Cant get working Kaveri APU - A10-7850k

[Dekoski]

Hi,

I have the following system:

AMD A10-7850K 3.7Ghz - AD785KXBJABOX
AsRock FM2A88X Extreme4+
G.Skill Ares DDR3 2133 PC3-17000 16GB 2x8GB CL10 - F3-2133C10D-16GABATA KINGSTON SV300S3 SSD

I've tried several versions of Linux with several kernels and there is no way to install Catalyst drivers, and with the opensource drivers the acceleration is not working.

I've also tried with Win7 but whenever I install Catalyst the system fails to boot and the only way to make it work again is recovering to a previous state where the video driver was not installed.

When I boot linux (even with a live-cd) I obtain these errors regarding drm and radeon (opensource driver):

root@kubuntu:~# dmesg |egrep "radeon|drm"
[ 4.855558] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 4.883894] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 4.883941] fb: switching to radeondrmfb from EFI VGA
[ 4.884329] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (KAVERI 0x1002:0x130F 0x1849:0x130F).
[ 4.884342] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFF700000
[ 4.884344] [drm] register mmio size: 262144
[ 4.884349] [drm] doorbell mmio base: 0xD0000000
[ 4.884350] [drm] doorbell mmio size: 8388608
[ 4.884457] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 2048M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF (2048M used)
[ 4.884459] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000080000000 - 0x00000000BFFFFFFF
[ 4.884461] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=2048M, BAR=256M
[ 4.884463] [drm] RAM width 128bits DDR
[ 4.884635] [drm] radeon: 2048M of VRAM memory ready
[ 4.884636] [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
[ 4.884651] [drm] Loading KAVERI Microcode
[ 4.884761] [drm] Internal thermal controller without fan control
[ 4.886201] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[ 4.888005] [drm] Found VCE firmware/feedback version 40.2.2 / 15!
[ 4.888024] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 262144, num gpu pages 262144
[ 4.904535] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000000078B000).
[ 4.904671] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
[ 4.904691] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c00
[ 4.904694] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c04
[ 4.904697] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c08
[ 4.904699] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c0c
[ 4.904701] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c10
[ 4.905108] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000076c98 and cpu addr 0xffffc90012436c98
[ 4.905162] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 6 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c18 and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c18
[ 4.905164] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 7 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c1c and cpu addr 0xffff880424262c1c
[ 4.905166] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[ 4.905167] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 4.905194] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 95 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 4.905205] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
[ 4.905228] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[ 4.908226] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 3 usecs
[ 4.908299] [drm] ring test on 1 succeeded in 2 usecs
[ 5.049065] [drm:cik_ring_test] *ERROR* radeon: ring 2 test failed (scratch(0x3010C)=0xCAFEDEAD)
[ 5.049205] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 2 usecs
[ 5.049212] [drm] ring test on 4 succeeded in 2 usecs
[ 5.104761] [drm] ring test on 5 succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 5.124597] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[ 5.233694] [drm] ring test on 6 succeeded in 16 usecs
[ 5.233703] [drm] ring test on 7 succeeded in 3 usecs
[ 5.233704] [drm] VCE initialized successfully.
[ 15.720491] radeon 0000:00:01.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10000msec
[ 15.720499] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GPU lockup (waiting for 0x0000000000000001 last fence id 0x0000000000000000 on ring 0)
[ 15.720503] [drm:cik_ib_test] *ERROR* radeon: fence wait failed (-35).
[ 15.720510] [drm:radeon_ib_ring_tests] *ERROR* radeon: failed testing IB on GFX ring (-35).
[ 15.720513] [drm:radeon_device_init] *ERROR* ib ring test failed (-35).
[ 15.721202] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[ 15.721205] [drm] Connector 0:
[ 15.721206] [drm] DVI-D-1
[ 15.721207] [drm] HPD3
[ 15.721209] [drm] DDC: 0x6550 0x6550 0x6554 0x6554 0x6558 0x6558 0x655c 0x655c
[ 15.721210] [drm] Encoders:
[ 15.721212] [drm] DFP2: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[ 15.721213] [drm] Connector 1:
[ 15.721214] [drm] VGA-1
[ 15.721215] [drm] HPD1
[ 15.721216] [drm] DDC: 0x6530 0x6530 0x6534 0x6534 0x6538 0x6538 0x653c 0x653c
[ 15.721217] [drm] Encoders:
[ 15.721218] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[ 15.721219] [drm] CRT1: NUTMEG
[ 15.721220] [drm] Connector 2:
[ 15.721221] [drm] HDMI-A-1
[ 15.721222] [drm] HPD2
[ 15.721223] [drm] DDC: 0x6540 0x6540 0x6544 0x6544 0x6548 0x6548 0x654c 0x654c
[ 15.721224] [drm] Encoders:
[ 15.721225] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY3
[ 15.934470] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC098F000
[ 15.934474] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[ 15.934476] [drm] size 8294400
[ 15.934477] [drm] fb depth is 24
[ 15.934478] [drm] pitch is 7680
[ 15.934646] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 16.015799] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 16.015801] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
[ 16.024959] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.39.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0

I'm not sure how to determine if I have a defective APU or maybe a missconfigured UEFI (I've never overclocked)

Can someone give me some help?

Here you have the full output of:

dmesg file: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8659220/
glxinfo output: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8659266/
Xorg.0.log ; http://paste.ubuntu.com/8659289/


Thanks in advance.
?scar.

[charlie]

Maybe you need a bios update. I recall needing a bios update for that APU to get something, which I forget, working.

[Dekoski]

Hi Charlie, thanx for your answer, but BIOS is uptated to the latest level...

Regards.
?scar.

[ERF Liason 1]

firmware

I suspect you are missing some firmware packages:

~#  dmesg |egrep "radeon|drm"
[    2.807940] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[    2.827052] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[    2.827437] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (KAVERI 0x1002:0x130F 0x1002:0x0123).
[    2.827489] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFEB00000
[    2.827527] [drm] register mmio size: 262144
[    2.827572] [drm] doorbell mmio base: 0xD0000000
[    2.827612] [drm] doorbell mmio size: 8388608
[    2.827810] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 1024M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000003FFFFFFF (1024M used)
[    2.827811] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000040000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF
[    2.827812] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=1024M, BAR=256M
[    2.827812] [drm] RAM width 128bits DDR
[    2.857477] [drm] radeon: 1024M of VRAM memory ready
[    2.857478] [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
[    2.857491] [drm] Loading KAVERI Microcode
[    2.858838] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_pfp.bin
[    2.859228] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_me.bin
[    2.866791] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_ce.bin
[    2.867505] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_mec.bin
[    2.867852] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_rlc.bin
[    2.868986] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/KAVERI_sdma.bin
[    2.869038] [drm] Internal thermal controller without fan control
[    2.870589] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[    2.875975] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/BONAIRE_uvd.bin
[    2.878492] radeon 0000:00:01.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/BONAIRE_vce.bin
[    2.880212] [drm] Found VCE firmware/feedback version 40.2.2 / 15!
[    2.880318] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 262144, num gpu pages 262144
[    2.894617] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000000078B000).
[    2.894799] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
[    2.894871] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c00
[    2.894912] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 1 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c04 and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c04
[    2.894953] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 2 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c08 and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c08
[    2.894994] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c0c
[    2.895034] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 4 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c10 and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c10
[    2.895472] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000076c98 and cpu addr 0xffffc90012036c98
[    2.895569] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 6 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c18 and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c18
[    2.895612] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 7 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c1c and cpu addr 0xffff88042dc09c1c
[    2.895653] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[    2.895689] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[    2.895744] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 91 for MSI/MSI-X
[    2.895760] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
[    2.895819] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[    2.898916] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    2.899034] [drm] ring test on 1 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    2.899080] [drm] ring test on 2 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    2.899197] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    2.899238] [drm] ring test on 4 succeeded in 2 usecs
[    2.954902] [drm] ring test on 5 succeeded in 1 usecs
[    2.974792] [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
[    3.084137] [drm] ring test on 6 succeeded in 13 usecs
[    3.084186] [drm] ring test on 7 succeeded in 3 usecs
[    3.084221] [drm] VCE initialized successfully.
[    3.084592] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    3.583657] [drm] ib test on ring 1 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    4.083255] [drm] ib test on ring 2 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    4.083341] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    4.083413] [drm] ib test on ring 4 succeeded in 0 usecs
[    4.103790] [drm] ib test on ring 5 succeeded
[    4.124334] [drm] ib test on ring 6 succeeded
[    4.124892] [drm] ib test on ring 7 succeeded
[    4.125388] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[    4.125424] [drm] Connector 0:
[    4.125459] [drm]   DVI-D-1
[    4.125492] [drm]   HPD3
[    4.125527] [drm]   DDC: 0x6550 0x6550 0x6554 0x6554 0x6558 0x6558 0x655c 0x655c
[    4.125565] [drm]   Encoders:
[    4.125599] [drm]     DFP3: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
[    4.125635] [drm] Connector 1:
[    4.125669] [drm]   HDMI-A-1
[    4.125703] [drm]   HPD1
[    4.125737] [drm]   DDC: 0x6530 0x6530 0x6534 0x6534 0x6538 0x6538 0x653c 0x653c
[    4.125775] [drm]   Encoders:
[    4.125809] [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[    4.125844] [drm] Connector 2:
[    4.125878] [drm]   HDMI-A-2
[    4.125911] [drm]   HPD2
[    4.125946] [drm]   DDC: 0x6540 0x6540 0x6544 0x6544 0x6548 0x6548 0x654c 0x654c
[    4.125983] [drm]   Encoders:
[    4.126017] [drm]     DFP2: INTERNAL_UNIPHY3
[    4.162184] [drm] fb mappable at 0xC098F000
[    4.162216] [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
[    4.162247] [drm] size 8294400
[    4.162277] [drm] fb depth is 24
[    4.162308] [drm]    pitch is 7680
[    4.162461] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    4.205137] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[    4.205181] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
[    4.228463] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.39.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0

[Dekoski]

Hi ERF Liason 1,

First of all, thanks for your answer.

Can you please tell me where can you see I'm missing some firmware packages?

Thanks in advance.
?scar.

[profoundWHALE]

Hi ERF Liason 1,

First of all, thanks for your answer.

Can you please tell me where can you see I'm missing some firmware packages?

Thanks in advance.
?scar.

Please tell me that you aren't serious.

[Dekoski]

Please tell me that you aren't serious.

Believe me if I tell you it is not so obvious to me.


Regards.
?scar.

[Sonadow]

Nothing to do with firmware. Linux is still shit for embedded RadeonSI graphics and no one has found a way to arrest these GPU lockups.

You have 4 choices:

- downgrade kernel and install Catalyst
- downgrade kernel, rebuild Gnome 3 without EGL / Wayland support and install Catalyst
- compile latest kernel + Mesa from git and pray that it works
- live without acceleration

For what it's worth, I have the same problem on a Kabini. A4-5000.

[Dekoski]

Hi Sonadow,

Thanks for your answer.

Actually I've tried several pairs of kernel + drivers without success, but if you have the same problem and have solved it, I will follow your instructions.

Thank you very much.
?scar.

[mmstick]

Nothing to do with firmware. Linux is still shit for embedded RadeonSI graphics and no one has found a way to arrest these GPU lockups.

You have 4 choices:

- downgrade kernel and install Catalyst
- downgrade kernel, rebuild Gnome 3 without EGL / Wayland support and install Catalyst
- compile latest kernel + Mesa from git and pray that it works
- live without acceleration

For what it's worth, I have the same problem on a Kabini. A4-5000.

Nonsense, I've been running a laptop with an A4-5000 without any bugs at all for the last year or so -- perfect hardware acceleration with every kernel and mesa version. It even works well on OpenCL benchmarks with Gallium.

OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KABINI
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.3.2
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.0
OpenGL ES profile extensions: