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| ==General Status==
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| * Supported since [[Catalyst 7.11]], which adds support for kernel 2.6.23.
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| ==Installation Option #1 Freshrpms.net repository==
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| rpm -ihv http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/8/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm
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| yum install -y ati-x11-drv
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| and restart your system.
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| ==Installation Option #2 Livna repository==
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| rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
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| * [http://www.fedorafaq.org/#radeon These instructions] on the Unoffical Fedora FAQ work. (In order not to duplicate the the instructions, we provide the link rather than the instructions themselves).
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| ==Installation Option #3 via ATI Installer==
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| You can get the latest ATI-Driver here:
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| [http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html|ATI Linux Driver]
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| The above bugzilla contains a patch to the firegl module source code. Here is an annotated walk-through for those not familiar with using the patch utility:
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| * Install the driver interactively
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| sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run
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| * Backup the existing module, download the patch
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| cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
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| cp firegl_public.c firegl_public.c.orig
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| wget -qO- http://ati.cchtml.com/attachment.cgi?id=466 > firegl.patch
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| * Apply the patch
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| patch -p0 < firegl.patch
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| * Now build and install the kernel module
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| ./make.sh
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| cd .. ; ./make_install.sh
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| * Create an initial X Server configuration file
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| aticonfig --initial
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| * Restart your X Server (by logging out/in or rebooting)
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| ==Issues==
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| * AMD/ATI Catalist Control Center (amdcccle) fails to start, see [http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672 this bugzilla entry].
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| FYI: this patch (and others like it) is incomplete. It fails miserably with the drm module loaded. It will not work without drm either, and what would be the point?
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| As seen by dmesg:
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| [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
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| [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 1898 MBytes.
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| [fglrx] ASYNCIO init succeed!
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| [fglrx:KCL_enable_pat] *ERROR* Pat entry 2 is already configured
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| [fglrx] PAT is disabled!
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| [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_stub_register failed
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| The livna rpm incurs the same failure. Stick with F7 and kernel 2.6.22, or use the radeon driver instead.
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| Updated by yangyud:<br>
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| You need to remove the loaded "drm" module from kernel before install the fglrx module.<br>
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| '''rmmod radeon; rmmod drm''' <br>
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| ==See Also==
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| * [[Frequently Asked Questions#Why does fglrx not work for my bleeding-edge kernel?]]
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| [[Category:Installation Documentation]]
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| Ok, the problem is gdm. I can `startx`, but gdm fails to load with fglrx, and there is no indication in any log as to why.
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| This continues with new 7.11 Catalyst driver.
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| Because of this, the problem is NOT with the driver, rather it is the default GDM time value of 10-seconds. To remedy:
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| vi /etc/gdm/custom.conf
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| [daemon]
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| GdmXserverTimeout=60
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| This allows enough time for X to startup before gdm considers it dead and aborts the X startup process.
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