Have you considered using the kmod packages from ELRepo?
Pat
On 02/16/2015 06:48 PM, Paul Hein wrote:
> Thank you Tony (and Alec). Reinstalling with an 'aticonfig --initial
> -f' worked. Thank you! I would not have thought to do that.
> Paul
> On 02/16/2015 05:17 PM, Hoffmann, Tony wrote:
>> Did you try re-installing the catalyst driver? Sometimes xorg
>> updates overwrite things the proprietary driver install had put in
>> place earlier.
>>
>>
>> Just grasping at straws here.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Paul Hein
>> Sent: February-16-15 3:31 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: AMD Catalyst Driver Broke
>>
>> The minor update to xorg-x11-server-common-1.15.0-25.1.sl6.x86_64
>> broke the AMD Catalyst 14.12 (14.501.1003) graphics card driver. It
>> boots up just fine displaying everything but at the end we get a
>> blank screen.
>> The terminal windows are not there either. It is the latest version
>> of the driver and I am not certain what to do. The error message is
>> (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module
>> missing or incompatible.
>>
>> I tried to downgrade X11 rpms but it says "Only Upgrade available on
>> package".
>>
>> The graphics card is XFX FX-775A-ZNP4 Radeon HD 7750 and it is in a
>> Dell PowerEdge T110 II. Any ideas on what I can do? Thank you for
>> your help.
>> Paul
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Pat Riehecky
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