X Window system doesn't start, supposingly my ATI card fails

user · November 18, 2008, 3:38am

Good day everyone!
Yesterday I installed openSUSE 11.0 on my PC, everything seems to be set up alright, but when it boots up and comes to starting X Window system, the screen blinks a few times and then it prints out this message:

(i have ati x1600 video card)
=+=+=+=+=+=
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.10720

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the “xorg” product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See X.Org Wiki - Development/Documentation/git for git access instructions.

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux linux-iyyy 2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1 SMP 2008-06-07 01:55:22 +0200 i686
Build Date: 07 June 2008 12:37:27AM

Before reporting problems, check [X.Org Wiki - Home](http://wiki.x.org)
to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present
Markers: (–) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Tue Nov 18 04:26:55 2008
(==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”
(WW) RADEONHD: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:5:0:1) found
(II) Module “i2c” already built-in
(II) Module “ddc” already built-in
(EE) RADEONHD(0): RandR: No valid modes. Disabling RandR support.
(EE) RADEONHD(0): Failed to detect a connected monitor
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
giving up.
xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

=+=+=+=+=+=

Here is my xorg.conf:

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2008-11-18T04:20:46+0600.

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 “dbe”
Load “type1”
Load “freetype”
Load “extmod”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “7”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
DisplaySize 408 255
HorizSync 30-83
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “BENQ FP92WA”
Option “DPMS”
Option “PreferredMode” “1440x900”
VendorName “BNQ”
VertRefresh 43-76
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “1440x900” 104.58 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 931
Modeline “1440x900” 85.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 925 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline “1152x864” 104.99 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 902
Modeline “1152x864” 96.77 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900
Modeline “1152x864” 89.56 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 897
Modeline “1152x864” 86.75 1152 1200 1232 1312 864 867 871 895 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline “1152x864” 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895
Modeline “1024x768” 83.00 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 803
Modeline “1024x768” 76.89 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
Modeline “1024x768” 70.50 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 796 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline “1024x768” 70.07 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 798
Modeline “1024x768” 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
Modeline “800x600” 50.32 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 627
Modeline “800x600” 45.93 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
Modeline “800x600” 44.75 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 622 +HSync -Vsync
Modeline “800x600” 42.33 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 623
Modeline “800x600” 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
Modeline “1440x900” 106 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 904 907 934 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1440x900” “1152x864” “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1440x900” “1152x864” “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1440x900” “1152x864” “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1440x900” “1152x864” “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “Radeon X1600”
BusID “5:0:0”
Driver “radeonhd”
Identifier “Device[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

Can anybody help me with this?
Before this I run Ubuntu 7.10 on this PC, everything worked well. I even managed to install a driver for my video card. And about 4 months ago I tried to install openSUSE 10.3 on my PC, and it worked too! But I wonder what’s going on now?

user · November 18, 2008, 3:41am

And here’s the Xorg.0.log:

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the “xorg” product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See X.Org Wiki - Development/Documentation/git for git access instructions.

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux linux-iyyy 2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1 SMP 2008-06-07 01:55:22 +0200 i686
Build Date: 07 June 2008 12:37:27AM

Before reporting problems, check [X.Org Wiki - Home](http://wiki.x.org)
to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present
Markers: (–) probed, () from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Tue Nov 18 12:56:07 2008
(==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”
(==) ServerLayout “Layout[all]”
() |–>Screen “Screen[0]” (0)
() | |–>Monitor “Monitor[0]”
() | |–>Device “Device[0]”
() |–>Input Device “Keyboard[0]”
() |–>Input Device “Mouse[1]”
() Option “ZapWarning” “on”
() Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
(**) Option “Xinerama” “off”
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(II) Module extmod: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Module radeonhd: vendor=“AMD GPG”
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: “kbd”
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: “mouse”
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor=“X.Org Foundation”

compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0

(II) RADEONHD: X driver for the following AMD GPG (ATI) graphics devices:
RV505 : Radeon X1550, X1550 64bit.
RV515 : Radeon X1300, X1550, X1600; FireGL V3300, V3350.
RV516 : Radeon X1300, X1550, X1550 64-bit, X1600; FireMV 2250.
R520 : Radeon X1800; FireGL V5300, V7200, V7300, V7350.
RV530 : Radeon X1300 XT, X1600, X1600 Pro, X1650; FireGL V3400, V5200.
RV535 : Radeon X1300, X1650.
RV550 : Radeon X2300 HD.
RV560 : Radeon X1650.
RV570 : Radeon X1950, X1950 GT; FireGL V7400.
R580 : Radeon X1900, X1950; AMD Stream Processor.
R600 : Radeon HD 2900 GT/Pro/XT; FireGL V7600/V8600/V8650.
RV610 : Radeon HD 2350, HD 2400 Pro/XT, HD 2400 Pro AGP; FireGL V4000.
RV620 : Radeon HD 3450, HD 3470.
RV630 : Radeon HD 2600 LE/Pro/XT, HD 2600 Pro/XT AGP; Gemini RV630;
FireGL V3600/V5600.
RV635 : Radeon HD 3650, HD 3670.
RV670 : Radeon HD 3690, 3850, HD 3870, FireGL V7700, FireStream 9170.
R680 : Radeon HD 3870 X2.
M52 : Mobility Radeon X1300.
M54 : Mobility Radeon X1400; M54-GL.
M56 : Mobility Radeon X1600; Mobility FireGL V5200.
M58 : Mobility Radeon X1800, X1800 XT; Mobility FireGL V7100, V7200.
M62 : Mobility Radeon X1350.
M64 : Mobility Radeon X1450, X2300.
M66 : Mobility Radeon X1700, X1700 XT; FireGL V5250.
M68 : Mobility Radeon X1900.
M71 : Mobility Radeon HD 2300.
M72 : Mobility Radeon HD 2400; Radeon E2400.
M74 : Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT.
M76 : Mobility Radeon HD 2600;
(Gemini ATI) Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT.
M82 : Mobility Radeon HD 3400.
RS600 : Radeon Xpress 1200, Xpress 1250.
RS690 : Radeon X1200, X1250, X1270.

(II) RADEONHD: version 1.2.1, built from dist of git branch master, commit 566ba690

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 05:00:0
(WW) RADEONHD: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:5:0:1) found
(–) Chipset RV530 found
() RADEONHD(0): Depth 24, (–) framebuffer bpp 32
() RADEONHD(0): Selected XAA 2D acceleration.
(II) RADEONHD(0): Unknown card detected: 0x71C2:0x0000:0x0000.
If - and only if - your card does not work or does not work optimally
please contact radeonhd@opensuse.org to help rectify this.
Use the subject: 0x71C2:0x0000:0x0000: <name of board>
and please describe the problems you are seeing
in your message.
(–) RADEONHD(0): Detected an RV530 on an unidentified card
(II) RADEONHD(0): Mapped IO at 0xb7bb8000 (size 0x00010000)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Getting BIOS copy from legacy VBIOS location
(II) RADEONHD(0): ATOM BIOS Rom:
SubsystemVendorID: 0x0000 SubsystemID: 0x0000
IOBaseAddress: 0x9c00
Filename: X16P5057.77P
BIOS Bootup Message:
RADEON X1600 SERIES

(II) RADEONHD(0): Analog TV Default Mode: 8
(II) RADEONHD(0): Found default TV Mode PAL
(–) RADEONHD(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kByte
(II) RADEONHD(0): Framebuffer space used by Firmware (kb): 20
(II) RADEONHD(0): Start of VRAM area used by Firmware: 0x7ffb000
(II) RADEONHD(0): AtomBIOS requests 20kB of VRAM scratch space
(II) RADEONHD(0): AtomBIOS VRAM scratch base: 0x7ffb000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Default Engine Clock: 575000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Default Memory Clock: 500000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Maximum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Output: 1100000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Minimum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Output: 0
(II) RADEONHD(0): Maximum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Input: 13500
(II) RADEONHD(0): Minimum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Input: 1000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Maximum Pixel Clock: 400000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Reference Clock: 27000
(II) Loading sub module “i2c”
(II) LoadModule: “i2c”(II) Module “i2c” already built-in
(II) RADEONHD(0): Default Engine Clock: 575000
(II) RADEONHD(0): I2C bus “RHD I2C line 0” initialized.
(II) RADEONHD(0): I2C bus “RHD I2C line 1” initialized.
(II) RADEONHD(0): I2C bus “RHD I2C line 2” initialized.
(II) Loading sub module “ddc”
(II) LoadModule: “ddc”(II) Module “ddc” already built-in
(II) RADEONHD(0): Detected VGA mode.
(II) RADEONHD(0): PCI FB Address (BAR) is at 0x00000000 while card Internal Address is 0xD0000000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Mapped FB at (nil) (size 0x00000000)
(II) RADEONHD(0): Minimum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Output: 0
(II) RADEONHD(0): Maximum Pixel ClockPLL Frequency Output: 1100000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Maximum Pixel Clock: 400000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Reference Clock: 27000
(II) RADEONHD(0): Connector[0] {RHD_CONNECTOR_DVI, “DVI-I CRT1 DFP1”, RHD_DDC_0, RHD_HPD_0, { RHD_OUTPUT_DACA, RHD_OUTPUT_TMDSA } }
(II) RADEONHD(0): Connector[1] {RHD_CONNECTOR_TV, “SVIDEO TV1”, RHD_DDC_NONE, RHD_HPD_NONE, { RHD_OUTPUT_DACB, RHD_OUTPUT_NONE } }
(II) RADEONHD(0): Connector[2] {RHD_CONNECTOR_DVI, “DVI-I CRT2 DFP3”, RHD_DDC_1, RHD_HPD_1, { RHD_OUTPUT_DACB, RHD_OUTPUT_LVTMA } }
(–) RADEONHD(0): Attaching Output DAC A to Connector DVI-I 1
(–) RADEONHD(0): Attaching Output TMDS A to Connector DVI-I 1
(–) RADEONHD(0): Attaching Output DAC B to Connector TV SVIDEO
(–) RADEONHD(0): Attaching Output DAC B to Connector DVI-I 2
(–) RADEONHD(0): Attaching Output TMDS B to Connector DVI-I 2
(II) RADEONHD(0): RandR: Adding RRoutput DVI-I_1/analog for Output DAC A
(II) RADEONHD(0): RandR: Adding RRoutput DVI-I_1/digital for Output TMDS A
(II) RADEONHD(0): RandR: Adding RRoutput TV_SVIDEO for Output DAC B
(II) RADEONHD(0): RandR: Adding RRoutput DVI-I_2/analog for Output DAC B
(II) RADEONHD(0): RandR: Adding RRoutput DVI-I_2/digital for Output TMDS B
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/analog using monitor section Monitor[0]
(**) RADEONHD(0): Option “PreferredMode” “1440x900”
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/digital has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output TV_SVIDEO has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_2/analog has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_2/digital has no monitor section
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/analog disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_1/digital disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output TV_SVIDEO disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_2/analog disconnected
(II) RADEONHD(0): Output DVI-I_2/digital disconnected
(EE) RADEONHD(0): RandR: No valid modes. Disabling RandR support.
(EE) RADEONHD(0): Failed to detect a connected monitor
(II) RADEONHD(0): Destroying DAC A
(II) RADEONHD(0): Destroying TMDS A
(II) RADEONHD(0): Destroying DAC B
(II) RADEONHD(0): Destroying TMDS B
(II) RADEONHD(0): I2C bus “RHD I2C line 0” removed.
(II) RADEONHD(0): I2C bus “RHD I2C line 1” removed.
(II) RADEONHD(0): I2C bus “RHD I2C line 2” removed.
(II) UnloadModule: “radeonhd”
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

also note that I cut out some text because the message that long would not be added

Caracalla · December 2, 2008, 6:17pm

I have the same problem with 11.1 RC1 and my ATI 1550X card. (11.0 live discs had the same problem) See this post for a possible solution

user · February 4, 2009, 2:29pm

我也一样啊搞了2天都没搞好

i have the same problem

suse 11.1

ati hd3650

user · February 4, 2009, 2:30pm

我的错误信息

my errons message

GNU gdb (GDB; openSUSE 11.1) 6.8.50.20081120-cvs
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying”
and “show warranty” for details.
This GDB was configured as “i586-suse-linux”.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://bugs.opensuse.org/>.
(gdb) Reading symbols from /usr/bin/Xorg…(no debugging symbols found)…done.
(gdb) (gdb) Signal Stop Print Pass to program Description
SIGUSR1 No Yes Yes User defined signal 1
(gdb) Starting program: /usr/bin/Xorg
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)

X.Org X Server 1.5.2
Release Date: 10 October 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux linux-sl8y 2.6.27.7-9-pae #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686
Build Date: 03 December 2008 09:21:06AM

Before reporting problems, check [X.Org Wiki - Home](http://wiki.x.org)
to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present
Markers: (–) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Wed Feb 4 20:57:00 2009
(==) Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(EE) RADEONHD(0): RandR: No valid modes. Disabling RandR support.
(EE) RADEONHD(0): Failed to detect a connected monitor
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Program exited with code 01.
(gdb) You can’t do that without a process to debug.
(gdb) No stack.
(gdb) The program is not being run.
(gdb)

xrules · July 15, 2009, 12:45pm

Same problem here … what I tried was using a configuration from safe mode and then installing the driver from ati website… and compile from the source (you will need kernel headers for that)and then my system is working fine… I have saved my xorg.conf at 10 places for the same reason that sax2 always fail with the same error… ‘screens found but none usable’.

maybe it helps you gguys too… but I wish opensuse installation worked out of the box here too…

mistergoodbytes · August 14, 2009, 2:02am

I get the same errors. Linux starts, X will not, with the same ‘no usable configuration’ message. But let me ask a preliminary question: do I care? I don;t know a lot about video formats, but from what I did read, the DVI cable seemed worth the attempt since both my Radeon card and LCD have the ports. But am I actually going to get anything out of this worth the time spent trying to get this working? Is video likely to be notably better than with the VGA cable or am I wasting my time?

baskitcaise · August 14, 2009, 12:19pm

mistergoodbytes adjusted his/her AFDB on Friday 14 Aug 2009 01:06 to write:

>
> I get the same errors. Linux starts, X will not, with the same ‘no
> usable configuration’ message. But let me ask a preliminary question:
> do I care? I don;t know a lot about video formats, but from what I did
> read, the DVI cable seemed worth the attempt since both my Radeon card
> and LCD have the ports. But am I actually going to get anything out of
> this worth the time spent trying to get this working? Is video likely
> to be notably better than with the VGA cable or am I wasting my time?
>
>

Not sure if I have read the posts right but if you are installing the
drivers from the ATI site and not from the repos or the oneclick then

Do NOT use sax2 to configure, it is stated in the driver install
instructions not to do this as it will not work.

All you do is in stall as root from runlevel 3 by running the file you
d/load.

then run the:

aticonfig --initial

command, that is presuming your /etc/X11/xorg.conf is a standard one. If not
then you will need to run ( preferable before installing but will work
afterwards )

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa

This will configure a standard xorg using the vesa driver, do not change any
settings during sax just save the config, then run the aticonfig --initial
command.

After that go to runlevel 5 ( by issuing init 5 ) and when back in KDE/Gnome
use the command amdcccle in a console to get the Catalyst driver config GUI
to configure your resolutions and all the other stuff.

Any probs just holler.

Once again:

Do not run sax2 to configure the ATI`s if you get the drivers from the ATI
site.

One other thing to note, if there is an updated kernel you will need to re-
install the drivers again ( same with newer drivers ) but you do not have to
run the aticonfig --initial command again

HTH

Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum

mistergoodbytes · August 14, 2009, 3:10pm

You rock! That brought the DVI right online in X

baskitcaise · August 14, 2009, 10:44pm

mistergoodbytes adjusted his/her AFDB on Friday 14 Aug 2009 14:16 to write:

>
> You rock! That brought the DVI right online in X
>
>

Hey, no probs

Glad you got it working.

Just remember that if you do an update and the kernel gets updated then you
will reboot to a broken X system and you will not get any GUI so you just
need to drop to runlevel 3 and run the installer again, no need to do
anything else and then init 5.

Same goes with other stuff that have their own kernel modules like virtual
box… etc…

And that goes for updated drivers and others like virtualbox.

HTH

Enjoy.

Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum

mistergoodbytes · August 30, 2009, 9:02pm

OK, having played with this for a bit, I do have another question. With the VGA cable, I could watch full screen cable/VCR and it was fine. Now, with the DVI cable, if I keep the TV window tiny it’s okay, but if I blow it up to full screen the image gets choppy. I suspect this IS adjustable because DVI is supposed to deliver faster signal that VGA, or is that wrong? Any adjustment suggestions? (Again, sorry, I’m not well versed in video tech, so I might be missing an obvious tweak.)

Thanks!