AMD ATI 8.33.6 Driver Released

[niniendowarrior]

Did it work yet?

I haven't gotten around to try. I tried out 8.32 and that didn't work. I'm thinking that ati uninstall script did something terrible. I normally don't use the uninstall scripts and the first time I did... no 3D anymore. Maybe I should reinstall the kernel.

[pandora-linux]

Has anyone got 8.33.6 working on an Apple Mac Pro with an x1900 card? I've installed the fglrx drivers from Livna on to base Fedora 6 system. With the preferred options in xorg.conf a restart causes the following X crash:

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x71) [0x495ff1]
1: /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x2aaaabc2d210]
2: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so(swlDalHelperValidateModeFromDAL+0x53f ) [0x2aaaad330f1f]
3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so [0x2aaaad3133cf]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so(atiddxPreInit+0x851) [0x2aaaad30ec91]
5: /usr/bin/Xorg(InitOutput+0x9cc) [0x461c6c]
6: /usr/bin/Xorg(main+0x26f) [0x4323ef]
7: /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x2aaaabc1aa44]
8: /usr/bin/Xorg(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x231) [0x4318c9]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting

Thanks in advance for any help.

[marvel]

The Linux 2.6.20 kernel requires a patch for fglrx. I mentioned a link to the patch in another thread in this forum, but if you can't find it let me know and I'll relocate it.

I could only find the patch for FC, but i couldn't find the patch for debian. is there any 8.33.6-1 fglrx patches under kernel 2.6.20 for debian unstable?

[Michael]

The patches are not distribution-specific, if you patch the firegl_public.c it should work with 8.33. However, the patch in the other thread will work only with 2.6.20-rc4 and earlier RCs, NOT the final 2.6.20 release and this month's release. So if you want 2.6.20 support, don't upgrade this month or wait until a patch has been written (I haven't had the time yet nor I haven't seen any others).

[marvel]

The patches are not distribution-specific, if you patch the firegl_public.c it should work with 8.33. However, the patch in the other thread will work only with 2.6.20-rc4 and earlier RCs, NOT the final 2.6.20 release and this month's release. So if you want 2.6.20 support, don't upgrade this month or wait until a patch has been written (I haven't had the time yet nor I haven't seen any others).

thanks a lot :-)

[Michael]

See: http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showt...=4469#post4469 For Linux 2.6.20 kernel patch that will work later this month.

[winrar]

Hi Michael,
Does this driver support the new released AMD(ATI) chipset RS690, with an integrated graphic card "Radeon Xpress 1250" ?
I've tried it, but got "no device detected" error when start X.

[Michael]

What PCI ID do you have for your integrated graphics? (lspci)

ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS690 791E Generic 791E),
ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS690 791F Generic 791F),

Those two should be supported unless AMD has disabled it.

[lenrek]

See: http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showt...=4469#post4469 For Linux 2.6.20 kernel patch that will work later this month.

Thanks! My card is working again.

[winrar]

What PCI ID do you have for your integrated graphics? (lspci)

ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS690 791E Generic 791E),
ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS690 791F Generic 791F),

Those two should be supported unless AMD has disabled it.

Following is my lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7910
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7912
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7917
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4380
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4387
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4388
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4389
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 438a
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 438b
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4386
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4385 (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 438c
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4383
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 438d
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4384
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 791e
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Unknown device 8168 (rev 01)


And my hardware configuration:

CPU: AMD AM2 Sempron 2800+
Harddisk: Seagate 7200.9 160G SATA2
Motherboard: Colorful C.A69G-K (RS690 + SB600)

I followed the installing instructions provided by ubuntu wiki page, but got "no devices detected" EE info.
I tried "modprobe fglrx", it can be installed successfully without any error output. Do you have any idea?