Comment 73 for bug 313027

Konstantin Bukharov wrote:
> RV560:
> root@bkb-desktop:~# modprobe fglrx
> WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/fglrx, it will be ignored in a future release.
> WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc, it will be ignored in a future release.
> FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko): Cannot allocate memory
> root@bkb-desktop:~# dmesg | tail
> [ 283.514906] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads
> [ 283.514948] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed
> [ 307.346368] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 1886 MBytes.
> [ 307.346589] [fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes
> [ 307.346630] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads
> [ 307.346669] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed
> [ 319.440311] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 1886 MBytes.
> [ 319.440532] [fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes
> [ 319.440572] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when allocating device heads
> [ 319.440611] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed
>

is this after a reboot? What does lsmod | grep radeon show? or lsmod |
grep drm

I got out of memory errors when I tried to modprobe drm while fglrx was
loaded, so maybe a similar cause?

Sam