Updated and Optimized Ubuntu Free Graphics Drivers

[blinxwang]

Is mesa going to be built for 13.10 (saucy) soon or is there still work to be done before it can be built?

[Dukenukemx]

Does sound work through HDMI with these drivers? I have these on Mint 15 with a Radeon 5550 and don't hear anything.

[Bushido_root]

Does sound work through HDMI with these drivers? I have these on Mint 15 with a Radeon 5550 and don't hear anything.

Works just fine for me; you might need to add:

radeon.audio=1

to GRUB.
Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add the parameter to the line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash "

so it would look like this

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.audio=1"

Run sudo update-grub then reboot.

[oibaf]

Is mesa going to be built for 13.10 (saucy) soon or is there still work to be done before it can be built?

I have the package in this test PPA. If you can confirm it's OK I'll push it in the main PPA.

[wsnipex]

I have the package in this test PPA. If you can confirm it's OK I'll push it in the main PPA.

did you build it with the default llvm from saucy? I did a test build with llvm-3.4 here, only needs a little configure.ac patch.

[tiredoffglrx]

I backported it already in raring (and there is by default in saucy), the package doesn't build on older Ubuntu IIRC, which I'll drop soon anyway.

Please don't drop support for 12.04. A lot of us are still holding out the upgrade until 14.04 gets released and your PPA is pretty much the only easy and considerably safe access we have to the current graphics stack. So if it's technically feasible, please do wait until the next LTS release to drop 12.04 support.

[Dukenukemx]

Works just fine for me; you might need to add:

radeon.audio=1

to GRUB.
Edit the /etc/default/grub file and add the parameter to the line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash "

so it would look like this

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.audio=1"

Run sudo update-grub then reboot.

Thanks I tried that and still no sound. I changed it like you said and rebooted, but nothing.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.audio=1"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

[Dzony.Kalafut]

Hi, i tried to install mesa 10 for saucy from this ppa and it seems that something is wrong with the package. I still only get gl 3.0 support for my ivybridge graphics card, but according to mesa documentation it should have gl 3.3 support enabled.

glxinfo:

OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile 
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-b16b3c8 saucy-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30

[blinxwang]

Xorg segfaults with AMD/Ivybridge dual graphics on Saucy

Hi,

I just installed the latest packages from the PPA and Xorg segfaults while booting. The error log looks like this:

[    31.705] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    31.705] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    31.705] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[    31.705] (++) using VT number 7

[    31.705] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.905+git1310311033.ed16e3~gd~s (Oibaf <[email protected]>)
[    31.705] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[    31.705] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    31.705] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[    31.705] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[    31.705] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    31.705] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    31.705] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    31.706] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.706] 	compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 0.0.2
[    31.706] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[    31.706] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    31.706] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    31.706] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[    31.706] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    31.706] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
[    31.706] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2, avx
[    31.706] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[    31.706] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[    31.706] (**) intel(0): "Tear free" disabled
[    31.706] (**) intel(0): Forcing per-crtc-pixmaps? no
[    31.706] (II) intel(0): Output eDP1 has no monitor section
[    31.706] (--) intel(0): found backlight control interface acpi_video1 (type 'firmware')
[    31.706] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[    31.706] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[    31.706] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[    31.706] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[    31.706] (--) intel(0): Output eDP1 using initial mode 1920x1080 on pipe 0
[    31.706] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    31.706] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    31.706] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    31.706] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    31.706] (==) RADEON(G0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    31.706] (II) RADEON(G0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[    31.706] (==) RADEON(G0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    31.706] (==) RADEON(G0): RGB weight 888
[    31.706] (II) RADEON(G0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[    31.706] (--) RADEON(G0): Chipset: "OLAND" (ChipID = 0x6600)
[    31.706] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    31.706] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    31.706] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    31.706] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[    31.706] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[    31.707] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[    31.707] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    31.707] 	compiled for 1.14.3, module version = 0.5.1
[    31.707] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    31.707] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[    33.422] (EE) 
[    33.422] (EE) Backtrace:
[    33.422] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3d) [0x7f1b5299102d]
[    33.422] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7f1b527ef000+0x1a5d99) [0x7f1b52994d99]
[    33.422] (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f1b518ef000+0xfbb0) [0x7f1b518febb0]
[    33.422] (EE) 
[    33.422] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0
[    33.422] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    33.422] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[    33.422] (EE) 
[    33.422] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    33.422] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    33.422] (EE) 
[    33.440] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

This error also happens with the stable drivers on Saucy. Any idea why this might be?

[a user]

Hi, i tried to install mesa 10 for saucy from this ppa and it seems that something is wrong with the package. I still only get gl 3.0 support for my ivybridge graphics card, but according to mesa documentation it should have gl 3.3 support enabled.

glxinfo:

OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile 
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-b16b3c8 saucy-oibaf-ppa)
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30

same observation here with i3 haswell on h87 board.

also i've noticed that i cannot run any of the unigine benchmarks because "GL_ARB_geometry_shader4" is not supported. shouldn't this be already in mesa?