ATI DRIVER - OPENSUSE 11.1 - black screen

user · June 20, 2009, 8:27pm

So, I’ve seen this problem when googling, ati troubleshooting page here on opensuse pages, but I just can’t do it anymore, I had 32bit version from beginning with no problems, and here I can’t say what worked out of the box, but this is not a problem, I’m not a windows user but three days have passed and I know it has to be simple but I just can’t solve it

Let’s put it

Opensuse 11.1 64bit
ATI RADEON HD3200 - integrated

So I’ve downloaded ati .run package like I always had for my 32bit version, of course this time I’ve downloaded 64bit one but for a non intergrated 3200.
So it came to a place where it should start with kde loading but it just freezes, black screen and I can just pres alt-crtl-delete for restart. But I somehow configured it and it worked, fglrx drivers were loaded but it was slow.

After that I just ran right version installation over previos one and just can’t make it right.
Sax won’t help me no mather what configuration I set.
Then I uninstalled those drivers (/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh) , and installed them again from terminal, just to be sure and nothing, tried everything, loking ati install log, perfect, mseg no problems…

Now just want to get radeonhd drivers back, I put original xorg.conf but there are no modules loaded for radeon driver if that’s the care because I don’t know what is the problem.

If I put original file, I also get black screen but actually, only monitor doesn’t show anything, everything else work “fine”. I can blindly switch to reminal, logon there, and reboot from there if nothing else so that’s why I supposed to be a module problem.

So I will install fglrx drivers and make them work,
but now I just wan’t to see something, and work normally,
because for instance when I get into runlevel 3 and use sax it always freesezes my screen trying to start x server (of course, not with -a argument),

I mean, It has to be 64bit version problem, like it loads 32bit dri module (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so) so you have to replace it with one from 64bit.
Done that, nothing

In 32bit version I make all the same things (not all, it works after few commandline optins, like it should) and here nothing.

So just, how to get everything back to beginning, I’ll start from there, beginning, I have xorg.conf from start, how to get everything else?

Thanks in advance (sorry for my english)

xorg.conf

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-05-31T21:04:50+0200.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
  FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
  InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
  InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
  Option       "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load         "dri"
  Load         "dbe"
  Load         "freetype"
  Load         "extmod"
  Load         "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "kbd"
  Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
  Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
  Option       "XkbLayout" "hr"
  Option       "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
  Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  Option       "Buttons" "5"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
  Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  376 301
  HorizSync    30-71
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "LG ELECTRONICS L1900E"
  Option       "DPMS"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
  VendorName   "GSM"
  VertRefresh  43-75
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 106.97 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1059
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 87.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1053 +HSync -Vsync
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 81.80 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 76.16 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 69.71 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 798
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 69.50 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 796 +HSync -Vsync
  Modeline 	"1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
  Modeline 	"800x600" 48.91 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 627
  Modeline 	"800x600" 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
  Modeline 	"800x600" 44.00 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 622 +HSync -Vsync
  Modeline 	"800x600" 42.11 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 623
  Modeline 	"800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
  Modeline 	"1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" 
    Virtual    3840 1200
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" 
    Virtual    3840 1200
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" 
    Virtual    3840 1200
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" 
    Virtual    3840 1200
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics"
  Driver       "radeonhd"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Option       "monitor-DVI-D_1" "Monitor[0]"
  VendorName   "ATI"
EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier   "Layout[all]"
  InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
  Option       "Clone" "off"
  Option       "Xinerama" "off"
  Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
    Group      "video"
    Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
EndSection

baskitcaise · June 20, 2009, 10:09pm

vpoqol5 adjusted his/her AFDB on Saturday 20 Jun 2009 19:36 to write:

>
> So, I’ve seen this problem when googling, ati troubleshooting page here
> on opensuse pages, but I just can’t do it anymore, I had 32bit version
> from beginning with no problems, and here I can’t say what worked out of
> the box, but this is not a problem, I’m not a windows user but three
> days have passed and I know it has to be simple but I just can’t solve
> it
>
> Let’s put it
>
> Opensuse 11.1 64bit
> ATI RADEON HD3200 - integrated
>
> So I’ve downloaded ati .run package like I always had for my 32bit
> version, of course this time I’ve downloaded 64bit one but for a non
> intergrated 3200.
> So it came to a place where it should start with kde loading but it
> just freezes, black screen and I can just pres alt-crtl-delete for
> restart. But I somehow configured it and it worked, fglrx drivers were
> loaded but it was slow.
>
> After that I just ran right version installation over previos one and
> just can’t make it right.
> Sax won’t help me no mather what configuration I set.
> Then I uninstalled those drivers (/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh) ,
> and installed them again from terminal, just to be sure and nothing,
> tried everything, loking ati install log, perfect, mseg no problems…
>
> Now just want to get radeonhd drivers back, I put original xorg.conf
> but there are no modules loaded for radeon driver if that’s the care
> because I don’t know what is the problem.
>
> If I put original file, I also get black screen but actually, only
> monitor doesn’t show anything, everything else work “fine”. I can
> blindly switch to reminal, logon there, and reboot from there if nothing
> else so that’s why I supposed to be a module problem.
>
> So I will install fglrx drivers and make them work,
> but now I just wan’t to see something, and work normally,
> because for instance when I get into runlevel 3 and use sax it always
> freesezes my screen trying to start x server (of course, not with -a
> argument),
>
> I mean, It has to be 64bit version problem, like it loads 32bit dri
> module (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so) so you have to replace it with one
> from 64bit.
> Done that, nothing
>
> In 32bit version I make all the same things (not all, it works after
> few commandline optins, like it should) and here nothing.
>
> So just, how to get everything back to beginning, I’ll start from
> there, beginning, I have xorg.conf from start, how to get everything
> else?

First thing if you have uninstalled the propriety fglrx is use YaST to
unconditionally update all things mesa that you have installed.

IIRC, of the top of my head the ATI`s use their own and the un-install is
supposed to put the others back, I have had a similar prob where the ATI
installed was b0rked and left the wrong mesa files so a forced install
replace them back with the originals and all was well with the world+dog

Not saying it will work for you^ but will not hurt.

HTH

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–
Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum

user · November 1, 2009, 9:03pm

hi… i read about this problem so much, but i not solved the same on my HP… i am a noob to linux… but i am reading and learning… just registered on this site to ask some help… i installed opensuse 11.1 on my HP tx2530, works fine but cant enable 3D, to turn on display effects… bulit in ATI mobility radeon 3200… i tryed drivers from ATI went trough by the instructions founded on the internet, but i cant intall them properly… after rebooting i just have black screen, and i cant modify anything in xorg.xonf, i dont know yet how to do that, so after reinstalling i had a new chance to try that again… no success… i reinstalled the system 5 times, and dont know how tu install a good working linux on my laptop, first i tryed Ubuntu, but there was a problem on th install, so i downloaded opensuse, because i read about the compatibility… i dont know what to do… need a find next distro, or download a 32 bit version???

HP tx2530, radeon 3200, tablet with wacom pen, amd turion 64bit, opensuse 11.1 x64, kde 4.1

if somebody can help, i will wait for any advice, thx…

oldcpu · November 1, 2009, 9:24pm

I just installed the latest ATI driver on my Dell Studio 1537 laptop which has radeon 3200 hardware. 64-bit openSUSE-11.1, KDE-4.3.2.

It went very smooth.

But you need to follow the guidance here: ATI/The Hard Way - openSUSE

KEY, which I do not see in the posts above (but it IS mentioned in the URL), is the absolute necessary step to remove the rpm with “fglrx” in the rpm name (with root permissions). …

rpm -e $(rpm -qa '*fglrx*')

There are other less elegant ways to do this. If one does NOT do that PRIOR to trying to build the ATI proprietary driver, then it WILL fail.

Then after building the driver, another rpm with “fglrx” will have been built that one must install.

And only then is one ready to try to configure their xorg.conf with sax2 (or what ever program one wishes to use for configuring xorg.conf)

Edit - I’m suffering from a killer head ache and bad cough - sorry, I don’t have the energy to give more detail.

user · November 1, 2009, 10:43pm

thx for the info… i will try that hard way…i will give feedback on success…

user · November 1, 2009, 11:03pm

u made my day… i dont know exactly what was the problem, but 3D is working now…i also installed some required 32-bit packages, and its works now, so i can try to solve my SB and WLAN problem… thank you…