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Frequently Asked Questions

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==Installation==
===How do I know fglrx is installed correctly?===
There are several ways to check if fglrx is loaded and running.
 1. Check your X.org or XFree86 log. You should see "DRI Initialization Successful."
# less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
or
# less /var/log/XFree86.0.log
2. Check glxinfo. You should see "direct" and not "indirect."
# glxinfo | grep direct
3. Check your kernel log. You should see fglrx messages near the bottom.
# dmesg
4. Check your modules. You should see fglrx loaded.
# lsmod | grep fglrx
*NOTE: [[Glxgears is not a Benchmark|glxgears]] is not a definite way of checking the installation of fglrx.

=== Is the rebooting really necessary? ===

No.

However, rebooting is the easiest method to ensure that the kernel module(s) from the old driver are unloaded and the fglrx module is loaded instead. If you don't want to reboot for some reason, you may manually shut down Xorg, unload any old "drm", "radeon" or "fglrx" modules and then start Xorg again.

==Kernel==
===Why does fglrx not work for my bleeding-edge kernel?===
The development process of the fglrx driver and the Linux kernel are not on the same level. The fglrx driver requires some special interactions with the kernel memory API and these tend to change between kernel versions.

There is also an 11-12 week cycle required to develop, validate and test each release of an ATI driver <ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=735&num=1</ref>. ATI will only look to support the latest kernel that is officially out (no -rc or -git releases are supported) at the time they release a driver. Example: fglrx version A comes out Monday, but kernel version B comes out Tuesday. Kernel version B is not supported by fglrx version A. (but might be able to work anyway by doing a 'modprobe -f fglrx' in a shell)

The binary part of ATI's kernel module has no explicit dependency on the Linux kernel. There are a set of source files that provide the glue to the kernel. This is where the dependency to different kernels exist. As a result, user contributed patches for newer kernels can often be found by searching [http://ati.cchtml.com Bugzilla].

==X Configuration==
===Composite Extension===
If you've enabled transparency, and you've added the Composite extension to the xorg.conf file, the ATI driver will disable DRI.

The only way to use 3D and the ATI OpenGL drivers is commenting the Option "Composite" "Enable" line.

It may be necessary to put the following lines into xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

==Troubleshooting==
* See [[Troubleshooting]] page.

==See Also==
*[http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html Official ATI Linux Driver FAQ]

==References==
<references/>

Suspend2

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==Suspend2 with fglrx 8.19 and above==

Suspend2 version 2.2-rc11 and the ati driver version 8.19.10 is the first combination which is supposed to work without any support tool like vbetool. Suspend2 is the next generation of software suspension tool that has more advanced configuration options and scripting possibilities which makes it more usable for hardwares that need workaround and work not with Suspend's original version. Note that Suspend2 version 2.2-rc13 is the last one that works when fglrx is hardware accelerated, rc14 and 15 does not resume correctly with DRI enabled. 8.19.10 fglrx works best with rc13.

Suspend1 is included in vanilla kernel, but Suspend2 is a patchset for specific kernel versions, and a package of hibernation script and scriplets (that do the suspend and resume process along with the kernel). You need to go to [http://www.suspend2.net suspend2.net] to download the patchset and patch the related kernel source, compile it and the fglrx kernel driver. Go there for more info about the suspend2 installing. If you want to use rc11 you will need kernel 2.6.14. Former versions of Suspend2 are not using well the new fglrx driver 8.19.10, so it is advisable to use suspend2 2.2-rc11. Older versions are said to be working with older versions of ati driver but it's likely you will need a working vbetool to use them.

The recent versions were tested by a bunch of users and reported to be fully usable. [http://rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33834557 rage3d forum thread]. It hibernates and resumes fglrx very well. You should have a perfectly restored X screen when you resume your machine. Hunt for bugs and flaws is still running and any discoveries should be described on this page and the [http://ati.cchtml.com/ bugzilla].

The new '''suspend2 2.2-rc13''' has many new fixes (though filewriter still needs caution, but swapwriter works fine), and if you want to use it with ati-driver, please be aware that you might need to add the following line to your hibernate.conf (or /etc/hibernate/common.conf) to make it work:

ProcSetting extra_pages_allowance 5000 # 5000 may not be enough... read below!

Anyway, if you're using XGL you maybe whould have to increase this value, becouse it simply indicate how much space should use Suspend2 to save Video Memory, and XGL uses lots more than standard X. If when you're hibernating Suspend2 freezes on "Doing atomic copy", this could be the cause.
Reading [http://lists.suspend2.net/lurker/message/20060626.101725.740570ff.en.html Suspend2 mailing list], I suggest to use a value close to (your memory size)/4 with also some padding... So if you've 64Mb of Vram set extra_pages_allowance to 20000, if you've 128Mb of Vram set extra_pages_allowance to 40000 and so on...
By the way, you could set a better value looking the suspend2 debug infos with

cat /sys/power/suspend2/debug_info | grep "Extra pages"

In my case the output is "Extra pages : 7552 used/20000", but the value changes a lot durning your session; I've noticed that after 22 suspensions my record has been 8695. So maybe 10000 or 9000 are good values for a 64mb card loading XGL.

==Suspend2 experience==

====Bugs:====

* Abit NF7, Radeon 9600XT, 1G RAM, gentoo linux (kernel 2.6.14-suspend2-r1 with suspend 2.2-rc11), fglrx 8.19.10 - hangs if two instances of X are resumend and switching to another X.

(Resuming a freezed proxy service (ziproxy or tinyproxy) caused kernel locking. Be careful to stop them before suspending. -- 2.2-rc11)

* Abit NF7, Radeon 9600XT, 1G RAM, gentoo linux with suspend 2.2-rc14 and rc15, fglrx 8.20.8 - Cannot resume with HW acceleration, DRI. rc13 works fine!

* Gigabyte GA-7N400-L (Nforce2), Radeon 9600XT, 512 MB RAM, gentoo linux with suspend2 2.2.5/ 2.2.7, fglrx 8.25.18/ 8.26.18, kernel 2.6.16/ 2.6.17 - it hangs with screen off after resume

====Good working:====

* Abit NF7, Radeon 9600XT, 1G RAM, gentoo linux (kernel 2.6.14-suspend2-r1 with suspend 2.2-rc13/rc11), fglrx 8.20.8

* AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600 , nForce 2,
1Go RAM, Radeon 9200SE - FC4 suspend 2.2-rc11 (or latest 2.2-rc13) using FC4 kernel from http://mhensler.de/swsusp/
and livna ATI RPM!

* Radeon Mobility 9700 64Mb, Centrino 1.5Ghz using Ubuntu Dapper with fglrx 8.27.10, loading XGL Compiz. You need an higher value of ProcSetting extra_pages_allowance X (I'm using 20000).

- XV and 3D acceleration is still present after suspend! (XV is ok since fglrx-8.20.8)

Category:Installation Documentation

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Documentation to install the ATi Linux driver under the different distributions of GNU/Linux.

Talk:Fedora Core 5 Installation Guide

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Frequently Asked Questions

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==Installation==
===How do I know fglrx is installed correctly?===
There are several ways to check if fglrx is loaded and running.
 1. Check your X.org or XFree86 log. You should see "DRI Initialization Successful."
# less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
or
# less /var/log/XFree86.0.log
2. Check glxinfo. You should see "direct" and not "indirect."
# glxinfo | grep direct
3. Check your kernel log. You should see fglrx messages near the bottom.
# dmesg
4. Check your modules. You should see fglrx loaded.
# lsmod | grep fglrx
*NOTE: [[Glxgears is not a Benchmark|glxgears]] is not a definite way of checking the installation of fglrx.

=== Is the rebooting really necessary? ===

No.

However, rebooting is the easiest method to ensure that the kernel module(s) from the old driver are unloaded and the fglrx module is loaded instead. If you don't want to reboot for some reason, you may manually shut down Xorg, unload any old "drm", "radeon" or "fglrx" modules and then start Xorg again.

==Kernel==
===Why does fglrx not work for my bleeding-edge kernel?===
The development process of the fglrx driver and the Linux kernel are not on the same level. The fglrx driver requires some special interactions with the kernel memory API and these tend to change between kernel versions.

There is also an 11-12 week cycle required to develop, validate and test each release of an ATI driver <ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=735&num=1</ref>. ATI will only look to support the latest kernel that is officially out (no -rc or -git releases are supported) at the time they release a driver. Example: fglrx version A comes out Monday, but kernel version B comes out Tuesday. Kernel version B is not supported by fglrx version A. (but might be able to work anyway by doing a 'modprobe -f fglrx' in a shell)

The binary part of ATI's kernel module has no explicit dependency on the Linux kernel. There are a set of source files that provide the glue to the kernel. This is where the dependency to different kernels exist. As a result, user contributed patches for newer kernels can often be found by searching [http://ati.cchtml.com Bugzilla].

==X Configuration==
===Composite Extension===
If you've enabled transparency, and you've added the Composite extension to the xorg.conf file, the ATI driver will disable DRI.

The only way to use 3D and the ATI OpenGL drivers is commenting the Option "Composite" "Enable" line.

It may be necessary to put the following lines into xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

==Troubleshooting==
* See [[Troubleshooting]] page.

==See Also==
*[http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html Official ATI Linux Driver FAQ]

==References==
<references/>

Fedora Core 5 Installation Guide

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*Note: You must have your "kernel-devel-[version]" RPM package installed prior to fglrx installation.
*Note: The administrator of this wiki uses FC5 on a Radeon 9700 with the latest driver without any issues using the Official ATI Binary Installer.
RedHat's developers [http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-February/msg01178.html comments on 3rd party installers].

==livna.org package==
#Enable the livna repository
#Install the drivers and kernel module

<code>rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm</code>
<code>yum install kmod-fglrx</code>

Notes:
* For ease of installation and updating, the package name of the driver has been changed
* As of today (2006-04-08) livna is still working out install bugs ( [http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842 Bugtracker] ) in the X86_64 package. It apperas they have fixed the problem, but have not yet finished testing. Some people report mixed success compiling from the source RPMS. YMMV.
* As of today (2006-06-14) tried several times to install the driver for ATI RADEON X700. It installed but not working. Still stuck at vesa. Those who are trying this method, be warned.

==Official ATI Binary installer==
===Pre-installation===
Update your kernel, kernel-devel, and xorg packages to the very latest before installation.
===Installation===
#Download the latest [[:Category:Releases|release]].
#su to root in init level 3 (No X server running)
# sh ati-driver-installer-[version].run
#Follow the prompts and it will install.

===Post-Installation===
#Run the <code>aticonfig --initial</code> command if you have not updated your X.org configuration file (xorg.conf).
#Change back to run level 5. <code> init 5</code>

==RPM installer==
No longer supported as Fedora Core 5 is shipping with X.org version 7.0.

[[Category:Installation Documentation]]

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Category:Releases

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ATI's typical release cycle is one month, give or take a few extra days. A release may include new features or only bug fixes. Support for a particular kernel version may or may not be included by the time a driver is released depending on when the release days occur.
 
 
To see a particular release, click on the link below.