AMD Catalyst 8.11 Linux Driver Released

[gentoojose]

one question - you guys have working aiglx/composite with 8.11 right?

Your ebuild did not work for me, still blocking xorg 7.4.
I unmerged ati-drivers updated xorg and installed the driver from the ati installer, it comes with a graphical install utility.

after the install it gave me an error about not writing /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so

I deleted this link and ran the installer again without error.

After reboot i had to remove RgpPath in xorg.conf and voila
all is working inclusive compotiting in KDE4.1.3
My kernel is 2.6.27-gentoo-r2

Video is flickering less with composite as last catalyst.

Xorg.log:

(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.4.2.0
(II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit for fglrx driver
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 10
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0x7f134a709000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.55.2
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Oct 28 2008
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.27-gentoo-r2
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: yes
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: yes
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!

[energyman]

gentoojose, never ever use the installer. Not ati nor nvidia. You fuck up your system that way!
A lot of stuff does not compile with that afterwards, also, some variables are pointing to the wrong libs etc pp. It is just a big, fat mess. *rolleyes*

@dscharrer, kde4 (svn) works fine - I just can't turn on effects.
Downgrading to mesa 7.1 did not help. I downgrade to mesa 7.0.3 now.

[Kano]

mesa libs are replaced anyway, why do you downgrade mesa?

[mirv]

I'd also recommend to use the distro's installer method - or at least modify one for the distro instead of using the ati installer. Especially with gentoo. Although the gentoo ebuilds currently don't do anything with ati's custom libdri.so as far as I know. Copying that manually fixed a few problems for me, but not sure if it fixes anybody elses' - I've mentioned it a few times, but not heard back from anybody if they've even tried it or not.

[energyman]

@Kano as first step downgrading to xorg-server-1.4.2, xorg-x11 7.3

well - after doing that - it works fine. F*. Why do they talk about X7.4/1.5 support in the release notes?

gentoojose, I really recommed staying with 8.10 until a real 8.11 ebuild is there.

[dscharrer]

Although the gentoo ebuilds currently don't do anything with ati's custom libdri.so as far as I know. Copying that manually fixed a few problems for me, but not sure if it fixes anybody elses' - I've mentioned it a few times, but not heard back from anybody if they've even tried it or not.

Replacing /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so with the ati-provided one dind't change anything for me. What problems did it fix for you?

[Kano]

@energyman

you have to use the x740 dirs not x710 when you use packageing.

[mirv]

Replacing /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so with the ati-provided one dind't change anything for me. What problems did it fix for you?

I did have some messages about driDriverExtensions that vanished (this is why I specifically mentioned it in this thread), and also a few instability problems (or simply not starting problems) when using two monitors (no xinerama). Direct rendering was always "no" before I copied the file across.
But thankyou, at least I know it's probably specific to me now and may not help others. However, as it works for me, but I've noticed a few others with the same problem, I would be interested in finding out why.
I'm currently running gentoo (64bit)
xorg-server 1.4.2 (will upgrade that soon enough)
xorg-x11 7.3 (will upgrade that soon as well)
2.6.25-gentoo kernel
e16
radeon x1600 (pci express)
I do have xinerama initialised, but don't use it (just a personal preference) so not sure of any problems with that. AIGLX is initialised (according to log files). If there's any other info I can provide, just let me know.

-- forgot to mention that enabling e16 to use compositing works just fine. I normally turn it off however (personal preference).

[gsmd]

Guys, does anyone know:
1) whether this would flawlessly work on a 780g mobo over hdmi (with sound)
2) does it support hardware acceleration on 780g?
TIA.

[energyman]

@mirv with 1.4.2 and Xorg 7.3 everything works. Stay the hell away from 1.5 and Xorg 7.4 - and stay away from the installer. Lu is already working with the ebuild trying to debug them. Just be a little bit patient - you won't loose anything not using 8.11.