Ever since I installed OpenSuse 11.1 64bit I have a block I cannot seem
to get past which I’d really love to be able to fix. I’m still pretty
new to Linux and may not understand everything but here it goes:
I have an ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 video card, for which I installed the
latest official drivers from the ‘ATI support page’
(http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html). I got the .run file, executed
it and waited for everything to install.
Once it has I ran “sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx” as root which is what most
websites said I must do. However that does not initialize the correct
drivers when Linux starts which causes many things such as OpenGL and 3D
to not work. As I posted in another topic about OpenGL, attempting to
run “glxgears” now returns the following error:
Code:
mircea@linux-wdzw:~> glxgears
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 14
Current serial number in output stream: 14
mircea@linux-wdzw:~>
Afterward I tried running “aticonfig --initial” which is where my
problem comes: This command configures my file correctly but once I
restart OpenSuse I get a blank screen at startup although my monitor is
still turned on (green led). If not I get some sort of screen
corruption… I see some purple stretched pieces of the console at
startup but nothing on the screen moves. The only way I can repair it is
by booting OpenSuse in failsafe mode and running “sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx”
again, but if I leave it configured by that command then fglrx doesn’t
get loaded and nothing works.
What must I do to get the latest fglrx drivers for my ATI card model
working and all 3D and desktop effects working as well without getting
the black screen or corrupted image when I start OpenSuse? Is there any
way? Any help would be appreciated.
VorianGrey;1930415 Wrote:
> I was getting the same error message as you until I ran the commands in
> ‘this post’ (http://tinyurl.com/8auku6). Works perfectly after that.
I’ve tried just that but no change, the issue is still the same I
ran these commands as root after “sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx” was the last one:
What else can I try to do? If that matters any, ‘this’
(http://pastebin.com/f1a236037) is my xorg.conf file. And before I
forget, I use a single monitor only, so no dual-head.
^^
That’s all you need to do. You don’t even need the aticonfig --initial
and I’m not sure why they added the #wer at the end of the first line.
The idea is that even though you’re using a 64 bit system, X tries to
load the 32 bit driver, which doesn’t work. If you remove the 32 bit
driver and replace it with a link to the 64 bit version, the correct
driver is loaded. Just be sure you logout or restart afterwards to
reload the graphics driver. My guess is you’re missing the reload part.
I tried that but still no luck. I left X configured by the “sax2 -r -m
0=fglrx” command so it could boot again, then ran “rm
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so” and “ln -s /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so” and restarted the computer, logged back into
root but 3D is still broken. glxgears returns the same error while
OpenGL still refuses to initialize :\
foresthill;1930774 Wrote:
> For ATI cards, the correct command is >
PHP code:
> > fgl_glxgears
> >
>
> I would hold off on using the ATI driver in 11.1 for now. It still
> looks kinda buggy to me.
>
> If you’re curious about Open GL info run>
PHP code:
> > fglrxinfo
> >
Both commands return the same error message.
Code:
linux-wdzw:~ # fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 14
Current serial number in output stream: 14
linux-wdzw:~ # fglrxinfo
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 14
Current serial number in output stream: 14
linux-wdzw:~ #
As for the latest official ATI drivers, I heard they are buggy but what
else can I use that works correctly?
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