Starting Beryl crashs X

[Dotan Cohen]

On 28/01/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 12:00 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On 27/01/07, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > The machine is supposed to have a ATI x1400 viedo card, but I'm
> > > > not certain that that's what I got (how can I check that).
> > >
> > > as root:
> > > # lspci
> > > or:
> > > # lspci | grep -i ati
> > >
> >
> > Yup, that's what it is:
> > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
> >
> >
> > >
> > >  > Should I change "vesa" to "radeon"? What else can I do? Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Yes - if X fails, check you have the xorg ati driver installed:
> > > $ yum list *x*ati*
> > > xorg-x11-drv-ati.i386                    6.6.3-1.fc6            installed
> > >
> >
> > It is already installed:
> > Installed Packages
> > xorg-x11-drv-ati.i386                    6.6.3-1.fc6            installed
>
> Here's what Stanton Finley wrote:
>
> If you are using an ATI video card or chipset type the following in the
> root terminal:
>         yum -y --enablerepo livna install kmod-fglrx
>         Hit enter. Wait for the installation to complete. (If you have
>         an smp kernel use "yum -y --enablerepo livna install
>         kmod-fglrx-smp" instead.) If you get an error with this
>         procedure it probably means that your kernel is more recent than
>         the kernels for which Livna has built ATI kernel modules. If
>         this is the case switch to an older kernel (if you have one) on
>         your Fedora boot menu or wait a few days until Livna gets the
>         graphics acceleration module rpms built for the most recent
>         kernel. When you update your kernel you will have to update your
>         ATI driver as well. Do this with a "yum -y --enablerepo livna
>         update kmod-fglrx" as root after you have booted into the new
>         kernel. (Do not proceed until you have executed the two SELinux
>         commands in the paragraph at the bottom of this secton.)
>       * If you got a message "FATAL: Could not
>         rename /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/modules.dep.temp
>         into /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/modules.dep: Permission
>         denied" during installation type the following at the root
>         prompt:
>         mv /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/modules.dep.temp /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/modules.dep
>         Hit enter. When you see "overwrite
>         `/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/modules.dep'?" type "y" and hit
>         enter.
>
>         Ole Stanton was never wrong. :) Ric
>

Thanks, Ric, now kmod-fglrx is installed. However, running
"beryl-manager" still crashes X. What should I check?

Dotan Cohen

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