[elrepo] fglrx error - kernel module version does *not* match driver

Stephen Isard 7p03xyr02 at sneakemail.com
Tue Mar 22 13:15:21 EDT 2016


Thanks for that impressively quick reply, Wolfy.

I have re-upgraded to 15-12.1 for compatibility with you.
$ yum list installed "*fglrx*"
Installed Packages
fglrx-x11-drv.x86_64    15.12-1.el6.elrepo     @elrepo
kmod-fglrx.x86_64       15.12-1.el6.elrepo     @elrepo

The attempt to start X crashes as before, and Xorg.0.log contains
[ 78452.929] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 78452.930] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[ 78452.949] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
[ 78452.949]    compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 15.30.3
but lower down, just before the segfault, it says
[ 78453.692] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
[ 78453.692] (II) fglrx(0):     Name: fglrx
[ 78453.692] (II) fglrx(0):     Version: 15.20.3
[ 78453.692] (II) fglrx(0):     Date: Sep  8 2015
in contrast to your
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Version: 15.30.3
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Date: Dec 17 2015
below

Does that mean the the Kernel Module Version Information is coming from 
somewhere other than /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so?  If 
so, where?

Could I be doing something wrong in my (re)installation?  I am just 
using "yum upgrade" (or downgrade) with the elrepo repository enabled.

Stephen Isard

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016, Manuel Wolfshant wolfy-at-nobugconsulting.ro wrote:

> On 03/22/2016 06:04 PM, Stephen Isard wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have SL 6.7, on a Dell Optiplex 980 with a Radeon 6450 card installed.
>> The elrepo fglrx driver has been working through successive updates of SL 
>> and kernel for a couple of years.  Yesterday I upgraded the kernel to
>> 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 and took the occasion to upgrade 
>> fglrx-x11-drv.x86_64 and kmod-fglrx.x86_64 to 15.12-1.el6.elrepo.
>> X then failed to start, so I downgraded to 15.11-1.el6.elrepo, but that 
>> didn't help.
>> 
>> The current state of play is
>> $ yum list installed "*fglrx*"
>> Installed Packages
>> fglrx-x11-drv.x86_64   15.11-1.el6.elrepo    @elrepo
>> kmod-fglrx.x86_64      15.11-1.el6.elrepo    @elrepo
>> 
>> xorg.conf hasn't changed.  I've compared against backups.
>> 
>> What look like relevant lines in Xorg.0.log (same for 15-11 and 15-12) are:
>> [  2678.506] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "AMD Radeon HD 6450" (Chipset = 
>> 0x6779)
>> [  2678.584] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset 
>> is supported
>> [  2679.117] (II) fglrx(0): Adapter AMD Radeon HD 6450 has 4 configurable 
>> heads and 2 displays connected.
>> [  2679.122] (II) fglrx(1): Adapter AMD Radeon HD 6450 has 4 configurable 
>> heads and 2 displays connected.
>> 
>> [ 72531.964] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
>> [ 72531.964] (II) fglrx(0):     Name: fglrx
>> [ 72531.964] (II) fglrx(0):     Version: 15.20.3
>> [ 72531.964] (II) fglrx(0):     Date: Sep  8 2015
>> [ 72531.964] (II) fglrx(0):     Desc: AMD FireGL DRM kernel module
>> [ 72531.964] (WW) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version does *not* match driver.
>> 
>> And then it segfaults.
>> 
>> I am puzzled by that 15.20.3 given the version of kmod-fglrx,
> That's the internal version value as defined by AMD
>
>
>
>
>> but I have tried reinstalling and it stays the same.
> Of course it does. It's hard coded in the driver
>
>
>> 
>> $ rpm -ql kmod-fglrx
>> /etc/depmod.d/kmod-fglrx.conf
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra/fglrx
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>> /usr/share/doc/kmod-fglrx-15.11
>> /usr/share/doc/kmod-fglrx-15.11/LICENSE.TXT
>> 
>> $ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18350784 Dec 18 06:25
>>     /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>
> As far as I can see, you are on 15.11 now. I am running myself 15.12 for a 
> month without issues. Actually I run it for 3 days prior to pushing it to the 
> official repositories.
> [    41.556] (**) ModulePath set to 
> "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> [    41.573] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx/libglx.so
> [    41.720] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
> [    41.737] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
> [    42.016] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
> [    42.027] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
> [    42.027] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
> [    42.027] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
> [    42.074] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
> [    42.079] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
> [    43.568] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID 
> PCI:0 at 0:1:1) found
> [    43.568] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x246b0b0
> [    43.568] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs115_atiddxPreInit] === begin
> [    43.576] (II) fglrx(0): FB driver is not enabled
> [    43.608] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> [    43.608] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp 
> pixmaps)
> [    43.608] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> [    43.608] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
> [    43.608] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB
> [    43.608] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
> [    43.608] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
> [    43.609] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
> [    43.609] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
> [    43.609] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
> [    43.613] (**) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
> [    43.613] (**) fglrx(0): AMD 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
> [    43.613] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "AMD Radeon HD 8570D" (Chipset = 0x990e)
> [    43.613] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1002, PciSubDevice = 0x0123)
> [    43.613] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: original AMD graphics adapter
> [    43.613] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000
> [...]
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Name: fglrx
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Version: 15.30.3
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Date: Dec 17 2015
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Desc: AMD FireGL DRM kernel module
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 
> 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS:        yes
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel __SMP__:            yes
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0):     Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
> [    44.090] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000
>
> [wolfy at wolfy ~]$ ls -l 
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 18350736 Feb 14 04:59 
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64/extra/fglrx/fglrx.ko
>
> [wolfy at wolfy ~]$ rpm -qai \*fglrx\*
> Name        : kmod-fglrx                   Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 15.12                             Vendor: The ELRepo Project 
> (http://elrepo.org)
> Release     : 1.el6.elrepo                  Build Date: Sun 14 Feb 2016 
> 04:59:42 AM EET
> Install Date: Sun 14 Feb 2016 05:11:26 AM EET      Build Host: 
> Build64R6.elrepo.org
> Group       : System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM: 
> fglrx-kmod-15.12-1.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
> Size        : 18361504                         License: Proprietary
> Signature   : (none)
> URL         : http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
> Summary     : fglrx kernel module(s)
> Description :
> This package provides the fglrx kernel module(s) built
> for the Linux kernel using the x86_64 family of processors.
> Name        : fglrx-x11-drv                Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 15.12                             Vendor: The ELRepo Project 
> (http://elrepo.org)
> Release     : 1.el6.elrepo                  Build Date: Sun 14 Feb 2016 
> 05:04:01 AM EET
> Install Date: Sun 14 Feb 2016 05:14:33 AM EET      Build Host: 
> Build64R6.elrepo.org
> Group       : User Interface/X Hardware Support   Source RPM: 
> fglrx-x11-drv-15.12-1.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
> Size        : 252687506                        License: Proprietary
> Signature   : (none)
> URL         : http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
> Summary     : AMD's proprietary driver for ATI graphic cards
> Description :
> This package provides the proprietary AMD OpenGL X11 display driver files.
>
> [wolfy at wolfy ~]$ uptime
> 18:17:29 up 37 days, 12:57,  6 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.04
>
>
> So to cut a ling story short: unfortunately I have no idea why it does not 
> work for you. The only difference ( modulo the chipset) is that I am using 
> CentOS but this should not matter at all. And the packages were built in pure 
> RHEL.
>
>    wolfy, scratching head.
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