Bug 14209

Summary:	XFdrake suggests to install fglrx that is not compatible with installed XServer version
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Nikita Krupenko <krnekit>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	bittwister2, marja11, tmb
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	fglrx	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Output of lspcidrake -v

Description Nikita Krupenko 2014-10-01 22:13:37 CEST

Description of problem:
I have AMD Radeon 8xxx series video card and XFdrake suggests to install proprietary video driver. But installed XServer 1.16.1 is not compatible with the available in repository fglrx version 14.410. Even recently released version 14.9 supports XServer up to 1.15.
Until compatible version become available in repository, there is no reason to suggest to install this driver.


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Nikita Krupenko 2014-10-01 22:14:58 CEST

Created attachment 5454 [details]
Output of lspcidrake -v

Comment 2 Bit Twister 2014-10-02 02:24:02 CEST

(In reply to Nikita Krupenko from comment #0)

> installed XServer 1.16.1 is not compatible with the available in repository fglrx version 14.410. 

That is true now, but at one time during alpha2, fglrx was working until a new kernel was released. I wish I had save the details of Xserver/kernel. 

bug report 14178 has a few more attached files.

CC: (none) => junknospam

Comment 3 Thomas Backlund 2014-10-02 22:21:39 CEST

It wasn't the new kernel, it was the new fglrx...

I misread that the new fglrx would support x11-server 1.16, but it's only the "ubuntu prerelease" driver that does.

Remove all installed fglrx drivers, update your medias and make sure you get the 14.201 drivers installed and it should work.

Sorry about the breakage :/

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 4 Bit Twister 2014-10-03 00:57:55 CEST

Removed fglrx* packages, ran graphical server setup which indicated failed to install. 

Added fglrx-kernel-desktop-latest and fglrx-control-center rpm, dracut -f, reboot and it is working on  AMD Radeon R7 200 Series and âCedar [Radeon HD 5450 Series] pci video cards.

Comment 5 Nikita Krupenko 2014-10-31 21:29:48 CET

This is still not fixed. XFdrake still suggests to install not compatible fglrx driver. Why not to fix it?
My system can't boot with this driver, it just going to reboot at some point.

Severity: normal => major

Comment 6 Thomas Backlund 2014-10-31 21:33:38 CET


(In reply to Nikita Krupenko from comment #5)
> This is still not fixed. XFdrake still suggests to install not compatible
> fglrx driver. Why not to fix it?
> My system can't boot with this driver, it just going to reboot at some point.

We have a working driver, something is messed up in your system...

whats the output of rpm -qa |grep fglrx

Comment 7 Nikita Krupenko 2014-10-31 21:56:45 CET

I see no support for X server 1.16: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalyst14-9LINReleaseNotes.aspx

Output:
x11-driver-video-fglrx-14.201-2.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.17.1-desktop-2.mga5-14.201-17.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.17.1-desktop-1.mga5-14.201-16.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.17.2-desktop-1.mga5-14.201-19.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.17.0-desktop-4.mga5-14.201-13.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-control-center-14.201-2.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-desktop-latest-14.201-19.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.17.0-desktop-0.rc7.2.mga5-14.201-11.mga5.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.17.0-desktop-3.mga5-14.201-12.mga5.nonfree
dkms-fglrx-14.201-2.mga5.nonfree

Comment 8 Nikita Krupenko 2014-10-31 22:11:15 CET

It seems that something really bad happens, like a kernel crash. I see empty logs for X and dmesg in /var/log after trying fglrx.

Comment 9 Thomas Backlund 2014-10-31 22:36:48 CET

(In reply to Nikita Krupenko from comment #7)
> I see no support for X server 1.16:
> http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalyst14-
> 9LINReleaseNotes.aspx
> 

That's because we are not using that driver.
We are using a pre-release driver Amd made available for Ubuntu.

> Output:
> x11-driver-video-fglrx-14.201-2.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-3.17.1-desktop-2.mga5-14.201-17.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-3.17.1-desktop-1.mga5-14.201-16.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-3.17.2-desktop-1.mga5-14.201-19.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-3.17.0-desktop-4.mga5-14.201-13.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-control-center-14.201-2.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-desktop-latest-14.201-19.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-3.17.0-desktop-0.rc7.2.mga5-14.201-11.mga5.nonfree
> fglrx-kernel-3.17.0-desktop-3.mga5-14.201-12.mga5.nonfree
> dkms-fglrx-14.201-2.mga5.nonfree

OK, so you have the correct driver...

Whats  your hw ?
whats'the output of: lspcidrake -v 


(In reply to Nikita Krupenko from comment #8)
> It seems that something really bad happens, like a kernel crash. I see empty
> logs for X and dmesg in /var/log after trying fglrx.

Any messages in journal logs ?

Can you attach output of journalctl -b

Comment 10 Nikita Krupenko 2014-11-01 19:15:01 CET

Output in the attachment. journalctl has no record for boot with fglrx.

Comment 11 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-19 23:56:41 CEST

Is your issue with fglrx solved? If not, does it work from a Mageia 5RC KDE LiveDVD?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
Source RPM: drakconf-12.52-3.mga5.src.rpm => fglrx

Bit Twister 2015-05-20 01:44:22 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
CC: junk4nospam => (none)

Comment 12 Bit Twister 2015-05-20 01:45:44 CEST

Mistakenly removed needinfo. Restored it.

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => junk4nospam

Comment 13 Marja Van Waes 2015-12-19 07:20:54 CET

(In reply to Samuel VERSCHELDE from comment #11)
> Is your issue with fglrx solved? If not, does it work from a Mageia 5RC KDE
> LiveDVD?

7 months later, no reply, so closing as OLD

Please reopen if you see this happen again in a currently supported version of Mageia

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => marja11
Resolution: (none) => OLD