[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#653936: Bug#653936: fglrx-glx: GLX not actually available after installation

[Michael Gilbert]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Carl Fink <carl at finknetwork.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 03:52:09PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
>
>> There are no messages about fglrx in your xorg.log, and lots of
>> messages about RADEON, which is the free driver.  You probably haven't
>> done "sudo aticonfig --initial"
>
> How would I know to do that? Why can't the script do that?

it's wrong for packages to clobber files from other packages.
xorg.conf is part of the xorg packages, so we can't do that.  the
installation scripts do inform the user of what they need to do, and
that's the best solution we can come up with right now.  fortunately,
(estimating) 99% of users do seem to notice this and do the right
thing.

> I ran that command and was informed:
> aticonfig: No supported adapters detected

perhaps your particular model is no longer supported.  you'll have to
track down ATI's release notes to see whether that is the case or not.
 if not, the free driver is your best bet.

> Checking the wiki, I ran "modprobe -r radeon". As a result my display now
> has the wrong aspect ratio (800x600 on a 1280x764 display).

you'll need a working fglrx before removing the radeon driver.

best wishes,
mike