[7.12 FireGL] No composite

[GuiPoM]

Hi there !

There is no more Composite on my X server since catalyst 7.12. I own a FireGL V3100. Previous 7.42 or 7.43 (7.11) had to be hacked to pass hardware detection, but were fully functionnal, including Composite enabled.

I have installed 8.44 (so 7.12) last week, but I have got a new error I never met befor (less /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "Comp"):


(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) fglrx(0): RENDER and Composite disabled when OpenGL Overlay enabled

Note that my xorg.conf is correct:


Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B64 [FireGL V3100 (PCIE)]"
Boardname "ati"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "fglrx"
#Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
#Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
#Option "MergedFB" "on"
Option "TexturedXrender" "on"
Option "Textured2D" "on"
EndSection
I tried all options removed, and all to off, nothing more that this no composite error message :'(

Any idea about what is going wrong with these 8.44 and FireGL ? any known issue ?

[SoftIce]

(II) fglrx(0): RENDER and Composite disabled when OpenGL Overlay enabled


Same here with ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

:(

SoftIce

[bridgman]

Sounds like the driver might be forcing the OpenGL Overlay on automatically when it detects a FireGL card. That makes sense (AFAIK OpenGL Overlay is a workstation-specific feature) but if it interferes with the use of compositing desktops then being able to turn it off would be a Good Thing.

Might be useful to try one of the pre-7.12 FireGL workarounds to make the driver think you have a consumer card, even if you don't need the workaround to have your card recognized any more.

[GuiPoM]

I tried the old way (with patching and replacing fglrx.ko & control file) but thanks to this new dkms stuff, it seems that replacement is not taken into account :(

I don't know how to procede, except rollback to 8.43 patched drivers.