ati x700 on Fedora 8 ati catalyst drivers problem

**ashjas** · 01-26-2008

Hi,

I used this topic to install the fglrx drivers:

Code:

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=155503&page=1&pp=15

when i restarted the glxgears showed abt 5000 FPS,but no title bar on any window was showing...not even the four desktop buttons on the bottom taskbar was showing...only one was showing..

when i pressed the show desktop button an error prompt said that ur window manager doesnot support this function or the it is not running...

it seemed as if no multiwindow support was there!

i searched over the net and found that one user got the titlebars by running this:

metacity --replace &

I too got all the title bars of windows and the 4 desktop switch buttons over the lower taskbar.. i.e multiwindow support got enabled...

BUT...glxgears gave pathetic 60 FPS!!!

what is all this why am i not getting this driver installed correctly...

please help me ..i have wasted a lot of time in searching on the net about this problem over and over again...and my work on openGL is at halt now because of all this...

Kindly help me.

i am including my xorg.conf file and kernel version that i am using(i used the update software in fedora which updated my kernel to some version before i used ur commandline method to install fglrx drivers)

##########################
xorg.conf

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Synaptics"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    Option        "LeftEdge" "120"
    Option        "RightEdge" "830"
    Option        "TopEdge" "120"
    Option        "BottomEdge" "650"
    Option        "FingerLow" "14"
    Option        "FingerHigh" "15"
    Option        "MaxTapMove" "110"
    Option        "VertScrollDelta" "20"
    Option        "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
    Option        "MinSpeed" "0.3"
    Option        "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    Option        "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
    Option        "VideoOverlay" "on"
    Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
    Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
    Option "ForceGenericCPU" "off"
    Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option        "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

##########################
kernel version from grub.conf

Code:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,6)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda7
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.23.14-107.fc8)
        root (hd0,5)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.14-107.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off rhgb quiet
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.14-107.fc8.img
title Fedora (2.6.23.9-85.fc8)
        root (hd0,5)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off rhgb quiet
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.9-85.fc8.img
title Other
        rootnoverify (hd0,0)
        chainloader +1

##########################

i am also attaching some alert shown by SELinux policy when i tried to open catalyst manager:

Code:

Summary
    SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/prelink (prelink_t) "unlink" on <Unknown>
    (etc_t).

Detailed Description
    SELinux denied prelink unlink on <Unknown>. The prelink program is only
    allowed to manipulate files that are identified as executables or shared
    libraries by SELinux.  Libraries that get placed in lib directories get
    labeled by default as a shared library.  Similarly, executables that get
    placed in a bin or sbin directory get labeled as executables by SELinux.
    However, if these files get installed in other directories they might not
    get the correct label.  If prelink is trying to manipulate a file that is
    not a binary or share library this may indicate an intrusion attack.

Allowing Access
    You can alter the file context by executing "chcon -t bin_t <Unknown>" or
    "chcon -t lib_t <Unknown>" if it is a shared library.  If you want to make
    these changes permanent you must execute the semanage command. "semanage
    fcontext -a -t bin_t <Unknown>" or "semanage fcontext -a -t shlib_t
    <Unknown>". If you feel this executable/shared library is in the wrong
    location please file a bug against the package that includes the file.  If
    you feel that SELinux should know about this file and label it correctly
    please file a bug against
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi.

Additional Information       

Source Context                system_u:system_r:prelink_t:s0
Target Context                unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0
Target Objects                None [ file ]
Affected RPM Packages         prelink-0.4.0-1 [application]
Policy RPM                    selinux-policy-3.0.8-44.fc8
Selinux Enabled               True
Policy Type                   targeted
MLS Enabled                   True
Enforcing Mode                Enforcing
Plugin Name                   plugins.prelink_mislabled
Host Name                     localhost.localdomain
Platform                      Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 #1 SMP
                              Tue Oct 30 13:55:12 EDT 2007 i686 i686
Alert Count                   3
First Seen                    Tue 15 Jan 2008 03:28:23 AM IST
Last Seen                     Sat 19 Jan 2008 02:24:41 AM IST
Local ID                      96aa2fe0-d50c-4690-acdd-236d2395f8b2
Line Numbers                 

Raw Audit Messages           

avc: denied { unlink } for comm=prelink dev=sda6 egid=0 euid=0
exe=/usr/sbin/prelink exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name=prelink.cache
pid=6113 scontext=system_u:system_r:prelink_t:s0 sgid=0
subj=system_u:system_r:prelink_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=file
tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=0

the catalyst driver is installed...but the problem is
The desktop effects are also not enabling....
glxgears FPS=60! only...

glxinfo:

Code:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, 
    GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7170 Release
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_AMD_performance_monitor, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_multisample, 
    GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shader_objects, 
    GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, 
    GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_float, 
    GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, 
    GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
  GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader, 
    GL_ATI_meminfo, GL_ATI_separate_stencil, GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc, 
    GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_EXT_bgra, 
    GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, 
    GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_texture, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, 
    GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, 
    GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, 
    GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D, 
    GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, 
    GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, 
    GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, 
    GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object, 
    GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, 
    GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, 
    GL_WIN_swap_hint, WGL_EXT_swap_control

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Kindly help.

Thank You very much.

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