AMD Catalyst 13.12 GPU Driver For Linux Released

[gutigen]

For those with build issues, especially on Ubuntu/DKMS:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer-updates/fglrx-installer-updates_13.125-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz

Have a look in "/debian/dkms/patches/", especially "replace_acpi_table_handler.patch". It already landed in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS-dev.

And what am I suppose to do with this?

[Vi0L0]

For those with build issues, especially on Ubuntu/DKMS:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer-updates/fglrx-installer-updates_13.125-0ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz

Have a look in "/debian/dkms/patches/", especially "replace_acpi_table_handler.patch". It already landed in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS-dev.

Hehe, i also found this workaround ;P, it was trivial because (it's funny because it's true :P) AMD already used this code in both 13.11 beta 6 and beta 9.4.
Did they forget about it? LOL
I got other name for this patch: looks_like_amd_forgot_this.patch

--- 13.12/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_acpi.c	2013-12-17 20:05:35.000000000 +0100
+++ 13.12/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_acpi.c	2013-12-19 18:40:18.386568588 +0100
@@ -995,7 +995,11 @@
 #endif
     {
         return KCL_ACPI_ERROR;
-    }    
+    }
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,9,1)
+    ((acpi_tbl_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
+#else
     ((acpi_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
+#endif
     return KCL_ACPI_OK;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file

patch -Np1 -i ../looks_like_amd_forgot_this.patch

[Forage]

And what am I suppose to do with this?

You are supposed to do some of your own research first since if you don't know, you probably shouldn't go there ;-P

Anyway:

1. ./amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run --extract NewDirectory
2. Apply the patch as described by Vi0L0 in the previous post
3. sudo ./ati-installer.sh 13.251 --buildpkg Ubuntu/saucy
4. And install the build packages, placed one directory up

[gutigen]

You are supposed to do some of your own research first since if you don't know, you probably shouldn't go there ;-P

Anyway:

1. ./amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run --extract NewDirectory
2. Apply the patch as described by Vi0L0 in the previous post
3. sudo ./ati-installer.sh 13.251 --buildpkg Ubuntu/saucy
4. And install the build packages, placed one directory up

I propably shouldn't, but thanks

Getting an error though:

File to patch: amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run
patching file amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run
Hunk #1 FAILED at 995.

Rejected part:

--- kcl_acpi.c
+++ kcl_acpi.c
@@ -995,7 +995,11 @@
 #endif
     {
         return KCL_ACPI_ERROR;
-    }    
+    }
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,9,1)
+    ((acpi_tbl_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
+#else
     ((acpi_table_handler)handler)(hdr);
+#endif
     return KCL_ACPI_OK;
 }

[Gusar]

Yeah i knew about be a Adobe Flash bug...but was only affecting some Nvidia cards and actually Nvidia launched a driver version that they said would solve bug and i continued with the darn thing affecting a 9600GT for several more drivers and many months until it finally was solved...

It was affecting everyone who used VDPAU for presentation but not decoding. Everyone. Including open source drivers. If you think it only affected "some Nvidia cards", it's because only those had out-of-the-box VDPAU. As soon as VDPAU was available on open source radeon (no UVD yet back then, just presentation and a shader-based mpeg2 decoder)... guess what, blue people in flash.

And Nvidia didn't solve the bug. That would only be possible if the had the flash source, which they of course do not. Only Adobe can fix it, no one else. Current libvdpau works around it, but even that only on browsers that launch flash in a certain way, you'll still get blue people in Opera 12 and I think some other browsers too.

So don't put this one on Nvidia. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't even have VDPAU, you wouldn't have any sort of hardware accelerated flash.

[Forage]

I propably shouldn't, but thanks

Getting an error though:

File to patch: amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run
patching file amd-catalyst-13.12-linux-x86.x86_64.run
Hunk #1 FAILED at 995.

Lol, I rest my case...

You forgot the essential first part of the steps I provided: extract the files from the .run file. In there there's the file that needs to be patched.

[gutigen]

Lol, I rest my case...

You forgot the essential first part of the steps I provided: extract the files from the .run file. In there there's the file that needs to be patched.

Oh, I should've paid more attention to this. Anyway I've managed to patch and install those drivers, thanks!

P.S. No performance change in Dota 2 or ANY other Linux game.

[wizard69]

AMD is by no means perfect but you are right in this case.

I think people are sometimes too harsh with AMD and not so with NVIDIA...."Na'vi People" in flash anyone ?

How much time did it took for Nvidia to fix it ?

NVidia has had its problems too. It would be great is AMD had the resources to throw a lot of people at this but they don't. Frankly a fix every three days isn't that bad really, some of these bugs are very hard to chase down.

Could AMD do better - sure, but I also want them to stay around for awhile.

[smitty3268]

It was affecting everyone who used VDPAU for presentation but not decoding. Everyone. Including open source drivers. If you think it only affected "some Nvidia cards", it's because only those had out-of-the-box VDPAU. As soon as VDPAU was available on open source radeon (no UVD yet back then, just presentation and a shader-based mpeg2 decoder)... guess what, blue people in flash.

And Nvidia didn't solve the bug. That would only be possible if the had the flash source, which they of course do not. Only Adobe can fix it, no one else. Current libvdpau works around it, but even that only on browsers that launch flash in a certain way, you'll still get blue people in Opera 12 and I think some other browsers too.

So don't put this one on Nvidia. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't even have VDPAU, you wouldn't have any sort of hardware accelerated flash.

This sounds an awful lot like what AMD supporters say about their WINE support, and somehow that's always considered AMD's fault.

[LN17]

I am assuming that. Because of the one-bug-fix every 3 days I counted above. I am NOT talking about the FOSS team - they make a great job from my point of view. I was only talking about catalyst. READ my post!

You misunderstood me. I think exactly the same thing.