AMD 8.42.3 Driver Released -- The Baby Is Born!

[Raknor]

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run

[slacker]

w00t!
downloading now

[sishgupta]

non akamai'd link:
Direct link to ati (www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run)

[Michael]

Today it's now time where the fglrx driver reaches yet another milestone. Not only does today's release address many of the outstanding bugs for the earlier GPU generations while also introducing a few new features, but it also delivers AIGLX support! Yes, you read that right. You can finally run your ATI graphics card with the fglrx driver and run Compiz, Beryl, or Compiz Fusion without using XGL! This is coming 13 months after NVIDIA had introduced its AIGLX support, but now just days after the release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon it's here for ATI hardware. Granted, if you were using an older ATI GPU with the open-source Radeon driver, you could have been benefiting from AIGLX already.

Review: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11287

Digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/AMD_8_42_Driver_Brings_Fixes_AIGLX

(This codename came from all of the discussion in this Phoronix Forums thread: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5422)

[givemesugarr]

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run

are you sure that that is the right driver?! i cannot see it on ati's site or on the rss update feed...

[c0un7d0wn]

are you sure that that is the right driver?! i cannot see it on ati's site or on the rss update feed...

Just downloaded.. hacking up an ebuild right now..

[Uchikoma]

Finally it is out. :)
*downloads*

[Extreme Coder]

Downloading now!!!!!

[cantas]

The buildpkg feature does not work in gutsy.


cp: cannot stat `./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri': No such file or directory
dh_install: command returned error code 256
make: *** [binary] Error 1

[slacker]

Just downloaded.. hacking up an ebuild right now..

do you mind sharing it once it's done? ;)

[slickhenry]

ah well.... any hacks to get firegl-support? I kinda knew it, but had to try anyhow. would really like to give my mobility v5200 a run for the money. Kano?

kinda weird that the devices that gave name to the driver are shunned.

[Jackalo]

Mmm, she's working on my Gateway MT6451 w/ ATI IGP 485 (X200M / X1150).

I'm so happy...

[Danyul]

I wish I brought my lappy to work today. I am reservedly optimistic about this release. But finally getting away from the vesa driver I've been using for the past week will be great.

[ivanovic]

Okay, first results:
Renaming the old ebuild (8.40.7) is enough (you have to rename the corresponding patches folder inside files/, too), the driver works with xorg 7.3 (xorg-server 1.4) and with kernel 2.6.23 (using the patches). I am running on x86, so amd64 users might have problems with the patch.

[givemesugarr]

Just downloaded.. hacking up an ebuild right now..

could you post it, please...
thanks

[aljo666]

RPM build errors:
File not found by glob: /tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.42.3-1-22698-aljosa/tmp/ATI-fglrx-8.42.3-1.f7-root-aljosa/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/*
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.D22622

What should I do to build it on Fedora 7 x64?

[zmaster]

can it be installed easily on Gutsy?

[Michael]

yes, easily, and Compiz Fusion running in all of its glory :D

[TungstenSteel]

I been waiting for this for at least a year. Yahhh

[TungstenSteel]

How long before it shows up in the Ubuntu repository?

[c0un7d0wn]

could you post it, please...
thanks

Still working on it.. stupid amd64 stuff..

[ivanovic]

Okay, first results:
Renaming the old ebuild (8.40.7) is enough (you have to rename the corresponding patches folder inside files/, too), the driver works with xorg 7.3 (xorg-server 1.4) and with kernel 2.6.23 (using the patches). I am running on x86, so amd64 users might have problems with the patch.

Okay, looks like I was a little bit too fast, after testing with neverball and asuming everything else would work as expected, too. I did now fire up UT2k4 and when switching to a higher vertical resolution I do get graphic corruptions:
http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ut2k4problemsil1.png

This does not happen when being at small resolutions, only at higher resolutions and so far only in UT2k3. I would assume that it is kernel 2.6.23 related (since with 2.6.22.6 there was no problem). And I do get a nice message in the terminal after starting ut2k4:
WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change!
Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0".

Would be nice to see those problems fixed, might be that it is the combination of running ut2k4 with xorg 1.4 and a kernel 2.6.23 on gentoo...

(Just for reference: I am using a radeon 9800 pro (agp), c2d 6400, 1GB DDR1 ram, arch: x86)

EDIT:
Okay, I just verified that my problems can be solved by downgrading the kernel to 2.6.22.9. This change makes ut2k4 and fgl_glxgears work again, both were not working with kernel 2.6.23.1.

[givemesugarr]

ahahahauuuuu....... i've hacked the 8.40 ebuild as suggested by modifying its name and i get this error:
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.42.3............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................................
gzip: common/usr/share/man/man8/atieventsd.8: unknown suffix -- ignored


i cannot even unzip it... ahahauaauauauau... this has never happened. it seems that ati now is able also to make gzip go mad... :eek::eek::eek:

[heruan]

How long before it shows up in the Ubuntu repository?

I opened
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-driver/+bug/156325
hoping on a fast backport to Gutsy!

[yoshi314]

cannot even unzip it... ahahauaauauauau... this has never happened. it seems that ati now is able also to make gzip go mad.comment out the line starting with gunzip in the ebuild. that's what failed in 8.41 as well.

i'm not testing this on 8.42. YMMV.

[Uchikoma]

Okay, so successfully installed by building a package for Ubuntu/Feisty. It runs quite nicely (unlike 8.41) and there is a performance improvement.

...at least about 300 FPS greater than 8.40 in glxgears. I'm about to check out AIGLX and Compiz Fusion shortly.

[zmaster]

hmmm strange... the ATI's website still shows up the 8.41 driver for R600 chips and the old 8.40 driver for non-R600 ones. I guess they did not update it yet...

And by the way, the driver is labeled "8.42.7", but in the Phoronix article (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=887&num=3) it is referred to as "8.42.3". Which one is right?

[zmaster]

sorry it's 8.42.3... I mixed up with 8.41.7

[slacker]

comment out the line starting with gunzip in the ebuild. that's what failed in 8.41 as well.

i'm not testing this on 8.42. YMMV.

I commented out the gunzip part, now I get this:

* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is:
*
* /usr/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/files/8.42.3/ati-drivers-8.42.3-warnings.patch
* ( ati-drivers-8.42.3-warnings.patch )


I renamed the patch 8.40 to 8.42... Is that correct?

EDIT: fixed, I didn't create the 8.42.3 directory :)

[daniel of sarnia]

damn it, I just installed it on Ubuntu 7.04 and Quake4 now freezes after playing for about 30 seconds... FUCK

Please some one tell me that if I upgrade to gutsy the it wont crash.

Oh can some one help me out and tell me where the file to weight list the driver for compiz is, please :)

[Snake]

(This codename came from all of the discussion in this Phoronix Forums thread: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5422)

"The Baby is Born". Wow, it seems some of us just became godfathers (I hope it's the correct term in english) of a GFX-Card driver :D

[dopehouse]

Is there a patch for 2.6.23??? Please post a link as far as possible.

[Uchikoma]

damn it, I just installed it on Ubuntu 7.04 and Quake4 now freezes after playing for about 30 seconds... FUCK

Please some one tell me that if I upgrade to gutsy the it wont crash.

Oh can some one help me out and tell me where the file to weight list the driver for compiz is, please :)

Well make sure everything is proper by running glxinfo and glxgears. (and make sure you don't have Mesa running by accident).

As for gutsy, I haven't tested it, though I will in the next couple days.
EDIT: If you have the Composite extension disabled in your xorg.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, make sure you re-enable it.

EDIT2: Compiz is now successfully running without a hitch. AIGLX is here to stay, and it's stable on my setup. The only thing I need to fix is my conky window which is now out of alignment for some odd reason. Nothing a little config file tweaking can't fix.

[kirù]

Well make sure everything is proper by running glxinfo and glxgears. (and make sure you don't have Mesa running by accident).

As for gutsy, I haven't tested it, though I will in the next couple days.
EDIT: If you have the Composite extension disabled in your xorg.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, make sure you re-enable it.


8.42.3 Tested on Slackware 12 + Compiz Fusion + Radeon 9600.

1) AIGLX is a TOTAL DELUSION. The fps is less than XGL. Firefox scrolling seems like a 286 dir command (on dos).
Radeon open source driver is better!

2) Xmame in opengl mode is worst than with radeon open source driver.

Why did we wait for so much time?
Why did we believe to ATI?
Why -I- bought an ATI card?

[Payrok]

"The Baby is Born". Wow, it seems some of us just became godfathers (I hope it's the correct term in english) of a GFX-Card driver

The baby is MINE! lol

[psychos]

Well, package building fails on x86_64 Ubuntu Gutsy. :(

Generating package: Ubuntu/gutsy
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
...
find: usr/X11R6/lib: No such file or directory
...
cp: cannot stat `./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri': No such file or directory
dh_install: command returned error code 256
make: *** [binary] Error 1

Seems to be missing the usr/X11R6/lib directory; there's only a usr/X11R6/lib64 directory. Anyone get this thing to build on an x86_64 system under Gutsy?

[SteviOS]

I need some help with Compiz.
I installed the new driver with
sudo ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run
Then added (compiz)
# Driver whitelist
WHITELIST="fglrx nvidia intel ati radeon i810"
and (xorg.conf)
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
I'm running Gutsy with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. When I try to enable Compiz there's a white-screen.
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)

:confused::confused::confused:

[Michael]

I take it you're using Ubuntu? use --buildpkg Ubuntu/7.10 and not running the driver from its GUI installer.

Make sure to block fglrx in the restricted drivers too.

[Michael]

Well, package building fails on x86_64 Ubuntu Gutsy. :(

Generating package: Ubuntu/gutsy
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
...
find: usr/X11R6/lib: No such file or directory
...
cp: cannot stat `./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri': No such file or directory
dh_install: command returned error code 256
make: *** [binary] Error 1

Seems to be missing the usr/X11R6/lib directory; there's only a usr/X11R6/lib64 directory. Anyone get this thing to build on an x86_64 system under Gutsy?

That's a known issue on the part of the package maintainer for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. A new packaging script for Ubuntu is available and I'll see if I still have it in my inbox.

[sishgupta]

The buildpkg feature does not work in gutsy.


cp: cannot stat `./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri': No such file or directory
dh_install: command returned error code 256
make: *** [binary] Error 1

Buildpkg worked fine on my 32bit system. I haven't tested the driver yet because I am at school.
I used ssh to do buildpkg and install.

[lucien]

Installation worked flawless for me on Ubuntu Gutsy. Whitelisted fglrx in /usr/bin/compiz on line 54 (someone asked how to do it previously).

Performance is not really good. Worse than the opensource ati driver (like kirù said). Did I miss enabling some options in xorg.conf?

Greetings...

[Michael]

Installation worked flawless for me on Ubuntu Gutsy. Whitelisted fglrx in /usr/bin/compiz on line 54 (someone asked how to do it previously).

Performance is not really good. Worse than the opensource ati driver (like kirù said). Did I miss enabling some options in xorg.conf?

Greetings...

What hardware are you using? What's your xorg.conf look like?

[givemesugarr]

* Installing fglrx module
* ati tree 'lib' -> 'lib32' on system
install: cannot stat `/var/tmp/paludis/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.42.3/work/arch/x86_64/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2': No such file or directory
install: cannot stat `/var/tmp/paludis/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.42.3/work/arch/x86_64/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so': No such file or directory
* ati tree 'lib64' -> 'lib64' on system
install: cannot stat `common/etc/ati/fglrxprofiles.csv': No such file or directory
install: cannot stat `common/etc/ati/fglrxrc': No such file or directory

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now no apps are starting because of the libgl.s0.1.2 not being there... how could i fix this?! if i cannot fix it i cannot use the driver...
for me the driver can be called 8.42.3 the baby is born... dead!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad:

[Uchikoma]

I need some help with Compiz.
I installed the new driver with
sudo ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run
Then added (compiz)
# Driver whitelist
WHITELIST="fglrx nvidia intel ati radeon i810"
and (xorg.conf)
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
I'm running Gutsy with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. When I try to enable Compiz there's a white-screen.
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)

:confused::confused::confused:

You've got Mesa there instead of ATI. You should be getting something similar to this:

display: 0:0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technolgies Inc.
OpenGL rendered string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 release


Try installing it manually via method 2 found here:
(uninstall all previous instances of fglrx first, but don't reboot till you finish the manual install)

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide

[sastraxi]

What kills me is that compiz-fusion is running at a usable speed -- just completely graphically corrupted.

Oh yeah, and et:qw crashed the X server after about 20 seconds into the game.

Wish I was more impressed, but...

[aoanla]

That's a known issue on the part of the package maintainer for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. A new packaging script for Ubuntu is available and I'll see if I still have it in my inbox.

I get the same error in Ubuntu Feisty... (so, clearly this is a general Ubuntu problem).

[Michael]

I get the same error in Ubuntu Feisty... (so, clearly this is a general Ubuntu problem).

Oops, yeah, didn't mean to say "Gutsy Gibbon" in my previous post.

[zmaster]

Any clue which options I should activate in my "Xorg.conf" config file in order to enable Compiz via AIGLX? When running
compiz.real --indirect-rendering --replace I'm getting a message telling me that the composite extension is not enabled on my system.

Also, when I installed it (on Gutsy), it seems the package did not create a necessary symbolic link (ie. in /usr/lib libGL.so.1 was not found, but libGL.so.1.2 was, so I created a symbolic pointing from libGL.so.1 to libGL.so.1.2 and it did the trick).

[c0un7d0wn]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now no apps are starting because of the libgl.s0.1.2 not being there... how could i fix this?! if i cannot fix it i cannot use the driver...
for me the driver can be called 8.42.3 the baby is born... dead!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad:

https://www.inullable.com/svn/overlay/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/

[zmaster]

EDIT: If you have the Composite extension disabled in your xorg.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, make sure you re-enable it.
ok, thanks for the composite extension tip, i didn't read the post first.

[Uchikoma]

Any clue which options I should activate in my "Xorg.conf" config file in order to enable Compiz via AIGLX? When running
compiz.real --indirect-rendering --replace I'm getting a message telling me that the composite extension is not enabled on my system.

Also, when I installed it (on Gutsy), it seems the package did not create a necessary symbolic link (ie. in /usr/lib libGL.so.1 was not found, but libGL.so.1.2 was, so I created a symbolic pointing from libGL.so.1 to libGL.so.1.2 and it did the trick).

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
in the section "Extensions" set Composite to yes, or remove the entire section entirely.

Restart X. (ctrl+alt+backspace)

EDIT: Haha, you beat me to it -_-
Hope it works for you ^^;

[lucien]

What hardware are you using? What's your xorg.conf look like?

I have a X800 XT. The only thing I did in my xorg.conf was switching from ati to fglrx.


# 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 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 "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
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"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

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

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc R423 5F57 [Radeon X800XT (PCIE)]"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SyncMaster"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc R423 5F57 [Radeon X800XT (PCIE)]"
Monitor "SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"

# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

[c0un7d0wn]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now no apps are starting because of the libgl.s0.1.2 not being there... how could i fix this?! if i cannot fix it i cannot use the driver...
for me the driver can be called 8.42.3 the baby is born... dead!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad:

https://www.inullable.com/svn/overlay/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/

[slacker]

I can't run compiz :(
mikko@gentoo ~ $ compiz --replace
compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0


I enabled "composite" and AIGLX in xorg.conf.

DRI is enabled too:
mikko@gentoo ~ $ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release


I tried following this howto (I run Gentoo amd64): http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL/Troubleshooting#GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap_is_mis sing

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib compiz --replace gconf &

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so compiz --replace gconf

both give me the same output...

What am I missing? :confused:

[narfg]

Hi,
the new driver is great, but I don't seem to have X-Video support. Is there any way to enable it?

$ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.0.6958 Release)


Distribution is Ubuntu 7.10.

[Uchikoma]

I can't run compiz :(


I enabled "composite" and AIGLX in xorg.conf.

DRI is enabled too:


I tried following this howto (I run Gentoo amd64): http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_XGL/Troubleshooting#GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap_is_mis sing



both give me the same output...

What am I missing? :confused:

You didn't follow all of the guide it seems. Did you look for where the mesa files are? Once you do:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=[path to mesa goes here] compiz --replace gconf &

Or so it seems. Try that out.


Hi,
the new driver is great, but I don't seem to have X-Video support. Is there any way to enable it?

Code:

$ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no adaptors present

Code:

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.0.6958 Release)

Distribution is Ubuntu 7.10.


sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
Then restart X and see if that works.

[Michael]

You need to enable Option "TexturedVideo" "True" for X-Video

[Extreme Coder]

I get the same error as SteviOS(fglrxinfo reports Mesa)
I used the GUI installation for the driver.

So I tried what Michael mentioned(using the package builder), and here is what I get: ( I'm on Mandriva2008)

[ahmad@localhost Desktop]$ ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Mandriva/2008
Created directory fglrx-install.Yy8033
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.42.3............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Generating package: Mandriva/2008
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
error: file /home/ahmad/tmp/ati.oo8119/SOURCES/ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run missing: No such file or directory
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.Yy8033
[ahmad@localhost Desktop]$

[Uchikoma]

Okay so after a lot of use, I can report essentially no problems...except one.

- glxgears tends to flicker a bit. Whether this applies to games I don't know as I don't have et:qw on hand to try (and I'm at work).

Anyone else have that problem?
...and glxgears runs at 2250 FPS roughly on an ati x1400. 800ish FPS on powersaving mode.

[slacker]

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=[path to mesa goes here] compiz --replace gconf &

Or so it seems. Try that out.


mikko@gentoo ~ $ locate libGL.so
/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so
/usr/lib64/opengl/ati/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib64/opengl/ati/lib/FGL.renamed.libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib64/opengl/ati/lib/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib64/opengl/ati/lib/libGL.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/FGL.renamed.libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib64/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib64/xorg/libGL.so
/usr/lib64/xorg/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib64/libGL.so
/usr/lib64/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib32/xorg/libGL.so
/usr/lib32/xorg/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib32/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so
/usr/lib32/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1.2.bak
/usr/lib32/opengl/ati/lib/FGL.renamed.libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib32/libGL.so.1


which one is the right one?

[Uchikoma]

I get the same error as SteviOS(fglrxinfo reports Mesa)
I used the GUI installation for the driver.

So I tried what Michael mentioned(using the package builder), and here is what I get: ( I'm on Mandriva2008)

Try moving the file into your home directory or something and then try it. It seems like it can't find the file when trying to generate the distro specific package.

Slacker: try using /usr/lib32 as your path and see if something comes out of that.

[Acrylic]

same ugly problem here...on ubuntu 7.10 64bit: ;___;
dh_install -pxorg-driver-fglrx "usr/X11R6/lib/*.so*" "usr/lib32"
dh_install -pxorg-driver-fglrx "usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri" "usr/lib32"
cp: cannot stat `./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri': No such file or directory
dh_install: command returned error code 256
make: *** [binary] Error 1
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.y15573

[Mota_boy]

Öö sorry about stupid guestion, but is there coming or how should i do to get this version of driver on openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3?

[ares]

slacker try running this

compiz.real --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering

this is the command that my 'fusion-icon' program decided to run for me, I had the same error that you are experiencing.

running this sorted it :)

[narfg]

You need to enable Option "TexturedVideo" "True" for X-Video

thx to Uchikoma and Michael

[slacker]

Slacker: try using /usr/lib32 as your path and see if something comes out of that.

mikko@gentoo ~ $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32 compiz --replace gconf &
[1] 25702

mikko@gentoo ~ $ compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing



Btw, is this good?
mikko@gentoo ~ $ glxinfo | grep GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap

[spotman]

fwiw -- I also had a case of the white screen issue upon first try.

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

[zmaster]

Unfortunately I got the same problem when enabling AIGLX on Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop containing a x1600 Mobility Radeon (GLX_ext_texture_from_pixmap extension missing).

Output is :
julien@julien-a100:~$ compiz.real --indirect-rendering --replace
compiz.real (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz.real (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz.real (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

Any clue? The LD_PRELOAD trick does not seems to work either, and seems related to XGL...

EDIT: my xorg.conf file lists GLX_ext_texture_from_pixmap as an available extension.

[Uchikoma]

same ugly problem here...on ubuntu 7.10 64bit: ;___;

I think I know why now...under 64 bit, the lib directory is instead either lib32 or lib64 perhaps.

...maybe that's the reason?

[slacker]

slacker try running this

compiz.real --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp --indirect-rendering


compiz.real: command not found.

tried without "real" too: same error :(

Anyone else on gentoo amd64 managed to do this?
Maybe I just forgot something...

[Michael]

For those with Ubuntu 64-bit problems, below is a link to the updated Ubuntu packaging scripts done by Aric Cyr, which will be found in fglrx 8.43 (along with other updates I imagine). It fixes the 64-bit problem.

http://www.michaellarabel.com/downloads/fglrx-8.42-ubuntu+debian-2.tar.bz2

[oaul]

After installing 8.42 on debian etch, wine 0.9.47 no longer starts:

wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00000000 at address (nil) (thread 0009), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00000000 in 32-bit code (0x00000000).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:00000000 ESP:0033df6c EBP:0033df88 EFLAGS:00210246( - 00 -RIZP1)
EAX:ffffffff EBX:7e038aec ECX:ffffffff EDX:0033df78
ESI:00000035 EDI:7d2ef000
Stack dump:
0x0033df6c: 7dfbf8c0 0033df78 7e0a6905 7e038aec
0x0033df7c: 00000000 7e0a6906 00000410 0033dfa8
0x0033df8c: 7d6c8993 7e038aec 7e0a6906 7e0a6906
0x0033df9c: 7e0a6906 7c06fc68 7e12c8ac 0033dfb8
0x0033dfac: 7d64427b 7e0a6906 7e0a6906 0033dfd8
0x0033dfbc: 7db1650e 7e0a6906 7e0a6906 7c06fd20
Backtrace:
=>1 0x00000000 (0x0033df88)

Anyone else having trouble with wine with the new driver?

[Extreme Coder]

Try moving the file into your home directory or something and then try it. It seems like it can't find the file when trying to generate the distro specific package.

Slacker: try using /usr/lib32 as your path and see if something comes out of that.

Sadly, that's not working too.

[ahmad@localhost ~]$ ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Mandriva/2008
Created directory fglrx-install.tS9080
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.42.3............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Generating package: Mandriva/2008
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
error: file /home/ahmad/tmp/ati.AZ9169/SOURCES/ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run missing: No such file or directory
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.tS9080
[ahmad@localhost ~]$

[Uchikoma]

compiz.real: command not found.

tried without "real" too: same error :(

Anyone else on gentoo amd64 managed to do this?
Maybe I just forgot something...

Try just compiz --replace and see where that gets you.

[Acrylic]

For those with Ubuntu 64-bit problems, below is a link to the updated Ubuntu packaging scripts done by Aric Cyr, which will be found in fglrx 8.43 (along with other updates I imagine). It fixes the 64-bit problem.

http://www.michaellarabel.com/downloads/fglrx-8.42-ubuntu+debian-2.tar.bz2

Ok but...how can I use it?...I am a bit confused...

[slacker]

Try just compiz --replace and see where that gets you.

that's actually the first thing I tried, but I always keep getting that error...

[SteviOS]

Try installing it manually via method 2 found here:
(uninstall all previous instances of fglrx first, but don't reboot till you finish the manual install)

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide
I take it you're using Ubuntu? use --buildpkg Ubuntu/7.10 and not running the driver from its GUI installer.

Make sure to block fglrx in the restricted drivers too.
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?

[hoho]

I have this strangest bug for quite some time now, and its the same with this newest version of fglrx. Same goes for different kernels and Xorg versions.

Thing is, X hangs when I try to start a second X, or do Switch User in GNOME. Now the funniest part is, if I start X then close it and start it again, all is fine, I can start a second X simultaniously or do switch user without hanging. Help?

I checked it with vesa and open-source drivers and they both work fine, dont hang.

[Michael]

Ok but...how can I use it?...I am a bit confused...

Extract it to /etc/ati/custom-package and then with the 8.42 package run --buildpkg custom-package/7.10 (or 7.04 for Feisty)

[daniel of sarnia]

compiz is working pretty good for me except from a bit of corruption. Although quake4 freezes and I can get etqw to start but it freezes before the game play start. At lest we are seeing some real progress and in the next few months we might have something stable. Although I don't know if most of my problems are from my card x1900xtx or using feisty instead of gutsy with a newer x.

[Footfish]

it needs to be reported in fglrx-driver (Ubuntu), can you move it or re-report it. thanks.

I opened
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-driver/+bug/156325
hoping on a fast backport to Gutsy!

[gimmix]

Yay at last my ati ati fandom payed of :cool:.
Hope I'll get it to work because I am not too much into linux hacking and stuff xD

[Footfish]

same here, still using mobility fireGL (R250). I guess it is time to spend some money, :D
ah well.... any hacks to get firegl-support? I kinda knew it, but had to try anyhow. would really like to give my mobility v5200 a run for the money. Kano?

kinda weird that the devices that gave name to the driver are shunned.

[toxigenicpoem]

Öö sorry about stupid guestion, but is there coming or how should i do to get this version of driver on openSUSE 10.2 or 10.3?

Google m'boy, google.... Follow the hard directions, I havn't had a chance to try this on the 8.42 driver, but it works great for the 8.41 driver.

http://en.opensuse.org/ATI_Driver_HOWTO#The_Hard_Way

[Bill_Gates]

Hi!


(II) fglrx(0): Depth moves disabled by default
(==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): cpuFlags: 0x8000001d
(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(**) fglrx(0): ATI GART size: 256 MB
(II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 258048 kB allocated with handle 0xdeadbeef
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 65536
(==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
(==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.1.0.0
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:5:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0xb790f000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.42.3
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Oct 19 2007
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.22-gentoo-r8
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: yes
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: yes
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000
(II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 16.
(II) fglrx(0): Exposed events to the /proc interface
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
..
..
(**) Option "AIGLX" "on"
(**) AIGLX enabled
(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 0x72
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so


AIGLX is loaded but compiz not rule


LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so compiz --indirect-rendering --replace
compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

[kryysler]

Could someone please post a howto to get fglrx 8.42 installed on a gutsy 64bit. I do not get it.

[psychos]

For those with Ubuntu 64-bit problems, below is a link to the updated Ubuntu packaging scripts done by Aric Cyr, which will be found in fglrx 8.43 (along with other updates I imagine). It fixes the 64-bit problem.

http://www.michaellarabel.com/downloads/fglrx-8.42-ubuntu+debian-2.tar.bz2

That did the trick. Thanks.

Unfortunately, Xvideo output from mplayer/xine is still corrupted (incorrect colors, weird lines, diagonal tearing.) And mythfrontend now crashes on launch. OpenGL video output from mplayer, however, is no longer tearing! All of the GL YUV conversion modes that used to work in 8.40 now cause mplayer to crash, though, requiring software conversion. Now to see if I can get mplayer to play 1920x1080 video with deinterlacing without pegging the CPU; I'm getting bad framedropping with the defaults even on a 2.4GHz C2D.

XvMC...someday...hopefully.

[Footfish]

it says you need to post in fglrx-driver. can you do it? (I don't have a lanchpad account.) Thanks.

I opened
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-driver/+bug/156325
hoping on a fast backport to Gutsy!

[enzobelmont]

i will download and install in two hours (my connection is slow here)

any x200m experiences????

[Michael]

i will download and install in two hours (my connection is slow here)

any x200m experiences????

I heard at least one X200M user report success.

[aoanla]

Could someone please post a howto to get fglrx 8.42 installed on a gutsy 64bit. I do not get it.

I've posted about this on the Ubuntu forums.

Basically, though, you can unpack the installer into another directory by doing:

./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --extract name-of-directory

then extract the other archive that Michael linked to into the same directory (choosing to replace files)

then, Cd into that directory and type

sudo ./ati-installer.sh 8.42.3 --install

(or ./ati-installer.sh 8.42.3 --buildpkg Ubuntu/gusty
if you're following the Ubuntu wiki HOWTO)

[spotman]

anyone having any issues running amdcccle?

I had no problems with 8.40, but for whatever reason it just hangs upon execution with 8.42, never even paints a window, no error messages in terminal either.

[redboar]

Crap I'm at work and cannot play with it yet. :p

I was wrong about it being like DNF, now hopefully DNF will soon have a release date, and run in Linux! :D

[sabriah]

Could someone please post a howto to get fglrx 8.42 installed on a gutsy 64bit. I do not get it.

Good idea!

This is a MAJOR update for most Radeon users! Maybe we can ask Michael nicely to post an article, with a step-by-step, screenshot filled instruction!!!

Thanks in advance Michael! (waving frantically)

[Acrylic]

Extract it to /etc/ati/custom-package and then with the 8.42 package run --buildpkg custom-package/7.10 (or 7.04 for Feisty)

well...done....but it does not change a thing...:confused:
same error...

[Michael]

Good idea!

This is a MAJOR update for most Radeon users! Maybe we can ask Michael nicely to post an article, with a step-by-step, screenshot filled instruction!!!

Thanks in advance Michael! (waving frantically)


See: http://phoronix.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15907&postcount=92

[Korri]

Well this is the first version that didn't work with my X1550 at all. My monitor just showed "Signal out of range" with every configuration I tried. :(

[ivanovic]

Okay, looks like I was a little bit too fast, after testing with neverball and asuming everything else would work as expected, too. I did now fire up UT2k4 and when switching to a higher vertical resolution I do get graphic corruptions:
http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ut2k4problemsil1.png

This does not happen when being at small resolutions, only at higher resolutions and so far only in UT2k3. I would assume that it is kernel 2.6.23 related (since with 2.6.22.6 there was no problem). And I do get a nice message in the terminal after starting ut2k4:
WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change!
Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0".

Would be nice to see those problems fixed, might be that it is the combination of running ut2k4 with xorg 1.4 and a kernel 2.6.23 on gentoo...

(Just for reference: I am using a radeon 9800 pro (agp), c2d 6400, 1GB DDR1 ram, arch: x86)

EDIT:
Okay, I just verified that my problems can be solved by downgrading the kernel to 2.6.22.9. This change makes ut2k4 and fgl_glxgears work again, both were not working with kernel 2.6.23.1.

Okay, looks like I have basically the same problem with a 2.6.22.9 kernel so it is either xorg-server 1.4 or fglrx itself misbehaving with ut2k4. When using the older kernel the problems do only appear at bigger resolutions than before, with 2.6.23 everything > X x 800 did cause problems, not it is everything > X x 960. With this problem the game is unplayable at higher resolutions due to the whole bottom half being not visible clearly.

Beside this the driver really does work nicely in neverball and at smaller resolutions in ut2k4. Wine seems to work okay, too though I do not have any 3D games installed via wine, I can only test with CrazyMachines.

[aoanla]

Well, so now it installs in Feisty 64 bit... but it seems to have broken Wine. Anything that tries to initialise 3d graphics seems to die - even playing Peggle Extreme from Steam now doesn't work (and it even segfaults doing it!).

Even 8.41.7 let me play Peggle!

[c0un7d0wn]

This is strange.

serkan@zoidberg ~ $ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

serkan@zoidberg ~ $ glxinfo | grep ATI
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

serkan@zoidberg ~ $ glxinfo | grep GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap

AIGLX is enabled. Composite is enabled. 3d is working. I get ~5000 on glxgears and ~1000 fgl_glrx and yet:

serkan@zoidberg ~ $ compiz --indirect-rendering --replace gconf
compiz (core) - Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing
compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0

compiz does not work. This is on amd64 gentoo. Does anybody have any ideas?