Catalyst beta 13.11 V9.4

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#1

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:

  1. How to fix this?
  2. 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

#2

On Mon 09 Dec 2013 08:06:01 PM CST, Gps2010 wrote:

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:

  1. How to fix this?
  2. 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

Hi
I use the install script and build rpms via
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AMD_fglrx and "Building the rpm yourself ";

I just installed the updates and rebooted, all is fine, but don’t run
steam…


fglrxinfo

display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7340 Graphics
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12614 Compatibility Profile Context 13.25.18

See here for the beta version https://lizards.opensuse.org/tag/amd/

You could download the script, build your own rpms and let it
re-install. The added rpm and script auto rebuild after a kernel update
as well…

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#3

I am confused but I might have solved it.
I started yast and typed FGRLX

Although the driver was already installed, yast installed them anyway.

That seems to have fixed the issue.


 guus@linux-wovc:~> fglrxinfo
display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series 
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12614 Compatibility Profile Context 13.25.18

And when I start steam the error is gone. rotfl!

Looking back I prob should have waited a few days longer and then just do in a console:

zypper dup -r FGLRX-BETA