sax2 dies...

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#1

I’m trying to set up the drivers for my ATI HD3400 series PCI-E video card after a fresh install of OpenSuSE11.0 and it turns out there’s some sort of problem with Sax2… it reports itself dying at init.pl. I’ve added the ATI repo to YaST and it shows the drivers installed correctly. Here’s the output of the command sax2 -r that was given in the DIY web page for installing the drivers…

**patti@TYAN-2:~> su
Password:
TYAN-2:/home/patti # sax2 -r
SaX: initializing please wait…
SaX: your current configuration will not be read in

SaX: access to your display has been granted
*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/sbin/sysp terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib64/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7fd4e1bb63b7]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x7fd4e1bb4160]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x7fd4e1bb2f4d]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x433e83]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x43420a]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x4240d9]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x41a2ed]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x40932f]
/usr/sbin/sysp[0x409ca7]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x7fd4e1aec436]
/usr/sbin/sysp(__gxx_personality_v0+0xf9)[0x404c69]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00448000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 449424 /usr/sbin/sysp
00647000-00648000 r–p 00047000 08:03 449424 /usr/sbin/sysp
00648000-00649000 rw-p 00048000 08:03 449424 /usr/sbin/sysp
00649000-00de2000 rw-p 00649000 00:00 0 [heap]
7fd4e0a4a000-7fd4e0a4c000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 134221350 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fd4e0a4c000-7fd4e0c4b000 —p 00002000 08:03 134221350 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fd4e0c4b000-7fd4e0c4c000 r–p 00001000 08:03 134221350 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fd4e0c4c000-7fd4e0c4d000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 134221350 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
7fd4e0c4d000-7fd4e0c51000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 627 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7fd4e0c51000-7fd4e0e50000 —p 00004000 08:03 627 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7fd4e0e50000-7fd4e0e51000 r–p 00003000 08:03 627 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7fd4e0e51000-7fd4e0e52000 rw-p 00004000 08:03 627 /lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
7fd4e0e52000-7fd4e0e5b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 135155491 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7fd4e0e5b000-7fd4e105a000 —p 00009000 08:03 135155491 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7fd4e105a000-7fd4e105b000 r–p 00008000 08:03 135155491 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7fd4e105b000-7fd4e105c000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 135155491 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7fd4e105c000-7fd4e106d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 134221456 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fd4e106d000-7fd4e126c000 —p 00011000 08:03 134221456 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fd4e126c000-7fd4e126d000 r–p 00010000 08:03 134221456 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fd4e126d000-7fd4e126e000 rw-p 00011000 08:03 134221456 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
7fd4e126e000-7fd4e1270000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 604063 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7fd4e1270000-7fd4e1470000 —p 00002000 08:03 604063 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7fd4e1470000-7fd4e1471000 r–p 00002000 08:03 604063 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7fd4e1471000-7fd4e1472000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 604063 /lib64/libdl-2.8.so
7fd4e1472000-7fd4e148d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 134221457 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fd4e148d000-7fd4e168c000 —p 0001b000 08:03 134221457 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fd4e168c000-7fd4e168d000 r–p 0001a000 08:03 134221457 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fd4e168d000-7fd4e168e000 rw-p 0001b000 08:03 134221457 /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1.0.0
7fd4e168e000-7fd4e168f000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 134221524 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fd4e168f000-7fd4e188e000 —p 00001000 08:03 134221524 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fd4e188e000-7fd4e188f000 r–p 00000000 08:03 134221524 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fd4e188f000-7fd4e1890000 rw-p 00001000 08:03 134221524 /usr/lib64/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
7fd4e1890000-7fd4e18cc000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 632673 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fd4e18cc000-7fd4e1acc000 —p 0003c000 08:03 632673 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fd4e1acc000-7fd4e1acd000 r–p 0003c000 08:03 632673 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fd4e1acd000-7fd4e1ace000 rw-p 0003d000 08:03 632673 /lib64/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
7fd4e1ace000-7fd4e1c1d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 604058 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7fd4e1c1d000-7fd4e1e1d000 —p 0014f000 08:03 604058 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7fd4e1e1d000-7fd4e1e21000 r–p 0014f000 08:03 604058 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7fd4e1e21000-7fd4e1e22000 rw-p 00153000 08:03 604058 /lib64/libc-2.8.so
7fd4e1e22000-7fd4e1e27000 rw-p 7fd4e1e22000 00:00 0
7fd4e1e27000-7fd4e1e3d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 682 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7fd4e1e3d000-7fd4e203c000 —p 00016000 08:03 682 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7fd4e203c000-7fd4e203d000 r–p 00015000 08:03 682 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7fd4e203d000-7fd4e203e000 rw-p 00016000 08:0http://en.opensuse.org/ATI3 682 /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
7fd4e203e000-7fd4e2093000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 632675 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7fd4e2093000-7fd4e2292000 —p 00055000 08:03 632675 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7fd4e2292000-7fd4e2293000 r–p 00054000 08:03 632675 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7fd4e2293000-7fd4e2294000 rw-p 00055000 08:03 632675 /lib64/libm-2.8.so
7fd4e2294000-7fd4e2297000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 135147391 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7fd4e2297000-7fd4e2496000 —p 00003000 08:03 135147391 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7fd4e2496000-7fd4e2497000 r–p 00002000 08:03 135147391 /usr/lib64/libXxf86misc.so.1.1.0
7fd4e2497000-7fd4e2498000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 135147Died at /usr/share/sax/init.pl line 653.
TYAN-2:/home/patti #
**
… and here’s where it dies…

** Logger ( $subject."
“.$result,$logHandle );
my $serverLines = split(”
",$result);
if ($serverLines < 3) {
die $result;
}
Debug ( $result );**

#2

Have you run all YaST Online Updates?

#3

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I did that. I’m going to try uninstalling and reinstalling the ATI drivers today…

#4

OK, despite being scared of doing so, I downloaded the 9.2 version of the ATI driver installer from the ATI website and followed the instructions… it seemed to work because now I have very high resolution. Still can’t use SAX2, but I can use the aticonfig utility.

THANKS!!
PattiM

#5

Oops - bad news. Now I can’t seem to reconfigure the monitors (either screen resolution or dual-monitors) using the ATI catalyst control center. The little graphical display in the control center “Display Manager” section shows only a single monitor identified as “1:2” (I can’t seem to separate them) and when I try to change resolutions the screen goes black and doesn’t seem to be accepted upon restarting Xwindows.

Are there any ATI folks out there who can lend me a hand with this?

THANKS!
Patti

#6

OK, I got it working… I had to download an old version (8.12) of the ATI drivers for my cheapo HD3400 based card… THEN the ATI Catalyst Control Center worked correctly, allowing me to set up the monitors flexibly.

Pattk