Last week, I installed successfully latest beta driver from amd.
Today I got a number of updates, mesa related.
Since these updates, when I start steam, I have a very familiar error message:
OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.
For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457.
Before I was able to fix this by just installing the amd drivers again.
So I tried, but I get the message: They are already installed
So I tried sh ./amd-catalyst-13.11-beta-V9.4-linux-x86.x86_64.run --uninstall
But that gives me the next problem:
One or more files have been altered since installation.
Uninstall will not be completed. See /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log for details.
When I check the log file it tells me:
*** AMD Catalyst™ Proprietary Driver Uninstall Log 2013-12-09 20:15:33 ***
Symbolic link has been modified, //usr/lib64/libGL.so.1.2, since last install.
One or more files have been altered since installation.
Uninstall will not be completed.
To force uninstall, removing all installed files without verification,
run /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh --force.
Forcing uninstall is not recommended and may cause system corruption.
Questions:
- How to fix this?
- Is forcing an uninstall my only option?
Option 2 has already wrecked my openSUSE install more then once, with previous version of openSUSE and the amd driver.
Currently running openSUSE 13.1 64 bit.
AMD phenom II X4 , HD 5750