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Originally posted by ivanovic View PostOkay, first results:
Renaming the old ebuild (8.40.7) is enough (you have to rename the corresponding patches folder inside files/, too), the driver works with xorg 7.3 (xorg-server 1.4) and with kernel 2.6.23 (using the patches). I am running on x86, so amd64 users might have problems with the patch.
http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?i...roblemsil1.png
This does not happen when being at small resolutions, only at higher resolutions and so far only in UT2k3. I would assume that it is kernel 2.6.23 related (since with 2.6.22.6 there was no problem). And I do get a nice message in the terminal after starting ut2k4:
Code:WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subject to change! Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0".
(Just for reference: I am using a radeon 9800 pro (agp), c2d 6400, 1GB DDR1 ram, arch: x86)
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Okay, I just verified that my problems can be solved by downgrading the kernel to 2.6.22.9. This change makes ut2k4 and fgl_glxgears work again, both were not working with kernel 2.6.23.1.Last edited by ivanovic; 23 October 2007, 02:31 PM.
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ahahahauuuuu....... i've hacked the 8.40 ebuild as suggested by modifying its name and i get this error:
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.42.3............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................................
gzip: common/usr/share/man/man8/atieventsd.8: unknown suffix -- ignored
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cannot even unzip it... ahahauaauauauau... this has never happened. it seems that ati now is able also to make gzip go mad.
i'm not testing this on 8.42. YMMV.
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Okay, so successfully installed by building a package for Ubuntu/Feisty. It runs quite nicely (unlike 8.41) and there is a performance improvement.
...at least about 300 FPS greater than 8.40 in glxgears. I'm about to check out AIGLX and Compiz Fusion shortly.
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hmmm strange... the ATI's website still shows up the 8.41 driver for R600 chips and the old 8.40 driver for non-R600 ones. I guess they did not update it yet...
And by the way, the driver is labeled "8.42.7", but in the Phoronix article (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item=887&num=3) it is referred to as "8.42.3". Which one is right?
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Originally posted by yoshi314 View Postcomment out the line starting with gunzip in the ebuild. that's what failed in 8.41 as well.
i'm not testing this on 8.42. YMMV.
Code:* Cannot find $EPATCH_SOURCE! Value for $EPATCH_SOURCE is: * * /usr/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/files/8.42.3/ati-drivers-8.42.3-warnings.patch * ( ati-drivers-8.42.3-warnings.patch )
EDIT: fixed, I didn't create the 8.42.3 directoryLast edited by slacker; 23 October 2007, 02:23 PM.
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