Script: ATI driver installer

[tworkemon]

Here is an updated version of the script. It uses the latest ATI drivers 8.28.8. My suggestion would be this... Remove any fglrx packages from adept, apt-get, or what ever you use first prior to running this. Examples would be... fglrx-control, fglrx-kernel-"your kernel", fglrx-kernel-source, xorg-driver-fglrx. Also remove the /etc/ati directory if apt-get remove or whatever you use has not done so. The script should remove the necessary packages but better be save to do them yourself incase. This script is not 100% guarenteed but works most of the time. I did not change the readme so read it but ignore the ati driver part since this does use the latest 8.28.8 but do follow the rest as far as repository etc..

Let me know if you have any problems.

[Kilz]

I added a link to your post on the first post so people can find it barried back this far. Im no longet developing the script, so thanks for posting this one.

[lassegs]

Hi,

Nice script, but ive got a problem. I manage to install it and fgl_glxgears -fbo seems to be running fine, with about 105 fps. But in cedega 3d acceleration fails, and all the screensavers with 3dacceleration lags big time.
My card is a Radeon Mobility x700, and my fglrx_info shows this
lasse@cylinder:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON X700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)

What is happening here? Help would be very much apriciated!

EDIT: THE 8) is actually just an 8 with a ) behind.

[kingofsnakes2111]

Hi,

Nice script, but ive got a problem. I manage to install it and fgl_glxgears -fbo seems to be running fine, with about 105 fps. But in cedega 3d acceleration fails, and all the screensavers with 3dacceleration lags big time.
My card is a Radeon Mobility x700, and my fglrx_info shows this
lasse@cylinder:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON X700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)

What is happening here? Help would be very much apriciated!

EDIT: THE 8) is actually just an 8 with a ) behind.

Did you try within a terminal:

sudo mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/dri /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri

[kvonb]

I just used tworkemon's script and it worked flawlessly for me. I followed his advice on removing all the modules manually, then ran his script. I modified his script so that it didn't download the driver as I had it already and didn't want to re-download it, and also remmed out the reboot line for safety.

Rebooted and all is perfect, thanks tworkemon and killz.

Also I started having problems with opengl screensavers slowing down and followed kingofsnakes2111's advice to a letter, and it now works perfectly.

I play Battlefield 1942 through Cedega, and with this latest driver that silly box in the middle of the screen is back! (see attached screenshot).

I do believe this is a driver problem, as nothing has changed in Cedega or BF1942. If anyone has managed to fix this, please let me know how.

Regards,

Kev

[fummo]

Thank you very much =D>

[Kobalts]

I've just solved the screen saver problem.
There is something wrong with the path of Xscrensaver not looking for dri in the right place (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri), instead Xscreensaver looks in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri which is non-existent.

The way to solve:

sudo mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/dri /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri

glxgears still display the wrong FPS...

Hey thanks! This works great. Now my screen savers run much faster.

How did you find this fix anyway? I didn't see any error messages or anything being printed anyplace?

From what I understand, the ln command just creates a link, so that the programs looking for /usr/lib/dri is then pointed to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri right? (Sorry, I am still a n00b in this stuff)

[Nio]

I have a M6 LY, will this script bring me 3D Support or stop my X from working? Thanks in advance!

[kingofsnakes2111]

How did you find this fix anyway? I didn't see any error messages or anything being printed anyplace?

From what I understand, the ln command just creates a link, so that the programs looking for /usr/lib/dri is then pointed to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri right? (Sorry, I am still a n00b in this stuff)

Hello,

Effectively, screen saver doesn't report any errors. It just doesn't find the right dri files (accelerated one).
So to find which files are missing, you can use the command "strace" which trace all system call of a command, you can use it like:
strace -o /tmp/log.txt /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glplanet

Beware that decoding the resulting log file is not easy, it uses C function, hexadecimal, ...

I regulary use this command to find out what's wrong...

Best regards

[prosonik]

I have a sapphire 9600.. Worked fantastic.. Using Stock Dapper /with Automatrix etc..

prosonik



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