[SOLVED] ATI catalyst problems

Question

I just did a pacman -Syu and ran into problems with my ATI radeon hd 7870 card.
After reboot, I noticed that my GPU fan speed was too loud because this command does not work anymore:
aticonfig --pplib-cmd "set fanspeed 0 25"
PPLIB command execution has failed!
ati_pplib_cmd: execute "set" failed!
Other commands fail too:
aticonfig --od-gettemperature
ERROR - Get temperature failed for the Default Adapter - AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Also, when I move windows around in Gnome (fallback mode), or when I scroll in gedit, the movement is not smooth, you can see how they redraw at their new position slowly.
I am not experienced with catalyst troubleshooting. Is there any guidance on how to find out what's wrong?
PS:
I just found this in the Xorg log file:
[ 2.672] (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module missing or incompatible.
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed *
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible *
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled *
[ 2.672] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
Thanks in advance
Last edited by wombat23 (2013-01-22 11:35:14)

Answer 1

foutrelis wrote:
Assuming you're using catalyst-dkms from [community], you will need to enable the dkms service in order for the fglrx module to be rebuilt for Linux 3.7.
More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dy … figuration
Yes, I use calalyst-dkms.
I enabled dkms.service and rebooted, but the problem persists:
dkms.service - Dynamic Kernel Modules System
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dkms.service; enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Die 2013-01-22 12:20:00 CET; 2min 10s ago
Process: 261 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/dkms start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: DKMS: build completed.
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: fglrx.ko:
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: Running module version sanity check.
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - Original module
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - No original module exists within thi...el
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - Installation
Jan 22 12:19:57 lacandona dkms[261]: - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/3.7.3...s/
Jan 22 12:20:00 lacandona dkms[261]: depmod....
Jan 22 12:20:00 lacandona dkms[261]: DKMS: install completed.
Jan 22 12:20:00 lacandona systemd[1]: Started Dynamic Kernel Modules System.