fglrx 8.573 (9.1) DKMS fail with 2.6.24-23rt(x86_64) Kernel

Hi mfalcey,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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I have attached lspci -vvnn and the most recent Xorg.0.log./etc/X11/xorg.conf has not been customized at all by me. I have not been using this particular Hardy UbuntuStudio amd64 install lately since the rt kernel is not working with fglrx so this log is from the 2.6.23 generic kernel the day I installed the 9.1 driver.

 If you want anything else, please let me know.

Here is the Xorg.0.log from the rt kernel

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.600-0ubuntu2

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fglrx-installer (2:8.600-0ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Update fglrx-rt-compat.patch. Thanks Alessio Igor Bogani (LP: #328856)
  * Update location of fglrx-rt-compat.patch from debian/dkms/patches/patches
    to debian/dkms/patches

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:12:37 -0500

Thank you Mario and Alessio.

After the upgrade to 2:8.600-0ubuntu2 the system is not starting. The window manager flicks and after freezes. I've attached a video showing the boot.

Are you using the RT kernel? Can you start in recovery mode and try to
modprobe it there?

On 04/01/2009, Luiz Marcelo Serique <email address hidden> wrote:
> After the upgrade to 2:8.600-0ubuntu2 the system is not starting. The
> window manager flicks and after freezes. I've attached a video showing
> the boot.
>
> ** Attachment added: "Boot video"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24632056/01042009009%5B1%5D.3gp
>
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> fglrx 8.573 (9.1) DKMS fail with 2.6.24-23rt(x86_64) Kernel
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328856
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> wrote:
> Are you using the RT kernel? Can you start in recovery mode and try to
> modprobe it there?

Thanks for your help, at this point i really don't know if this is
related with this package because i have downgraded all the packages
related to xorg and fglrx and the issue continues. Because of time i
have done a intrepid fresh install and everything is ok, later i'll
try jaunty again, thank you.

>
> On 04/01/2009, Luiz Marcelo Serique <email address hidden> wrote:
>> After the upgrade to 2:8.600-0ubuntu2 the system is not starting. The
>> window manager flicks and after freezes. I've attached a video showing
>> the boot.
>>
>> ** Attachment added: "Boot video"
>>    http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24632056/01042009009%5B1%5D.3gp
>>
>> --
>> fglrx 8.573 (9.1) DKMS fail with 2.6.24-23rt(x86_64) Kernel
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328856
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to fglrx-
>> installer in ubuntu.
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>
> Mario Limonciello
> <email address hidden>
>
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> fglrx 8.573 (9.1) DKMS fail with 2.6.24-23rt(x86_64) Kernel
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328856
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I have new clues, after the fresh install of intrepid and update to jaunty everything was working ok but not the effects because the restricted drivers were not installed. So I decided to install the driver, because of a error ( i think becouse of http proxy ) i could not use jockey to download driver, so i installed the package xorg-driver-fglrx manually via aptitude, and after I enabled the driver in jockey, after the boot the same problem occurred, the same problem that is in the video i had upload before. But at this time i solved entering in recovery and performing a purge in the xorg-driver-fglrx package. Now everything but not effects are working.

Any ideas?

Ok, well I just tried to install the 9.4 from the ati site on my Hardy amd64 with the 2.6.24-23-rt kernel and got the same results as with 9.3 in original bug report. So, no progress at this end.

In fact this is worse. I could not enable big desktop for my two monitors booting in the 2.6.24-24 generic kernel. The selection is greyed out in CCC and the aticonfig command.

aticonfig --inital=dualhead --screen-layout=left
does nothing at all.
So, I uninstalled 9.4 using the script and reinstalled 9.3 and now bigdesktop configuration is also not available there anymore. It is like amdcccle or amdpcsb from 9.4 was is not removed. This is not good.

As always, if you need anything please let me know.

I am going to try this again with 9.4 and the rt kernel starting from VESA mode sometime in the next few days and will post the /usr/share/log file if that will help.

Fresh install of jaunty, the ATI drivers are not available within the proprietary drivers to activate. I tried to install manually the 9.4 driver, and I have the same behavior as Luiz Marcelo Serique, I could also film a video with the same content....
uname -r -> 2.6.28-11-generic
aticonfig --list-adapters -> aticonfig: No supported adapters detected
lspci |grep VGA -> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
I had no problems while using intrepid, so I tried to install driver ATI version 9.3, I still have configuration problems but at least aticonfig --list-adapters tells me the ATI chip has not vaporized.
I believe the problem is that the 9.3 driver does not see the right X.org version...
[atiddxSetup] X version mismatch - detected X.org 7.1.0.0, required X.org 7.4.-1.906.

If there is something else I can do to better identify the bug please let me know.

OK, I finally got around to trying again with the 9.4 driver fglrx-8.602 on my amd64 Hardy ubuntustudio.

Automatic installer gave me these messages in /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.602/source ->
                 /usr/src/fglrx-8.602

DKMS: add Completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
pushd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.602/build; sh make.sh --nohints; popd.....
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.602 with DKMS
[Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.602 from DKMS

Manual build got me this

(Reading database ... 313846 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xorg-driver-fglrx 2:8.602-0ubuntu1 (using
xorg-driver-fglrx_8.602-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xorg-driver-fglrx ...
Preparing to replace fglrx-kernel-source 2:8.602-0ubuntu1 (using
fglrx-kernel-source_8.602-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules

Error! There are no instances of module: fglrx
8.602 located in the DKMS tree.
Done.
Unpacking replacement fglrx-kernel-source ...
Preparing to replace fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.602-0ubuntu1 (using
fglrx-amdcccle_8.602-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fglrx-amdcccle ...
Setting up fglrx-kernel-source (2:8.602-0ubuntu1) ...
Adding Module to DKMS build system
Doing initial module build

Error! Patch fglrx-rt-compat.patch as specified in dkms.conf cannot be
found in /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.602/build/patches/.
Installing initial module

Error! Could not locate fglrx.ko for module fglrx in the DKMS tree.
You must run a dkms build for kernel 2.6.24-24-rt (x86_64) first.
Done.

Setting up xorg-driver-fglrx (2:8.602-0ubuntu1) ...

Setting up fglrx-amdcccle (2:8.602-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

What I discovered was that the patch is not put in /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.602/build/patches/ but in /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.602/build/patches/patches. This fglrx.ko thing is also a little troubling.

Good news!!!
Catalyst 9.6 installed and is now working with the 2.6.24 rt kernel on Hardy Heron 8.04.2 amd64 UbuntuStudio. The only problem I encountered was the need to disable randr to get my big desktop working.