AMD 8.42.3 Driver Released -- The Baby Is Born!

[Cerebral]

I'm getting some real nastiness here. The following happens when fglrxinfo, glxgears, glxinfo finish:

*** glibc detected *** fglrxinfo: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x080684e0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0xb7c99c06]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x89)[0xb7c9b8c9]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri//fglrx_dri.so[0xb792fc92]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1[0xb7e8bc61]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeExtData+0x25)[0xb7d91945]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeDisplayStructure+0x2f3)[0xb7d9dad3]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCloseDisplay+0xf6)[0xb7d8b056]
fglrxinfo[0x8048a3b]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7c49f90]
fglrxinfo[0x80488f1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804b000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 10648 /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804b000-0804c000 rwxp 00002000 03:08 10648 /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804c000-08478000 rwxp 0804c000 00:00 0 [heap]
a5f33000-a5f34000 rwxp a5f33000 00:00 0
a61f6000-ae1f6000 rwxs 00003000 00:0d 15952 /dev/dri/card0
ae1f6000-ae531000 rwxp ae1f6000 00:00 0
ae531000-aec31000 rwxs 00005000 00:0d 15952 /dev/dri/card0
b6b00000-b6b21000 rwxp b6b00000 00:00 0
b6b21000-b6c00000 ---p b6b21000 00:00 0
b6c04000-b6c0e000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 7794 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c0e000-b6c0f000 rwxp 00009000 03:08 7794 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c31000-b6c54000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 838119 /lib/libm-2.6.1.so
b6c54000-b6c56000 rwxp 00022000 03:08 838119 /lib/libm-2.6.1.so
b6c56000-b6c5c000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 838173 /lib/librt-2.6.1.so
b6c5c000-b6c5e000 rwxp 00005000 03:08 838173 /lib/librt-2.6.1.so
b6c5e000-b7a17000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 15772 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7a17000-b7a9c000 rwxp 00db9000 03:08 15772 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7a9c000-b7bf7000 rwxp b7a9c000 00:00 0
b7bf7000-b7bfb000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 523999 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7bfb000-b7bfc000 rwxp 00003000 03:08 523999 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7bfc000-b7bfe000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 523990 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7bfe000-b7bff000 rwxp 00001000 03:08 523990 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7bff000-b7c01000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 754948 /lib/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c01000-b7c03000 rwxp 00001000 03:08 754948 /lib/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c03000-b7c19000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 1045342 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b7c19000-b7c1a000 rwxp 00016000 03:08 1045342 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b7c1a000-b7c1b000 rwxp b7c1a000 00:00 0
b7c1b000-b7c1c000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 1045350 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
b7c1c000-b7c1d000 rwxp 00000000 03:08 1045350 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
b7c1d000-b7c30000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 754952 /lib/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c30000-b7c32000 rwxp 00013000 03:08 754952 /lib/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c32000-b7c34000 rwxp b7c32000 00:00 0
b7c34000-b7d5f000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 838140 /lib/libc-2.6.1.so
b7d5f000-b7d60000 r-xp 0012b000 03:08 838140 /lib/libc-2.6.1.so
b7d60000-b7d62000 rwxp 0012c000 03:08 838140 /lib/libc-2.6.1.so
b7d62000-b7d65000 rwxp b7d62000 00:00 0
b7d65000-b7d72000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 1043959 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7d72000-b7d73000 rwxp 0000c000 03:08 1043959 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7d73000-b7e58000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 1180309 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7e58000-b7e5c000 rwxp 000e4000 03:08 1180309 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7e5c000-b7ee2000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 23681 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
b7ee2000-b7ee4000 rwxp 00086000 03:08 23681 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
b7ee4000-b7ee7000 rwxp b7ee4000 00:00 0
b7ef5000-b7ef7000 rwxs 00002000 00:0d 15952 /dev/dri/card0
b7ef7000-b7f07000 rwxs 00004000 00:0d 15952 /dev/dri/card0
b7f09000-b7f0a000 r-xp b7f09000 00:00 0 [vdso]
b7f0a000-b7f24000 r-xp 00000000 03:08 838156 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
b7f24000-b7f25000 r-xp 00019000 03:08 838156 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
b7f25000-b7f26000 rwxp 0001a000 03:08 838156 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
bfe5a000-bfe6e000 rwxp bffeb000 00:00 0 [stack]
bfe6e000-bfe6f000 rw-p bffff000 00:00 0
Aborted


I'm also getting graphical artifacts in the bottom-right corner of my screen - looks like little barcodes.

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI RADEON 9600 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

display: :0.0 screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI RADEON 9600 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

Kernel 2.6.23 with patch from http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5954 - fglrx 8.42.3

$ head /var/log/Xorg.0.log

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux Cerebral 2.6.23-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Oct 19 08:48:54 UTC 2007 i686
[/CODE}

With the following Xorg.conf:

[CODE]################################################## #
#
# Cerebral's xorg.conf
#
################################################## #

########### Server Layout
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "DualHead"
Screen 0 "Norcent Screen" 0 0
Screen "Projector Screen" RightOf "Norcent Screen"
InputDevice "Logitech MX700" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Logitech iTouch Internet Navigator Keyboard SE" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

########### General config (files, modules, server flags, dri, extensions)
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#Option "AIGLX" "off" # Disable AIGLX
Option "DefaultServerLayout" "DualHead"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
# Allow only the video group
Group 91
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
#Option "RENDER" "off"
Option "Composite" "on"
EndSection

########### Input devices
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Logitech iTouch Internet Navigator Keyboard SE"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "logiinkse"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Logitech MX700"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 8 9 4 5 6 7 10 11"
EndSection

########### Monitors
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Norcent LM730"
VendorName "NOR"
ModelName "LM730"
DisplaySize 340 273
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Gamma 0.77
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Projector"
VendorName "Proxmia"
ModelName "DesktopProjector 2810"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

########### Video Devices
Section "Device"
Identifier "Norcent Device"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "TexturedVideo" "True"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
Option "TVOverscan" "on"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Projector Device"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

########### Screens
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Norcent Screen"
Device "Norcent Device"
Monitor "Norcent LM730"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Projector Screen"
Device "Projector Device"
Monitor "Projector"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Hope that's useful to some dev at AMD.

[rdvaughan]

Success with Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy (32 bit) and an ATI X1800; Composite and AIGLX enabled.
fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1800 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

glxgears
31173 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6234.520 FPS
32286 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6457.051 FPS
32336 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6467.024 FPS
31773 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6354.442 FPS
31869 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6373.660 FPS

So far Compiz 0.10.3 runs well and fast enough for me. I have not noticed any slow scrolling or display issues with Firefox.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log has no errors but does have excessive AIGLX warnings for example:
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23

These warnings are consecutive from 0x23 through 0x72

[NaterGator]

I'm successfully using the new ATI 8.42 driver on 7.10 ubuntu (x86 build because linksys is too lazy to provide a 64 bit driver for the wusb54gsc) and it works with a bit of jimmying.

I'm on an x800 XT PE and I get 7000fps in glxgears which is more than I get in the open source ati driver (~5000) but I'm having the same simple 2d-choppy issues that others are having. Interestingly compiz does not freeze anymore when I set the refresh rate for v-sync, so the 3d effects look great and tear free (and quite fluid) but the 2d stuff is SO CHOPPY.

None the less I would have random lockups before (all USB devices would lose power, screen would lock, system would not respond on SSH/to ping/etc) so I'm going to see if this helps.

[tsarig]

I've installed 8.42.3 both on Ubuntu Feisty and PCLinuxOS with same results:

whenever I execute 'glxgears', 'fgl_glxgears', running 3d game or screensaver I get a blank window or a black display.

'cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "EE"' gives me this error:

(EE) fglrx(0): Failed to enable interrupts.

'fglrxinfo' is ok:

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1950 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

IMO 8.42.3 suck, ATI sucked, sucks and will continue to suck. that will gonna be my last ATI video card ever, my next one will be Nvidia. ATI still does'nt pay attention to older than HD series products. they promised 8.42 will solve older AGP cards problems which it didn't as I anticipated. :mad:

-Waiting whole 3 months was a huge waste of time for me, I've done being ATI's sucker anymore.

[makoto42]

Have a FireGL v5200. Did the Chipid option/driver hack to try 8.42, and the /etc/ati/control from 8.40.4 to get rid of the logo. When I suspend, happily, it suspends now (before SLUB got in the way, running Gutsy 32-bit, btw). On resume, I always have it hang trying to chvt to the X console. I've tried various options in /etc/default/acpi-support, but the best I can do is have it resume normally if I force it to never chvt back to X. Anyone successfully get suspend/resume to work with 8.42 and an R5xx part?

[kirù]

Ok now some tests!
It's so sad to show how our waiting hasn't been usefull to anything.
The results are for Slackware 12.0, Radeon 9600 All in Wonder Edition:

Driver Radeon Open Source 6.6.192

1) Compiz + AIGLX runs better than any other solution/driver
2) Glxgears -> about 1180 FPS
3) Unreal Tournament 2004 3334 demo-> about 110 FPS (in a particular static situation)
4) Xmame - Opengl with a particular rom -> always 53/53 FPS

Driver fglrx 8.42.3

1) Compiz + AIGLX runs worst than any other solution/driver
2) Glxgears -> about 1580 FPS
3) Unreal Tournament 2004 3334 demo-> about 200 FPS (in the same particular situation of open source driver)
4) Xmame - Opengl with the same particular rom used in radeon open source driver test-> about 40/53 FPS

notes: fgl_glxgears is about 330 FPS

[NaterGator]

Here's my results

nweibley@ubuntu-nate:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

nweibley@ubuntu-nate:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
client glx vendor string: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX version: 1.2
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program,
GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shadow,
GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader,
GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap,
GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_meminfo, GL_ATI_separate_stencil,
GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3,
GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_texture,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color,
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture,
GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object,
GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,
GL_WIN_swap_hint, WGL_EXT_swap_control

nweibley@ubuntu-nate:~$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
12265 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2453.000 FPS
13843 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2768.600 FPS
nweibley@ubuntu-nate:~$ glxgears
37604 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7520.683 FPS
38236 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7647.136 FPS

[rdvaughan]

A little more to add from previous post:

The Catalyst Control Center appears to work. My remaining issue is to get the component video output to work as I normally use my HDTV as my main monitor for my HTPC. Unfortunitely The Catalyst Control Center does not display any HDTV supported formats in the "Display Manager>TV(2)>Formats" page.

Getting my HDTV displaying under Linux is the only thing holding me back from completely dumping Microsoft Vista. Under Windows version of the ATI Catalyst Control Center getting my HDTV to display is very easy. I have tried the command line "aticonfig --add-cvmode=..." command to set the Component Video modes but all get rejected, I suspect because my HDTV does not return any EDID information.

From what I gather from many net searches no one else seems to know how to set up a component video enabled xorg.conf while using ATI drivers (fglrx).

So close but yet so far...

[Janus]

Nothing works for me :(

[NaterGator]

A little more to add from previous post:

The Catalyst Control Center appears to work. My remaining issue is to get the component video output to work as I normally use my HDTV as my main monitor for my HTPC. Unfortunitely The Catalyst Control Center does not display any HDTV supported formats in the "Display Manager>TV(2)>Formats" page.

Getting my HDTV displaying under Linux is the only thing holding me back from completely dumping Microsoft Vista. Under Windows version of the ATI Catalyst Control Center getting my HDTV to display is very easy. I have tried the command line "aticonfig --add-cvmode=..." command to set the Component Video modes but all get rejected, I suspect because my HDTV does not return any EDID information.

From what I gather from many net searches no one else seems to know how to set up a component video enabled xorg.conf while using ATI drivers (fglrx).

So close but yet so far...

Did you try to use aticonfig from the command line?
TV Options:
--tvf, --tv-format-type=STRING
Change the TV signal format. STRING can be one of:
NTSC-M
NTSC-JPN
NTSC-N
PAL-B
PAL-COMB-N
PAL-D
PAL-G
PAL-H
PAL-I
PAL-K
PAL-K1
PAL-L
PAL-M
PAL-N
PAL-SECAM-D
PAL-SECAM-K
PAL-SECAM-K1
PAL-SECAM-L
Note: Not all graphics cards support every mode. Regional
settings are applicable.
--tvs, --tv-standard-type=STRING
Change the TV standard for TV output. STRING can be one of:
VIDEO
SCART
YUV
--tv-overscan={on|off}
Enable or disable overscan mode for TVout
Note, not all tv-formats support overscan. Try to
toggle overscan off before changing tv-format if
and error occurs.
--tv-info
Print out the current tv geometry, tv format, and if the
tv is physically connected.
--tv-geometry=WIDTHxHEIGHT{+|-}X{+|-}Y
=WIDTHxHEIGHT
Change the size and position of the TVout display.
WIDTH and HEIGHT are in percentage units. Please note
that the valid range for WIDTH and HEIGHT depends on
the tv-format selected. However, as a rule of thumb
WIDTH and HEIGHT are valid in the range [1,100]
X and Y are pixels offsets from centre
of the screen. X and Y are have variable ranges dependant
on ASIC. Use tv-info to get valid X and Y ranges
If tv-geometry is invoked with just width and height
then X and Y are assumed to be 0
See example 5 below for a sample usage.

[NaterGator]

Nothing works for me :(What distro are you running and how far have you gotten?

[bit7]

@rdvaughan: I have the same ATI card as you. How did you install the new driver?
I did it like way from the ubuntu wiki, but i got only this:

Display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)


How does your xorg.conf look like?

[rdvaughan]

Did you try to use aticonfig from the command line? ...


Yes, I have tried a number of combinations including forcing TVout to "on" all to no avail. After exhausting "aticonfig" as an option I had hoped that the Catalyst Control Centre would work but that has not been the case.

If AMD/ATI provided better documentation for the "aticonfig --add-cvmode=WIDTH,HEIGHT,FLAGS,BASEWIDTH,BASEDHEIGHT,RE FRESH." command with examples I might get some where. For instance what the heck are "FLAGS" and what are acceptable values?

I have spent many hours searching the net, using "aticonfig" and even building my own xorg.conf all with no results. I even went through my working Windows Catalyst Control Centre *.xml profile trying to find out what settings could be used.

The search goes on.

[ashtray]

does any body solved the problem with compiz and his GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap thing?

whitelist, fglrx-force, checkskip, editing a path to libGL
still doesn't work..
nobody had this problen?

[lowlands]

FYI: Just tried to build it on x86_64 Fedora 8 / Rawhide. First of all it needs that kernel 2.6.23 patch that someone graciously posted earlier in the thread. Then it builds but it fails with not being able to find a directory with X11R6 in it. Finally, if I extract the files to say ./tmp and manually try ./ati-installer.sh --listpkg I get an error. It only works when I do ./ati-installer.sh - --listpkg. If more info is required lemme know and I'll have another go and post the exact logs/output.

[sibidiba]

Hy!

I'm glad to see AIGLX finally working. First I had to comment GLCore from the modules section in xorg.conf, then the cubes where working...

But I have a problem: switching to the console totally hangs my system. And my Ubuntu (Gutsy) does switch to the text console for a second after starting GDM, resulting so in a system crash.

Any recommendations?

help plz

[superyounan1]

anyone else getting this? I'm so close!

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release



display: :0.0 screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

*** glibc detected *** fglrxinfo: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08062000 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7ce8d65]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb7cec800]
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so[0xb7993c92]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1[0xb7ef7c61]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeExtData+0x25)[0xb7df67d5]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeDisplayStructure+0x2f6)[0xb7e02df6]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCloseDisplay+0xea)[0xb7defeea]
fglrxinfo[0x8048a3b]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7c95050]
fglrxinfo[0x80488f1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1589707 /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804b000-0804c000 rw-p 00002000 03:42 1589707 /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804c000-08475000 rw-p 0804c000 00:00 0 [heap]
a5f86000-a5f87000 rw-p a5f86000 00:00 0
a6249000-ae249000 rw-s 00003000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
ae249000-ae50b000 rw-p ae249000 00:00 0
ae50b000-ae511000 rwxp ae50b000 00:00 0
ae511000-ae584000 rw-p ae511000 00:00 0
ae584000-aec84000 rw-s 00005000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
aec84000-aec94000 rw-s 00004000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
b6b00000-b6b21000 rw-p b6b00000 00:00 0
b6b21000-b6c00000 ---p b6b21000 00:00 0
b6c7a000-b6c84000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 491587 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c84000-b6c85000 rw-p 0000a000 03:42 491587 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c94000-b6cb7000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525587 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.6.1.so
b6cb7000-b6cb9000 rw-p 00023000 03:42 525587 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.6.1.so
b6cb9000-b6cc0000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525609 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.6.1.so
b6cc0000-b6cc2000 rw-p 00006000 03:42 525609 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.6.1.so
b6cc2000-b7a7b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 4161553 /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7a7b000-b7b00000 rw-p 00db9000 03:42 4161553 /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7b00000-b7c5a000 rw-p b7b00000 00:00 0
b7c5a000-b7c5c000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525585 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c5c000-b7c5e000 rw-p 00001000 03:42 525585 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c5e000-b7c62000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590579 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7c62000-b7c63000 rw-p 00003000 03:42 1590579 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7c63000-b7c64000 rw-p b7c63000 00:00 0
b7c64000-b7c66000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590568 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7c66000-b7c67000 rw-p 00001000 03:42 1590568 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7c67000-b7c7b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525605 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c7b000-b7c7d000 rw-p 00013000 03:42 525605 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c7d000-b7c7f000 rw-p b7c7d000 00:00 0
b7c7f000-b7dc3000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525579 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc3000-b7dc4000 r--p 00143000 03:42 525579 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc4000-b7dc6000 rw-p 00144000 03:42 525579 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc6000-b7dc9000 rw-p b7dc6000 00:00 0
b7dc9000-b7dd6000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590583 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7dd6000-b7dd7000 rw-p 0000d000 03:42 1590583 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7dd7000-b7ec4000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590562 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7ec4000-b7ec8000 rw-p 000ed000 03:42 1590562 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7ec8000-b7f4e000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 901308 /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
b7f4e000-b7f50000 rw-p 00086000 03:42 901308 /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
b7f50000-b7f53000 rw-p b7f50000 00:00 0
b7f5e000-b7f60000 rw-s 00002000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
b7f62000-b7f63000 rw-p b7f62000 00:00 0
b7f63000-b7f7d000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 491540 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
b7f7d000-b7f7f000 rw-p 00019000 03:42 491540 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
bfa34000-bfa47000 rwxp bfa34000 00:00 0 [stack]
bfa47000-bfa4a000 rw-p bfa47000 00:00 0
ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
Aborted (core dumped)

[Cerebral]

@superyounan1:

Getting the double-free all the time - see a few posts back, my first post on the forum was to report it. I also have a dual-head config - I wonder if that's related.

[cornelius]

Installed and running 8.42.3. I had to do a "ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1" to fix the missing libGL issue.

Problems:


Suspend still doesn't work on Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu bug #121653 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121653), as the new SLUB allocator prevents fglrx from suspending.
Selecting xv in xine crashes X (returns to gdm).
Non-xv video (with TexturedVideo enabled) runs and is smooth, but it flickers a lot (in fullscreen too).
Same for OpenGL apps.
OpenGL apps and videos (with TexturedVideo) are drawn directly on screen, i.e. compiz can't zoom them or map them onto the sides of the cube while rotating, they remain on the screen in their original size/position.
Getting occasional compiz freezes (with mouse pointer still moving) as in Ubuntu bug #108527 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/108527) and in Compiz Fusion bug #524 (http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524). After the freeze I was able to do Alt-SysRq-R and switch to a terminal to see compiz.real using 100% cpu (infinite loop somewhere?).
Typing on gnome text-editor is really slow (holding a key pressed), while doing it on emacs-gtk seems as fast as before.
Scrolling in Firefox is pretty slow, compared to when Compiz is not running.


I think introducing AIGLX support is a pretty big step for AMD, and hopefully we'll see it get better and better in terms of performance, right Michael? :)

BTW Michael, which of these problems can we expect to be fixed in next month's driver?

[JCTWeb]

@superyounan1:

Getting the double-free all the time - see a few posts back, my first post on the forum was to report it. I also have a dual-head config - I wonder if that's related.

I'm getting the same error - but only in dual-head mode.

In fact, I keep losing the symbolic link to fglrx.ko and have to boot to a console to re-create it just to use the driver --- things are amiss.

[donjones]

ages?

i have been waiting for this "child" since gutsy was released, but it does not solve https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/121653 :(

[rdvaughan]

@rdvaughan: I have the same ATI card as you. How did you install the new driver?
I did it like way from the ubuntu wiki, but i got only this:




How does your xorg.conf look like?

If you successfully installed the drivers then did you enable the ATI restricted drivers (System>Administration>Restricted Drivers Manager)?

Here is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Horizsync 28.0 - 51.0
Vertrefresh 43.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "fglrx"
Busid "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection


I hope this helps.

[superyounan1]

@Cerebral
@superyounan1:

Getting the double-free all the time - see a few posts back, my first post on the forum was to report it. I also have a dual-head config - I wonder if that's related.

I really need the dual-head, its one the main reasons i dont simply use the open ati driver, but i'll try switching to single head and see what happens.

I saw your post just after I posted mine, I noticed you have the AIGLX option off, you should be able to turn it on now, but that won't affect the problem we're having.

I also can't seem to kill X anymore, hitting ctrl+alt+backspace just brings a black screen and i have to restart, you getting that too?

[Cerebral]

I really need the dual-head, its one the main reasons i dont simply use the open ati driver, but i'll try switching to single head and see what happens.

I saw your post just after I posted mine, I noticed you have the AIGLX option off, you should be able to turn it on now, but that won't affect the problem we're having.

I also can't seem to kill X anymore, hitting ctrl+alt+backspace just brings a black screen and i have to restart, you getting that too?

I hear you - I need the dual-head as well. I also have the X-freezing issue, but only if AIGLX and "RENDER" extensions are enabled.

I'm still, however, getting graphical artifacts in the bottom-right hand of my screen (and underneath my mouse) from time to time.

[superyounan1]

I hear you - I need the dual-head as well. I also have the X-freezing issue, but only if AIGLX and "RENDER" extensions are enabled.

I'm still, however, getting graphical artifacts in the bottom-right hand of my screen (and underneath my mouse) from time to time.

ditto. I'm new to phoronix, should we start a separate thread? there is at least one other person with this problem here

[zmaster]

On Gutsy, I found a way to enable AIGLX (the GLX_ext_texture_from_pixmap ext. was not found), but it's a bit tricky and I don't know how to use compizconfig-settings-manager with it.

I call LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true compiz.real --indirect-rendering --replace gconf. Then, the Window manager doesn't launches, so I invoke "gtk-window-decorator" and it finally 'works'. Unfortunately it uses gconf : it doesn't use compizconfig-settings-manager, and I don't know how to make it use it.

good luck...

EDIT: I found a way to make it use the compizconfig-settings-manager... replace 'gconf' with 'ccp'
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true compiz.real --indirect-rendering --replace ccp
works for me, but it's not the best thing out there...

EDIT2: unfortunately this method is *very* slow and not usable. XGL must be a lot faster...

[JCTWeb]

I hear you - I need the dual-head as well. I also have the X-freezing issue, but only if AIGLX and "RENDER" extensions are enabled.

I'm still, however, getting graphical artifacts in the bottom-right hand of my screen (and underneath my mouse) from time to time.

I getting the artifacts, too - once again only in dual-head mode.

I'm currently in "big desktop" mode, but I can't get the monitors to show up in different resolutions..hatin' it.

[merlin529]

I have installed on a 64 bit Ubuntu Gutsy--no problem wth the help above. It is clear the fglrx module is loaded. However, fglrxinfo gives the following

fglrxinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Help?

[zmaster]

This seems like a package-related issue... Create a symbolic link as follows :
ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1

[bit7]

rdvaughan;16120]If you successfully installed the drivers then did you enable the ATI restricted drivers (System>Administration>Restricted Drivers Manager)?

I had to turn off the ATI restricted driver. And after installed the driver again it works now!

My FPS with glxgears is a bit lower than yours. I got about 5900 FPS with desktop effects activated.

I got black flickring windows, when i play videos. Not so nice. I think i have to turn desktop effects off.

Thank you for your xorg.conf.

[RJBMontreal]

Well AIGLX is working for me now but it is having issues with FPS. I noticed some animations are smooth and others are not but it's all at random. When I minimize and then restore the firefox browser for example I see a bunch of black area redrawing and this did not happen with the 8.40x driver and XGL it was all smooth and no redrawing glitches.

I'm running Gutsy with a X1600 Pro 512 PCIe

Going back to the 8.40 driver and XGL unless I find a quick fix for these performance issues.

[ironflippy]

fglrx doesn't seem to be loading. I'm kind of a noob when it comes to linux, but i'm getting better by the day. I'm using Feisty, btw. Here's my xorg.conf file


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
Load "dbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "AOC Spectrum"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "true"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
Monitor "AOC Spectrum"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "0"
EndSection


And here's what I get when I type fglrxinfo:

Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)


I used the guide on ATI's wiki and when that didn't work, I resorted to an ATI guide on the ubuntu forums. Neither seemed to do anything.

[JCTWeb]

Any ideas why I keep losing this symlink?

/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile/fglrx.ko

Everytime I reboot, it's gone and I have to re-create the link. It's driving me insane.

[Kano]

The integrated restricted modules manager does not always work nicely, so maybe just remove it:

sudo apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l|awk '/restricted/{print $2}')

After that you could try my script:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

Until you used the lrm the script works too without deleting things.

[xy_god]

Oh,yeah,Come on baby!^0^

[Septor]

anyone else getting this? I'm so close!

display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release



display: :0.0 screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

*** glibc detected *** fglrxinfo: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08062000 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7ce8d65]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb7cec800]
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so[0xb7993c92]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1[0xb7ef7c61]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeExtData+0x25)[0xb7df67d5]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeDisplayStructure+0x2f6)[0xb7e02df6]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCloseDisplay+0xea)[0xb7defeea]
fglrxinfo[0x8048a3b]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7c95050]
fglrxinfo[0x80488f1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1589707 /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804b000-0804c000 rw-p 00002000 03:42 1589707 /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804c000-08475000 rw-p 0804c000 00:00 0 [heap]
a5f86000-a5f87000 rw-p a5f86000 00:00 0
a6249000-ae249000 rw-s 00003000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
ae249000-ae50b000 rw-p ae249000 00:00 0
ae50b000-ae511000 rwxp ae50b000 00:00 0
ae511000-ae584000 rw-p ae511000 00:00 0
ae584000-aec84000 rw-s 00005000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
aec84000-aec94000 rw-s 00004000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
b6b00000-b6b21000 rw-p b6b00000 00:00 0
b6b21000-b6c00000 ---p b6b21000 00:00 0
b6c7a000-b6c84000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 491587 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c84000-b6c85000 rw-p 0000a000 03:42 491587 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c94000-b6cb7000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525587 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.6.1.so
b6cb7000-b6cb9000 rw-p 00023000 03:42 525587 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.6.1.so
b6cb9000-b6cc0000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525609 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.6.1.so
b6cc0000-b6cc2000 rw-p 00006000 03:42 525609 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.6.1.so
b6cc2000-b7a7b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 4161553 /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7a7b000-b7b00000 rw-p 00db9000 03:42 4161553 /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7b00000-b7c5a000 rw-p b7b00000 00:00 0
b7c5a000-b7c5c000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525585 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c5c000-b7c5e000 rw-p 00001000 03:42 525585 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c5e000-b7c62000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590579 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7c62000-b7c63000 rw-p 00003000 03:42 1590579 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7c63000-b7c64000 rw-p b7c63000 00:00 0
b7c64000-b7c66000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590568 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7c66000-b7c67000 rw-p 00001000 03:42 1590568 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7c67000-b7c7b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525605 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c7b000-b7c7d000 rw-p 00013000 03:42 525605 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c7d000-b7c7f000 rw-p b7c7d000 00:00 0
b7c7f000-b7dc3000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525579 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc3000-b7dc4000 r--p 00143000 03:42 525579 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc4000-b7dc6000 rw-p 00144000 03:42 525579 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc6000-b7dc9000 rw-p b7dc6000 00:00 0
b7dc9000-b7dd6000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590583 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7dd6000-b7dd7000 rw-p 0000d000 03:42 1590583 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7dd7000-b7ec4000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590562 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7ec4000-b7ec8000 rw-p 000ed000 03:42 1590562 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7ec8000-b7f4e000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 901308 /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
b7f4e000-b7f50000 rw-p 00086000 03:42 901308 /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
b7f50000-b7f53000 rw-p b7f50000 00:00 0
b7f5e000-b7f60000 rw-s 00002000 00:0e 19461 /dev/dri/card0
b7f62000-b7f63000 rw-p b7f62000 00:00 0
b7f63000-b7f7d000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 491540 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
b7f7d000-b7f7f000 rw-p 00019000 03:42 491540 /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
bfa34000-bfa47000 rwxp bfa34000 00:00 0 [stack]
bfa47000-bfa4a000 rw-p bfa47000 00:00 0
ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
Aborted (core dumped)


I've seen that on dual head systems only, and only when a OpenGL app terminates. It shouldn't be a problem, other than it is ugly.

Things still work after that segfault though right?

[Septor]

Any ideas why I keep losing this symlink?

/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile/fglrx.ko

Everytime I reboot, it's gone and I have to re-create the link. It's driving me insane.

Hint: volatile :)

That stuff is generated by the linux-kernel-restricted package... remove that package if you aren't using any restricted drivers. The symlink in the wiki is totally unnecessary if you run "depmod -ae" and add fglrx to /etc/defaults/linux-kernel-restricted-modules (as per the wiki).

[Locke]

Ubuntu Gutsy on a z61m with x1400 mobility. This release is an even more pathetic than the last one. TV out has stopped working(--query-monitor shows only lcd) and aiglx "performance" is a joke. Going back to the old version so I can at least watch movies on my tv....without xv of course :rolleyes:

[mSparks]

[msparks@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo
Segmentation fault
[msparks@localhost ~]$


yeah, thats not good

radeon X1600

Also theres something weird happening:
I had to fiddle a while back to get dual screens working, now this machine has been depreciated to one monitor. However despite reverting to a single screen xorg.conf it insists on spanning two moniters.
In fact, the bugg3r is still working with no /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Fedora/F7, any ideas what I've installed that uses a config file other than /etc/X11/xorg.conf, Ive got it to a single screen by using a 'screen resolution' applet in gnome, but Im lost to understand how it is working at all without an xorg.conf. I knew it was going to end up being trouble, the moment dual monitors just decided to work.

None of these problems on the new nvidia card.....

[LucasG15]

2D seems to be working great and video playback is great too, but when I attempt to enable desktop effects everything disappears except the wallpaper. The odd thing is that I think that everything is there or least the panels because when I hover my mouse over what I think is the edge of one of the panels than the mouse change into the appropriate cursor.
The other oddity is that running glxgears produces a window with no animated gears. Running fglr_glxgears has the same blank windows but after a few seconds the entire desktop turns invisible too.

Oh yeah, I'm runnging 32bit Ubuntu 7.10 with an ATI X1950PRO AGP.

[jackkerouac]

I checked /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and found that AIGLX was trying to initialize an old copy of fglrx_dri.so, which was located in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so

I copied the new version (which the ati installed installed in /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so) over the one in the old location, and now compiz starts up with no white screen.

I installed the driver on Gutsy with a Radeon 1650 Pro 512MB AGP card. THe install went fine, but I got the White Screen of Death. The above fix worked like a charm for me.

Thanks spotman!

I noticed that scrolling in firefox and my terminal are both pretty slow, but cube spinning performance is lightning quick. Anyone else experience slow scrolling?

My terminal is fine, but my Firefox is choppy when scrolling. I haven't really noticed an increase in speed (all my benchmarks are about the same), but system performance is better now that I'm not running XGL.

Here's hoping things only get better from here!

[makoto42]

Installed and running 8.42.3. I had to do a "ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1" to fix the missing libGL issue.

Problems:


Suspend still doesn't work on Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu bug #121653 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121653), as the new SLUB allocator prevents fglrx from suspending.
Selecting xv in xine crashes X (returns to gdm).
Non-xv video (with TexturedVideo enabled) runs and is smooth, but it flickers a lot (in fullscreen too).
Same for OpenGL apps.
OpenGL apps and videos (with TexturedVideo) are drawn directly on screen, i.e. compiz can't zoom them or map them onto the sides of the cube while rotating, they remain on the screen in their original size/position.
Getting occasional compiz freezes (with mouse pointer still moving) as in Ubuntu bug #108527 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/108527) and in Compiz Fusion bug #524 (http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524). After the freeze I was able to do Alt-SysRq-R and switch to a terminal to see compiz.real using 100% cpu (infinite loop somewhere?).
Typing on gnome text-editor is really slow (holding a key pressed), while doing it on emacs-gtk seems as fast as before.
Scrolling in Firefox is pretty slow, compared to when Compiz is not running.


I think introducing AIGLX support is a pretty big step for AMD, and hopefully we'll see it get better and better in terms of performance, right Michael? :)

BTW Michael, which of these problems can we expect to be fixed in next month's driver?

Incorrect on the SLUB allocator count. My laptop with 2.6.22 and SLUB now suspends fine. Now waking from suspend and trying to go to X, another story, but the driver doesn't block sleep like the older driver did with SLUB.

[makoto42]

When I successfully slept and resumed (avoiding the chvt back to X, of course) I tried to killall -9 Xorg, restart Xorg, that failed, so I tried to rmmod fglrx, and the kernel refused to deal. Here is the kernel output with stack traces:

[ 1089.592000] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f91800f8
[ 1089.592000] printing eip:
[ 1089.592000] f93b2a90
[ 1089.592000] *pde = 369df067
[ 1089.592000] *pte = 00000000
[ 1089.592000] Oops: 0002 [#1]
[ 1089.592000] SMP
[ 1089.592000] Modules linked in: sbs battery ac thinkpad_acpi thermal fan button e1000 ndiswrapper nfs lockd sunrpc af_packet fglrx(P) rfcomm l2cap vboxdrv ppdev ipv6 acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_conservative freq_table cpufreq_userspace container bay dock video parport_pc lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy joydev snd_seq_oss irtty_sir sir_dev snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq nsc_ircc pcmcia snd_timer snd_seq_device irda iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support hci_usb serio_raw bluetooth snd wlan crc_ccitt pcspkr soundcore psmouse yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core intel_agp shpchp pci_hotplug agpgart snd_page_alloc evdev ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sg sd_mod ata_piix ata_generic ahci libata scsi_mod ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore processor fuse apparmor commoncap
[ 1089.592000] CPU: 1
[ 1089.592000] EIP: 0060:[<f93b2a90>] Tainted: P VLI
[ 1089.592000] EFLAGS: 00013286 (2.6.22-14-generic #1)
[ 1089.592000] EIP is at vWriteMmRegisterUlongViaAddr+0x10/0x20 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] eax: 0000003e ebx: f5d04800 ecx: f9180000 edx: 10000000
[ 1089.592000] esi: 0000003e edi: f9180000 ebp: f3a0de30 esp: f3a0de30
[ 1089.592000] ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0033 ss: 0068
[ 1089.592000] Process Xorg (pid: 7717, ti=f3a0c000 task=efc92f90 task.ti=f3a0c000)
[ 1089.592000] Stack: f3a0de60 f93b29d8 f9180000 0000003e 10000000 00000073 c011f2f5 00000073
[ 1089.592000] 10000000 0000003e f5d04800 f5d048f0 f3a0de80 f939f7a3 f5d04800 0000003e
[ 1089.592000] 10000000 f5d048f0 f5d04800 bfc6afc0 f3a0dea0 f938a770 f5d04800 10000000
[ 1089.592000] Call Trace:
[ 1089.592000] [<f93b29d8>] vWriteMmRegisterUlong+0x68/0xf0 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<c011f2f5>] __ioremap+0xe5/0x110
[ 1089.592000] [<f939f7a3>] WriteAsicConfigMemsize+0xc3/0x140 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f938a770>] CAILExit+0x20/0x140 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f937e607>] firegl_pci_getinfo+0x167/0x1f0 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f937ec6c>] firegl_cail_free+0x3c/0x70 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<c01fed0e>] copy_from_user+0x2e/0x70
[ 1089.592000] [<f937df03>] firegl_init_asic+0xf3/0x1f0 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f937de10>] firegl_init_asic+0x0/0x1f0 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f93757ae>] firegl_ioctl+0x1ae/0x230 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f93698fc>] ip_firegl_ioctl+0x1c/0x30 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<f93698e0>] ip_firegl_ioctl+0x0/0x30 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<c018ca74>] do_ioctl+0x84/0xc0
[ 1089.592000] [<c02f5d99>] do_page_fault+0x389/0x690
[ 1089.592000] [<f93698e0>] ip_firegl_ioctl+0x0/0x30 [fglrx]
[ 1089.592000] [<c018cb0c>] vfs_ioctl+0x5c/0x290
[ 1089.592000] [<c018cdb2>] sys_ioctl+0x72/0x90
[ 1089.592000] [<c01041d2>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa9
[ 1089.592000] =======================
[ 1089.592000] Code: 8b 55 08 85 d2 74 06 8b 4d 0c 8b 04 8a 5d c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 8d bf 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 8b 4d 08 85 c9 74 09 8b 55 10 8b 45 0c <89> 14 81 5d c3 8d 74 26 00 8d bc 27 00 00 00 00 55 31 c0 89 e5
[ 1089.592000] EIP: [<f93b2a90>] vWriteMmRegisterUlongViaAddr+0x10/0x20 [fglrx] SS:ESP 0068:f3a0de30
[ 1089.596000] [fglrx:firegl_release] *ERROR* device busy: 1 0
[ 1089.596000] [fglrx] release failed with code -EBUSY

[gummybearx]

omg...this driver is crap....
im going to wait till someone makes a howto for opensuse 10.3 64 bit....

im sure 64 bit is where my troubles are... never again ati....never again....

[pedepy]

jesus isnt anyone getting good results ?

The phoronix people seem to have gotten things going right, at least that's what the review leads to believe. But they seem to be the only one's praising this driver..

Im not questioning their integrity, ... , but its a tad strange to me, thats all ill say.

By the way why wont AMD ATI themselves release any comment on their drivers? If its really a full rewrite of the code and if you have 'known issues' then just say it .. if its beta quality software than just label it so .. This kind of hype / disapointment is really demeaning your company's reputation in the community .. were not stupid; I know for me that if it takes another 4 months to get fast and stable drivers I wont complain. Its just a pain when you say itll be something and then turns out not to be that..

[gummybearx]

yea, im curious of how they got their setups working so flawlessly, to say the least.

maybe its the years of configging x servers for their living that makes them so good at it...^^

but seriously, a writeup for howtos for different distros would be fantabulastic.

[ltmon]

yea, im curious of how they got their setups working so flawlessly, to say the least.

maybe its the years of configging x servers for their living that makes them so good at it...^^

but seriously, a writeup for howtos for different distros would be fantabulastic.

I think you'll find that those of us who have a working setup just don't post as much :) ... what is there to post about!

FTR: Mobility x1600 worked straight away for me, AIGLX/Compiz as well but not with fantastic performance. Textured video (XV), dual displays and 3d apps (GoogleEarth, ET:QW) are all apparently fine also. I do have some years of wrangling with difficult Linux drivers behind me however.

As for writeups for different distros: http://wiki.cchtml.com is where they lie. It might take a few days to get it all updated for 8.42, but they're pretty quick usually... in fact the Ubuntu Gutsy one is up already, but no others that I can see.

[poene]

Can't wait to boot up Linux just to try this at home.

[Ole-Martin Broz]

HAHAHA ;D i love this driver, except 1 thing, same with last one.

Okey i got a vga display, NOT DVI, HDMI or any other digital crap.

so, it doesnt detect my screen correctly, just change settings in xorg.conf youreself. and you got aiglx and a perfect driver in youre hand.

but, whitelist in compiz how ? eeek

[Malikith]

Well heres my experence so far from the new driver. The PCIE-AGP bridge issue has been resolved. Thank god. The driver runs very very well for me. However I could not get this driver to work in Ubuntu but works like a charm in Debian.

I haven't been able to get compiz running yet, but 3d is very fast. And runs very well. Compiz isn't a huge deal to me but if its supposed to work, I'd like to see it work. But so far I'm very impressed.

[yoshi314]

looking through the thread so far - good thing i didn't put my r500 card back in.

looks like r300 with opensource driver is still a better solution for me.

[lgoral]

Ok guys, I'm still having problems running compiz, even after trying all the solutions provided here.

I'm running Debian sid with Xpress 200M, xorg 7.3, compiz 0.5.2. I'm getting the same GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap problem many people here seem to have:

compiz --replace
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not available with direct rendering.
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not available with indirect rendering. Aborting!


The proposed solutions using LD_PRELOAD and LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT don't do a thing. Looking at /usr/bin/compiz, I see that it's a wrapper script for compiz.real. It first greps glxinfo for GLX_EXT_texture_from_bitmap and checks if it return at least three lines - no idea why! Checking glxinfo manually shows me that GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap occurs only twice. Anyway, if the above fails, the script exports LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true and tries again. If neither check succeeds, it exits with the above errors.

Now the fun part. I tried manually exporting LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true and running compiz.real directly. This gives me a seg fault. Moreover, after LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true glxinfo produces the following instead of the expect result:

export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true
glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext
Major opcode of failed request: 162 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 16


Any ideas?

[InfiniteZero]

I have ATI Mobility Radeon X1300. I am using Debian sid. I have installed fglrx driver 8.42.3. Compiz version is 0.5.2 and Xorg is 7.3.

I am able to find AIGLX and Composite enabled in Xorg.0.log.


...
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
...
(==) AIGLX enabled
...


The output of fglrxinfo reports the following.


display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release


The output of glxinfo confirms direct rendering.


name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
server glx extensions:
...


I am able to run fgl_glxgears and amdcccle reports right driver version.

However there is problem starting compiz. I figured out that the root cause being not able to support Indirect rendering.


$ export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext
Major opcode of failed request: 144 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 16

$ unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
...


Looking at the behavior above, I am seeing that forcing Indirect rendering doesn't work with fglrx 8.42.3. Is this an expected behavior? I supposed that AIGLX support would facilitate Indirect rendering.

Compiz fails to start as the wrapper script searches for three occurrences of GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap in the glxinfo output. However we get only two occurrences when we use fglrx driver.


$ glxinfo | grep -c GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
2


Because of this, the wrapper script tries to use Indirect rendering and eventually it fails. I have clearly ensured that I am not mixing old versions of the driver. All log files seem to be perfect.

I see a bunch of warnings in Xorg.0.log. Does it bother someone?


(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x24
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x26
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x27
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x28
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x29
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x30
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x31
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x32
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x33
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x34
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x35
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x36
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x37
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x38
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x39
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x40
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x41
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x42
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x43
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x44
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x45
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x46
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x47
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x48
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x49
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x50
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x51
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x52
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x53
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x54
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x55
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x56
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x57
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x58


Looks like a lot of people are stuck on the same issue. Can someone throw light on what is happening? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

[Crunchy]

I got this installed on my X1950 Pro AGP with a few problems:

Error in Xorg.0.log:
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000
(EE) fglrx(0): Failed to enable interrupts.
(II) fglrx(0): [pci] find AGP GART
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] Mode=0x1f00421b bridge: 0x10de/0x00e1
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP v1/2 disable mask 0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP v3 disable mask 0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] enabling AGP with mode=0x1f00431a
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] Remapping MC AGP space (new MCAGPBase = 0xdc000000)
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP protocol is enabled for graphics board. (cmd=0x1f004312)
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] graphics chipset has AGP v3.0 (native mode)
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!

I also got the warnings from AIGLX about 3D driver not supporting lots of visuals.

I noticed this message in dmesg:
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] enabled at IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[fglrx] IRQ_MGR is disabled untill GART_CACHABLE memory will be implemented<6>[fglrx] AGP detected, AgpState = 0x1f00421b (hardware caps of chipset)
agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode
[fglrx] AGP enabled, AgpCommand = 0x1f004312 (selected caps)

It looks to me as the driver is saying it doesn't (yet) support something that is required for IRQ interrupts. I might try and disable ACPI tomorrow and see if that helps.

On the positive glxinfo, fglrxinfo are telling me acceleration is on. ATI CCC is working nicely and tells me AGP is on at 8x (before it was 0x as the driver thought it was a PCIE card).

Video is slooow, 3D is slower than with 8.40.x too :(. Glxgears gives 600 odd fps instead of 1210.

Anyone have any suggestions on getting interrupts to work?

[AchingTomato]

I'm certainly looking forward to testing this driver, but judging by previous ATi/AMD-driver releases, I'm not expecting too much of an improvement.

[Kano]

@Crunchy

Seems to be Xserver 1.4 related, right?

[enzobelmont]

Ok guys, I'm still having problems running compiz, even after trying all the solutions provided here.

I'm running Debian sid with Xpress 200M, xorg 7.3, compiz 0.5.2. I'm getting the same GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap problem many people here seem to have:

compiz --replace
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not available with direct rendering.
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not available with indirect rendering. Aborting!


The proposed solutions using LD_PRELOAD and LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT don't do a thing. Looking at /usr/bin/compiz, I see that it's a wrapper script for compiz.real. It first greps glxinfo for GLX_EXT_texture_from_bitmap and checks if it return at least three lines - no idea why! Checking glxinfo manually shows me that GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap occurs only twice. Anyway, if the above fails, the script exports LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true and tries again. If neither check succeeds, it exits with the above errors.

Now the fun part. I tried manually exporting LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true and running compiz.real directly. This gives me a seg fault. Moreover, after LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true glxinfo produces the following instead of the expect result:

export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true
glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext
Major opcode of failed request: 162 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 16


Any ideas?

mine was working fine until i upgraded to xserver 1.4, since then my results are like yours.

i will downgrade to xserver 1.3 and see what happen.

by the way i'm usin gentoo.

[chefkoch666]

Light at the end of the tunnel! :)

[chabo]

I have ATI Mobility Radeon X1300. I am using Debian sid. I have installed fglrx driver 8.42.3. Compiz version is 0.5.2 and Xorg is 7.3....

Do you have 64bit kernel? Cause it seems that it's only problem x86_64 fglrx

[Tillin9]

Well, I loaded up 8.42 on my 9700 Pro and while the performance was greatly improved my long-term complaint is still not addressed. There are artifacts when FSAA is enabled in OpenGL applications. 8.42 has different patterns, the artifact blocks are much bigger (hinting to why the performance is increased, internally the driver uses larger tile slices) and they are in different places. However, they are still there. I now also get watermark in the corner. (though it doesn't show up with Ksnapshot). If this is possibly some kind of settings issue, I'd like to know what might cause it (or how to clear out all settings from previous drivers, as the driver no longer uses the options in /etc/X11/xorg.conf exclusively). Anyway... this is a picture of my issue: http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?i...apshot2kt5.png

It is an OpenInventor file being viewed in ivview. I can provide the .iv for testing, OpenInventor is an open source scientific visualization tool and part of nearly every major distribution. Source is here: ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/inventor/download

On Debian or Ubuntu:
apt-get install inventor-clients

Michael, if you could mention this to your ATI developer friends I'd love to get to the bottom of why the ATI driver has always had artifacts with this program. Possibly this would also point to much more minor artifacting when FSAA is enabled in many games. I'm using Debian Etch (stock except for fglrx, so 2.6.18-5-686, X.org 7.1.0-19)

[SteviOS]

Still mesa instead of ati
fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1)
:(:( Any ideas?

Finally I got it working on my Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 (ATI Mobility Radeon X1400). In a few words:

I did a clean install of Gutsy
Installed the driver manually via method 2 (http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide) (--buildpkg Ubuntu/7.10 / !blocked fglrx in restricted drivers!)
Added the fglrx to compiz whitelist

Thx ATI. I realized some bugs but I think it's a great driver compared to those I had to use before 8.41.X. :):D

[PsYhLo]

i'm wondering is this new driver works with 2.6.22.9

[kirù]

yea, im curious of how they got their setups working so flawlessly, to say the least.

maybe its the years of configging x servers for their living that makes them so good at it...^^

but seriously, a writeup for howtos for different distros would be fantabulastic.

They never said that compiz runs with decent scrollings, and without flickering while playing videos.

[lite]

Hi,

My OS is Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 and hardware is Lenovo Thinkpad T60 (wide screen) with dual head configuration. Graphics adapter is Mobility Radeon X1400.

I'm succesfully running compiz-fusion and truecombat (as well as other gl software) with the new drivers.

However there are a few irritating things:

1. Poor compiz performance when Mozilla software (thunderbird / firefox) has focus. If such software is visible but without focus, rotating the cube or expo works flawlessly. I'm not sure whether this is a compiz issue, but this doesn't happen on nvidia hardware and nvidia proprietary driver.

2. Crashes! I'm not sure if dualhead conifguration makes the crashes more frequent. During the five hours I've been testing the new drivers now there has been about a dozen of crashes (X dies unexpectedly) and gdm restarts it). One of the best ways to make it crash is to make e.g. rhythmbox window so wide it reaches from one display to another. Either rhythmbox window goes blank (=black) or the whole X goes down.

[Kano]

For etch you can alway use my script to correctly install the driver:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

As there are 2 watermarks possible you don't have got /etc/ati/control or /etc/ati/signature. If the first is missing you get unsupported hardware, if the second is missing you get ATI testing watermark. Hotfix would be:

sh ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --extract ati
cp ati/common/etc/ati/{control,signature} /etc/ati/

Then restart X server.

[jeffjoker]

Hi everyone,

Many experiences yet as I can see. I am really sad to have discovered this great news only this morning when I can not test it on my Ubuntu 7.10.
Hopefully tonight I'll post my experience ;)

Jeff

[jeffjoker]

Oops I forgot:

I have not found a good how-to for Ubuntu for this driver. Do anyone have a link or a quick step-by-step ?
:confused:

Thanks and regards, Jeff.

[konas]

Oops I forgot:

I have not found a good how-to for Ubuntu for this driver. Do anyone have a link or a quick step-by-step ?
:confused:

Thanks and regards, Jeff.


How about this one , it s on Ubuntu forums :p

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=589075

[Kano]

Disable restricted modules and start my script, it works with Debian and Ubuntu:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

Then just change the whitelist to support fglrx.

[MagicTempest]

I'm as happy as a little child at a fair. My X1950Pro has stopped collecting dust in my drawer and is now instead collecting dust within my pc ( which is a better place to collect dust imho :) )

AIGLX works, not really fast, but it's ok. performance has increased.

The only strange thing is:
I play WoW using Cedega until a few weeks ago. For some reason WoW got terribly slow ( 1 -3 fps ). I hoped the new driver would fix this. The strange thing however is that 8.42 did not really fix this. WoW still runs at 3 fps except when I enable compiz. Then WoW leaps to 80-100 fps. But now I have texture corruption... Disabling compiz removes the texture corruption but also drops the framerate back to 3 fps.

[jeffjoker]

I was intending to play wow on my ubuntu too, but your post just stopped me ;)
I hope this kind of issue will be patched with the main official release.
I am really looking forward to reinstall my Laptop without Windows as WoW is the only software keeping that shitfull expensive non secure... OS (if it can be called this way) alive on my computer.
I do not intend to use Cedega as it is not free, but Wine. I will start looking for good how to's as soon as the 3D support and AIGLX are working fine together.

As for the installation, if anyone here knows a good doc to read, please do submit.

[MagicTempest]

When I'm home from work today I'll test some more with WoW, Cedega and 8.43 to see if I can resolve these problems. I know it's possible. I'll let you know.

[cb474]

I successfully got 8.42.3 working on Ubuntu 7.10 and was about to try out compiz-fusion, when I saw that it messed up Ooo Writer of all things. It made Ooo redraw its window incredibly slowly, so that scrolling inched along and pulling down menus had a substantial delay. I use Ooo Writer way too much to put up with this. I went back to 8.40.4 and everythings fine. Hopefull 8.43 will be more solid.

[ashtray]

i downgraded to xorgserver 1.3 and compiz is starting..
but it's writing errors about some handler and stuff, a lot of artefacts, and it's very slow (but yes, there is a cube, even rotating)

what can i do with this?

[ashtray]

compiz log
[23:09:56] Checking for Xgl: not present.
[23:09:56] Checking for FBConfig: present.
[23:09:57] Checking for texture_from_pixmap: not present.
[23:09:57] Trying again with indirect rendering:
[23:09:57] Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
[23:09:57] Checking for copy texture support: present.
[23:09:57] Checking for Intel: not present.
[23:09:57] Checking for non power of two support: present.
[23:09:57] Checking for Composite extension: present.
[23:09:57] Checking for XDamage extension: present.
[23:09:57] Checking for XSync extension: present.
[23:09:57] Detected 1 screen(s)
[23:09:57] Checks indicate compiz should work on your system
[23:09:57] Found KDE desktop environment running...
[23:09:57] Found running windows manager: kwin
[23:09:57] Setting fallback windows manager to kwin
[23:09:57] Loading the ccp settings interface
[23:09:57] Exporting: LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 KDEWM=/usr/bin/compiz
[23:09:57] Executing: /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --force-fglrx --replace --sm-disable --indirect-rendering ccp

everyting seems to be ok, but still what is the problem?..

[BlackStar]

I got 8.42.3 to work on Ubuntu 7.10 (x64), with compiz-fusion.

System is a Core 2 Duo E6750 with 2GB ram and a X1950 Pro video card. Scrolling in Opera is somewhat slow (turning off smooth-scrolling helps), and the window minimize effect is a little choppy, but no problems apart from that! Writer works ok too (no redraw problems).

Getting 3d acceleration instead of mesa was a bit of a pain, but this is how I got it to work:

-1) Install the necessary tools:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debhelper \
debconf libstdc++5 linux-headers-generic

0) Download the driver in a folder with latin characters only (no spaces etc etc)! Open a terminal and head to that folder.

1) chmod +x ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run

2) ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --extract fglrx

3) Download the archive linked to by Michael in the 10th (or so) page of this topic - it's in the first post of that page. Extract its contents in the fglrx folder, overwriting when prompted.

4) Run ati-installer.sh --buildpkg Ubuntu/7.10

5) Continue using the instructions in http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide starting from the string "Blacklist old fglrx module from linux-restricted-modules:"

[mile]

report for my mobility x1600 m56 on nc8430

- XV is still broken, diagonal tearing
- video playback crashed Xserver once
- "garbage" in lower right, around mouse cursor AND new one, upper left corner
- DualHead is working now OK for me
- TV out is not detected any more
- AIGLX is working, but it is sooooooo slow
- 3D park is workig OK,i guess... ET:QW is running fine
- 2D-desktop performance is still worse than with avivo/radeonhd
- amdcccle crashed few times

mile@ubuntu:~$ amdcccle
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7d7d454 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2
#1 0x0007de21 in ?? ()
#2 0x07383353 in ?? ()
#3 0xb7f07ff4 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#4 0xb7d7b5b0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2
#5 0xb7eb7ac0 in ?? ()
#6 0xbff6d290 in ?? ()
#7 0xb7ef9e73 in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#8 0xb7d7d58a in XRRGetScreenInfo () from /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2
#9 0x081611df in CDisplayDriver::GetResolutionList()
#10 0x08187229 in CDisplayRule::GetDriverData ()
#11 0x08185ec7 in CDisplayRule::Initialize ()
#12 0x081554fc in CLDC::Initialize ()
#13 0x08153e04 in main ()


long way to go for proper drivers....

[lazics]

the baby is born, alright, now it needs to walk, talk, and grow up.
On Fedora7 x64 platform with an integrated RS485 (hp nx6325 laptop):
- the RPM building method doesn't work of course (that's actually a step back, previous versions at least built ok)
Generating package: Fedora/F7
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.42.3-1-6283-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.42.3/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/*': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.42.3-1-6283-root/BUILD/ATI-fglrx-8.42.3/usr/X11R6/lib/*.so.*': No such file or directory

- one tiny step forward, that with the normal installation the driver actally builds, and doesn't need any patches to load up (hooray, I guess.... )
- X launches, and I already notice a missing 'detail': my brightness key-combinations don't work anymore...
- first test, that is an important feature for me: SUSPEND! . Result: if the fglrx module is loaded , it just hangs at the final stage, without the possibility of resuming. Power it off and back again: now THAT is useful, innit.... :mad:
- second most important test: switching to console mode, and then back again to X. Result: a nice messed up screen (some might call it even art!), and complete freeze.

So in the end, who the hell needs hundreds of FPS, and all sorts of direct rendering, etc, if the driver can't handle these basic things, and freezes. Priorities, ATI, check your priorities!! :rolleyes:

Oh and it's worth mentioning, that the original xorg driver, that provides no 3D acceleration for this type of card that I have, does everything else just fine, and it's stable as a rock.

p.s. small advice, do NOT commit the same mistake I did: to buy a laptop with an ATI card in it. (or anything that comes from ATI for that matter)

[mile]

forgot to mention...suspend does not work

[Nashwan]

Does anyone know why 8.42.3 isnt already released on the amd driver page?
Maybe they are ashamed to release such a crap. ;)

[mahler]

Does anyone know why 8.42.3 isnt already released on the amd driver page?
Maybe they are ashamed to release such a crap. ;)

They probably want to make an inventory of known-bugs first. And then decide how to announce it.

On the other hand, I have the theory that whenever AMD/ATI releases a driver which has many bugs, they do this at the end of the month. So that the next release will be relatively sooner and people get their fixes. So I am curious if 8.43 will indeed be sooner rather than later.

[Stormking]

8.42.3 is a bit better than 8.41. Here are my experiences:

Positive:

- XVideo-on-TV-Out is fixed. There are still problems, switching to fullscreen gives me a blank screen. But finally I am able to use the oxine media player (a xine frontend), again.

- Unlike 8.41, the latest wine works, even on the second screen.

- No more screen corruption in Maya when the Composite Extension is enabled

Negative:

- NO AIXGL for me :-( Xorg.log says it's enabled but compiz can't find GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap. The workarounds in this thread do not work for me. With LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true, X is killed immediately after starting compiz.

- I have a dual head setup and every OpenGL app gives me the "*** glibc detected *** glxinfo: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08063060 ***" error.

- Civilization IV under Cedega is extremely slow. I used to have playable 15-18 fps. Now, I only get 4-5.

[chabo]

Downgradeted to xorg-server-1.3 and compiz-fusion works with LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true.

glxgears:
61529 frames in 5.0 seconds = 12305.760 FPS

fgl_glxgears:
15601 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3120.200 FPS

Linux pass 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 17 11:12:00 CEST 2007 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

ATI 1950XTX

I don't have problem with slow scrolling in Firefox but XVideo and all 3D application flick... :)

Without AIGLX all work good, except switching video modes in applications, but its only x86_64 problem i think

[Wojtek]

There still no sign of the new drivers on ATI's website. Who knows, maybe we are treated as beta testers and fglrx 8.43 will be released soon, fixing most of the bugs listed on this forum? I cannot think of any other reason why ATI's website still shows only 8.40?
Cheers,

Wojtek

PS This is my first post on this forum so hello everyone!

[LucasG15]

For those that are getting flickering while watching a video, do you have compiz enabled? If so, try enabling vertical refresh in the ATI catalyst control panel.
Under 3D -> More Settings -> Vertical Rerfrsh: I set the slider all the way to the right (Quality).

[Roger]

I just installed the fglrx 8.42.3 driver yesterday in a Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64 (yes, the one with the problems). I have a Radeon 9600XT.

I used the script meant before in this thread to install, and a common tutorial to install fglrx from the source.

My impressions are:
1- AIGLX is running fine. I was even surprised as it started compiz without any complaining or white screens. Speed for Compiz seems fine to me. I was using the opensource drivers, so now compiz seems better or the same. (And to think that Michael told that hadrdly compiz would run in a 9600XT)
2- Scrolling may be a little slower, I noticed something like that, but nothing really abysmal, like some posted here.
3- Everything else seems OK. I hadn't got much time to test it yet, like the new control panel, but so far it seems fine.

I saw people calling this driver crap, well, you should stop complaining and simply look to the great step ATI/AMD took with this driver. Now the refining begin.

[aoanla]

I just installed the fglrx 8.42.3 driver yesterday in a Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64 (yes, the one with the problems). I have a Radeon 9600XT.

I used the script meant before in this thread to install, and a common tutorial to install fglrx from the source.

My impressions are:
1- AIGLX is running fine. I was even surprised as it started compiz without any complaining or white screens. Speed for Compiz seems fine to me. I was using the opensource drivers, so now compiz seems better or the same. (And to think that Michael told that hadrdly compiz would run in a 9600XT)
2- Scrolling may be a little slower, I noticed something like that, but nothing really abysmal, like some posted here.
3- Everything else seems OK. I hadn't got much time to test it yet, like the new control panel, but so far it seems fine.

I saw people calling this driver crap, well, you should stop complaining and simply look to the great step ATI/AMD took with this driver. Now the refining begin.

But, of course, they're complaining because their experience hasn't been nearly as good as yours...

[kirù]

I just installed the fglrx 8.42.3 driver yesterday in a Ubuntu Gutsy AMD64 (yes, the one with the problems). I have a Radeon 9600XT.

I used the script meant before in this thread to install, and a common tutorial to install fglrx from the source.

My impressions are:
1- AIGLX is running fine. I was even surprised as it started compiz without any complaining or white screens. Speed for Compiz seems fine to me. I was using the opensource drivers, so now compiz seems better or the same. (And to think that Michael told that hadrdly compiz would run in a 9600XT)
2- Scrolling may be a little slower, I noticed something like that, but nothing really abysmal, like some posted here.
3- Everything else seems OK. I hadn't got much time to test it yet, like the new control panel, but so far it seems fine.

I saw people calling this driver crap, well, you should stop complaining and simply look to the great step ATI/AMD took with this driver. Now the refining begin.

What BIG step? radeon open source works with things like compiz and xmame-opengl better than 8.42 and I don't remember I waited for radeon open source driver mornings and nights, 22 days. It exists since my first experience with linux, 1 year ago!

[Euskafreez]

I'm waiting this driver for years :)

[enzobelmont]

mine was working fine until i upgraded to xserver 1.4, since then my results are like yours.

i will downgrade to xserver 1.3 and see what happen.

by the way i'm usin gentoo.

yeap, downgrading to xorg-server 1.3 fixed segfault problem.

[elite]

Is anyone use Ubuntu 7.10?
I was install the 8.42 driver for five times,
but the desktop effects doesn't work?

Can someone give me a install introduction

[elite]

I am using ATI Radeon X550 card.

[Crunchy]

@Crunchy

Seems to be Xserver 1.4 related, right?

I'm using xorg-server-1.3 and xorg-x11-7.2 under Gentoo atm.

[Michael]

Is anyone use Ubuntu 7.10?
I was install the 8.42 driver for five times,
but the desktop effects doesn't work?

Can someone give me a install introduction

What steps have you tried so far? It's working fine for a number of people on Ubuntu 7.10.

[toxigenicpoem]

Is anyone use Ubuntu 7.10?
I was install the 8.42 driver for five times,
but the desktop effects doesn't work?

Can someone give me a install introduction

What chipset are you using? Its possible that your chipset MAY be on the black listed chipsets. Even after whitelisting the driver, I needed to remove my chipset from the black list to enable desktop effects.

[Stormking]

OpenGL on TV-Out is still not working.

[elite]

I war refer to this link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575843

[elite]

I was refer to this link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575843

And i am using Intel chipset.

[cornelius]

Incorrect on the SLUB allocator count. My laptop with 2.6.22 and SLUB now suspends fine. Now waking from suspend and trying to go to X, another story, but the driver doesn't block sleep like the older driver did with SLUB.

That's interesting. The new driver hasn't fixed this problem for me. I'm guessing you're not using Ubuntu, right?

Oh well, the next driver is supposed to fix this by introducing 2.6.23 kernel support (which comes with SLUB by default).

[elite]

What chipset are you using? Its possible that your chipset MAY be on the black listed chipsets. Even after whitelisting the driver, I needed to remove my chipset from the black list to enable desktop effects.
I am using intel x86 chipset
and refer to this link
ubuntuforums.org (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575843)
to install.