[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 440233] Re: fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf
Bryan, Thanks for the howto link. I actually had it in my bookmarks some weeks ago but did not get back to read it since my driver was ok at the beginning. I will read it more carefully now and see if I can make some more progress. Sorry for the confusion, but I should have made it clear that I am aware of using 'sudo'. The reason that I still don't have the /var/lib/dkms/fglrx folder, I think, is due to this error message: [Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.723 from DKMS This actually was resulted from the confliction of kernel version, which I think I got the work around in my last post. In other words, this folder was created during the installation, but due to the error in the 'make' command, this folder is then wiped away. However, to really get the problem solved, I will learn the info in your link to see if I missed something. Meanwhile, I see that ati has posted a new version of catalyst last week. Maybe that can give some improvements as well. I will also try it tonight back home. -- fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440233 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 440233] Re: fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf
Bryan, Thanks for the very quick reply. I have checked my install log. It looks like that it is saying it cannot find my kernel: --- Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/source - /usr/src/fglrx-8.723 DKMS: add Completed. You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located, or you could install the linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic package. [Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.723 with DKMS [Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.723 from DKMS - To know what --kernelsourcedir I could give, I checked man dkms. It says usually this kernel source is in /lib/modules/$kernel_version/build. However, I did not find this folder 'build' in my /lib/modules/2.6.31-14/ at all. I checked another kernel in my system. It has a build folder, but it is pointing to /usr/src/linux-hearders-2.6.32.22, not the one I would need for 2.6.31-14. In /usr/src there is no such folder. I am not sure if I can install this? The problem is, I cannot boot to the 2.6.32-22 kernel at all because I got only a black screen, even in recovery mode. I tried to just copy the build folder from /lib/modules/2.6.32-22/build to the one of 2.6.31-14. Now I get a different error in the install log: --- Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/source - /usr/src/fglrx-8.723 DKMS: add Completed. Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/build; sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=2.6.31-14-generic --norootcheck(bad exit status: 1) 0 0 [Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.723 with DKMS [Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.723 from DKMS -- So it now looks like dkms has problem when 'cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/build'. I checked my folder there in /var/lib/dkms, there is only one single file dkms_dbversion. I thought maybe it is just too shy to make such a folder there. So I created the folders /fglrx/8.723/build in my /var/lib/dkms. Now the install log (/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log) changed to: -- Errors during DKMS module removal Errors during DKMS module removal [Error] Kernel Module : Failed to add fglrx-8.723 to DKMS It is just not very logical to me. It failed to remove old module. Apparently I don't have one. But it is still not installing a new one. So in the end I still cannot have a working driver. Strange thing is the Catalyst Control Center still works. Problems besides the lagging windows are: (1) I cannot activate advanced desktop effects; (2) I cannot start blender any more; (3) all the build in games cannot be started. For example: - zh...@zzdesk:~$ quadrapassel The program 'quadrapassel' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'. (Details: serial 27 error_code 1 request_code 136 minor_code 19) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) zh...@zzdesk:~$ blender bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) Compiled with Python version 2.6.5. Checking for installed Python... got it! X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 136 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 28 Current serial number in output stream: 28 - I also checked my healthy 64-bit Karmic in another partition. It also does not have the 'build' folder in
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 440233] Re: fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf
Bryan, Thanks for your explanation. I now see that my /var/lib/dkms/fglrx folder is actually deleted when the installer found error. But I managed to copy it from the source /usr/src/fglrx-8.723. Then I run 'sudo sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=2.6.32-22-generic --norootcheck' at termnial. I changed the kernel version from 2.6.31-14 to 2.6.32-22 and now I see message 'build succeeded with return value 0'. However, nothing really changed after this 'make'. I have noticed that the file size you listed for libfglrx_ip* are 3MB but the ones I have is only 2MB: -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 2354408 2010-05-30 12:19 libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 2354408 2010-05-30 12:19 libfglrx_ip.a.GCC4 All the other file sizes are the same. Is it possible that you post these files so that I can give them a try? Post #48 suggests to link /etc/ati to /usr/lib/fglrx/etc/ati. But in my /usr/lib there is no such a folder called fglrx. I also compared my xorg.conf with Post #44. Did not see meaningful differences. In the meantime, I also made a fresh USB installer from a new download of Lucid. I tried to install the driver there and was hoping to get some good copy. But in the end it is the same. I also tried to install the driver using Jockey-gtk as discussed by post #14 and #43. I then ended up the same as using Synaptic, i.e. only a broken fglrxamdccc installed but not the real fglrx driver. I now feel it really hurt to update my Lucid... -- fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440233 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 440233] Re: fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf
I was using 32-bit Lucid since the release and there was no problem with fglrx until today. Somehow I decided to accept the ubuntu update. Unfortunately after that in the next reboot I got the 'missing amdpcsdb.default' error. I have an ATI HD5670 card and installed using the driver from the amd website at the fresh intall. Everything worked out of the box until today. Actually when I get into my system I did not see the folder of /etc/ati at all. I copied the /etc/ati folder from another ubuntu on my computer (that one has no problem at all). Then I can boot normally into the system. However, still with lagging windows and no advanced desktop effects at all (compiz). I tried to uninstall the fglrx driver but get this: zh...@zzdesk:/usr/share/ati$ sudo ./fglrx-uninstall.sh restore of system environment completed Error! There are no instances of module: fglrx 8.723 located in the DKMS tree. Errors during DKMS module removal Uninstall fglrx driver complete... Trying to reinstall the driver again but get this: Detected configuration: Architecture: i686 (32-bit) X Server: X.Org 7.5 DKMS part of installation failed. Please refer to /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log for details Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.i46ko9 I have the up-to-date DKMS. So the problem now seems to be that somehow the driver cannot be installed. I have attached my Xorg.0.log. It would be nice if someone may advise me some tips. ** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49325024/Xorg.0.log -- fglrx fails at startup because of missing amdpcsdb.default + removal leaves bad settings in Xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440233 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
