an answer to this, and the only ones I seem to be able to find are nvidia-specific.
I have an ATI Radeon HD 4850 or 4870 - I honestly forget which, although the drivers should be the same. I'm using the catalyst driver from the AUR, because I'd like to have 3D acceleration.
I've read through the entire xorg.conf man page, and tried a few things from there (including writing my own xorg.conf from scratch). Unfortunately, this seems incredibly useless, as the man page doesn't list any of the options that I seem to need (for example, I've read about and tried the "PairModes" option under "Device").
I can probably eventually figure this out, but it would be nice to have a few pointers. For example:
Should I have one or two "Device" sections in xorg.conf? Should I have one or two "Screen" sections in xorg.conf? Where can I find a full list of possible "Option" keys, at least for the Device section? Should I be using Xinerama (I've tried with and without, to no avail).
EDIT: I solved this by using the aticonfig tool some more, and not by messing around with xorg.conf. Specifically, the command:
aticonfig --initial=dual-head --xinerama=on --resolution=0,1920x1080 --resolution=1,1280x960 --screen-layout=right
I'll leave this here in the hopes that it can help someone else.
Last edited by Tempest (2011-08-06 02:28:41)

If you aren't playing games, it may be worth it to check out xf86-video-ati. Then you can configure your displays the standard way with xrandr.

Problems with Ati Propietary drivers, Yaourt

Im an ubuntu refugee and a nub-zilla i will try to include as much information as possible and hope fuly get some help. Thanks in advance!
Arch x86_64
I am attempting to install the propietary ati drivers using yaourt from aur
I have base and base-devel installed (notsure if that matters)
to find it i issed th command: yaourt catalyst-utils
the first option is the one i attempt to install
yaourt -S /aur/catalyst-utils 9.8-1
everything goes smoothly until the very end
"Finished making: catalyst 9.8-1 x86_64"
"Continue installing catalyst utils? [Y/n]
y
Password
"loading package data..."
"checking dependencies..."
"error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet"
"error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U"
"error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)"
": : catalyst-utils: conflicts with libgl"
==>WARNING: You package is saved in blah blah blah
any suggestions as to how to get this working would be amazingly helpful, im such a nub that im not sure which part of all of this information is useful
anyway thanks again!

I have another problem. I install everything properly, reboot my system and dmesg shows fglrx has loaded fine (added it to rc.conf). But when I startx my monitor is left black and my system unresponsive. Cannot get a log for this attempt of x session (not even with startx > xlog). And following the wiki does not solve my problem (it says to delete /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.
Kernel: 2.6.30-ARCH x86_64
X: xorg-server 1.6.3.901-1
Last edited by ldvx (2009-09-12 03:06:08)

Kernel upgrade + ATI catalyst drivers = X not working

Hi all!
Since yesterday, my system worked perfectly, but I did a full system upgrade and, like every time the kernel upgrades (in this case, to 2.6.37 version), the module fglrx didn't work anymore. I reinstalled both catalyst and catalyst-utils, doing exactly as the wiki says and running aticonfig --initial to create the xorg.conf file:
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
But it seems that there is some problem with fglrx module that causes a floating point exception, as it says in Xorg.0.log...
I've tried to install catalyst again from the repository and the AUR but always getting the same error. I've been searching in forums and googling but nothing worked. I even fixed the DisplaySize on "Monitor" section because I read that there was a bug which gave this error, but this didn't work either. I would appreciate any kind of help, I'm totally desperate...
Thank you!

Have you tried this advice from the wiki?
Please ensure that in the "Screen" section you have "DefaultDepth 24" and there is a "DRI" section with "Mode 666" in it.
Also, if you're desperate, you could give xf86-video-ati a shot.

[SOLVED] Artifacts with EXAPixmap ON and KMS with ATI OSS drivers

I had some problems for many months on my Arch Linux installation and I couldnt figure out what was causing it, so, because I found the sollution, I wanted to post it here and share it with you.
I, like others, was experiencing huge artifacts with KMS and EXAPixmaps on, on various cases, visuals and textures. After fiddling with all radeon options in xorg.conf and KMS on/off I found out thats its best for me to have KMS on (I couldnt play wine games otherwise) and EXAPixmaps off. But then again, when EXAPixmaps was off, I had poor 2D performance with KMS on, Xrender acceleration wasnt working and was falling back to software engine. Solution came from something that was brought to my attention in this topic. I ve set ARGB visuals off, raster engine for rendering and tried EXAPixmaps on.
It worked! Everything are as they supposed to be. Xrender engine and composite manager are finally working, no more artifacts. Framebuffer memory on my radeon card was somehow cleared. I then later found out an awkward solution on how to clear it by demand... Start X with vesa driver... then fix again xorg.conf back to radeon driver and reboot.
Now I have both 2D and 3D acceleration, I am logged in with KDE and have good performance. My glxgears output is 1000 to 1150 fps (vsync off) and I am using Xrender for the KDE desktop effects.
EDIT: I must clarify that I have an ATI Radeon 9200 Mobility M9+ (R200 serries)
Last edited by twilight0 (2011-05-13 20:30:27)

I 've made some more edits and this is my current xorg.conf
http://pastebin.com/x6ubG80K
I have ColorTiling set on for performance, be careful as it may be resource hungry in 3D apps but it increases dramatically fps.
You can try setting off EXAPixmaps as well and see how it goes, but then you ll have poor 2D performance and yet videos will play just fine either way.

DisplaySize in xorg not working (ATI catalyst drivers)

In xorg.conf I have "DIsplaySize 364 273". But when I start X xdpyinfo reports the dimensions as "338x253 millimeters" (which happens to be 96x96dpi @ 1280x960).
The only relevant line I can find in Xorg.0.log is:
[ 1230.917] (II) fglrx(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 253
Here is my xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "dri2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 364 273
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
Modes "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

LukynZ wrote:
Try
pacman -Rd catalyst
pacman -S catalyst-hook
and restart
hey LukynZ,
thanks for the hint. I tried it but didn't work. Same situation as before... Would some specific output be helpful?
Snakeye wrote:I had the same problem. What i did was opened up the system settings/desktop effects, click advanced then checked vsync. Poof wobbly windows and window transparency again. If it's already checked, click it on off again and your set.
You can try the patched xorg using the catalyst repository as per the wiki, might fix things up.
Hey Snakeye,
also thanks to you! Well, the problem is, I cannot even click on Advanced because everything under "System Settings -> Desktop Effects" is grayed out. See yourself:
Anybody got an idea? I would really like to get this working... :-/
Thanks for all your help so far!
Last edited by ichbinder (2010-09-28 04:16:03)

W500 with ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 -can't change switchable graphics to "High Performance"

My W500 crashed on me this morning while playing a game, and I ran into a couple blue screens of death.After doing some troubleshooting, I determined that I had an issue with my video card, more specifically that my machine no longer recognizes my ATI Mobility FGL V5700, and only the low quality Intel chipset.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the ATI Catalyst drivers, but that did not work.
I also tried changing the switchable graphics back to "High Performance", but when I do, the screen goes completely black. If I put my computer to sleep and then wake it back up, the switchable graphics automatically go back to "Energy Saving", and my display works again, of course with the Intel graphics only.
If reinstalling the drivers doesn't work, and I can't change the graphics back to High Performance mode, does that mean my video card is shot? Any suggestions other than buy a new one or live with the Intel graphics?
I'd try to contact support but unfortunately my warranty just expired a month ago. Seems like everything breaks within a couple months of the warranty expiring. Grrr.

I'm having identical issues. After updating the driver through lenovo update utility, i can no longer get the graphic card driver working. I've tried several different drivers, none of them work, and I'm now stuck here with a useless computer while my deadlines come closer and closer. Are there seriously no offical reply to any of these threads?

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