New User: Can't get ATI drivers working using guide [SOLVED]

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JRL.Crist · Post by **JRL.Crist** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:55 pm

I've done some research through the forums and using the guide on the website concerning setting up the ATI drivers, but it doesn't seem to be working. I took it upon myself to look around xorg.conf to see if I can see anything inherently wrong and I can't find anything that stands out.

Essentially what I'm trying to do is set a widescreen resolution of 1440x900. The default xorg.conf works but won't touch 1440x900. I'll post it below:

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
                Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
                Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
                Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
                Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
                Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Now, below I'll post the config file generated by aticonfig. Again, I can't find anything wrong with it at first glance, but maybe I'm missing something.

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"

        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Whenever I try to run this, it produces this error:

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Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

The order in which I did things was, first I emerged xorg and tested it, then attempted to set the widescreen resolution I'm looking for (1440x900). After an unsuccessful attempt, I emerged ati-drivers, ran eselect opengl set ati, then ran aticonfig. After looking over everything and comparing the two configs, I can't seem to figure this out. I'm sure someone here has had this happen to them before.

Any help would be appreciated

John

EDIT: If it's at all pertanant, I have a Radeon HD 2600XT using PCI-Express

pussi · Post by **pussi** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:18 pm

you should post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file

fbcyborg · Post by **fbcyborg** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:19 pm

Hi JRL.Crist!

JRL.Crist wrote: The order in which I did things was, first I emerged xorg and tested it, then attempted to set the widescreen resolution I'm looking for (1440x900). After an unsuccessful attempt, I emerged ati-drivers, ran eselect opengl set ati, then ran aticonfig. After looking over everything and comparing the two configs, I can't seem to figure this out. I'm sure someone here has had this happen to them before.

Yes!!! For sure! I had a lot of trouble with an ATI card too. It is very unhappy to have an ATI video card if you're a Linux user. At the end I bought a new nVidia card, that is definitely better. Its price was about 50$ dollars or less (66€ in Italy - I guess you may find it at a lower price) and the model is GeForce 7300 GT, so I suggest you to buy a new one and to sell the old one on eBay!!!

Anyway, as far as I am concerned, when I had an ATI card I didn't use ati-drivers. I emerged the x11-base/xorg-x11 package, setting my VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" in my make.conf (if I remember correctly). No way to get it working using Direct rendering even though I emerged ati-drivers. That was another reason why I trashed my old ati card. With nVidia you won't never have problems! I hope this helps you.

Bye!

JRL.Crist · Post by **JRL.Crist** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:29 pm

Here's the log file:

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X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux cadbox 2.6.23-gentoo-r3LegacySRC #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 3 03:00:21 MST 2007 x86_64
Build Date: 03 December 2007
	Before reporting problems, check 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: Mon Dec  3 15:27:20 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
(**) |   |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x7bf7a0
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
	X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
	X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,0369 card 1458,5001 rev a1 class 05,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10de,0360 card 1458,0c11 rev a2 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 10de,0368 card 1458,0c11 rev a2 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:2: chip 10de,036a card 1458,0c11 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10de,036c card 1458,5004 rev a1 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 10de,036d card 1458,5004 rev a2 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,036e card 1458,5002 rev a1 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 10de,037f card 1458,b002 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:05:1: chip 10de,037f card 1458,b002 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:05:2: chip 10de,037f card 1458,b002 rev a2 class 01,01,85 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10de,0370 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,01 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 10de,0373 card 1458,e000 rev a2 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 10de,0377 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:07:0: chip 1102,0007 card 1102,100a rev 00 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:0a:0: chip 104c,8024 card 1458,1000 rev 00 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 1002,9588 card 1002,2542 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:00:1: chip 1002,aa08 card 1002,aa08 rev 00 class 04,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:6:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0a00 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00008000 - 0x00008fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xfa000000 - 0xfa0fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:15:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x00009fff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xf8000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:24:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(2:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc unknown chipset (0x9588) rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/28, 0xf9000000/16, I/O @ 0x9000/8
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
	[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x100000000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xf9010000 - 0xf9013fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xfa000000 - 0xfa003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xfa004000 - 0xfa0047ff (0x800) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xfa105000 - 0xfa10500f (0x10) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfa104000 - 0xfa1040ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfa103000 - 0xfa103fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfa101000 - 0xfa101fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xfa100000 - 0xfa100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xfa107000 - 0xfa107fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0xfa106000 - 0xfa1060ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0xfa102000 - 0xfa102fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0xf9000000 - 0xf900ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x00008000 - 0x0000801f (0x20) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000c003 (0x4) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000b000 - 0x0000b00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x0000a800 - 0x0000a807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x0000a400 - 0x0000a403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x0000a000 - 0x0000a007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x00001c80 - 0x00001cbf (0x40) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[33] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0	0xf9010000 - 0xf9013fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xfa000000 - 0xfa003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xfa004000 - 0xfa0047ff (0x800) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xfa105000 - 0xfa10500f (0x10) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xfa104000 - 0xfa1040ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfa103000 - 0xfa103fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfa101000 - 0xfa101fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xfa100000 - 0xfa100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xfa107000 - 0xfa107fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0xfa106000 - 0xfa1060ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0xfa102000 - 0xfa102fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0xf9000000 - 0xf900ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[13] -1	0	0x00008000 - 0x0000801f (0x20) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000c003 (0x4) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000b000 - 0x0000b00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x0000a800 - 0x0000a807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x0000a400 - 0x0000a403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x0000a000 - 0x0000a007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x00001c80 - 0x00001cbf (0x40) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[33] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xf9010000 - 0xf9013fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xfa000000 - 0xfa003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xfa004000 - 0xfa0047ff (0x800) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xfa105000 - 0xfa10500f (0x10) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xfa104000 - 0xfa1040ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0xfa103000 - 0xfa103fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0xfa101000 - 0xfa101fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0xfa100000 - 0xfa100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0xfa107000 - 0xfa107fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0xfa106000 - 0xfa1060ff (0x100) MX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0xfa102000 - 0xfa102fff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0xf9000000 - 0xf900ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[16] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
	[17] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x00008000 - 0x0000801f (0x20) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000d800 - 0x0000d80f (0x10) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000d007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x0000cc00 - 0x0000cc03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x0000c400 - 0x0000c40f (0x10) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000c003 (0x4) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x0000b800 - 0x0000b803 (0x4) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x0000b400 - 0x0000b407 (0x8) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x0000b000 - 0x0000b00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac03 (0x4) IX[B]
	[33] -1	0	0x0000a800 - 0x0000a807 (0x8) IX[B]
	[34] -1	0	0x0000a400 - 0x0000a403 (0x4) IX[B]
	[35] -1	0	0x0000a000 - 0x0000a007 (0x8) IX[B]
	[36] -1	0	0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
	[37] -1	0	0x00001c80 - 0x00001cbf (0x40) IX[B]
	[38] -1	0	0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
	[39] -1	0	0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "xtrap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions//libxtrap.so
(II) Module xtrap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DEC-XTRAP
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.13.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/fonts//libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
	compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.40.4
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.2.2
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 02:00:0
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.40.4
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.402                    
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Jul 31 2007 22:20:56
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

LAj · Post by **LAj** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:42 pm

check fglrx module with:
lsmod | grep fglrx

JRL.Crist · Post by **JRL.Crist** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:46 pm

It says it's there:

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john@cadbox ~ $ lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx                 818692  0

fbcyborg · Post by **fbcyborg** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:43 am

You can also check if your chipset is yet supported using the following line:

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grep -E '^[[:space:]].*(RADEON|FireGL) ' < /var/log/Xorg.0.log | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]//' -e 's/, /\n/g' -e 's/,$//' | sort

andretti · Post by **andretti** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:49 am

I don't know much but I guess you may want to try

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

in Device section.

JRL.Crist · Post by **JRL.Crist** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:18 pm

Well, the thing of it is, it works on PCI:2:0:0 :-\

Here's something that I just noticed.

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Section "Device" 

        ### Available Driver options are:- 
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", 
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" 
        ### [arg]: arg optional 
        #Option     "ShadowFB"              # [<bool>] 
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"        # [<bool>] 
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"    # [<bool>] 
   Identifier  "Card0" 
   Driver      "vesa" 
   VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc" 
   BoardName   "Unknown Board" 
   BusID       "PCI:2:0:0" 
EndSection 

Section "Device" 
   Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]" 
   Driver      "fglrx" 
EndSection

In the first device, it identifies a BusID, where the second one doesn't. I assume the whole VendorName and BoardName are irrelevant. Maybe it's confused because it doesn't know where to pipe video to and that is why it's taking a dump? I'll have to try modifying it and seeing if it works. If all else fails I'll re-emerge x with the radeon USE flag for now, since apparently that works, but just doesn't accelerate.

LAj · Post by **LAj** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:23 pm

ONly the device section that is linked in the Screen Section( that is linked in the ServerLayout, that must be one) is used as your configuration.
So, add BusID to the fglrx Device
...and try again with ati-drivers, radeon can wait

JRL.Crist · Post by **JRL.Crist** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:56 pm

Okay, I think I'm on to something. I tried to add the BusID and that didn't help anything. I compared the two log files, one from the ATI configuration and one with a stock configuration, and it appears to me that the driver can't find card? I don't know how to explain it, but it's like trying to install a driver for a card that is totally different from the driver you're installing. Does that make sense? Is that even possible?

JRL.Crist · Post by **JRL.Crist** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:39 am

I believe I've discovered what was going on. If anyone else has a Radeon HD series card, please confirm that you've had this issue and that, if you weren't able to resolve it, if this resolved the issue. If you were able to resolve it, let us know

I was doing some more research based on the idea that fglrx wasn't finding my card because it wasn't the proper driver for the card. I did a search and found this post here:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-60 ... reens.html

Basically, I unmasked and emerged xf86-video-radeonhd and set the driver to radeonhd. Runs like a champ now at 1440x900! I haven't tested 3D acceleration, but considering the man page said it's not supported yet, I'm sure it's correct and it isn't supported although I've read through google searching some have managed to get 3D acceleration out of it *shrugs*

bobber205 · Post by **bobber205** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:16 pm

So you can run nvidia drivers while using an ATI card?

bigbangnet · Post by **bigbangnet** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:08 pm

bobber205 wrote:So you can run nvidia drivers while using an ATI card?

from what he said, he has a Radeon HD series card.

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