Where is RadeonHD?

[wiscados]

I just got a new laptop with a Radeon Mobility HD2400 graphics chip. But I have some problems with it. I can't get it to use the native resolution, and on Ubuntu I can't even get X running.

I've googled around and read some on this site and it's forum, and I often hear about this 'RadeonHD'(and about 8.42).

RadeonHD is a R600 open-source driver, correct? I want that driver, but I have no idea how to get it.

Where is RadeonHD?

[d2kx]

Read that:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=843&num=1

But at this state of the driver, you probably want to install the fglrx driver. Are you running Feisty or Gutsy?

[wiscados]

feisty today, gusty (probably) tomorrow.

EDIT: Erm... is a 2 day old laptop, there are alot of things I can't get working, including X and internet.

EDIT2: ...and where exactly is fglrx?

[Uchikoma]

You probably want to use the current fglrx driver (8.41) as it is supposed to work with the HD series of cards.

Driver notes:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.41.7.html

RadeonHD is just getting off the ground still, and probably won't be what you were expecting/wanting.

...8.42 would also do the trick and is due sometime between now and the end of the month. It also comes with AIGLX, so if you're a eyecandy kinda guy, you'd want to upgrade to it when it comes out...[provided nothing breaks]

...off-topic: I'll install gutsy after I've broke my feisty system badly. Experimentation is good :) Fresh install gutsy when done. Repeat. :)

[mile]

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

[wiscados]

There is only the one for Radeon HD 2400, not Radeon Mobility HD 2400(not even for xp/vista), but maybe that doesn't matter...

EDIT: After reading some more, I'm prety sure that it doesn't matter..

So All I need it the .run file, correct?

[Uchikoma]

That is correct.

1) Download the file to say your home directory
2) Open up a console and in goto the directory you downloaded it to if you're not already in it, and set the .run file's permissions to a+x

Something along the lines of:
chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run

Prefix sudo before that all if you're not running in a root console (or logged in as root).

3) Run it as root. (use sudo)

./ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run

However...Mobility HD2400? I'm fairly certain they don't have the HD series in mobility form yet.

If you do not have an HD series card though, I would advise not to use 8.41. It breaks X for many people.

[wiscados]

I'm pretty sure I have a Radeon Mobility, but maybe not... My laptop is a Toshiba Satelite A210-126 (http://www.coop.dk/nettorvet/show_product.aspx?dept_id=485&pf%5Fid=6068750)

from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_R600#Mobile_products):
The Mobility Radeon HD 2400 is offered in two model variants; the standard HD 2400[10] and the HD 2400 XT[11]. The HD 2400 is currently shipping in laptops like the Toshiba P200 series [12].

The Mobility Radeon HD 2600 is also available in the same two flavours; the plain HD 2600 [13] and at the top of the current mobility lineup the HD 2600 XT. [14] The HD 2600 is currently shipping as an option for Toshiba A200 notebooks [15] and the HD 2600 XT is available in mobile solutions like the HP HDX Entertainment Notebook.[16]

And X is already broken... :(

[Uchikoma]

I'm pretty sure I have a Radeon Mobility, but maybe not... My laptop is a Toshiba Satelite A210-126 (http://www.coop.dk/nettorvet/show_product.aspx?dept_id=485&pf%5Fid=6068750)

from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_R600#Mobile_products):


And X is already broken... :(

Most likely, you are out of luck. The driver for your card is most likely handled by Toshiba (vendor specific), and they would (also) most likely only have drivers for Windows.

In the odd chance that they have drivers for Linux, use those.

...else you will have to wait till 8.42 and hope that they support the HD mobility series as well. As I don't have any Toshiba products I can't really give you a link to the driver page (as I don't know where to go on their site either). It might be a couple releases before (8.43, 8.44) before you see HD mobility support from ATI though (they don't even have support on Windows)

[sandain]

That is correct.

1) Download the file to say your home directory
2) Open up a console and in goto the directory you downloaded it to if you're not already in it, and set the .run file's permissions to a+x

Something along the lines of:
chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run

Prefix sudo before that all if you're not running in a root console (or logged in as root).

3) Run it as root. (use sudo)

./ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run

However...Mobility HD2400? I'm fairly certain they don't have the HD series in mobility form yet.

If you do not have an HD series card though, I would advise not to use 8.41. It breaks X for many people.

The Mobility HD series does exist, and both drivers claim support...

My Mobility HD2600 'works' with fglrx 8.41.7, although there is a bug that forces me to use the vesa driver instead (hopefully 8.42 fixes my problem). The RadeonHD driver correctly detects the chip as a M76, but is unable to find any screens, and I haven't had the time to track down the cause.


The Mobility HD2400 is a M72, the Mobility HD2400XT is a M74, all of the M7x chips are based on the R600 design. Your best bet is to use the fglrx driver until the RadeonHD driver matures a bit more.

[Uchikoma]

It does exist true as I've looked up, but...correct me if I'm wrong: AMD does not (officially) support it yet with 8.41. Unless I'm reading the wrong release notes, or I'm blind.

It supports the HD2400 Desktop variant, but no mention is made in the Mobility portion of it.

Link:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.41.7.html

[sandain]

It does exist true as I've looked up, but...correct me if I'm wrong: AMD does not (officially) support it yet with 8.41. Unless I'm reading the wrong release notes, or I'm blind.

It supports the HD2400 Desktop variant, but no mention is made in the Mobility portion of it.

Link:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.41.7.html

"Officially", I don't know. I do know that the fglrx driver correctly detects the Mobility HD chips without requiring any hacks such as required for unsupported cards such as the FireGL line.

[motters]

I'm also in the same unhappy situation. I recently bought a new Toshiba P200-17C laptop with an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 2400 graphics card. Having previously used a laptop with an ATI card which ran linux superbly (with all the graphical effects) and having had trouble with NVIDIA cards on desktop linux machines before I somewhat naively assumed that there would be a greater chance of this one working.

Reading the forums it looks as if I will just have to wait, as a forced MS Vista user, until this card is better supported.

If anyone has a solution for using this graphics card (so that 3D acceleration is possible and you can run Compiz Fusion) on an Ubuntu Gutsy system I'd be most grateful.



I just got a new laptop with a Radeon Mobility HD2400 graphics chip. But I have some problems with it. I can't get it to use the native resolution, and on Ubuntu I can't even get X running.

I've googled around and read some on this site and it's forum, and I often hear about this 'RadeonHD'(and about 8.42).

RadeonHD is a R600 open-source driver, correct? I want that driver, but I have no idea how to get it.

Where is RadeonHD?

[mile]

wait for fglrx 8.42.x... is should be released til end of month :)

[wiscados]

...which is ending fairly soon...

EDIT: That month ended sooner than I thought....

[misiu_mp]

But here it is!

[ffbadkill]

is this driver support x1950gt?

[Uchikoma]

is this driver support x1950gt?

Read the release notes, and see if your card belongs to any of the listed card families. That said, I think it does.

Looks like users of FireGL workstation cards will have to wait till 8.43 -_-

[Michael]

Yes the X1950GT works with RadeonHD.