AMD Catalyst 8.9 Gets WINE Fix, RandR 1.2 Support

[rbmorse]

I too got a HD3870, and I can't switch users without getting a hard lock. Would you mind testing that?

User switch locks for me, too.

[nstamoul0]

I was missing the libstdc++5 package.Thanks a lot!

[Kano]

apt-get install ia32-libs libstdc++5

[nstamoul0]

Not building under Debian sid x64

I have had no luck building the latest drivers,nor finding a solution on the net.Here is what I get:

dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XFlush used by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextAddDisplay used by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XReply used by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextRemoveDisplay used by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextCreateExtension used by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextFindDisplay used by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XFlush used by debian/fglrx-driver/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextAddDisplay used by debian/fglrx-driver/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol _XReply used by debian/fglrx-driver/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextRemoveDisplay used by debian/fglrx-driver/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextCreateExtension used by debian/fglrx-driver/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XextFindDisplay used by debian/fglrx-driver/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 found in none of the libraries.
dpkg-shlibdeps: failure: couldn't find library libstdc++.so.5 needed by debian/fglrx-driver/usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.so.1.0 (its RPATH is '').
Note: libraries are not searched in other binary packages that do not have any shlibs or symbols file.
To help dpkg-shlibdeps find private libraries, you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
dh_shlibdeps: command returned error code 512
make: *** [binary] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

Any suggestions?

[grantek]

Woohoo! BIG improvements for me on my HD4850:
- 32-bit ET:QW on 64-bit OS WORKS - for me, this is the turning point between the driver being "not good" and "good with caveats"
- Wine is fixed! Yay! The 3d games I've tried so far haven't responded well though, but that was in my 64-bit OS - will need to do some more solid testing.
- On a more minor note, looks like the debian packaging problems have been fixed. I haven't tried uninstalling yet, but 8.9 only sets up diverts for the libGL (and now libdri) files themselves, not the symlinks (which seemed to be the problem before).

[Kano]

Next major fault with Debian Etch:

I made a hotfix as c tool:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
chmod("/dev/dri/card0", 0666);
return 0;
}

which could be set to root:root and chmod 4755 and put into autostart, but then BERYL is still not working with Xorg 7.1.1. It worked before (just without water effect). So not only permissions are broken but even more. Too funny that wine works with it

[chrisr]

8.9 just failed to recover from an ACPI Suspend.

That's me done with 8.9 - if it doesn't suspend correctly then it's going straight into the dustbin. This is the last entry in Xorg.0.log:

Synaptics DeviceOff called
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(EE) fglrx(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 11.
(II) fglrx(0): EAX=0x0000004f, EBX=0x00004116, ECX=0x00000000, EDX=0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): ESP=0x00001000, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x00002000
(II) fglrx(0): CS=0x0000, SS=0x0100, DS=0x0040, ES=0x0000, FS=0x0000, GS=0x0000
(II) fglrx(0): EIP=0x00000600, EFLAGS=0x00033202
(II) fglrx(0): code at 0x00000600:
 f4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[chrisr]

And what about fglrx's new libdri.so?

Fedora's package building scripts have been broken for ages, and so I've been trying to updates them manually. However, I'm not sure where the new libdri.so should go. At the moment, I've moved the libdri.so from xorg-x11-server-Xorg into hiding and copied fglrx's one in manually to replace it. But this violates RPM! Is this new libdri.so meant to go somewhere else, please?

[raulromania]

OS: Ubuntu (stable, latest)
Graphicscard: PowerColor HD3850 PCS AGP

First, very big thanks to the hard working developers.

Anyone try this driver with the AGP 3850 card yet? ...

Well, I have a PowerColor 3850 PCS for the very new AGP slot ^^

The driver works almost perfectly with it. I am very glad to see that.
Flash videos now working without lags, even with xv enabled. (see the following 'xorg.conf')

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"CherryEvolutionFlat"
	Driver		"evdev"
	Option		"Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-046a_0023-event-kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"RazerDiamondback"
	Driver		"evdev"
	Option		"Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-Razer_Razer_1600dpi_Mouse-event-mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"KeySonicACK540RF"
	Driver		"evdev"
	Option		"Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-05af_2.4G_USB_RF_KeyBoard-event-kbd"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"VideoOut0"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
	Driver		"fglrx"
	Screen		0
	Option		"UseInternalAGPGART"	"true"
	Option		"VideoOverlay"		"true"
	Option		"OpenGLOverlay"		"false"
	Option		"BackingStore"		"true"
	Option		"BlockSignalsOnLock"	"true"
	Option		"TexturedVideo"		"true"
	Option		"TexturedVideoSync"	"true"
	Option		"Textured2D"		"true"
	Option		"TexturedXRender"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"VideoOut1"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
	Driver		"fglrx"
	Screen		1
	Option		"UseInternalAGPGART"	"true"
	Option		"VideoOverlay"		"true"
	Option		"OpenGLOverlay"		"false"
	Option		"BackingStore"		"true"
	Option		"BlockSignalsOnLock"	"true"
	Option		"TexturedVideo"		"true"
	Option		"TexturedVideoSync"	"true"
	Option		"Textured2D"		"true"
	Option		"TexturedXRender"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"MonitorSettings"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Screen0"
	Monitor		"MonitorSettings"
	Device		"VideoOut0"
	DefaultDepth	24
        SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier      "Screen1"
	Monitor         "MonitorSettings"
	Device          "VideoOut1"
	DefaultDepth    24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1920x1080"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"DisplayLayout"
	Screen		"Screen0"
	Screen		"Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option		"AllowMouseOpenFail"	"true"
EndSection

WINE works well, too (still hard work needed).

Well, there is a thing, i would be happy if they fix it soon.
I have an Samsung LE40A656 FULL HD LCD and I get this "black border" issue.
I think the developers are aware of the underscan issue.

See → http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showt...0073&page=4#40

The workaround with ...

sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-val=MCIL,DigitalHDTVDefaultUnderscan,0

... works very good, but I'd like to adjust it easier, i.e. in the AMDCCCLE.

greetz.

[chrisr]

M66GL results

OpenGL screensavers are still not exiting to a command line when you quit. (Run /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/rubik, and then press ESC.) So this presumably means that I still can't use OpenGL screensavers.

xine is still crashing the Xserver when it uses Textured Video and reaches the end of the movie. So I still can't use XVideo for video playback.

These are both long-standing issues.

I am also seeing this in my Xorg.0.log file:

(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(EE) fglrx(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 11.
(II) fglrx(0): EAX=0x0000004f, EBX=0x00000000, ECX=0x00000000, EDX=0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): ESP=0x00001000, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x00002000
(II) fglrx(0): CS=0x0000, SS=0x0100, DS=0x0040, ES=0x0000, FS=0x0000, GS=0x0000
(II) fglrx(0): EIP=0x00000600, EFLAGS=0x00033202
(II) fglrx(0): code at 0x00000600:
 f4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
(II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 9.12
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: M66GL
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
(EE) fglrx(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 11.
(II) fglrx(0): EAX=0x0000004f, EBX=0x00004116, ECX=0x00000000, EDX=0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): ESP=0x00001000, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x00002000
(II) fglrx(0): CS=0x0000, SS=0x0100, DS=0x0040, ES=0x0000, FS=0x0000, GS=0x0000
(II) fglrx(0): EIP=0x00000600, EFLAGS=0x00033202
(II) fglrx(0): code at 0x00000600:
 f4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
(II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
...
(II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 1:0.0.
(II) fglrx(0): [FB] Find the MC FB aperturs range(MCFBBase = 0xc0000000, MCFBSize = 0x10000000)
(--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3
(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(EE) fglrx(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 11.
(II) fglrx(0): EAX=0x0000004f, EBX=0x00000003, ECX=0x00000000, EDX=0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): ESP=0x00001000, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x00002000
(II) fglrx(0): CS=0x0000, SS=0x0100, DS=0x0040, ES=0x0000, FS=0x0000, GS=0x0000
(II) fglrx(0): EIP=0x00000600, EFLAGS=0x00033202
(II) fglrx(0): code at 0x00000600:
 f4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
(II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
(II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!

I don't know what's going on there, but it doesn't look good.

Enabling RandR 1.2 support has reduced the FPS of glxgears from 3700 to ~2214.