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ATI Proprietary driver installation problem

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• Started 12 years ago by Tommy Gunn
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   Tommy Gunn
   

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   Anybody please help me to install proprietarty driver on SliTaz for my ATI Radeon 9600 Pro.
   Sory for my bad English. I very like SliTaz distro. And I like that 3.0 version SliTaz using X.org 1.5.2.
   Please tell me how to convert *.run driver in tazpkg. Please!

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   neofidodido
   

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   Well, my english sucks too, i speak spanish.

   First, check this steps

   http://i.imgur.com/StlZp.png

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Tommy Gunn
   

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   Hello neofidodido, I did what you said. Hardware detection and drivers. Then I pushed "ATI Radeon" button. After installing packages I reboot. And ... bad luck - my X server fall down.
   Then, I have tried another trick:
   1. I installed Ubuntu 8.10
   2. In Ubuntu I installed ATI Drivers (Proprietary drivers allways installed succesfully in Ubuntu 8.10)
   3. Then I copy all *.deb packages that drivers put in cache when Installing.
   4. I copy xorg.conf in my special forlder)))
   5. Then, I installed SliTaz again.
   6. I convert all *.deb packages from step #3 (that ATI driver put in system cache) to *.tazpkg.
   7. I installed all this new *.tazpkg files.
   8. I replace SliTaz's default xorg.conf with xorg.conf that I get from Unutu (when driver already was installed).
   9. I reboot my computer and.... Arrrrr! Xorg falls again.

   People, help! I don't know what else I must to do.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Tommy Gunn
   

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   This is my SliTaz's default xorg.conf:
   Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier "X.org Configured"
   Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
   InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
   EndSection

   Section "Files"
   ModulePath "/usr/lib/X11/modules"
   FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/"
   FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/"
   FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF"
   FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/"
   FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"
   FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"
   EndSection

   Section "Module"
   Load "glx"
   Load "extmod"
   Load "dri"
   Load "dbe"
   Load "freetype"
   EndSection

   Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Keyboard0"
   Driver "kbd"
   Option "XkbLayout" ""
   EndSection

   Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "Mouse0"
   Driver "mouse"
   Option "Protocol" "auto"
   Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
   Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
   EndSection

   Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "Monitor0"
   VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
   ModelName "Monitor Model"
   EndSection

   Section "Device"
   Identifier "Card0"
   Driver "vesa"
   VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
   BoardName "Unknown Board"
   BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
   EndSection

   Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen0"
   Device "Card0"
   Monitor "Monitor0"
   SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 1
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 4
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 8
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 15
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 16
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
   Viewport 0 0
   Depth 24
   EndSubSection
   EndSection

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Tommy Gunn
   

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   This is my Ubuntu xorg.conf after ATI Prop. driver installation:
   Section "Monitor"
   Identifier "Configured Monitor"
   EndSection

   Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Default Screen"
   Monitor "Configured Monitor"
   Device "Configured Video Device"
   DefaultDepth 24
   EndSection

   Section "Module"
   Load "glx"
   EndSection

   Section "Device"
   Identifier "Configured Video Device"
   Driver "fglrx"
   EndSection

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   ATI Catalyst Version 9.3 Legacy was the last driver to support Radeon 9600
   Slitaz-3.0=> catalyst-9-11_2.6.30.6.tazpkg is Version 9.11 will not work.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Tommy Gunn
   

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   MOJO, I knew that. How can I convert 9.3 drivers for SliTaz?

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Catalyst 9.3 will not run on slitaz-3.0 because it uses kernel 2.6.30

   http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Hardware
   ATI/AMD dropped Catalyst support for these cards in Catalyst 9-4. These cards are supported with the legacy ATI 9-3 Catalyst release, but you MUST use a kernel 2.6.28 (or earlier) and Xserver 1.5 (or earlier).

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Tommy Gunn
   

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   MOJO, that's very sad((. I didn't know about kernel. I know that Ubuntu 8.10 used X.org 1.5.2 like SliTaz do. You should know that *.run driver install incorrectly in Ubuntu 8.10 and SliTaz too. But proprietary driver in *.deb packages install in Ubuntu 8.10 very well. What kernel used Ubuntu 8.10? I don't know.
   Second question was born - Is it difficult to downgrade kernel? How can I do that. Please give me some docs or advice.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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    Trixar_za
    

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    I believe Ubuntu 8.10 used 2.6.27 so it could use those Catalyst drivers. It's not a good idea to try downgrading the kernel because you'll lose compatibility with kernel specific packages (including all the linux modules) and you'll still need to compile both the old Linux kernel and the Catalyst drivers.

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Tommy Gunn
    

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    Hello, Trixar_za. I'm in trap. So what choice I have?
    1. Compile kernel 2.6.28.x and old linux modules. Then install ATI drivers.
    2. Forget about Slitaz (noway).
    3. Buy Nvidia (impossible right now).
    Did I wrote all right?

    P.S. Trixar, what happend with your web site?

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Trixar_za
    

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    You could try Wary Puppy Linux, because it's compiled with an old Linux kernel for this very reason - amongst others. As for my site, I lost the old domain, but I did register a new .net domain in it's place. You can find it again by clicking on my username here.

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Tommy Gunn
    

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    Trixar, You are right and you're wrong. You were right about Ubuntu 8.10 - kernel version is 2.6.27.x
    And you were wrong about Wary Puppy Linux. Yesterday I installed Wary Puppy 5.1.4.1. It use kernel 2.6.32.x

    Hmm, maybe I get some answers in SliTaz Stratchbook.

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Tommy Gunn
    

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    Seems like I succesfully copied elder kernel and modules for it from SliTaz 2.0. Everything working. So, how can I compile Catalyst 9.3 driver for my ATI? Anybody?

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    antena0701
    

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    no drivers yet ? for ati radeon 9600 with slitaz 3.0 ?.
    I have an error like GLX unsopportedwhen finishing installation of catalyst.

    Posted 12 years ago #

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