Ati-drivers 39.4 error

[Grilo]

I have the latest mm-sources install and went to compile the ati-drivers against it as if i do not do this i get pink lines and dots after a couple days. so i go to compile and it fails. I search on here that it has to do with ioctl.h and ioctl32.h. so i do the ln-s and link the two only to have it fail. I search the bugs and go to apply the patch. it says reverse the patch? i say no. here is the whole error.

[d2_racing]

Can you post emerge --info plz

[der.gecko]

which drivers were installed before? i had some serious problems with uninstalling drivers from the ati homepage...

[swigrid]

Hi, I've got same problem but with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.40.4

[d2_racing]

Ok, I think I found your problem :

[swigrid]

[d2_racing]

Can you post var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.39.4/temp/build.log

[Gentoo Bob]

I'm having the same problem!

I did a emerge -avuDN world the other day and it updated my ati-drivers to the ati-drivers-8.39 since then everything with my video is messed up.

I cant get 3D rendering anymore. Tells me the following....

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual

No matter what I do, I cant get it working. I cant remember what ati-drivers I was on before. Nothing changed except the drivers being upgraded.

Im not having no luck. I read an article where the new driver and xinerama are having a conflict, i reemerged everything without xinerama, didnt work.

here is if i do a # eselect opengl set ati I get....

name of display: :0.0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
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Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x21 24 tc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
0x22 24 dc 1 0 0 c . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None


I'm at a loss. I think these new drivers are crap. I had this same issue on my other Gentoo box but with Nvidia drivers but was easily fixed by re-emerging the drivers and setting the opengl it fixed it. This is not working.
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[swigrid]

[Gentoo Bob]

Swigrig - thats about the same thing I got except with the 8.39 drivers.

I did find a fix for mine!

the newer drivers use MESA opengl (i dont know if its new or if its a newer version) and I noticed that fglrx wasnt getting installed, just like your issue.

so in my /etc/make.conf config file i put VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"

I uninstalled ati-drivers, I reemerged with #emerge -avuDN world doing this re compiled 3 things,

it recompiled MESA, Xorg-server, and something else (mind just went blank). Then I removed my xorg.conf file and created a new one, then applied the aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

I still had an issue with "Screen 0" not being found. I looked at my xorg.conf the aticonfig configuration added a few unneeded 0's (zeros) to my screen config in xorg.conf. I removed them, started X, and it works!!!

I hope that works for you!
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AMD 64 X2 4400+ on ECS nForce4
2GB DDR, 250GB SATA, GeForce 5500FX 256MB DDR2 PCI-E
---and----
Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop
Intel Centrino Duo, 2GB RAM, 80GB SATA HDD, Intel3490 ABG Wireless,CDRW