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I cannot get the ATI propriatary driver (fglrx) to work. I have tried the normal process (letting DrakConf install the driver), I have tried using only the fglrx-kernel-3.8.13-desktop-1.mga3 package, I have tried using only the dkms-fglrx package, and I have tried removing them all and dowloading the lastet version from the ati web site. In ALL cases the X server crashes and the keyboard no longer works. You can still login over the network however. There are stack traces in both the kernel log file and the X server log file.

Anyone have a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

Which ATi card do you use?

Radeon HD 6400M in a Toshiba Tecra laptop

Thank you. Now, doing a search for "fglrx" in the "Install & Remove Software" section of the MCC, which packages do you currently show as being installed?

fglrx-control-center-12.104-2.mga3.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-3.8.13-desktop-1.mga3-12.104-7.mga3.nonfree
x11-driver-video-fglrx-12.104-2.mga3.nonfree
fglrx-kernel-desktop-latest-12.104-7.mga3.nonfree
dkms-fglrx-12.104-2.mga3.nonfree

This is what is installed. They were all installed automatically by MCC when you tell it you want to use the propriatary video driver.

I realized this leads to two different fglrx modules in /lib/modules but that's what MCC does. I have tried removing each one individually (and updating the modules list), but in all three cases (a - both modules installed, b - removing the one from dkms, and c - removing the one from the fglrx-kernel package) I get the same X server crashes.

You definitely want all those modules installed.

Is the 6400M a hybrid graphics card? I know lots of folks are having problems with hybrid graphics...

When the X server crashes, are you able to get a command line? If so, could you try the command

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aticonfig --initial -f

and let me know what you get? Thanks.