Why atiupgrade?
I started atiupgrade a while ago to apply a patch to the kernel source (that was bad), then to the driver source (that was better), since the fglrx module didn't compile after a kernel update. That only lasted a short time.
Later I started developing a script to automate the driver installation following the method commonly known as "the hard way". There wasn't an unofficial repo with the latest driver at that time. If there had been, I wouldn't have spent time writing a script and would just have used that repo. The reason why I didn't use the "official" ATI repo is that the drivers in this repo were not up to date and - although they mostly worked - often printed an awkward watermark entitled " AMD - UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE " on the desktop. We later found how to remove this watermark and put it in a short script. (ATI RadeonHD 6310M - OpenSuse 11.4 ( Asus K43U Seris Laptop )) Today the ATI official repo is not used anymore. AFAIK there isn't any for 12.1.
I was asked why I would keep maintaining atiupgrade since a repo providing the latest drivers had been created. Well ... the answer is that atiupgrade is easier, faster, performs some additionnal checks before, can fix installation bugs afterwards, provides more features (can be used to upgrade as well as downgrade the driver), is not bound to a specific release of openSUSE, and is able to package the driver on tumbleweed or beta versions*, and before a package will be available in any repo.
* Notice that it doesn't work on openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 yet. But it is not because of atiupgrade. The script would work, but the ATI installer fails to build the package. Do not try to install the ATI proprietary driver on openSUSE 12.2 M3 today (April 2012) , using atiupgrade or another method.
Installation.
atiupgrade is available as a rpm package in my repo for openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1. It will be available for future releases as well. Tumbleweed users may install it from any repo. The package has no dependencies and contains only a single script, which is identical for all versions.
To install atiupgrade from repo, open a terminal and type the following commands:
Code:
su -l zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/please_try_again/openSUSE_12.2/ PTA zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh -r PTA zypper -n in atiupgrade
Installing from repo is convenient because it ensures that you get the latest version and receive further updates. But you can also download the scipt from this page - or copy/paste the code from this article -, save it in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin as the file "atiupgrade" and make it executable:
Code:
su -l cd /usr/bin wget http://www.unixversal.com/linux/openSUSE/atiupgrade chmod 755 atiupgrade
If you don't know which method is better, install from repo.
code
Here's version 5.3 (from November 6 2012):
Code:
#! /bin/bash
#: Title : atiupgrade
#: Date Created: Fri Oct 29 20:02:40 PST 2010
#: Last Edit : Tue Nov 6 14:11:45 PST 2012
#: Author : Agnelo de la Crotche (please_try_again)
#: Version : 5.3
#: Description : install or upgrade the latest ATI proprietary driver
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------
# What This script does the following :
# (1) checks the model of your ATI card
# (2) gets latest Catalyst version number
# (3) installs required packages
# (4) creates /usr/share/atiupgrade
# (5) downloads latest ATI Catalyst installer
# (6) looks for existing fglrx package
# (7) builds rpm
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# (!) exit if X is fglrx is running in case we need to uninstall (not update)
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# (8) unloads fglrx module if needed
# (9) uninstalls any previously installed fglrx driver:
# . from earlier rpm package ( fglrx-xxxx.rpm)
# . from repo (x11-video-fglrxG02 )
# . from the ATI run file (with /usr/share/ati/fglrx-unistall.sh)
#
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# (10) installs the fglrx package (compiling the kernel module)
# (11) runs aticonfig --initial if needed
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------
# as always ... you're using it at your own risk.
# ChangeLog
# * Tue Nov 6 14:11:45 PST 2012
# - fixed ati installer name for Catalyst 12.10
# * Wed Sep 19 15:41:17 PDT 2012
# - fixed rpm build under 12.2
# * Mon Sep 10 13:11:55 PDT 2012
# - fixed legaycy driver download url
# * Sat Sep 8 12:00:34 PDT 2012
# - install driver directly under 12.2 (workaround)
# * Sun Jul 22 14:55:18 PDT 2012
# - print currently installed Catalyst version
# * Fri Jul 6 21:08:37 PDT 2012
# - added support for new Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000 legacy driver
# * Thu Apr 26 21:19:25 PDT 2012
# - set defaut to Catalyst 12.4
# * Sun Apr 22 17:30:02 PDT 2012
# - version 4.1 - added option -d to install the driver
# * Thu Apr 12 08:59:11 PDT 2012
# - version 4.0 - first build
# --------------------------------------------------------------
# check if we are root
[ $UID -eq 0 ] || exec echo "You have to run this script as root"
catalystDef="12-10"
catalystLegacyDef="12-6"
catalystLegacy="9-3"
ext='run'
LastSupportedSUSE=122
LegacyRadeonLastSupportedSUSE=121
LegacyLastSupportedSUSE=111
#atiBaseUrl="https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux"
atiBaseUrl="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux"
atiLegacyBaseUrl="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/legacy"
atiDownloadUrl="http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type"
atiLegacyDownloadUrl="http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx?type"
#atiLegacyDownloadUrl="http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/catalyst${catalystLegacyDef/-/}legacyproducts.aspx?type"
atiUninstall=/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
atiupgradeDir=/usr/share/atiupgrade
FGLRX=$atiupgradeDir/FGLRXRPM
mach=`uname -m`
arch=${mach/i[34567]86/i586}
kernel=`uname -r`
rel=${kernel%-*}
krn=${kernel##*-}
i686=IA32
x86_64=AMD64
BUILDPKG=yes
UPDATE=yes
RPMBUILD_PKG="rpm-build"
FORCE=""
RED=$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)
BLD=$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)
BLU=$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 4)
SGR=$(tput sgr0)
PRG=$(basename $0)
declare -l yesno
# use lsb_release to get openSUSE version
which lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1 || zypper -n in lsb-release
function msgExit {
if [ -f "$fglrxrpm" ] ; then
cat << EOF_SUCCESS_MSG
_____________________________________________________________
| The driver has be successfully compiled and the package |
| $(tput bold)$(basename $fglrxrpm)$(tput sgr0) has been created |
| in the directory $atiupgradeDir. |
| |
| Please exit X or reboot in runlevel 3 and run atiupgrade |
| again. |
_____________________________________________________________
EOF_SUCCESS_MSG
else
cat << EOF_FAIL_MSG
$BLD$(tput setaf 1)The fglrx package failed to build.$SGR :-(
EOF_FAIL_MSG
fi
exit
}
function matchkernel {
linux="linux-$rel"
Kernel="kernel-$krn"
ksrc=$(rpm -qa kernel-source)
srel=${ksrc#kernel-source-*} ; srel=${srel%*.noarch}
if [ "$ksrc" ] ; then
# kernel-source is installed and ...
slinux=$(readlink /usr/src/linux)
if [ "$slinux" == "$linux" ] ; then
# kernel-source matches kernel (nothing to do)
printf " * Kernel source matches installed kernel (%s%s%s)\n" $BLU "$rel" $SGR
else
# kernel-source doesn't matche kernel and ...
printf " * %sKernel source (%s%s%s) doesn't match installed kernel(%s%s%s)%s\n" $RED $BLU "${slinux##linux-}" $RED $BLU "$rel" $RED $SGR
eval $(zypper lu | awk -F "|" '/'$Kernel'/ { gsub(/ /,"", $4) ; gsub(/ /, "", $5) ; printf "crel=%s ; urel=%s ;", $4, $5 }')
if [ "$urel" ] ; then
# a kernel update is available or
printf " * %sand a new kernel (%s%s%s) is available.%s\n" $RED $BLU "$urel" $RED $SGR
UPDKERNEL=yes
elif ( zypper lu | grep -q 'kernel-source'); then
# a kernel source update is available or
printf " * %sand a kernel source update is available.%s\n" $RED $SGR
else
# no update is available but /usr/src/linux doesn't point to the source of the installed kernel (re-symlinking)
for slinux in $(find /usr/src . -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -type l -name "linux*" ! -name "*-obj" -exec basename "{}" ";") ; do
if [ "$slinux" == "$linux" ] ; then
printf " * symlinking /usr/src/linux to %s%s%s\n" $BLU $slinux $SGR
ln -sfn $slinux /usr/src/linux
break
fi
done
fi
fi
else
# kernel-source is not installed and ...
eval $(zypper lu | awk -F "|" '/'$Kernel'/ { gsub(/ /,"", $4) ; gsub(/ /, "", $5) ; printf "crel=%s ; urel=%s ;", $4, $5 }')
# a kernel update is available
if [ "$urel" ] ; then
printf " * %sKernel source is not installed and a new kernel (%s%s%s) is available.%s\n" $RED $BLU "$urel" $RED $SGR
UPDKERNEL=yes
# no kernel update is available (nothing to do. We can install the kernel-source later in the script.)
else
printf " * Kernel source will be installed...\n"
fi
fi
if [ "$UPDKERNEL" ] ; then
printf " * %sYou should update the kernel an reboot, then run %s again.%s\n" $RED $PRG $SGR
yesno=""
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " Do you want to update the kernel now? [yn] "
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
if [ "$yesno" == "y" ] ; then
zypper refresh
zypper -n update $Kernel && exec printf " * %sThe kernel has been updated. Please reboot now and run %s again.%s\n" $RED $PRG $SGR
fi
fi
}
function enableKMS {
grep -q '^NO_KMS_IN_INITRD=\"yes\"' /etc/sysconfig/kernel && SETKMS=yes
grep -q '^KMS_IN_INITRD=\"no\"' /etc/sysconfig/kernel && SETKMS=yes
[ "x$SETKMS" == "xyes" ] || return
printf " * Enabling KMS in /etc/sysconfig/kernel...\n"
sed -i 's/^NO_KMS_IN_INITRD.*/NO_KMS_IN_INITRD="no"/g;s/^KMS_IN_INITRD.*/KMS_IN_INITRD="no"/g' /etc/sysconfig/kernel
printf " * Rebuilding initrd...\n"
mkinitrd
}
if [ "$1" == "-d" -o "$1" == "--deinstall" ] ; then
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Deinstalling fglrx
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 1) Deinstalling fglrx package
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (1) - Deinstalling fglrx package ...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
printf " * Querying rpm database... Please wait...\n"
fglrxrpm=$(rpm -qa | grep "fglrx.*SUSE")
if [ "$fglrxrpm" ] ; then
fglrx=${fglrxrpm%%-*}
zypper rm $fglrx
rpm -qa | grep -q "$fglrx" && exit
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 2) Re-enabling Kernel Mode Setting
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (2) - Re-enabling Kernel Mode Setting ...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
yesno=""
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " Do you want to enable KMS in initrd? [yn] "
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
[ "$yesno" == "y" ] && enableKMS
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 3) Restoring original Xorg configuration
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (3) - Restoring original Xorg configuration ...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
if [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ] ; then
grep -q fglrx /etc/X11/xorg.conf && mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf{,.fglrx}
fi
echo $RED ; zypper ps ; echo $SGR
else
exec printf "%s No fglrx package installed.%s\n" $RED $SGR
fi
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
else
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 1) get OS release and ATI model
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (1) - Analyzing system...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
Ver=$(lsb_release -s -r | tr -d ".")
[ $Ver -le 121 ] && RPMBUILD_PKG=rpm
# ~~~~ 12.2 workaround - BEGIN ~ hope we can't remove that soo ~~~~~~~~~~
# ! packaging the driver doesn't work under 12.2. SO we won't do it
# !! fixed after installing rpmbuild - which wasn't installed under 12.2 !!
# [ $Ver -ge 122 ] && BUILDPKG=no
# ~~~~ 12.2 workaround - END ~ hope we can't remove that soo ~~~~~~~~~~~~
[ $Ver -gt $LastSupportedSUSE ] && UPDATE=no
rpm -qa | grep -q x11-video-fglrxG02 && UPDATE=no
[ -x "$atiUninstall" ] && UPDATE=no
catalystInstalledVer=0
if [ -f "/etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default" ] ; then
catalystInstalledVer=$(sed -n 's/Catalyst_Version=[^0-9]*//p' /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default)
[ "$catalystInstalledVer" ] || ReleaseVersion=$(sed -n 's/ReleaseVersion=[^0-9]*//p' /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default)
isATI=yes
fi
rpm -qa | grep -q fglrx && isATI=yes
lsmod | grep -q fglrx && isATI=yes
[ "x$NOSYSCHECK" == "xyes" ] && isATI=yes
ati_legacy="9500 9550 9600 9700 9800 X300 X550 X600 X700 X800 X850 X1050 X1300 X1550 X1600 X1650 X1800 X1900 Xpress X1200 X1250 X2100"
ati_model="$(lspci | sed -n '/VGA/s/.*Radeon *//ip' | sed 's/Mobility *//i;s/ *Series//i;s/]//g' )"
which aticonfig &>/dev/null && ati_radeon=$(aticonfig --query-monitor | sed -n 's/Default Adapter - *//p')
ati_model=${ati_model:-$ati_radeon}
which fglrxinfo &>/dev/null && ati_radeon=$(fglrxinfo 2>/dev/null | awk -F ":" '/renderer string/ { sub(/^ /,"", $2) ; print $2 }')
ati_model=${ati_model:-$ati_radeon}
if [ "x$isATI" == "xyes" ] ; then
[ $Ver -gt $LastSupportedSUSE ] && Ver=$LastSupportedSUSE
printf " * Found ATI graphics card: %s%s%s\n" $BLU "$ati_model" $SGR
else
if [ "x$ati_model" == "x" ] ; then
yesno=""
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " ATI graphic card detection failed. Is your ATI card a HD Radeon >= 5000 [yn] "
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
if [ "$yesno" == "y" ] ; then
ati_oldradeon="no"
ati_model="HD > 5000x"
else
yesno=""
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " Is your ATI card a HD Radeon 2000x, 3000x or 4000x? [yn] "
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
if [ "$yesno" == "y" ] ; then
ati_oldradeon="yes"
ati_model="HD > 2000x"
else
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " No ATI graphic card detected. Do you want to continue? [yn] "
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
[ "$yesno" == "n" ] && exit
NOATI="yes"
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " Which ATI driver do you wamt to build? Legacy (1) or current (2) ? [12] "
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "1" -o "$yesno" == "2" ] && break
printf " Please type %s1%s for legacy or %s2%s for current.%s\n" $(tput bold) $SGR $(tput bold) $SGR
done
case $yesno in
1) ati_model="HD > 2000x" ;;
2) ati_model="HD > 5000x" ;;
esac
fi
fi
fi
ati_model=${ati_model#Radeon *}
model=${ati_model%% *}
if [ "${ati_legacy#*$model}" == "${ati_legacy}" ] ; then
[ $Ver -gt $LastSupportedSUSE ] && Ver=$LastSupportedSUSE
[ "$NOATI" ] || printf " * Found ATI graphics card: %s%s%s\n" $BLU "$ati_model" $SGR
else
catalystDef="$catalystLegacy"
[ $Ver -gt $LegacyLastSupportedSUSE ] && exec printf "\nATI Legacy card (%s) detected.\nThes legacy fglrx driver (%s) is incompatible with this openSUSE version. Script aborted.\n" "$ati_model" $catalystLegacy
Ver=$LegacyLastSupportedSUSE
fi
fi
ati_serie=$(( $(echo $ati_model | sed 's|HD[ >]*\([1-9]\).*|\1|') * 1))
[ $ati_serie -lt 5 ] && ati_oldradeon="yes" || ati_oldradeon="no"
cver="${1:-$catalystDef}" ; cver=${cver/.} ; cver=${cver/-} ; cver=$(($cver * 1))
[ $cver -le 124 ] && ati_oldradeon="no"
if [ "x$ati_oldradeon" == "xyes" ]; then
catalystDef="$catalystLegacyDef"
Ver=$LegacyRadeonLastSupportedSUSE
fi
catalystVer="${1:-$catalystDef}"
catalystVer=${catalystVer/./-}
if [ "x$ati_oldradeon" == "xyes" ] ; then
atiDownloadUrl="$atiLegacyDownloadUrl"
atiBaseUrl="$atiLegacyBaseUrl/${catalystVer/./-}"
fi
SUSEVer=SUSE$Ver
buildOption="SuSE/$SUSEVer-${!mach}"
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 2) getting latest Catalyst version number
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# find out latest Catalyst version
which curl &>/dev/null && catalystLast=$(curl -s $atiDownloadUrl | sed -n 's/^.*\(a[tm][id]-*driver-installer[^"]*\)">.*/\1/p' | grep -v beta)
[ "$catalystLast" ] && catalystLastVer=$(echo $catalystLast | sed 's/a[tm][id]-*driver-installer-[a-z-]*\([0-9]*\)[\.-]\([0-9]*\)-.*/\1-\2/') || catalystLastVer=$catalystDef
# take version given as argument
if [ "$1" ]; then
catalystLastVer=${catalystVer}
latest="This"
else
latest=" Latest "
atiDownloadFile=$catalystLast
fi
Cdef=${catalystDef/-/} ; [ ${#Cdef} -eq 3 ] && Cdef=${Cdef:0:2}0${Cdef:2}
Clst=${catalystLastVer/-/} ; [ ${#Clst} -eq 3 ] && Clst=${Clst:0:2}0${Clst:2}
Clst=$(($Clst * 1))
[ $Clst -eq 0 ] && exec printf "\033[31;1m ! Catalyst version nummer is zero. Most likely the installer has changed name again :-(%s\n" $SGR
[ "$latest" == " Latest" ] && [ $Cdef -gt $Clst ] && catalystLastVer=$catalystDef
if [ "x$ati_oldradeon" == "xyes" ] ; then
ext='zip'
catalystLastVer=${catalystLastVer/-/.}
atiBaseFile=amd-driver-installer-$catalystLastVer-legacy-x86.x86_64.run
FORCE="--force"
else
if [ "$latest" == "This" ]; then
atiDownloadFile=ati-driver-installer-$catalystLastVer-x86.x86_64.run
[ $Clst -ge 1208 ] && atiDownloadFile="amd-driver-installer-$catalystLastVer-x86.x86_64.zip"
[ $Clst -ge 1210 ] && atiDownloadFile="amd-driver-installer-catalyst-${catalystLastVer/-/.}-x86.x86_64.zip"
fi
fi
atiBaseFile=${atiDownloadFile/.zip/.run}
catalystInstalledVer=${catalystInstalledVer:-0}
catalystLastVer=${catalystLastVer/-/.}
if [ "$catalystInstalledVer" ] ; then
if [ "$catalystInstalledVer" == "0" ] ; then
[ "$ReleaseVersion" ] && printf " * Found fglrx: %s%s%s\n" $BLU "${ReleaseVersion%%-*}" $SGR
else
printf " * Found: Catalyst %s%s%s\n" $BLU "$catalystInstalledVer" $SGR
fi
fi
printf "%s (2) - Getting latest (or specified) Catalyst version: " $BLD
printf "%s%s%s" $BLU $catalystLastVer $SGR
if [ "x$catalystLastVer" == "x$catalystInstalledVer" ] ; then
yesno=""
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf "\n *%sCatalyst version (%s%s%s) already installed. Do you want to continue? [yn] " "$latest" $BLU $catalystInstalledVer $SGR
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
[ "$yesno" == "n" ] && echo && exit
elif [ $((${catalystInstalledVer/./}*1)) -gt $((${catalystLastVer/./}*1)) ] ; then
printf "\n"
FORCE="--force"
elif [ "$ReleaseVersion" ] ; then
# had to do that in order to be able to downgrade. Could be more precise but ...
printf "\n"
FORCE="--force"
else
printf "\n"
fi
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 3) installing required packages
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (3) - Installing required packages...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
matchkernel
# install kernel headers and sources if not present
PKG2INSTALL=""
for pkg in kernel-source kernel-$krn-devel kernel-syms gcc make ${RPMBUILD_PKG} ; do
zypper se --match-exact -i $pkg | grep -q $pkg && echo " * $pkg is already installed" || PKG2INSTALL="$PKG2INSTALL $pkg"
done
[ "$PKG2INSTALL" ] && zypper -n in $PKG2INSTALL
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 4) creating /usr/share/atiupgrade
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
if [ -d "$atiupgradeDir" ] ; then
printf "%s (4) - %s directory exists...%s\n" $BLD $atiupgradeDir $SGR
else
printf "%s (4) - Creating %s directory...%s\n" $BLD $atiupgradeDir $SGR
mkdir $atiupgradeDir
fi
cd $atiupgradeDir
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 5) getting the ATI installer
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# if installer found, skip downloading
AtiInstall=$atiupgradeDir/$atiDownloadFile
if [ -f $AtiInstall ] ; then
printf "%s (5) - ATI installer %s%s%s found...%s\n" $BLD $BLU $atiDownloadFile $BLD $SGR
else
printf "%s (5) - Downloading the ATI installer %s%s%s ...%s\n" $BLD $BLU $atiDownloadFile $BLD $SGR
# make sure wget is installed
which wget > /dev/null 2>&1 || zypper in wget
# get the ATI installer for your architecture (i686 or x86_64)
printf " * Connecting... Please wait...\n"
wget $atiBaseUrl/$atiDownloadFile
if [ "x$ati_oldradeon" == "xyes" ] ; then
# force installation for now because the package has lower version number than the one from previous Catalyst.
FORCE="--force"
fi
fi
if ( file $AtiInstall | grep -q Zip ) ; then
which unzip > /dev/null 2>&1 || zypper in unzip
AtiInstall=$atiupgradeDir/$(unzip -l $atiDownloadFile | awk '/.run/ { print $NF}')
[ -f $AtiInstall ] || unzip $atiDownloadFile
fi
if [ -f "$AtiInstall" ] ; then
fglrxver=$(strings $AtiInstall | sed -n 's|.*Driver-\([0-9.]*\)"|\1-1|p' | sed 's|\([0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{2\}\)-1$|\10-1|')
else
exec printf " %s* ATI installer %s%s%s not found. Script aborted.%s\n" $RED $BLU $atiBaseFile $RED $SGR
fi
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 6) Looking for existing rpm package
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# ~~~~ 12.2 workaround - BEGIN ~ hope we can't remove that soo ~~~~~~~~~~
if [ "$BUILDPKG" == "no" ] ; then
if [ -f $AtiInstall ] ; then
cat << EOFWA
$RED
!! The AMD installer was unable to create the fglrx package. This is not !!
!! a bug in atiupgrade. However the AMD installer for your graphics card !!
!! has been succesfully downloaded, and atiupgrade can run it if you wish !!
!! to install Catalyst $BLU$catalystLastVer$RED. This will be the same procedure as running !!
!! the installer manually ('the hard way'). This is not optimal, and this !!
!! bug will also break other atiupgrade functionalities. But there is a !!
!! good chance that the driver will work for you. Please select "Install !!
!! Driver..." in AMD Catalyst(TM) setup and NOT "Generate Distribution !!
!! Specific Driver Package". !!$SGR
EOFWA
declare -l yesno
while [ "$yesno" != "y" -a "$yesno" != "n" ] ; do
printf "\n Do you want to run %s%s? [y,n]%s " $BLU $(basename $AtiInstall) $SGR
read -N 1 yesno
[ "$yesno" == "n" ] && echo && exit
[ "$yesno" == "y" ] && exec sh $AtiInstall
printf "\n Please answer with n or y."
done
fi
exit
fi
# ~~~~ 12.2 workaround - END ~ hope we can't remove that soo ~~~~~~~~~~~~
# if fglrx package found, skip bulding
if [ -f "$FGLRX" ] ; then
fglrxrpm=$(cat $FGLRX)
elif [ "$fglrxver" ] ; then
fglrxrpm=$(find $atiupgradeDir -type f -name "fglrx*rpm" | grep "$fglrxver")
if [ "$fglrxrpm" == "${fglrxrpm%%$arch*}" ] ; then
unset fglrxrpm
else
echo $fglrxrpm > $FGLRX
fi
fi
printf "%s (6) - Looking for rpm package of fglrx %s%s%s...%s" $BLD $BLU "$fglrxver" $BLD $SGR
if [ "$fglrxrpm" ] ; then
if [ -f "$fglrxrpm" ] ; then
FGLRXRPM=$(basename $fglrxrpm)
BUILDPKG=no
printf "\n * found %s%s%s\n" $BLU "$FGLRXRPM" $SGR
else
printf "\n"
fi
else
printf "%s not found.%s\n" $BLD $SGR
fi
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 7) Building rpm package
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
if [ "$BUILDPKG" == "yes" ] ; then
printf "%s (7) - creating fglrx rpm...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
sh $AtiInstall --buildpkg $buildOption
fglrxrpm=$(find $atiupgradeDir -type f -name "fglrx*rpm" | grep $fglrxver)
[ -f "$fglrxrpm" ] && echo $fglrxrpm > $FGLRX || exec printf " %s* package %s%s%s not found. Script aborted.%s\n" $RED $BLUE $fglrxrpm $RED $SGR
else
printf "%s (7) - skipping package building...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
fi
NR=8
#**************************************************************************
# deinstalling a previous
#**************************************************************************
if [ "$UPDATE" == "no" ] ; then
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Abort script here if run in X
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# don't run in X if fglrx is loaded (but run in SSH sessions)
ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -q 'X ' && XRUN=1
ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -q -i 'xorg ' && XRUN=1
[ "$XRUN" ] && lsmod | grep -q fglrx && msgExit
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 8) Aborting script if the fglrx module cannot be unloaded
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (8) - unloading kernel module...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
# unload fglrx
lsmod | grep -q fglrx && modprobe -r fglrx
# exit if fglrx is still loaded
lsmod | grep -q fglrx && exec printf " %s* fglrx is still loaded.%s\n" $RED $SGR
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 9) Uninstalling previoulsy installed fglrx
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (9) - uninstalling previously installed fglrx...%s\n" $BLD $SGR
# save /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[ -f "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ] && cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf{,.pta}
# uninstall x11-video-fglrxG02 (installed from the ATI repo)
rpm -qa | grep -q x11-video-fglrxG02 && {
zypper rm x11-video-fglrxG02
sed -i 's/^DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER=.*/DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER="Xorg"/' /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
ln -snf /usr/bin/Xorg /var/lib/X11/X
}
# uninstall ATI driver directly installed from the ati .run file
[ -x "$atiUninstall" ] && $atiUninstall
# uninstall older fglrx packages
atirpm=$(rpm -qa | grep -i -E '^fglrx.*suse')
if [ "$atirpm" ] ; then
zypper rm $atirpm
# restore previously saved xorg.conf since we're updating and not deinstalling
[ -f "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.pta" ] && cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf{.pta,}
fi
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NR=10
fi
#**************************************************************************
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 10) Installing fglrx
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (%s) - installing fglrx...%s\n" $BLD $NR $SGR
[ -d /etc/ld.so.conf.d ] || mkdir /etc/ld.so.conf.d
function ldconfpath {
lib="lib$(uname -m | sed 's/.*86_*//')"
grep -q -R "/usr/X11R6/$lib" /etc/ld.so.conf.d/* && return
libpath="/usr/X11R6/lib"
[ "$lib" == "lib64" ] && libpath="/usr/X11R6/lib64\n$libpath"
printf "# created by atiupgrade - %s\n# Remove this file when it's not needed anymmore\n$libpath\n" "$(date)" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ati-fglrx.conf
}
function lnglx {
lib="lib$(uname -m | sed 's/.*86_*//')"
if [ ! -L "/usr/$lib/xorg/modules/updates/extensions/libglx.so" ]; then
echo " * Create symlink to fglrx-libglx.so"
/usr/$lib/fglrx/switchlibglx amd 2>/dev/null
fi
if [ ! -L "/usr/X11R6/$lib/libGL.so.1.2" ]; then
echo " * Create symlink to fglrx-libGL.so.1.2"
/usr/$lib/fglrx/switchlibGL amd 2>/dev/null
fi
}
# install/update fglrx package
if [ -f "$fglrxrpm" ]; then
yesno=""
while [ "true" ] ; do
printf " Do you want to install %s now? [yn] " $(basename $fglrxrpm)
read -n1 yesno
printf "\n"
[ "$yesno" == "y" -o "$yesno" == "n" ] && break
done
if [ "$yesno" == "y" ] ; then
# ldconfpath
zypper in $FORCE $fglrxrpm && rm -f $FGLRX && lnglx
echo $RED
zypper ps
let NR++
else
exit
fi
fi
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# 11) Running aticonfig
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
printf "%s (%s) - Running aticonfig...%s\n" $BLD $NR $SGR
# exit if aticonfig not found
[ -x "/usr/bin/aticonfig" ] || exec echo "aticonfig not found. /etc/X11/xorg.conf not updated".
# exit if fglrx sextion found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial=check && exit
# if /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists and doesn't contain a fglrx section, rewrite it with sed
# (aticonfig changes too much thing, IMO)
if [ -f "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ] ; then
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf{,.radeon.pta}
sed '/Driver/s/[Dd]river.*radeon.*/Driver "fglrx"/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf.radeon.pta > /etc/X11/xorg.conf
grep -q fglrx /etc/X11/xorg.conf || /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial
exec echo "/etc/X11/xorg.conf updated."
fi
# generate a basic dual head /etc/X11/xorg.conf if more than 1 monitor found
HWINFO=`which hwinfo 2>/dev/null`
[ "$HWINFO" ] && [ $($HWINFO --monitor | grep "Unique ID" | wc -l) -gt 1 ] && exec /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial=dual-head
# otherwise generate a basic /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial
exit
fi
Open a terminal and type:
Code:
su -l atiupgrade
- download anything
- install or uninstall anything
atiupgrade will download the driver installation script (AMD or ATI run file) from ATI's website and install all packages required to compile the kernel module, such as kernel source, make and gcc compiler.
kernel update
A common mistake while installing a package which needs to compile a kernel module is to install the kernel source without upgrading the kernel itself. VirtualBox users might have experienced this issue already. Since version 4.0, atiupgrade makes sure that kernel and kernel source are of the same version and also checks for available kernel and kernel source updates.
If the kernel source is not installed and a kernel update is available, atiupgrade will ask for your confirmation to update the kernel (see picture below). You should proceed and reboot once the new kernel has been installed, then run atiupgrade again. When kernel source is installed later in the script - together with other required packages - it will match the running kernel.
If the kernel source is already installed for your kernel version, it won't be upgraded, even if an update is availalble, because it is not necessary to compile the module, and it is not the job of atiupgrade to decide if you should upgrade the kernel or not. If you later update kernel and kernel source, the fglrx kernel module will be automatically recompiled at next boot - thanks to a sysinit service installed with the package (/etc/init.d/boot.fglrxrebuild). Thus it is NOT necessary to use modautocompile for this module any longer.
view screenshot
The different steps of installing or upgrading the driver
atiupgrade performs several tasks, before downloading the installer, building the package and after installing the driver, which can be divided into 9 steps - 11 if a previous version of the driver has to be uninstalled first. It prints the number of each step to standard output and a short description of the task. Thus, if it fails to complete the whole process, it will tell you at which step it hung and you may report the problem or look for solutions in the atiupgrade thread.
(1) - analysing system
atiupgrade tries to detects your graphics card. It can only obtain the information that the graphics card gives about itself. Thus it might fail in some cases. This system check can produce different results:
- Non-ATI graphic card detected.
In this case, the script will ask if you want to continue. You may proceed if you know that you have a supported ATI graphics card. You may also proceed if you don't have an ATI card but just want to build the fglrx package (for example to install it later on an ATI system). Otherwise or if you are unsure, say "no" to abort the script.
- ATI Legacy card detected.
Legacy cards are older models which are not supported by ATI any more. If you happen to have one of those, you should not try to install nor use the fglrx driver: it won't work. atiupgrade will abort if it detects a legacy card. Again the test is as reliable as the info given by the card. If you are sure that your graphics card is supported, you may skip the system check by running atiupgrade with this command:
Code:
env NOSYSCHECK=yes atiupgrade
If atiupgrade sees your graphics card as a legacy one when it is not, please post the output of this command in the atiupgrade thread, so that I can fix it or make a workaround:
Code:
lspci | grep -i vga
This is the expected result in the most common case. The script will print the model of the graphics card.
(2) - get latest (or specified) catalyst version:
atiupgrade queries the ATI website to find out the latest available Catalyst version. It it fails (for example if the website is offline or the script is unable to parse this information), it will default to the value defined in the script (in the variable catalysDef). This is the main reason why I update atiupgrade whenever a new Catalyst version is released, so that it will default to the latest version if it fails to read it from the website. You can also specify a version as argument if you know it is the latest one and the script didn't get it or if you want to downgrade the driver. As of the this writing, these two commands are equivalent and install Catalyst 12.3:
Code:
atiupgrade
Code:
atiupgrade 12-3
Code:
atiupgrade 12-2
atiupgrade installs everything it needs to build the kernel module. This include the packages kernel-source, kernel-devel, kernel-syms, gcc and make. Packages that are already installed will be skipped - meaning atiupgrade won't try to reinstall or update them.
At this point, if the kernel-source is not installed, before installing it, the script will offer to update the kernel if a newer version is available. Otherwise the version of the kernel-source will not match the version of the installed kernel. Upgrading to the latest kernel ensures that the kernel-source will have the correct version. After the kernel has been updated, you should reboot and run atiupgrade again to proceed.
(4) - creating /usr/share/atiupgrade directory.
atiupgrade creates the directory /usr/share/atiupgrade to store the ATI run file and fglrx package if this directory doesn't already exist.
(5) - Downloading the ATI installer.
atiupgrade downloads the ATI installer and saves it in the directory /usr/share/atiupgrade. If the installer is already there, it won't be downloaded again. If it fails to download the installer, the script will abort with an error message. It is advisable to keep older versions of the installer in /usr/share/atiupgrade in order to be able to rebuild an older package in case you need it. If you can't download the installer from ATI's site but get it from somewhere else, copy the file in /usr/share/atiupgrade and run atiupgrade again.
(6) - Looking for existing rpm package
atiupgrade checks whether a rpm package of the driver to be installed already exists in /usr/share/atiupgrade. If this package is found, it won't build it again.
(7) - creating fglrx rpm
atiupgrade executes the ati/amd installer, which builds the fglrx rpm package for the openSUSE version on which it is run or for the last supported openSUSE version (specified in the variable LastSupportedSUSE in the script). Both the installer (the ati/amd .run file) and the resulting package are stored in the directory /usr/share/atiupgrade. You may keep this package for further installing/reinstalling on the same or another ATI based machine (see next step).
(8) - installing fglrx.
atiupgrade asks if you want install the fglrx package. If you were just building the package but don't intend to install it on this system, you may say no here.
Notice that compiling the kernel module occures at installation time, not at package build time! Thus, if you want to install the fglrx package using zypper on another machine, you need to make sure that the required packages - kernel source and compiler - are installed.
(9) - running aticonfig
Athough It is not necessary to run aticonfig anymore - since the post-install script of the fglrx package takes care of that - it doesn't hurt to double check if a fglrx section is present in xorg.conf.
Deinstalling the driver
Since it is installed as a package, the fglrx driver can be removed like any other rpm with zypper remove. atiupgrade since version 4.1 provides an option to uninstall the driver. Notice that it can only deinstall fglrx if it was installed with atiupgrade or from a fglrx package created following the "hardway method" (provided you chose to build a rpm instead of installing directly) or downloaded from the ATI unofficial repo.
To deinstall fglrx and switch back to the open source driver, run atiupgrade with the option -d (or --deinstall)
Code:
atiupgrade -d
This option performs the following steps:
(1) - Deinstalling fglrx package
This is the package created by the ATI installer. You can find out its name and version by querying the rpm database:
Code:
$ rpm -qa | grep fglrx fglrx64_xpic_SUSE121-8.951-1.x86_64
atiupgrade asks if you want to re-enable KMS. If you had to start originally Linux with "nomodeset", you should answer no. Otherwise, say yes.
(3 )Restoring original Xorg configuration
The postuninstall scriptlet of the rpm package normally takes care of that. However if /etc/X11/xorg.conf still exists and contains the string "fglrx", it will be renamed to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx.
At next boot, X should use the open source driver.
screenshots
- Installing fglrx using atiupgrade on a fresh openSUSE 12.1 install
- upgrading fglrcx (12.2 -> 12.3)
- downgrading fglrx (12.3 -> 12.2)
- upgrading fglrx without building (previously built package found in /usr/share/atiupgrade)
- Installing Catalyst 12.10 on openSUSE 12.2 - fresh install
- Upgrading Catalyst (12.8 -> 12.10) on openSUSE 12.2
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