I built a new desktop for myself for academic use (students are always short on $$$) anyways thats beside the point.
My system configuration:
Operating system openSUSE 12.1
Processor AMD A6 3500
Motherboard F1A75-M
Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series Graphics in Llano APU
and I also have a Nvidia GTX 465 in one PCI-E (and want to use it only for CUDA or other computation)
with other goodies
I run the script which resolves problems with ATI graphics cards on openSUSE 12.1
scripts runs fine, however when I reboot grub lets me boot in normal mode and shows me initial splash screen with openSUSE logo. However after I see my cursor spinning busy and system shows me option to login or access other application. And if I let it sit for a while…I get locked and I get to see unlock dialog screen! So not sure what is happening. Is xserver not started or configured properly. I thought problems related to missing libraries is fixed by the script.
I also checked xorg.conf to see if there are any multiple entries or other discrepancies… and did not find any!
I would be greatful if some one can help me fix this.
Are you using gdm (default display manager for gnome)?
I had issues with gdm after installing the ATI driver. Try booting into runlevel 3 or, when the machine is hanging, press <Ctrl><Alt><F3> and login to the command line.
sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager
Change “gdm” to “xdm”.
That will tell you if the problem lies in gdm. I had a problem with gdm and gnome-shell - my fix was to force gdm to use its fallback session. Post back if you need more info.
Also, did you try installing the ATI driver manually i.e. without that script? I have never actually used that script, all i do is, download the driver from the ATI website, and run it as root, they make it really easy, its a graphical install even. A few months ago I had a problem with the package creation aspect to it though which is what it seems the script you are using does. If the change of display manager above doesn’t work, try this:
Having just done a reinstall of openSUSE 12.1 I realised that in the default install compilers aren’t included. I ran through the installer (graphical) clicking next, finish, etc. It completed without error.
When I rebooted I found that fglrx module didn’t exist… confused, I checked to see if there were any compilers installed - no! How could it compile then?!
Go to software management, install glibc, gcc, make, gcc-c++ (probably not necessary but it doesn’t hurt to have it.)
Uninstall the driver, install again, and it should work.
Having just done a reinstall of openSUSE 12.1 I realised that in the default install compilers aren’t included. I ran through the installer (graphical) clicking next, finish, etc. It completed without error.
When I rebooted I found that fglrx module didn’t exist… confused, I checked to see if there were any compilers installed - no! How could it compile then?!
Go to software management, install glibc, gcc, make, gcc-c++ (probably not necessary but it doesn’t hurt to have it.)
Uninstall the driver, install again, and it should work.
Tested to run factory repos and 12.2 M1. with atiupgrade the PC’s reports 3d driver “ATI” on my own:
APU A8 3850
Motherboard F1-A75-V Pro
and:
AMD phenom + built in 4200 Radeon -ASUS Mother board.
Development goes forward. I don’t recommend anyone to test factory/12.2 Milestone on production PC(even if i do).