Starting Beryl crashs X

[Mark Knoop]

On 28/01/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28/01/07, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 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
> >
>
> Doesn't seem to help me:
>
> [root at localhost ~]# yum install kmod-fglrx-smp
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> livna                     100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> beryl                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
> core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> No Match for argument: kmod-fglrx-smp
> Nothing to do
> [root at localhost ~]# yum --enablerepo livna install kmod-fglrx-smp
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> No Match for argument: kmod-fglrx-smp
> Nothing to do
> [root at localhost ~]#
>
> Am I missing something obvious?

The seperate smp kernels no longer exist. You just need kmod-fglrx.

$ yum list \*fglrx\*

Available Packages
kmod-fglrx.i686                          8.33.6-1.2.6.19_1.2895 livna
kmod-fglrx.i586                          8.33.6-1.2.6.19_1.2895 livna
kmod-fglrx-PAE.i686                      8.33.6-1.2.6.19_1.2895 livna
kmod-fglrx-kdump.i686                    8.33.6-1.2.6.19_1.2895 livna
xorg-x11-drv-fglrx.i386                  8.33.6-1.lvn6          livna
xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-devel.i386            8.33.6-1.lvn6          livna

-- 
Mark Knoop