Absolutely first time using SLED 11. Bought the $50 option and thought I’d give this a shot. The install went fine and all was well until I applied all patches. After a reboot, the display, which is 1080p and stems from an ATi gpu no longer worked as it did all through the install. Through the install everything was 1080p. After the patches, all I got was 1440, not 1920 x 1080p. Moving a window around is choppy now.
I felt that maybe it didn’t understand the ATi so I looked to uninstall it. Hoping to return to whatever might have been prior to the patches. Didn’t help one bit.
Any ideas would be great. Ready to chuck this and just call it a loss at this point.
I don’t have any personal experience of the ATI cards with SLED and the think the guy who does is offline for a few days so I’ll see if I can help.
You mention that you uninstalled the ATI driver. I advise re-installing it and if necessary setting resolution in YaST > Graphics Card and Monitor.
You can also try:
At the login screen press ctrl-alt-f1 to get a text login prompt.
Log in as root, then
$ init 3
$ sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
$ reboot
It may help if you can post the output of the following commands (wrapping it in CODE tags will make it much easier to read, look for the # button in the toolbar when composing)
$ cat /etc/SuSE-release
$ zypper lr -u
$ /sbin/lspci -nnk
The first one tells us which version of SLED you’re using, (hopefully 11 SP3), the second which software repositories you have set up and the third what hardware is in your machine and which kernel modules are being used for it.
I wanted to verify all that I had observed in my first message. So I started over completely from scratch and reinstalled. Indeed the install itself was in 1920x1080. The screen looked correct. However, I was wrong about a few things.
The monitor was not known even after the initial install and prior to the patches.
The patches have nothing to do with the situation at all.
This time I wanted to see if the monitor was indeed known and if so, would that change after I installed the patches. The monitor was not known. So I did the first reboot for no particular reason. No patches applied yet, just rebooted a 2nd time after the initial reboot after installation took place. So to be clear, I installed Suse the normal way by booting off the install media. I rebooted. That first reboot had showed the monitor unknown and at 0 Hz. I did not install any patches and rebooted again. Upon that reboot the monitor is still unknown, but now SUSE has it listed as 77 Hz and 1440.
I installed all the patches, roughly 104 I think. Upon reboot after that the monitor is still unknown.
I now open Control Center, and I see AMD Catalyst Control Center. If I try to run that control panel, I get this notice:
[quote]There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.
No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the AMD driver appropriate for you AMD hardware, or configure using aticonfig.[/quote]
aalexzan@studioxps:~> aticonfig
aticonfig: No supported adapters detected
su -c'lspci -nn | grep VGA'
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68c0]
I went to the software manager and did a search for ‘amd’ and come up with this… This is installed…
And if I search for ati and found this is installed…
So this time I have not uninstalled anything. It is as it was installed and not touched by me in any way. I thought I’d seek your advice before I do anything to alter this from the defaults I have been given after a generic install and installation of the patches. Here are the outputs from the previous exchange under the new installation:
$ cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 3
Hi
So you need to drop to runlevel 3, then you can either configure
radeonhd or fglrx;
su -
init 3
sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd
or
sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
Here you can select the monitor, would recommend the generic LCD at
the resolution you require, save and exit;
init 5 && exit
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[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;18975]Hi
So you need to drop to runlevel 3, then you can either configure
radeonhd or fglrx;
su -
init 3
sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd
or
sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
Here you can select the monitor, would recommend the generic LCD at
the resolution you require, save and exit;
init 5 && exit
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Thank you!!
When I did this:
sax2 -r -m 0=radeonhd
It got a lot of xserver errors and aborted.
So I executed this: sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
This apepars to have worked, though it wouldn’t let me just init 5. So I rebooted.
Upon reboot the display is indeed 1920x1080. So than kyou very very much for that!
Catalyst even works now.
There is one, perhaps minor issue. On the lower right-side of the display there is a AMD graphic overlay which says, “Unsupported Hardware” with the AMD logo on it. Any ideas there?
Hi
The infamous watermark… there is a patch/script available to get
that to remove, however I use the openSUSE fglrx method via script and
rpm install. The advantage of the script is it checks and rebuild the
module on a kernel update. Sometimes the ATI repository lags behind
after an update…
Scroll down to the section, “Building the rpm yourself” I always use su
and also create a directory for the driver work, so something like;
su -
mkdir AMD
cd AMD
Then continue with step two (2) etc…
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aalexzan@studioxps:~> su -
Password:
studioxps:~ # mkdir AMD
studioxps:~ # cd AMD
studioxps:~/AMD # wget http://www.sebastian-siebert.de/downloads/makerpm-amd-13.12.sh
--2014-02-01 11:28:06-- http://www.sebastian-siebert.de/downloads/makerpm-amd-13.12.sh
Resolving www.sebastian-siebert.de... 84.246.123.242
Connecting to www.sebastian-siebert.de|84.246.123.242|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 51022 (50K) [application/x-shellscript]
Saving to: `makerpm-amd-13.12.sh'
100%[=====================================>] 51,022 71.6K/s in 0.7s
2014-02-01 11:28:07 (71.6 KB/s) - `makerpm-amd-13.12.sh' saved [51022/51022]
studioxps:~/AMD # wget http://www.sebastian-siebert.de/downloads/makerpm-amd-13.12.sh.sha1
--2014-02-01 11:28:45-- http://www.sebastian-siebert.de/downloads/makerpm-amd-13.12.sh.sha1
Resolving www.sebastian-siebert.de... 84.246.123.242
Connecting to www.sebastian-siebert.de|84.246.123.242|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 63 [application/x-shellscript]
Saving to: `makerpm-amd-13.12.sh.sha1'
100%[=====================================>] 63 --.-K/s in 0s
2014-02-01 11:28:46 (13.0 MB/s) - `makerpm-amd-13.12.sh.sha1' saved [63/63]
studioxps:~/AMD # sha1sum -c makerpm-amd-13.12.sh.sha1
makerpm-amd-13.12.sh: OK
studioxps:~/AMD # chown root:root makerpm-amd-13.12.sh && chmod 744 makerpm-amd-13.12.sh
studioxps:~/AMD # ./makerpm-amd-13.12.sh -i
build and install
*******************************************************************
* *
* Script: makerpm-amd-13.12.sh *
* Version: 5.38 *
* Written by: Sebastian Siebert (mail@sebastian-siebert.de) *
* *
* Description: This script helps you to create a rpm package *
* from the proprietary AMD installer *
* *
* License: This script is under the *
* modified BSD License (2-clause license) *
* *
*******************************************************************
Check for running this script as root ... [ OK ]
Remove the unneeded old rebuild script ... [ OK ]
Get openSUSE Version ...
SUSE 11 [ OK ]
Check for existing AMD-Installer "amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip" in current directory ... [ MISSING ]
Download the AMD-Installer ...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 153M 100 153M 0 0 5472k 0 0:00:28 0:00:28 --:--:-- 6224k
[ OK ]
Compare SHA1 checksum of the AMD-Installer ... [ OK ]
Extracting the AMD driver installer zip "amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip" ...
Archive: amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
inflating: amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run
[ OK ]
Check for existing packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" in current directory ... [ MISSING ]
Download the packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" ...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 25624 100 25624 0 0 28562 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 36397
[ OK ]
Compare SHA1 checksum of the packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" ... [ OK ]
Set the correct permissions of AMD-Installer "amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run" ... [ OK ]
Check for supported graphics card on this machine ...
Creating directory /root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.NTOjx
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68c0]
Found supported graphics card by ASIC ID: 68c0 [ OK ]
Extracting the AMD packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" ...
/root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.NTOjx
[ OK ]
Build the RPM-Package ...
----- START: AMD INSTALLER -----
=====================================================================
AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver Installer/Packager
=====================================================================
Generating package: SuSE/SUSE-autodetection
Auto detection mode:
./packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh: line 518: lsb-release: command not found
./packages/SuSE/ati-packager.sh: line 519: lsb-release: command not found
Distribution:
Version:
Architecture: x86_64
Package name: SLE-AMD64
Requested package is not supported.
----- END: AMD INSTALLER -----
Error: RPM-Package was NOT built!
Ahh yes, forgot about that error… I did mention it on IRC, create a
temporary softlink (as root user);
ln -s /usr/bin/lsb_release /usr/bin/lsb-release
If lsb_release isn’t installed you will need to add it;
zypper in lsb_release
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studioxps:~/AMD # ./makerpm-amd-13.12.sh -i
build and install
*******************************************************************
* *
* Script: makerpm-amd-13.12.sh *
* Version: 5.38 *
* Written by: Sebastian Siebert (mail@sebastian-siebert.de) *
* *
* Description: This script helps you to create a rpm package *
* from the proprietary AMD installer *
* *
* License: This script is under the *
* modified BSD License (2-clause license) *
* *
*******************************************************************
Check for running this script as root ... [ OK ]
Remove the unneeded old rebuild script ... [ OK ]
Get openSUSE Version ...
SUSE 11 [ OK ]
Check for existing AMD-Installer "amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip" in current directory ... [ OK ]
Compare SHA1 checksum of the AMD-Installer ... [ OK ]
Extracting the AMD driver installer zip "amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip" ...
Archive: amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
inflating: amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run
[ OK ]
Check for existing packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" in current directory ... [ OK ]
Compare SHA1 checksum of the packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" ... [ OK ]
Set the correct permissions of AMD-Installer "amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run" ... [ OK ]
Check for supported graphics card on this machine ...
Creating directory /root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.yqFXY
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68c0]
Found supported graphics card by ASIC ID: 68c0 [ OK ]
Extracting the AMD packaging script tarball "amd-13.12-packaging-script.tar.bz2" ...
/root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.yqFXY
[ OK ]
Build the RPM-Package ...
----- START: AMD INSTALLER -----
=====================================================================
AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver Installer/Packager
=====================================================================
Generating package: SuSE/SUSE-autodetection
Auto detection mode:
Distribution: SUSE
Version: 11
Architecture: x86_64
Package name: SLE11-AMD64
Verbose mode: on [ OK ]
Verbose level: 1 [ OK ]
Release: 3 [ OK ]
Get information about the machine architecture and the version of SUSE and XOrg ...
Package name: SLE11-AMD64
Distribution: SLE11
Architecture: AMD64
XOrg version: xpic_64a [ OK ]
Assemble the package name for rpm build ...
Package name: fglrx64_xpic_SLE11 [ OK ]
Path to the distro packaging:
/root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.yqFXY/packages/SuSE [ OK ]
Path to the installer:
/root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.yqFXY [ OK ]
Temporary path to the output from the build:
/tmp/amd_pkg_build.out.PpcOIm [ OK ]
Temporary path to the build:
/tmp/amd_fglrx.CZqk2h [ OK ]
Temporary path to the spec file:
/tmp/amd_fglrx.spec.lju0iG [ OK ]
Get the architecture for the AMD arch path: x86_64 [ OK ]
Path to the spec file: /root/AMD/amd-13.12-tmp.yqFXY/packages/Su[ OK ]rx.spec
Create needed directory ... [ OK ]
Copy all needed files into temporary build path ... [ OK ]
Copy patch files to the temporary build path ... [ OK ]
Remove unneeded files in the temporary build path ... [ OK ]
Substitute variables in the temporary spec file ... [ OK ]
Build the RPM package now ... [ OK ]
Retrieve the absolute path to the built package ... [ OK ]
After-build diagnostics and processing ...
Package /root/AMD/fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64.rpm has been successfully generated
Install or update the RPM package as follows:
zypper install fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64.rpm
[ OK ]
Remove unneeded paths and files ... [ OK ]
Finished! [ OK ]
----- END: AMD INSTALLER -----
RPM-Package was built successfully! [ OK ]
Check for existing older fglrx package and decide for installation or update the package ... [ OK ]
Install the fglrx package now ...
Verbosity: 1
Entering non-interactive mode.
Non-option program arguments: 'fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64.rpm'
'fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64.rpm' looks like an RPM file. Will try to download it.
Initializing Target
Refreshing service 'nu_novell_com'.
Retrieving: repoindex.xml [done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP3
Retrieving: repomd.xml [done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for Plain RPM files cache
Checking whether to refresh metadata for nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP3
Retrieving: repomd.xml [done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for SLED11-SP3-Pool
Retrieving: repomd.xml [done]
Checking whether to refresh metadata for SLED11-SP3-Updates
Retrieving: repomd.xml [done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Force resolution: No
Adding requirement: 'fglrx64_xpic_SLE11 = 0:13.251-3'.
Resolving package dependencies...
Force resolution: No
Problem: fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64 obsoletes x11-video-fglrxG02 provided by x11-video-fglrxG02-8.970-4.58.x86_64
Solution 1: replacement of x11-video-fglrxG02-8.970-4.58.x86_64 with fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64
Solution 2: do not ask to install a solvable providing fglrx64_xpic_SLE11 = 0:13.251-3
Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): c
Error: zypper could not install the fglrx64_xpic_SLE11-13.251-3.x86_64.rpm package [ FAILURE ]
studioxps:~/AMD #
Hi
Solution 1, remove x11-video-fglrxG02, or just manually remove;
zypper rm x11-video-fglrxG02
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So where does go or what should one read to make one’s self better able to understand what just happened? You obviously would have solved all of this in 5 seconds had you been in front of the machine. Without help, I’d have had to move on. Anything I can read that will shed light on all of this?
Hi
What was installed was the ATI proprietary driver rather than the open source radeon driver, which in most use cases works fine. There is a wealth of information on the forum here and also the openSUSE forum which SLE is based on.
And of course creating a thread here on an issue or how to do something in most cases will get an answer from fellow users, so please just post a new thread and we will do our best to get you an answer
[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;18985]Hi
What was installed was the ATI proprietary driver rather than the open source radeon driver, which in most use cases works fine. There is a wealth of information on the forum here and also the openSUSE forum which SLE is based on.
And of course creating a thread here on an issue or how to do something in most cases will get an answer from fellow users, so please just post a new thread and we will do our best to get you an answer
