X.org 6.8 driver installation problems caused by fglrxconfig

The information in this article applies to:

       * X.Org 6.8
       * ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 8.8.25

The following may occur after saving the config file generated by fglrxconfig and launching X:

       * Blank screen starting X
       * X fails to load and returns to console

The following error messages may appear upon launching X:

       * Screen Initialization failed.
       * (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
       * Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs for all framebuffer devices
       * XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server „:0.0”

ATI Engineering has been advised of this issue and is investigating.

To workaround this issue, perform the following steps:

      1. Install the ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 8.8.25 for X.Org 6.8
      2. Run fglrxconfig and let it save to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
      3. Copy the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
      4. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the section that looks like this:
            Section „InputDevice”
              Identifier „Keyboard0”
              Driver „Keyboard”
         to this:
            Section „InputDevice”
              Identifier „Keyboard0”
              Driver „kbd”
      5. If the mouse is found to be inactive, you may specify the Mouse device as:
            Option „Device” „/dev/input/mice”
      6. Try loading X.

If the X server fails with an error stating „Screen Initialization failed.”, you may try commenting out the BusID in the xorg.conf file.

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the section that looks like this:
  Section „Device”
    Identifier „ATI Graphics      Adapter connector 1”
    Driver „fglrx”
    BusID „PCI:1:0:0” # vendor=1002, device=4e47
    Screen 1
  EndSection

into this:
  Section „Device”
    Identifier „ATI Graphics Adapter      connector 1”
    Driver „fglrx”
#      BusID „PCI:1:0:0” # vendor=1002, device=4e47
    Screen 1
  EndSection

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KEYWORDS: ALL PRODUCTS for PC LINUX DRIVER INSTALLATION PROBLEM FGLRXCONFIG