AMD 8.42.3 Driver Released -- The Baby Is Born!

[Dottout]

Trying compiz git ebuild right now.. Let you know..

no way, Im using the whole set of git ebuilds from xeffects, and I have the same error

edit: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196820 here's the patch to create ati-drivers-8.42.3.ebuild

[ivanovic]

It's a sandbox bug. Try with:

FEATURES="-sandbox" emerge -pv ati-drivers

but i just tried to do the same and patchset is not valid for this new driver. Finally I install it using the ATI installer.

Ehm, strange thing that exactly this patchset is working like a charm for me...

[c0un7d0wn]

no way, Im using the whole set of git ebuilds from xeffects, and I have the same error

edit: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196820 here's the patch to create ati-drivers-8.42.3.ebuild

yea.. not working.. maybe amd64 problem?.. does anyone has it running on amd64?

[aoanla]

I have Ubuntu Gutsy(7.10) 32bit with the propriety ati driver version 8.40.4, so do I need to uninstall that prior to installing the new one? If so, how would I do it? (btw, I used the easy method of running the .run file at the command-line)

In principle, the installer should handle replacing the packages for you.

Do tell me how you get on - in Feisty 64bit, the new driver is lovely, except that it's broken wine totally for me...

[theotherme]

I'm using x200m and got it working. The results are less than stellar though. Some animations in Compiz Fusion are choppy. Scolling in most apps is choppy. I also get weird scrambled video when opening certain apps like firefox. But AIGLX is working, its a step forward.

Specs:
x200m + feisty + Compiz Fusion (trevino) + 8.42.3

[Dottout]

yea.. not working.. maybe amd64 problem?.. does anyone has it running on amd64?

Im on core2 duo with 32bit env, but I compiled almost my whole world with gcc-4.3.0 with -march=core2. could this enable some 64bit flags?

[c0un7d0wn]

Im on core2 duo with 32bit env, but I compiled almost my whole world with gcc-4.3.0 with -march=core2. could this enable some 64bit flags?

no. you need to be in 64bit env.

[alexyz]

dmesg output:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000028
 printing eip:
e0b59263
*pde = 13b0f067
*pte = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#3]
SMP 
last sysfs file: /devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
Modules linked in: michael_mic arc4 ecb blkcipher ieee80211_crypt_tkip autofs4 cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video sbs button bay dock battery ac ipv6 snd_intel8x0m snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm ipw2200 ieee80211 snd_timer firewire_ohci tifm_7xx1 snd fglrx(P)(U) iTCO_wdt b44 mii firewire_core crc_itu_t tifm_core iTCO_vendor_support ieee80211_crypt soundcore i2c_i801 serio_raw joydev snd_page_alloc i2c_core sr_mod cdrom sg ata_piix ata_generic libata sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd mbcache ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<e0b59263>]    Tainted: P       VLI
EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.22.9-91.fc7 #1)
EIP is at firegl_asyncio_fasync+0x13/0x50 [fglrx]
eax: 00000000   ebx: daa42540   ecx: 00000000   edx: de35e000
esi: daa42540   edi: de35e178   ebp: de35e000   esp: dee5de74
ds: 007b   es: 007b   fs: 00d8  gs: 0000  ss: 0068
Process compiz (pid: 2535, ti=dee5d000 task=c7e4b200 task.ti=dee5d000)
Stack: daa42540 c1403000 e0c9dec0 e0ca04c4 de35e000 e0b3b4c1 e0c9dec0 e0b58de7 
       ffffffff daa42540 00000000 00000000 de35e174 dcf0b060 e0c9ebc0 e0b42f61 
       de35e178 c7e4b3a0 c1408a80 00000000 c51d7700 00000246 00000246 c05a638e 
Call Trace:
 [<e0b3b4c1>] __ke_down_interruptible+0x19/0x29 [fglrx]
 [<e0b58de7>] firegl_asyncio_close+0xa7/0x110 [fglrx]
 [<e0b42f61>] firegl_release_helper+0xc1/0xa20 [fglrx]
 [<c05a638e>] skb_dequeue+0x39/0x3f
 [<e0b46361>] firegl_release+0x71/0x190 [fglrx]
 [<e0b3aac9>] ip_firegl_release+0xf/0x12 [fglrx]
 [<c047b6f0>] __fput+0xc1/0x177
 [<c04791c9>] filp_close+0x51/0x58
 [<c042a968>] put_files_struct+0x5f/0xa7
 [<c042bac9>] do_exit+0x237/0x6d4
 [<c042bfd3>] sys_exit_group+0x0/0xd
 [<c0404f8e>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
 =======================
Code: ff ff c7 04 24 07 00 00 00 e9 80 fe ff ff 8d 76 00 8d bc 27 00 00 00 00 83 ec 1c 89 5c 24 18 8b 5c 24 24 89 1c 24 e8 ab ee fd ff <8b> 50 28 89 5c 24 04 8b 4c 24 28 81 c2 10 19 00 00 89 54 24 0c 
EIP: [<e0b59263>] firegl_asyncio_fasync+0x13/0x50 [fglrx] SS:ESP 0068:dee5de74
Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed!

compiz output

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

Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 (ACER Travelmate 4000)
OS : Fedora 7 / Kernel 2.6.22.9-91.fc7


Also, fglrx driver since version 8.38 start to hang for a strange reason when the first application i started was firefox and nothing else were running.

I've tried to figure out every fglrx parameter in xorg.conf but none resolved my problem.


if someone have any suggestion i'd appreciate, thx

[Bill_Gates]

Im on core2 duo with 32bit env, but I compiled almost my whole world with gcc-4.3.0 with -march=core2. could this enable some 64bit flags?

No. 32bits are 32bits and only 32 bits.

[kryysler]

Thank you very much for helping me with the driver installation on 64bit system.. Now i'm very happy