[gutsy][regression][fglrx] X doesn't start

downgrading to xorg_7.2-0ubuntu11_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-core_1.2.0-3ubuntu8_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-dev_1.2.0-3ubuntu8_i386.deb
prevents this bug.

Same here. I was able to solve this problem only by downgrading
xserver-xorg-core_1.2.0-3ubuntu8_i386.deb

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that the closed-source ati driver is incorrectly testing the Xorg server version (see the attached Debian bug report). The only sane option, unfortunately, is to wait for an update from ATI that fixes this problem.

See if the attached script successfully fixes the fglrx driver. This is only a workaround, as it totally disables the Xorg version check. If it doesn't work, you can restore the backup file it makes for you.

Patch works for me.
If there is something else I can help you in fixing this issue, please let me know. I'll do my best to help.

Thank you for such fast response.

After patching X starts but:

(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 1.3.0.0
(WW) fglrx(0): detected X server is not compatible
(WW) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

So without 3D acceleration....

Ah, there appear to be multiple version tests. Try this new patch script. Again, it's a hack, be careful. :)

Nice work!

Went flawlessly for me.

I don't know if it's related, but after downgrading x.org and running te patch script I'mnot able to use beryl on xgl anymore...

some info:
strace beryl-xgl:
....
gettimeofday({1179561915, 382907}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({1179561915, 382955}, NULL) = 0
write(4, "&l\2\0R\0\0\0", 8) = 8
read(4, "\1\1\266\20\0\0\0\0R\0\0\0 \0@\3N\2k\3N\2k\3\0\0\0\0\313"..., 32) = 32
gettimeofday({1179561915, 383248}, NULL) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

everything else seems to be running fine.

Unforunately debian/ubuntu/whatever propably wont be able to ship something patched - as far as I know the ati licence prohibits modifying any binary only part of their driver.

Andres

But can we ship the script for the user to use to patch the driver? Or would that be too gray of an area?

I was able to reproduce the bug on my NV 285 laptop with fglrx, and can confirm that kees' patch script fixed it.

Theberyl problem is not related, sorry. Now i'm able to use compiz after patching with the script. So I can report the script as working! Thanks

The Beryl problem is not related, sorry. Now i'm able to use compiz after patching with the script. So I can report the script as working! Thanks

how about updating the fglrx driver in ubuntu to something less ancient, like 8.37.6, which officially supports xorg1.3?

I second what Pavel Rojtberg says; Gutsy is meant to be the development branch of Ubuntu so why not use the latest fglrx (as of this moment) 8.37.6 ?

If you follow the Assigned To link above to the Debian bug database [1] you find that ATI (I _think_ it's ATI, there seems to be zero branding however) has this reported [2] and fixed in 8.37.6

Here is a description of how to install it (which is easy enough but not _that_ easy)

From this page [3] download the latest binaries [4], yes! binaries... oooh evil.
Copy to /usr/share/ati
You need a couple of debian packages

sudo apt-get install debhelper
sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev

Then...

sudo sh ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/gutsy

Now you should have...

sahos@sahos-laptop:/usr/share/ati$ ls -l *.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3318892 2007-06-06 23:41 fglrx-amdcccle_8.37.6-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 912460 2007-06-06 23:41 fglrx-kernel-source_8.37.6-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5780050 2007-06-06 23:41 xorg-driver-fglrx_8.37.6-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40366 2007-06-06 23:41 xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.37.6-1_i386.deb

So...

sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.37.6-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.37.6-1_i386.deb

Now install module assistant to help you build the kernel module; install the kernel headers if you don't have them by now (you mean to say you don't have them by now?!)

sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

Delete the useless fglrx stuff that linux-restricted-modules installs - if there's a better more non-lethal way please let me know...

sudo rm -rf /lib/linux-restricted-modules/2.6.22-6-generic/fglrx

Now close all package managers and go to /usr/src then

sudo module-assistant

Choose PREPARE, choose SELECT, choose fglrx-kernel and then GET, BUILD and INSTALL - keep hitting esc until you get to the command line again and then

sudo depmod -a

Reboot and enjoy

ps: If I skipped any steps please fill them in - thanks!

1: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420174
2: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609
3: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html
4: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run

Hi,

I bumped into the same problem under Feisty with the X.org from gutsy. I tried the solution from Anthony, but it seems that 3D still does not want to work. The patch from Kees does not seems to work either, but I'm not sure version it is verry version dependent or not.

here the thing I got when I try the 8.37.6-1 driver :

(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.1.0.0
(EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

in berg@berg-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux berg-laptop 2.6.22-6-generic #1 SMP Fri Jun 1 19:24:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
berg@berg-laptop:~$
at this time I have the same behavior yet for fglrx

I have to use ati driver instead

FIXED!

matteo@gutsy:~$ uname -a
Linux gutsy 2.6.22-6-generic #1 SMP Fri Jun 1 19:24:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
matteo@gutsy:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6473 (8.37.6)

matteo@gutsy:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-restricted-modules
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-6-generic 2.6.22.2-6.1 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules on x86/x86_64
ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.22.2-6.1 Non-free Linux 2.6.22 modules helper script

fglrx just got upgraded to 8.37 in gutsy, but I'm reluctant to install it on my amd64 arch because it depends on libc6-i386, which doesn't seem right.

New l-r-m published with 8.37.6 driver.

Sergey, I'm not sure what you mean. Where do you see the libc6-i386 dependency? Here's what I see for l-r-m:

Source: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22
Version: 2.6.22.2-6.1
Provides: nvidia-kernel-1.0.9631, nvidia-kernel-1.0.7184, nvidia-kernel-1.0.9755
Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-6-generic, linux-restricted-modules-common (>= 2.6.22), module-init-tools, nvidia-kernel-common

My apologies, I wasn't clear. l-r-m installs just fine, thank you!

I meant the xorg-driver-fglrx 8.37.6 package. I couldn't submit a separate bug for this because this name is not in the package list on bug submission page (it's from restricted, I guess that's why). When I try to upgrade, Synaptic asks to install libc6-i386.

I can't use the ati driver .....

sudo module-assistant -f
Starting the Dialog UI...

Updated infos about 86 packages
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic.
(Reading database ... 122396 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic (from .../fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic_8.38.6-1+2.6.22-14.41_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic:
 fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic depends on xorg-driver-fglrx (= 8.38.6-1); however:
  Version of xorg-driver-fglrx on system is 8.40.4-1.
dpkg: error processing fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fglrx-kernel-2.6.22-14-generic

I: Direct installation failed, trying to post-install the dependencies

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