AMD 8.42.3 Driver Released -- The Baby Is Born!

[eneilsen]

Does tv out work well with this release? Also what about video playback with XV instead of X11? Does it work well even when using tv out? Has anyone tested it?

[Dottout]

Now working for me (Gentoo 32bits, compiz-fusion-6.0)

Edit /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager and change the path to libGL:

COMPIZ_BIN_PATH="/usr/bin/"
PLUGIN_PATH="/usr/lib/compiz/"
LIBGL_NVIDIA="/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/libGL.so.1.2"

# Fix 8.42.3 Ati driver.
#LIBGL_FGLRX="/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/libGL.so.1.2"
LIBGL_FGLRX="/usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11[B]/lib/[/B]libGL.so.1.2"

KWIN="/usr/kde/3.5/bin/kwin"
METACITY=""
SKIP_CHECKS="yes"

I dont use nor kde nor metacity, so this doesnt work for me. how to hack it for xfce+compiz+emerald?

[Michael]

Does tv out work well with this release? Also what about video playback with XV instead of X11? Does it work well even when using tv out? Has anyone tested it?

TexturedVideo (uses X-Video) should work. TV-Out should also work.

[jasa68]

Feels so good that im nearly going to cry =)
As for quick test on Gutsy x64 Aiglx works great exept video playback is flickering on windowed mode both xv and opengl output and works good with full screen opengl only (havent messed with compiz video setting yet).
And as for Enemy Territory Quake Wars Demo it runs better on Linux with Aiglx on with high quality settings than it did for me on Vista x64 Ultimate.

Edit: Video flickering doesnt always happen with fullscreen with xv or opengl, seems to happen rather randomly upon opening videos....
Oh yeah and card is sapphire x1900xt pci-e.
Edit Edit:And rotating cube or zooming while video is playing video will stay in place where it was in the first place.
(Not moving with cube or get zoomed....)
(But then again i couldnt care less, works fullscreen and performance is great. not that cant showoff on youtube or other place). =P

[gendish]

Bad!

With Gutsy and the x1600 mobility with 256 Mb Compiz seems to be a little bit sluggy...Xgl was smoother Maybe something to tweak? Compiz buggy? AIGLX buggy? Who knows.

I've got same graphic card as you.
Im also having similar problems, for example: scrolling in firefox is a pain, really sluggish. Watching a movie almost doesnt work, flickering like hell!
Overall bad performance.

Better performance before with xgl... It's a shame.

[lucien]

... scrolling in firefox is a pain, really sluggish. Watching a movie almost doesnt work, flickering like hell!
Overall bad performance.

As I said, the same here with my X800 XT. Has someone an idea how to improve performance, or should we just wait for the next release?

[wiscados]

WOW! I got the right resolution from 8.42(Debian64), but just moving a window is really sluggish... vesa was much better...

[Maxhysteria]

Segmentation fault...

With compiz under Ubuntu Gutsy, fgl_glxgears crash...

Oct 23 22:57:57 maxime-desktop gdm[6616]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler : erreur X fatale - Red?marrage de :0
Oct 23 22:58:00 maxime-desktop kernel: [ 506.924379] [fglrx] PCIe has already been initialized. Reinitializing ...
Oct 23 22:58:00 maxime-desktop kernel: [ 506.930505] [fglrx] Reserve Block - 0 offset = 0X7ffb000 length = 0X5000
Oct 23 22:58:00 maxime-desktop kernel: [ 506.930511] [fglrx] Reserve Block - 1 offset = 0X0 length = 0X1000000
Oct 23 22:58:00 maxime-desktop kernel: [ 506.930513] [fglrx] Reserve Block - 2 offset = 0Xffff000 length = 0X1000
Oct 23 22:58:00 maxime-desktop kernel: [ 506.930516] [fglrx] Reserve Block - 3 offset = 0Xffbf000 length = 0X40000
Oct 23 22:58:16 maxime-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists.
Oct 23 22:58:16 maxime-desktop NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_get_networks_cb(): error received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - There are no wireless networks stored..
Oct 23 22:58:41 maxime-desktop kernel: [ 547.587346] fgl_glxgears[7881]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 0000000000000000 rsp 00007fff43a58d98 error 14

Without compiz, fgl_glxgears don't crash...

[piccolotux]

Guys...same response from me...scrolling is a pain, flickering with videos and 3d games and so on...I have a X1600 mobility with 256M...

[Michael]

ahhh!!! apparently support for the Firegl V3200 was dropped a while back??? does anyone know if it will ever be supported again, or have I been left by the wayside?

FireGL will be supported next month in 8.43.