Howto for fglrx / catalyst (Ati driver)

[rkelland]

Hi Guys. Can I just check others experance with the 12.6 legacy driver? Thanks to the pointers on this forum I've got it working OK (downloaded from ATI's site) on the latest 3.5 kernel on an HD 2600 (HP 8510p laptop), including removing the testing logo. (I can post my method if anyone is intersted - it's all here on the forum, but in a few different places!)

However I have a few questions/observations :

1. "Details" reports the driver as VESA:M76. I've removed the VESA xorg driver, and according to the Xorg.log file it is using the ATI driver. I just wanted to double check this is what is expected.

2. I get artifacts on the screen - bascialy small dots a pixel in size that change with windoes moving about etc. (looks a bit like a very light use of a spray brush in a paint program) They are not really noticable, and I also got them with the Xorg ATI driver, but they are not there with Windoze. Does anyone else get this?

3. I get blocks on the screen occasitioanllty that give a greenish cast to whatever is behind them. These seem to line up with bits of open windoes and go away as you move the windows or the mouse. They are not that annoying but are obviouisly not correct

4. I also get spcific bits of the Gnome3 desktop getting shaded in red occasionally (i.e the top bar, or when hovering over the Favorites icons after mosing over the top left corner.

Other than this things seem fine - just wanted to check others experiances to see if I can fix any of these.

Thanks!

[HMSS013]

Originally Posted by mercury305

My opinion is to just switch distros. Fedora sucks when it comes to support. I have asked for a simple question on not being able to get my CUPS Printer running and no reply. Why? Because Feodra people are too busy coding to be bothered with pesky users with hardware problems. ATI Catalyst has always been a problem because Fedora uses the latest Kernel. Redhat pays Fedora for innovation... so if you like to be a lab rat continue using Fedora. I switched to Slackware and everything got easier for me my ATI Catalyst and Printer both work with its old 2.6.37 kernel.

i like being on the bleeding edge of development...

haven't really had any problems except for ATI... which shouldn't really come as a shock

... i have a perfectly good copy of Fedora 14 if i wanted to use it.

[Fenrin]

Originally Posted by rkelland

[...]
1. "Details" reports the driver as VESA:M76. I've removed the VESA xorg driver, and according to the Xorg.log file it is using the ATI driver. I just wanted to double check this is what is expected.

I get it too, for me it says "VESA: RS780". When using the Catalyst driver with my Radeon HD 3200 this was always like this since Fedora 15.

Originally Posted by rkelland

2. I get artifacts on the screen - bascialy small dots a pixel in size that change with windoes moving about etc. (looks a bit like a very light use of a spray brush in a paint program) They are not really noticable, and I also got them with the Xorg ATI driver, but they are not there with Windoze. Does anyone else get this?

3. I get blocks on the screen occasitioanllty that give a greenish cast to whatever is behind them. These seem to line up with bits of open windoes and go away as you move the windows or the mouse. They are not that annoying but are obviouisly not correct

4. I also get spcific bits of the Gnome3 desktop getting shaded in red occasionally (i.e the top bar, or when hovering over the Favorites icons after mosing over the top left corner.

Other than this things seem fine - just wanted to check others experiances to see if I can fix any of these.

Thanks!

no I don't get this. Do you mean the default Radeon driver with "Xorg ATI driver" or the proprietary one? Maybe your screen is not as good supported under Linux than under Windows. Maybe the response time of your screen is under Windoze a bit better than under Linux or you just don't look carefully enough under Windoze. Some Laptop screens have a bad response time, when low power consumption is the highest priority (well I read something like this here).

if you get the issue of point 2, 3, 4 with both Radeon and proprietary driver, I would think that it's maybe a screen issue (or your screen is under Linux not as good supported as under Windoze).

[HMSS013]

Originally Posted by Fenrin

I installed this Catalyst 12.6 legacy and I'm using kernel 3.4.6-4.fc17.x86_64, with correct kernel-devel and kernel-headers installed. It works without issues with my Radeon HD 3200.

if you want to reinstall it again, make sure that you first uninstall the proprietary driver properly.

the step "Remove Radeon From Intramfs" is not necessary.

this log file you quoted above is not the file at /usr/ati/fglrx-install.log or is it? I have completely different content in it.

the log /usr/ati/fglrx-install.log should be similar to this content (this log is not complete):

thanks for the advice...that's definitely my fglrx-install.log...are you using DKMS? ...any other steps i might be missing?

tried using the 3.4.6-4 kernel without dkms...same result...

log:

Check if system has the tools required for installation.
Uninstalling any previously installed drivers.
Unloading radeon module...
Error: Module radeon is in use
Unloading drm module...
Error: Module drm is in use by: ttm drm_kms_helper radeon
[Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module.
[Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched.
[Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now.
AMD kernel module generator version 2.1
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
make -C /lib/modules/3.4.6-4.fc17.x86_64/build SUBDIRS=/usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.4.6-4.fc17.x86_64'
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_debug.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_ioctl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_io.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_pci.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_str.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_iommu.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_wait.o
  LD [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o
  LD [M]  /usr/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.4.6-4.fc17.x86_64'
build succeeded with return value 0
duplicating results into driver repository...
done.
You must change your working directory to /lib/modules/fglrx
and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module.
- recreating module dependency list
- trying a sample load of the kernel modules
done.
[Reboot] Kernel Module : dracut

are you getting the "radeon in use" message too??

...any changes you make to the grub line? (i.e. nomodeset or blacklist=radeon)

[Fenrin]

Originally Posted by HMSS013

[...]

are you getting the "radeon in use" message too??

good this log looks very similar to the log I have.

yes I get this message "radeon in use" too. I think this is not serious error, if you want to avoid that you can install it from console mode (but that will probably not solve the issue you have).

...any changes you make to the grub line? (i.e. nomodeset or blacklist=radeon)

no I didn't change it.

only this flags are in the line "linux /boot/vmlinuz...":

ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 SYSFONT=True KEYTABLE=de-latin1 rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rhgb quiet

with the proprietary driver you need the xorg.conf file, but that's usually created automatically (a few month ago it was necessary to enter "aticonfig --initial", but it seems that's redundant now).

[HMSS013]

Originally Posted by Fenrin

good this log looks very similar to the log I have.

yes I get this message "radeon in use" too. I think this is not serious error, if you want to avoid that you can install it from console mode (but that will probably not solve the issue you have).



no I didn't change it.

only this flags are in the line "linux /boot/vmlinuz...":


with the proprietary driver you need the xorg.conf file, but that's usually created automatically (a few month ago it was necessary to enter "aticonfig --initial", but it seems that's redundant now).

well i've definitely got an xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

what could possibly be wrong



a copy of the glxinfo before reboot:

[HMSS013@Apple ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample, 
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, 
    GLX_INTEL_swap_event
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, 
    GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_AMD_gpu_association
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV610
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 8.0.3)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, 
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, 
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, 
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_copy_texture, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, 
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, 
    GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, 
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, 
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, 
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

the direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) raises a red flag...

---------- Post added at 01:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 AM ----------

you can probably still boot into console mode, if you put 3 in the kernel boot line (when the grub menu appears, select the fedora entry, edit it, and add 3 where it says "linux /boot/vmlinuz....rhgb quiet", then boot it.

i should also mention that this doesn't work either when the drivers are installed...grub just hangs after 0...

[anurup]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

Anyone want to test 12.6 with the 3.5 kernel?

Here's the module for the 3.5 kernel

http://buildsys.rpmfusion.org/plague...d/12.6-3.fc17/

Please leave feedback.

Holy Sh** Yellowman! What did you do? My LuxMark scores just jumped from 540 to 640!!!

Hugs and kisses to you!

(Used akmod-catalyst from rpmfusion)

[HMSS013]

so for giggles (and mostly cause nothing else has worked ) ...i've tried rolling a few packages back from Fedora 17 to 16... i.e. Kernel 3.4.fc16 as well as Xorg 1.11.fc16...as well as using ATI 12.4 still having the same troubles...

...can anyone entertain my idea with suggestions as to the packages i should retrofit that might make this work?

Originally Posted by HMSS013

so for giggles (and mostly cause nothing else has worked ) ...i've tried rolling a few packages back from Fedora 17 to 16... i.e. Kernel 3.4.fc16 as well as Xorg 1.11.fc16...as well as using ATI 12.4 still having the same troubles...

...can anyone entertain my idea with suggestions as to the packages i should retrofit that might make this work?

Try

yum remove user-error

[egemet]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

I'm working on getting the legacy driver into rpmfusion and have submitted requests for review.
I tested the legacy driver yesterday after patching it for kernel 3.5 and it works fine, the same can't be said for the standard driver (different patch) which just got pushed to stable untested.

http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...-catalyst.html

Should I try this with a Radeon HD 3400 card under F17 x86_64 with 3.5 kernel?

Originally Posted by egemet

Should I try this with a Radeon HD 3400 card under F17 x86_64 with 3.5 kernel?

Try here for more help

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=283043

[egemet]

Thanks mate, seems fine, will try and post results..

[HMSS013]

Originally Posted by Yellowman

Try

yum remove user-error

yeah well i got bored and decided to try something crazy...nothing else is working...

...but seriously fresh F17 install...kernel 3.4.6-4...still getting black screen on reboot...

i'd be interested to know where this user is making his error.


Development Tools:

yum groupinstall development-tools

DKMS

yum install dkms

Mesa

yum install mesa-dri-drivers mesa-dri-drivers.i686 mesa-libGL mesa-libGL.i686 mesa-dri-filesystem mesa-dri-filesystem.i686 mesa-libEGL mesa-libEGL.i686 mesa-libGLU mesa-libGLU.i686

Reboot

ATI Binary Installer

sh ./amd-driver-installer-12.6-legacy-x86.x86_64.run

xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

copy of the glxinfo before reboot:

[HMSS013@Apple ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample, 
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, 
    GLX_INTEL_swap_event
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, 
    GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_AMD_gpu_association
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV610
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 8.0.3)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, 
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, 
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, 
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_copy_texture, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, 
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, 
    GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, 
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, 
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, 
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

Originally Posted by HMSS013

yeah well i got bored and decided to try something crazy...nothing else is working...

...but seriously fresh F17 install...kernel 3.4.6-4...still getting black screen on reboot...

i'd be interested to know where this user is making his error.


Development Tools:

yum groupinstall development-tools

DKMS

yum install dkms

Mesa

yum install mesa-dri-drivers mesa-dri-drivers.i686 mesa-libGL mesa-libGL.i686 mesa-dri-filesystem mesa-dri-filesystem.i686 mesa-libEGL mesa-libEGL.i686 mesa-libGLU mesa-libGLU.i686

Reboot

ATI Binary Installer

sh ./amd-driver-installer-12.6-legacy-x86.x86_64.run

xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

copy of the glxinfo before reboot:

[HMSS013@Apple ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample, 
    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, 
    GLX_INTEL_swap_event
client glx vendor string: ATI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, 
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, 
    GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, 
    GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_OML_swap_method, 
    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, 
    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, 
    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_AMD_gpu_association
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, 
    GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, 
    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, 
    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV610
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 8.0.3)
OpenGL extensions:
    GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program, 
    GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, 
    GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, 
    GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, 
    GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, 
    GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, 
    GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, 
    GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, 
    GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, 
    GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_copy_texture, 
    GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, 
    GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, 
    GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, 
    GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, 
    GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, 
    GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, 
    GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, 
    GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, 
    GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, 
    GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, 
    GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, 
    GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, 
    GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, 
    GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays

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I did exactly as it said for Fedora 17 and after the reboot at the end I get the message that something went wrong, the system can't recover and that i should contact my system administrator. What went wrong because I really need this.