AMD 8.41.7 Display Driver Released -- The Holy Crap Edition!

[Mota_boy]

Hi everybody,
Well i don`t know were my last write went, but anyway now i get the openSUSE 10.3 +xorg7.2+fglrx 8.41.7 work even after reboot,
But on this morning when i boot my pc, it didn`t work anymore" just black screen again, and i have to go init 3 to get log in..
Does anybody have suggestion what to do?
the 8.42.3 version what i also try it, didn`t work either, on list i did not found suse 10.3 that i could build the package for it.
Ou and i`m using kernel 2.6.22.9 with suse patch.

Ps. sorry my english is little bit rust.

[Kano]

The Xserver 1.4 support is half broken:

a) First 3d app does not work (you have to close it)

b) AIGLX does not work

It works with Xserver 1.3 however, if you like downgrade.

[ashtray]

I have Mobility Radeon x2300 (debian kernel - 22, xorg 1.4)

8.42 starts without any trouble and opengl working the same as 41.7

but with aiglx:

xorg.log: (WW marked)

(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect X server version (query_status=-3)
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "FSAAEnable" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "FSAADisableGamma" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "RenderAccel" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x26
and soon
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x78

is it ok?

and when I'm trying to start compiz 5.2 it is saying:

GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not available with direct rendering.
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is not available with indirect rendering. Aborting!

but when I call compiz.real --replace it starts somehow but in a strange way (no headers of windows and no switching between desktops and no keyboard entering ) )

upd: oh, misunderstood. doesn't start at all..

what is the problem, anybody, can you help?

[FunkyRider]

When I got the 8.41 driver first time in hand and installed it, up on restart I say half scan line of random pixels on the top of screen I knew something was not right...

Then there's extreme 2D slowdown, like draging a Digg webpage would stuck like my 3.5GHz Core 2 is a Pentium II dog.

I removed the 8.41 right away. Knowing it has great OpenGL code base but I just can't enjoy it while there are so many rough edges in the driver... Donno if one month.... 5 weeks polishing is enough to removed those bugs or not.

[Ole-Martin Broz]

Stupid fellas

Sorry for insult.

READ THE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN INFO FOR GOD SAKE,
ATI/AMD CLEARLY SAYS, THIS DRIVER IS INTENDED FOR HD SERIES VIDEOCARDS, OTHER USERS SHOULD STICK TO THE PREVIOUS RELEASES.

go, READ...

well, now to my stuff, okey i fixed a symlink with libgl.1.0 or what it was again, well... now i got another damn issue stuck up in my ass.

atkins@atkins-desktop:~$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 0 ()
Serial number of failed request: 8
Current serial number in output stream: 8
atkins@atkins-desktop:~$

fun fun fun..

Got HD 2900 XT

[Michael]

they are just like telling you to wait till the next generation of GPUs to come up and then they will improve the R600 driver. Anyway, i got problem running Xgl + windows manager. It just freezes the whole screen when composite windows manager is executed. and clues?

You could wait till 8.42 and just use AIGLX

[morpheus5]

they are just like telling you to wait till the next generation of GPUs to come up and then they will improve the R600 driver. Anyway, i got problem running Xgl + windows manager. It just freezes the whole screen when composite windows manager is executed. and clues?

[Michael]

Radeon can't replace fglrx for the R500/X1000 series. You have an X1400. The RadeonHD driver will be the open-source version, however, it's not ready for production usage yet.

[erjou]

ATI Driver with Fedora 7 : compatibility problems

Hi,

I'm new on this forum (and also quite new to Linux).

I have a problem with my display and I looking for help.

My problem = for a particular application, ANSYS-CFX software, the screen looks fuzzy. There are extra lines everywhere. I can't work.
For everything else, it's Ok. But I want this application to work properly.

Is there some other driver that can effectively replace the ATI driver ?
Any Linux default driver ?
My /etc/X11/xorg.conf file has a line with

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
EndSection

I saw other people running with radeon replacing fglrx and it works. How can I do that ?

Here are some of my systems info
--------------------------------------
Laptop : IBM ThinkPad T60
Linux Fedora 7
graphic card : ATI X1400

driver = fglrx 8.40.4

Installation with rpm
> rpm -qa | grep -i xorg-x11-drv
> xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.40.4-2.lvn7
----------------------------------------

Eric

[Michael]

See: http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5422 for 8.42 explanation