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FumbleFingers

23:00

steve@steve-System-Product-Name:/$ fglrxinfo
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12

terdon

@FumbleFingers hmm, not sure if that means the driver is not installed or that it cannot do 3D acceleration.

FumbleFingers

i don't even want 3d accelaration! just a bit higher resolution

terdon

I guessed as much. You should have installed an ATI control panel thingie with one of the commands you ran before. I'm trying to find out what it's called to see if that can let you change your resolution. In the mean time, please post the output of

ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf

FumbleFingers

steve@steve-System-Product-Name:/$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

terdon

Ah, good that means we've done something.

OK, does this do anything useful:

amdxdg-su -c amdcccle

FumbleFingers

23:05

it said there was a problem "no amd driver, or not functioning" etc etc

terdon

Damn, I'm sure this is much simpler than I'm making it seem I'm afraid.

FumbleFingers

i've been on the other side of that countless times

terdon

There is some minor issue blocking things I think.

It basically sounds like there is another driver loaded and that is fouling things up. OK, one last test, could you open the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and post the "Device" section here?

You should be able to open it with

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

FumbleFingers

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"

terdon

Hmm, well that looks like it's configured to use the proprietary driver. And what does this return:

lsmod | grep fglrx

FumbleFingers

23:10

#### the terminsal window came back with #####

steve@steve-System-Product-Name:/$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
steve@steve-System-Product-Name:/$ amdxdg-su -c amdcccle
steve@steve-System-Product-Name:/$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

(gedit:2740): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: Missing callback called fullpath = /root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

terdon

@FumbleFingers ignore that, not a problem

Not relevant anyway

FumbleFingers

ther termwnd seems stuck will close it and open another...

terdon

@FumbleFingers it is stuck because it is running the graphical editor (gedit)

FumbleFingers

the lsmod | grep fglrx command didnt do anything in new termwnd

terdon

OK, good

That means that the driver is not loaded for some reason

FumbleFingers

23:13

that's good? lol!

terdon

Well, it's better for it not to be loaded than to be loaded and not work :)

Does this return anything?

lsmod | grep radeon

FumbleFingers

no. dont i need to be in some folder?

Braiam

@FumbleFingers nope

terdon

No, these just list the loaded modules (equivalent of windows .dll files)

Braiam

@terdon o/

terdon

23:15

OK, @FumbleFingers try running this:

sudo modprobe fglrx

Then logging out and logging back in again.

FumbleFingers

steve@steve-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo modprobe fglrx
[sudo] password for steve:
FATAL: Module fglrx not found.

terdon

AH! OK, so it did not work the first time

OK, not sure why but probably because of the whole chroot thing. @FumbleFingers since you now have a working GUI, I suggest you try to follow that guide again (including the bit that removes any existing installed files) and see if that works better if done correctly.

Remember not to double click the .run files (reasonable though that may appear) but instead to run:

sudo sh *.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/precise

in the Downloads directory

FumbleFingers

is there any easy way to capture this entire chat log?

Faheem Mitha

I've heard rumors of decent Intel video cards. Should check them out some time.

terdon

@FumbleFingers Yes, there should be a permalink, hang on

FumbleFingers

23:22

@terdon (from XP) s'ok i can do it easy here with ctrl/a ctrl/c then paste into notepad.

terdon

@FumbleFingers Part 1 : chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/13588545#13591187

and part2: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/13591200#13591200

FumbleFingers

right! well thanks for all. i think i will put another drive in and do a paragon backup tomorrow before soldiering on. Oh - and if you're up for it, let's get married asap. I could do with the support!

terdon

@FumbleFingers sorry I couldn't be more help. Dammit, this thing should work if you follow the steps described. I hope it does, I'm always pleased to see new users coming to Linux. You might want to consider Linux Mint instead of UBuntu, this kind of thing should be easier there.

Faheem Mitha

@terdon I'd be interested to hear how you got these.

terdon

@FumbleFingers I'm going to at least need some flowers before we go that far, I'm not that kind of geek :)

Faheem Mitha

23:24

@terdon Or even Debian. :-)

FumbleFingers

seriously, i really am grateful, even if i still have a problem. I shall return tomorrow, no doubt.

terdon

@FumbleFingers feel free to, and you're very welcome :)

FumbleFingers

byzee bye!!!!!!

terdon

good luck!

@FaheemMitha by clicking on the arrow on the left of the first message and getting the permalink

Faheem Mitha

Or use hardware that has supported free drivers. Anyone knows what Intel video cards are like these days?

@terdon That gives everything after that?

terdon

23:26

It is expressed as blahblah/STARTMSGID#ENDMSGID

I then got the permalink for the last chat message which gave me its ID and played with the ranges

Faheem Mitha

@terdon Ok.

@terdon I see. Makes sense.

Ok, back to sleep. Hopefully. Take care, guys.

terdon

See ya

Braiam

@terdon and then I am the one that knows all the little perks of chat.SE?

terdon

@Braiam yes, I was thinking I'd just had a @Braiam moment :)

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