AMD 8.42.3 Driver Released -- The Baby Is Born!

[RJBMontreal]

Still not there...

Well AIGLX is working for me now but it is having issues with FPS. I noticed some animations are smooth and others are not but it's all at random. When I minimize and then restore the firefox browser for example I see a bunch of black area redrawing and this did not happen with the 8.40x driver and XGL it was all smooth and no redrawing glitches.

I'm running Gutsy with a X1600 Pro 512 PCIe

Going back to the 8.40 driver and XGL unless I find a quick fix for these performance issues.

[ironflippy]

fglrx doesn't seem to be loading. I'm kind of a noob when it comes to linux, but i'm getting better by the day. I'm using Feisty, btw. Here's my xorg.conf file

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"

	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "i2c"
	Load  "bitmap"
	Load  "ddc"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "int10"
	Load  "vbe"
	Load  "dbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "CoreKeyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
	Option	    "Buttons" "7"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
	Option	    "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "stylus"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "stylus"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "eraser"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "eraser"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "cursor"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "cursor"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "AOC Spectrum"
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
	Option	    "AGPMode" "4"
	Option	    "AGPFastWrite" "true"
	Option	    "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
	Option	    "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
	Option	    "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
	Option	    "EnablePageFlip" "true"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Default Screen"
	Device     "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
	Monitor    "AOC Spectrum"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     1
		Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     4
		Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1680x1050" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "0"
EndSection

And here's what I get when I type fglrxinfo:

Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2)

I used the guide on ATI's wiki and when that didn't work, I resorted to an ATI guide on the ubuntu forums. Neither seemed to do anything.

[JCTWeb]

Any ideas why I keep losing this symlink?

/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile/fglrx.ko

Everytime I reboot, it's gone and I have to re-create the link. It's driving me insane.

[Kano]

The integrated restricted modules manager does not always work nicely, so maybe just remove it:

sudo apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l|awk '/restricted/{print $2}')

After that you could try my script:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

Until you used the lrm the script works too without deleting things.

[xy_god]

Oh,yeah,Come on baby!^0^

[Septor]

anyone else getting this? I'm so close!

display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release



display: :0.0  screen: 1
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9800 PRO
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6958 Release

*** glibc detected *** fglrxinfo: double free or corruption (!prev): 0x08062000 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7ce8d65]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb7cec800]
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so[0xb7993c92]
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1[0xb7ef7c61]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeExtData+0x25)[0xb7df67d5]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(_XFreeDisplayStructure+0x2f6)[0xb7e02df6]
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XCloseDisplay+0xea)[0xb7defeea]
fglrxinfo[0x8048a3b]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7c95050]
fglrxinfo[0x80488f1]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0804b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1589707    /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804b000-0804c000 rw-p 00002000 03:42 1589707    /usr/bin/fglrxinfo
0804c000-08475000 rw-p 0804c000 00:00 0          [heap]
a5f86000-a5f87000 rw-p a5f86000 00:00 0 
a6249000-ae249000 rw-s 00003000 00:0e 19461      /dev/dri/card0
ae249000-ae50b000 rw-p ae249000 00:00 0 
ae50b000-ae511000 rwxp ae50b000 00:00 0 
ae511000-ae584000 rw-p ae511000 00:00 0 
ae584000-aec84000 rw-s 00005000 00:0e 19461      /dev/dri/card0
aec84000-aec94000 rw-s 00004000 00:0e 19461      /dev/dri/card0
b6b00000-b6b21000 rw-p b6b00000 00:00 0 
b6b21000-b6c00000 ---p b6b21000 00:00 0 
b6c7a000-b6c84000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 491587     /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c84000-b6c85000 rw-p 0000a000 03:42 491587     /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b6c94000-b6cb7000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525587     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.6.1.so
b6cb7000-b6cb9000 rw-p 00023000 03:42 525587     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm-2.6.1.so
b6cb9000-b6cc0000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525609     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.6.1.so
b6cc0000-b6cc2000 rw-p 00006000 03:42 525609     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.6.1.so
b6cc2000-b7a7b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 4161553    /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7a7b000-b7b00000 rw-p 00db9000 03:42 4161553    /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
b7b00000-b7c5a000 rw-p b7b00000 00:00 0 
b7c5a000-b7c5c000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525585     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c5c000-b7c5e000 rw-p 00001000 03:42 525585     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.6.1.so
b7c5e000-b7c62000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590579    /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7c62000-b7c63000 rw-p 00003000 03:42 1590579    /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7c63000-b7c64000 rw-p b7c63000 00:00 0 
b7c64000-b7c66000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590568    /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7c66000-b7c67000 rw-p 00001000 03:42 1590568    /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7c67000-b7c7b000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525605     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c7b000-b7c7d000 rw-p 00013000 03:42 525605     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.6.1.so
b7c7d000-b7c7f000 rw-p b7c7d000 00:00 0 
b7c7f000-b7dc3000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 525579     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc3000-b7dc4000 r--p 00143000 03:42 525579     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc4000-b7dc6000 rw-p 00144000 03:42 525579     /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.6.1.so
b7dc6000-b7dc9000 rw-p b7dc6000 00:00 0 
b7dc9000-b7dd6000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590583    /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7dd6000-b7dd7000 rw-p 0000d000 03:42 1590583    /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b7dd7000-b7ec4000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 1590562    /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7ec4000-b7ec8000 rw-p 000ed000 03:42 1590562    /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b7ec8000-b7f4e000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 901308     /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
b7f4e000-b7f50000 rw-p 00086000 03:42 901308     /usr/lib/xorg/libGL.so.1.2
b7f50000-b7f53000 rw-p b7f50000 00:00 0 
b7f5e000-b7f60000 rw-s 00002000 00:0e 19461      /dev/dri/card0
b7f62000-b7f63000 rw-p b7f62000 00:00 0 
b7f63000-b7f7d000 r-xp 00000000 03:42 491540     /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
b7f7d000-b7f7f000 rw-p 00019000 03:42 491540     /lib/ld-2.6.1.so
bfa34000-bfa47000 rwxp bfa34000 00:00 0          [stack]
bfa47000-bfa4a000 rw-p bfa47000 00:00 0 
ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0          [vdso]
Aborted (core dumped)

I've seen that on dual head systems only, and only when a OpenGL app terminates. It shouldn't be a problem, other than it is ugly.

Things still work after that segfault though right?

[Septor]

Any ideas why I keep losing this symlink?

/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile/fglrx.ko

Everytime I reboot, it's gone and I have to re-create the link. It's driving me insane.

Hint: volatile

That stuff is generated by the linux-kernel-restricted package... remove that package if you aren't using any restricted drivers. The symlink in the wiki is totally unnecessary if you run "depmod -ae" and add fglrx to /etc/defaults/linux-kernel-restricted-modules (as per the wiki).

[Locke]

Ubuntu Gutsy on a z61m with x1400 mobility. This release is an even more pathetic than the last one. TV out has stopped working(--query-monitor shows only lcd) and aiglx "performance" is a joke. Going back to the old version so I can at least watch movies on my tv....without xv of course

[mSparks]

[msparks@localhost ~]$ fglrxinfo
Segmentation fault
[msparks@localhost ~]$

yeah, thats not good

radeon X1600

Also theres something weird happening:
I had to fiddle a while back to get dual screens working, now this machine has been depreciated to one monitor. However despite reverting to a single screen xorg.conf it insists on spanning two moniters.
In fact, the bugg3r is still working with no /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Fedora/F7, any ideas what I've installed that uses a config file other than /etc/X11/xorg.conf, Ive got it to a single screen by using a 'screen resolution' applet in gnome, but Im lost to understand how it is working at all without an xorg.conf. I knew it was going to end up being trouble, the moment dual monitors just decided to work.

None of these problems on the new nvidia card.....

[LucasG15]

2D seems to be working great and video playback is great too, but when I attempt to enable desktop effects everything disappears except the wallpaper. The odd thing is that I think that everything is there or least the panels because when I hover my mouse over what I think is the edge of one of the panels than the mouse change into the appropriate cursor.
The other oddity is that running glxgears produces a window with no animated gears. Running fglr_glxgears has the same blank windows but after a few seconds the entire desktop turns invisible too.

Oh yeah, I'm runnging 32bit Ubuntu 7.10 with an ATI X1950PRO AGP.