Radeon HD 7800 on Debian sid

[rizpho]

Hi,

is there a chance to see this card working in Debian sid?

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI PITCAIRN [Radeon HD 7800]

My system looks like:

X version:

X.Org X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2)
Release Date: 2012-05-19
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux debian 3.2.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 28 09:07:26 UTC 2012 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64 root=UUID=d5c4aafe-4c17-4e46-92b3-99d55f733cdb ro quiet acpi=off
Build Date: 20 May 2012  08:57:17AM
xorg-server 2:1.12.1.902-1 (Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]>) 
Current version of pixman: 0.26.0
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.

Driver version: amd-driver-installer-12-6-x86.x86_64.run

Problem: the installation of driver goes fine, but when X try starting, it does not start and a blanking cursor appears in the top left corner.

Thank you.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

is there a chance to see this card working in Debian sid?

Until next Catalyst release, the only option for sid - downgrade X server.

[rizpho]

Until next Catalyst release, the only option for sid - downgrade X server.

I supposed it, but personally I don't want downgrade X server packages.
Any ETA about next Catalyst release?

Thanks.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Any ETA about next Catalyst release?

As usually: someday in this month.

[barkas]

As usually: someday in this month.

Or sometime after. The monthly schedule is gone.

You could try a 12.7 beta, if there is one for linux.

[Kano]

Just tested that hack:

http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522#c5

It really worked, use dch -lhotfix or so to increase version.

[rizpho]

Just tested that hack:

http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522#c5

It really worked, use dch -lhotfix or so to increase version.

Great news!
Seems to be a libpciaccess problem on amd-64 arch.
Now I can't try the patch, but if you have already applied it, I'm confident
Thank you!

[rizpho]

Ok, works

Thanks guys, with this patch X running finally right!
Unfortunately, now the monitors flicks and when you drag the windows they are very very slow!

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbouKm8QSTU see the url chrome bar, there is a blanking black line over it )

I'm trying with amdcccle utility to change some settings to the monitor, but nothing changes.
Some programs, like evolution, does not start

(evolution:4511): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'evolution' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Details: serial 154 error_code 1 request_code 139 minor_code 66)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
   variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

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

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "0-CRT1"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
	Option	    "Rotate" "normal"
	Option	    "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "Monitor-CRT1" "0-CRT1"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Any ideas??

Thanks again.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

Any ideas??

Maybe downgrade X server would give better result than libpciaccess hack?

[Kano]

Looks like the kernel module is not working or set to wrong glx Check

lsmod|grep fglrx
modinfo -F filename fglrx
dmesg
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
update-alternatives --config glx

Do NOT run the amd-installer directly, if you did so:

/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh

the correct debian way is:

apt-get --yes install fglrx-driver fglrx-modules-dkms xvba-va-driver fglrx-atieventsd fglrx-control
test `uname -m`! = x86_64! && apt-get --yes install fglrx-glx-ia32
update-initramfs -ut
aticonfig --initial --nobackup

Best is to have got only 1 kernel installed.