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Hello everybody, after yesterday upgrade, my notebook (Acer 5024, AMD Turion ML-24, Ati Mobility Radeon X700, using fglrx) doesn't start anymore in graphical mode. Looking at Xorg.0.log, the last line says:
(WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connectionAny help is appreciated.
hardhu said: Hello everybody,
after yesterday upgrade, my notebook (Acer 5024, AMD Turion ML-24, Ati Mobility Radeon X700, using fglrx) doesn't start anymore in graphical mode. Looking at Xorg.0.log, the last line says:
(WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connectionAny help is appreciated.
Update: the X server starts correctly using radeon driver, so it appears to be a fglrx related problem.
hardhu said: Update: the X server starts correctly using radeon driver, so it appears to be a fglrx related problem.
Update again: but also with radeon driver I get problems with DRM; here's the line form Xorg.0.log:
(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRMSame problem here. :(
Same problem here :(
There's directory dri in dev;
me@gandalf:/dev$ ls -l /dev/dri ls: cannot access /dev/dri: No such file or directory me@gandalf:/dev$
(II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1 ... (WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connection
Maybe there's some kernel module not being loaded?
Found other post about the issue here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ww-fglrx0-failed-to-open-drm-connection-2.6.27.8-688861/
You're not alone, the fglrx driver doesn't work for me either, but the open radeon driver works perfectly, compiz enabled.
I'm using fglrx and X is ok, but I have no 3D acceleration (Xorg log says so).
For example, executing glxgears, glxinfo, warzone2001, etc, result in:
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 158 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12
I don't use compiz, so I really don't care, but its a bug anyway.
What version of fglrx are you using? and could you please provide /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? I wonder why you're without X using fglrx.
UP Fglrx still isn't working well!!!
ft@deadware:~$ fglrxinfo
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12
(WW) This ATI Proprietary Linux Driver does not guarantee support of video driver ABI higher than 2.0
(WW) Video driver ABI version of the X server is 4.1
(WW) fglrx(0): Failed to open DRM connection
(EE) fglrx(0): [FB] Can not get FB MC address range.
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(WW) fglrx(0): No DRM connection for driver fglrx.
(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): ********************************************* *