Questions about the OSS driver

[n3wu53r]

You put that in a boot script. On most distros, editing /etc/rc.local is easiest.

How would I do that? On opensuse there is no file called /etc/rc.local.

[droste]

I created this /etc/init.d/mylocalstuff (and made it executable with chmod +x)

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          mylocalstuff
# Required-Start:    $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: execute my local stuff...
# Description:       see short description
### END INIT INFO

. /etc/rc.status

# Shell functions sourced from /etc/rc.status:
#      rc_check         check and set local and overall rc status
#      rc_status        check and set local and overall rc status
#      rc_status -v     ditto but be verbose in local rc status
#      rc_status -v -r  ditto and clear the local rc status
#      rc_failed        set local and overall rc status to failed
#      rc_reset         clear local rc status (overall remains)
#      rc_exit          exit appropriate to overall rc status

# First reset status of this service
rc_reset

case "$1" in
    start)        
	echo -n "Starting some local stuff"
	echo "low" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile
	echo "powersave" > /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy

	# Remember status and be verbose
	rc_status -v
	;;
    stop)
	echo -n "Shutting some local stuff"
	echo "default" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile
	echo "default" > /sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy
	
	# Remember status and be verbose
	rc_status -v
	;;
    try-restart)
        ## Stop the service and if this succeeds (i.e. the 
        ## service was running before), start it again.
        $0 status >/dev/null &&  $0 restart

        # Remember status and be quiet
        rc_status
        ;;
    restart)
        ## Stop the service and regardless of whether it was
        ## running or not, start it again.
        $0 stop
        $0 start

        # Remember status and be quiet
        rc_status
        ;;
    force-reload|reload)
	## Signal the daemon to reload its config. Most daemons
	## do this on signal 1 (SIGHUP).

	echo -n "Reload some local stuff"

        rc_status -v

        ;;
    status)
	echo -n "Checking for some local stuff"
	RADEON_STATUS=`cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile`
	test "low" = "$RADEON_STATUS"
	rc_status -v
	;;
    *)
	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload}"
	exit 1
	;;
esac
rc_exit

you can now either make it run using YaST (change the runlevels) or make symlinks in /etc/initd/rc*.d

[n3wu53r]

Thanks for the script droste.
On another note, on the profile high, oilrush fails miserably, on the lowest settings on a much lower resolution, I get 15fps max and severe graphical corruption making the game unplayable.

[n3wu53r]

Issue is now solved with Catalyst 11.11 and suse 12.1

http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?65110-Catalyst-11.11-Suse-12.1-Gnome-Shell&p=239435#post239435

I am back on the binary blob.

[pingufunkybeat]

Did you install 32-bit version of Free drivers from Git?

If not, chances are that you're running 2-year old drivers which do not work well. Oil Rush should work without major glitches, as Unigine benchmarks run just fine.

[n3wu53r]

Alright how do I install the latest free drivers from git on opensuse and how safe are they to use (stability ect.) ?
Do I need both the latest 32bit and 64bit drivers?

[Nille]

Do I need both the latest 32bit and 64bit drivers?

If you has an 64bit Enviroment with some 32bit Apps like WINE its recommend to install an 32bit mesa and 64bit mesa.