AMD 8.39.4 Driver Released -- 8.35 no longer does it better

[hoenny]

Well now.... and who says it's working on FC7?
i get exact same behavior
....
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.39.4
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.393.1
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Jul 18 2007 14:41:23
....
Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x48b99d]
1: /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x2aaaab60e630]
2: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxSave64BitBAR+0x2d) [0x2aaaacd4cb8d]
3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxProbeMain+0x37f) [0x2aaaacd57a7f]
4: X(InitOutput+0x6e7) [0x463707]
5: X(main+0x275) [0x434625]
6: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x2aaaab5fbab4]
7: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x229) [0x433ad9]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting


anyone can help?
ARCH: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.21

Me too. I'v experienced same problem.
Why not use fglrx in fedora 7 x86_64?
Anyone help me, plz.

[Michael]

The problem with F7 x86_64 is falling back to an issue inside the blob. At this point there isn't much you can do about it, but AMD has been aware of this x86_64 issue for a month or two since I personally discussed it with them.

[chans_ph]

I can't change the resolution..
in my Xorg.conf I added Modes "1440x900"
however this line seems don't work..
my screen resolution is always 1024x768..
Can any body help me ?

same problem here with resolution

the AMD test logo is gone, but i can't set my resolution to 1600x1200.

what else changed in this re-release besides the logo?

[chrisM]

Well I still have the "Unsupported hardware" logo with my ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 :-(

[crumpet]

Luckily I use avivo ... which kind of works OK..but I decided to try out the latest ati driver

I am using Fedora 7 - using the updated kernel 2.6.22.1 however I have some failed dependencies - am I doing something stupid here?


[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh ATI-fglrx-8.39.4-1.f7.i386.rpm ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.39.4-1.f7.i386.rpm kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.22.1-27.fc7-8.39.4-1.f7.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by ATI-fglrx-8.39.4-1.f7.i386
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by ATI-fglrx-8.39.4-1.f7.i386
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by ATI-fglrx-8.39.4-1.f7.i386
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.39.4-1.f7.i386
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.39.4-1.f7.i386
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.39.4-1.f7.i386
[root@localhost Desktop]#

[Michael]

yum install compat-libstdc++*

[crumpet]

Thanks .. now it works - correct resolution etc
Unfortunately I was hoping that POWERPLAY would start to work like magic... but the reality is - no POWERPLAY with the X1600 card in a MacBook Pro C2D thus the fans are running like turbines ...

[chans_ph]

Thanks .. now it works - correct resolution etc
Unfortunately I was hoping that POWERPLAY would start to work like magic... but the reality is - no POWERPLAY with the X1600 card in a MacBook Pro C2D thus the fans are running like turbines ...

crumpet,

did you do anything to get resolution settings to work? can you
post your xorg.conf? thanks!

[eslrahc]

Another masterpiece from AMD, at least now they admit it is for testing only.
This driver comes with a nice logo that overlays all windows on my system.
AMD- Testing use only.

I guess they uploaded the beta version.

Any ideas how to get rid of that logo, besides downloading the driver again in a couple of days.

This is fixed in the 8.39.4 driver posted by ATI on 7/25.
If you are using a distro pkg it will need to be rebuilt using the new 8.39.4 installer.

Charles

[crumpet]

Standard xorg.conf generated by system-config-display ... and then
aticonfig --initial


# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

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

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
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