[lug] AMD Catalyst Display Driver

[Steven Hart]

  Thanks Maxwell,

That's what I expected to do since that's pretty much what I do with all 
my systems running NVIDIA.  I've got that streamlined so when the new 
kernel loads and the system reboots, the new NVIDIA driver script is run 
from /etc/rc.local.  That works like a charm.

With these ATI cards, I get it running for the initial kernel but once I 
load the new kernel, the script does not run correctly.  I have to test 
it today again with a clear head.

Unfortunately moving away from rhel5 is not an option for me.

I'll keep the list posted in case anyone else runs into this.

cheers

Steve

On 06/24/2011 09:13 AM, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
> I run the ATI Catalyst drivers on Fedora and they work pretty good.
>
> 1) Boot to multi-user mode
>
> 2) Login as root
>
> 3) Run the installer
>
> 4) Reboot
>
> is the simplest way to do things.
>
> I'm doing this on Fedora and my only complaint is that if I upgrade the
> kernel, after rebooting the kernel, I'll often get a black screen
> because the driver's compiled modules don't match up with what the new
> kernel wants.  The solution to this is to simply go to an alternate
> console (ALT-F3, etc), login as root in text mode, resinstall the driver
> (in text mode) then reboot again and all is fixed.
>
> Try again and give us more information. You should be able to get this
> working without buying new cards.
>
> Moving away from RHEL5 would be a really good start.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 16:53 -0600, Steven Hart wrote:
>> Well I thought I had it figured out until the latest kernel was
>> updated.
>>
>> I know you have to reload the kernel modules each time a new kernel is
>> loaded but now the ati install won't run right.
>>
>> On first boot, I brought the system up in single user mode and ran the
>> installer.  It ran normally and finished.  I then let the system come
>> up fully and had accelerated graphics running normally.  Proceeded to
>> fully update the box  (which included a new kernel).  On reboot, I
>> went into single user again and tried to run the installer to make the
>> new kernel module but it's complaining about permissions in the bin
>> directory.
>>
>> So right now I'm frustrated and don't want to deal with this anymore.
>> Why does ATI make this such a pain in the ass while nvidia makes it
>> relatively easy?
>>
>> I'm tempted to buy 20 cheap nvidia cards and forget this ATI mess.
>>
>> Any suggestions for making these ATI cards work from kernel to kernel
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On 06/23/2011 04:46 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Steven Hart<shart at colorado.edu>  wrote:
>>>> Please disregard.  I figured it out.
>>>>
>>>> sorry to bother everyone, it's been one of those days!
>>>>
>>> It's always helpful if you tell "the rest of the story".
>>>
>> -- 
>> Steve Hart
>> Systems Administrator
>> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
>> University of Colorado Boulder
>> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
>> (303)492-8109
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Steve Hart
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Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado Boulder
Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
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