AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series Graphics Cards On Linux?

[smitty3268]

I know the Intel devs wanted to get GLSL 1.3 support done by the end of the year. That's different from full GL3 support, though, and I'd be shocked if AMD was working on implementing more GL support in Mesa given that they still have to catch up on basic hardware driver support.

[nanonyme]

I'm not a developer either but I really really doubt OpenGL 3.0 let alone 3.1 happens in the next few months. I mean, currently they're sorting out legal issues on whether parts of it even can be implemented.
6xxx support probably starts rolling forward next week given Alex commented he's getting a card of that series then.

[markg85]

Quick answer is that I am not sure. At minimum it should have the helpful changes that came with UVD 2, but AFAIK it does not substantially change the risk picture.



We'll know more in another week or two. I was expecting the first Fusion parts to launch a bit earlier and the first Northern Island parts to launch a bit later, so I guess you could say we are in better shape for Ontario and worse shape for Barts than we would be in a perfect world. Initial feedback is that there are some non-trivial changes in the display portion, so stay tuned.

Sad, but i'm having high hopes for a special AMD surprise for the coming months:
- More OpenGL gallium support (up till OpenGL 3.1?)
- 6xxx support

Why? Since that has been "said" on these forums a few months ago.
I don't know if it was said by AMD devs or just people hoping for it, but somehow it doesn't seem as far fetched since AMD is also quitting classic mesa and putting more effort in gallium.

I just patiently wait a few months (till the 67xx and 69xx cards are released).

[NomadDemon]

i reed aticonfig help stuff, the mode from CCC is MIRROR, and i cant change it by CLI for clone, for different resolutions and same content, but drivers doesnt work, need reinstall system.. i have realy mess with drivers... nothing works...

[xeros]

does this help you perhaps ? from irc
"Oct 23 16:24:13 <agd5f> pif: xrandr --output <output> --set underscan off
Oct 23 16:24:33 <Ivanovic> my tv is 1920x1080, my desktop is 1920x1200, so i want the content of my main screen duplicated on the tv and centered
Oct 23 16:24:38 <Ivanovic> this is the command i use:
Oct 23 16:24:41 <Ivanovic> xrandr --output DVI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --refresh 60.0 --pos 0x60 --set "underscan" "off"
Oct 23 16:24:45 <pif> meaning the driver underscans by default?
Oct 23 16:24:54 <Ivanovic> yes
Oct 23 16:25:06 <Ivanovic> when using hdmi, it does underscan as default, just as fglrx does
Oct 23 16:25:06 <agd5f> Ivanovic: I thought it went in in late 2.6.35, but they all run together after a while
Oct 23 16:25:09 <pif> since 2.6.36?
Oct 23 16:25:26 <agd5f> pif: yes if the monitor reports as being hdmi
Oct 23 16:25:34 <pif> ahhh, ok
"

I think, he meant display scalling from 1280x1024 to 1024x768 on S-Video.
I'm interrested the same thing but 1280x1024 to 800x600 as open source radeon/r300g driver supports only 800x600 on S-video but I think it might be a lot of work to do this.

[popper]

i have question to bridgman or someone from Xorg devs

its difficult to make 2 differend resolutions for monitor + TV?

monitor native is 1280x1024
TV native [the one only available] is 1024x768 [old CRT TV via svideo cable]

to have TV + monitor at same time need to change to TV native or lower

its possible to change resolution per display on driver level?
its possible to implement?

does this help you perhaps ? from irc
"Oct 23 16:24:13 <agd5f> pif: xrandr --output <output> --set underscan off
Oct 23 16:24:33 <Ivanovic> my tv is 1920x1080, my desktop is 1920x1200, so i want the content of my main screen duplicated on the tv and centered
Oct 23 16:24:38 <Ivanovic> this is the command i use:
Oct 23 16:24:41 <Ivanovic> xrandr --output DVI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --refresh 60.0 --pos 0x60 --set "underscan" "off"
Oct 23 16:24:45 <pif> meaning the driver underscans by default?
Oct 23 16:24:54 <Ivanovic> yes
Oct 23 16:25:06 <Ivanovic> when using hdmi, it does underscan as default, just as fglrx does
Oct 23 16:25:06 <agd5f> Ivanovic: I thought it went in in late 2.6.35, but they all run together after a while
Oct 23 16:25:09 <pif> since 2.6.36?
Oct 23 16:25:26 <agd5f> pif: yes if the monitor reports as being hdmi
Oct 23 16:25:34 <pif> ahhh, ok
"

[V!NCENT]

If GF comes over change res of both monitors...

[NomadDemon]

method isnt important, just want to make it work ^^

its embarrassing when girlfriend comes to me, and theres problem with playing movie on TV ^^

mainly i use fglrx, its only way i can play starcraft 1 smoth [need to change from GDi to OPENGL] oss drivers are still laggy with starcraft 1 :<

theres no overlay in catalist control settings, only xinerama, witch doesnt work on clone mode

[bridgman]

Ahh, so you want the same content on two displays of different resolutions, right ?

In the proprietary drivers I think we call that "Overlay Theater Mode" (for historical reasons... we don't use overlay these days ).

I'm not sure if the open source drivers are able to do that yet... but if they are I expect it would take some fancy xrandr-fu.

[NomadDemon]

no, it doesnt work like i want to

have 2 displays
DVI + SVIDEO
want same [clone mode] picture on both [for videos], go to bed and watch on TV, not sitting near monitor

xrandr doesnt help :<