Updated and Optimized Ubuntu Free Graphics Drivers

[abelardojarab]

I encountered this same error with Ubuntu 17.10 on a fresh install. My AskUbuntu post summarizes my experience, but in short, there is a conflict with the version of libdrm-amd-gpu provided by the PPA and the one provided by libdrm-common which breaks the drivers and several core packages to xorg and wayland. Ubuntu will not allow the PPA to override this library. I did solve the problem with the following steps:

1. sudo dpkg --purge libdrm-common

2. sudo apt update

3. sudo apt upgrade

I did disable the PPA before the dpkg, then reenabled before the update, but this shouldn't actually make a difference, I was digging through a lot of things to try and solve this. But now apt no longer tries to uninstall GNOME.

libdrm-nouveau2 : Breaks: libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (!= 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x is to be installed.
libdrm-nouveau2:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-nouveau2 (!= 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x is installed.
libdrm-amdgpu1 : Breaks: libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 (!= 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x is to be installed.
libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-amdgpu1 (!= 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x is installed.
libdrm2 : Breaks: libdrm2:i386 (!= 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x is to be installed.
libdrm2:i386 : Breaks: libdrm2 (!= 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x is installed.
libdrm-intel1 : Breaks: libdrm-intel1:i386 (!= 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x is to be installed.
libdrm-intel1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-intel1 (!= 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x is installed.
libdrm-radeon1 : Breaks: libdrm-radeon1:i386 (!= 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x is to be installed.
libdrm-radeon1:i386 : Breaks: libdrm-radeon1 (!= 2.4.85+git1710251830.61ff97~gd~x) but 2.4.85+git1710271830.33dcc2~gd~x is installed.

[oibaf]

EDIT: should be fixed now.

[oibaf]

The issue on 17.10 should be fixed now.

[oibaf]

To artful/17.10 users: I just uploaded updated, rebased mesa packages, I disabled some stuff which probably isn't very useful nowadays: XvMC and OpenMAX video drivers, optional classic swrast and broken gallium i915.
Please test and let me know.

[DarkFoss]

I encountered no issues enabling and after a few days purging your ppa on 17.10 went quite smooth both ways. Nice work

[Xzuukh]

Hello, I just updated the drivers, and a wild flicker appeared. Apparently the previous versions are no longer in the PPA so I can't revert?

I think these are the relevant packages, so one of them probably has the issue. After these updates my game started showing huge graphical glitches. The main menu flickers (but it stops flickering briefly if I adjust graphical settings). The game itself is an unplayable mess. There's something about shaders.

Anyway, grepped apt's history log with "oibaf":

libgles2-mesa:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:amd64 (1:1.0.15+git1706131933.69aecd~gd~x, 1:1.0.15+git1711031457.69aecd~oibaf~x)
libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libglapi-mesa:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libglapi-mesa:i386 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libxatracker2:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libegl1-mesa:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libgbm1:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libllvm5.0:amd64 (1:5.0-1~gd~x, 1:5.0.1~+rc1-1~exp1~oibaf~x)
libllvm5.0:i386 (1:5.0-1~gd~x, 1:5.0.1~+rc1-1~exp1~oibaf~x)
xserver-xorg-video-intel:amd64 (2:2.99.917+git1707181934.e436cf~gd~x, 2:2.99.917+git1711090734.37a682~oibaf~x)
libwayland-egl1-mesa:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libdrm2:amd64 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libdrm2:i386 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libosmesa6:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libosmesa6:i386 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)
libdrm-intel1:amd64 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libdrm-intel1:i386 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libdrm-radeon1:amd64 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
libdrm-radeon1:i386 (2.4.87+git1711010826.b617f0~gd~x, 2.4.88+git1711110630.218858~oibaf~x)
mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (17.4~git1711021930.529cdc~oibaf~x, 17.4~git1711121930.4a9aad~oibaf~x)

[Rich_S]

Ubuntu 17.10 running on an Intel 8700K with iGPU(i915) and updated yesterday and it completely broke Wayland. Major pixelation and flicker (stops momentarily if I move my mouse). I'm able to switch to Xorg and login fine though, so it's Wayland specific. Following packages were updated:

libgl1-mesa libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa
libgles2-mesa libwayland-egl1-mesa libxtracker2 mesa-va-drivers
mesa-vdpau-drivers

Any ideas?

[Rich_S]

Ubuntu 17.10 running on an Intel 8700K with iGPU(i915) and updated yesterday and it completely broke Wayland. Major pixelation and flicker (stops momentarily if I move my mouse). I'm able to switch to Xorg and login fine though, so it's Wayland specific. Following packages were updated:

libgl1-mesa libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa
libgles2-mesa libwayland-egl1-mesa libxtracker2 mesa-va-drivers
mesa-vdpau-drivers

Any ideas?

Well, today's update fixed it.

[murzic2000]

Hello,
I have a problem with playing video. I updated some days ago (18 Nov) and after that my Kodi start crashes when I try to use vdpau (Xorg crash). I think that problem with mesa packet.
I uses this repo: https://launchpad.net/~oibaf

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Linux pc 4.4.0-101-generic #124-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 10 18:29:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kodi 17.6
Xorg.0.log: https://pastebin.com/XmNu7B8C
Kodi CRASH LOG: https://pastebin.com/cu4AFf3G
syslog: https://pastebin.com/Pa2SrewQ
dmesg: https://pastebin.com/y2k9298Z

If you need more information or other debug info I can provide it.

[murzic2000]

Add fresh
/var/log/syslog:

Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX xinit[1221]: radeon: failed to get initial domain: 0x46468c0 0x0000000C
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX xinit[1221]: radeon: The kernel rejected CS, see dmesg for more information (-22).
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX kernel: [ 689.482331] radeon 0000:00:01.0: evergreen_cs_track_validate_texture:854 texture bo too small (layer size 8355840, offset 0, max layer 1, depth 1, bo size 4096) (1920 1088)
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX kernel: [ 689.482486] [drm:radeon_cs_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Invalid command stream !
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX kernel: [ 689.499115] radeon 0000:00:01.0: evergreen_cs_track_validate_texture:854 texture bo too small (layer size 8355840, offset 0, max layer 1, depth 1, bo size 4096) (1920 1088)
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX kernel: [ 689.499233] [drm:radeon_cs_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Invalid command stream !
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX kernel: [ 689.515260] kodi.bin[1890]: segfault at b0 ip 00007fe6326fd8f8 sp 00007fff3b03c0d0 error 4 in r600_dri.so[7fe631ef1000+ab5000]
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX xinit[1221]: radeon: The kernel rejected CS, see dmesg for more information (-22).
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX lircd-0.9.0[917]: removed client
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX xinit[1221]: Segmentation fault
Dec 2 20:46:37 mediaBOX xinit[1221]: Crash report available at /home/xbmc/kodi_crashlog-20171202_204637.log
Dec 2 20:46:38 mediaBOX lircd-0.9.0[917]: accepted new client on /run/lirc/lircd