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gralves
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 Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: new ATI-DRIVER! 3.9.0 |
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Go get them at:
Link
while there isn't an ebuild 
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Venatyr
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| Does anyone know if anti-aliasing finally works with a 9600 XT? |
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yutt
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Are there any guides on how to go about updating the drivers? Is it a simple process once you already had a previous installation, or do you have to go through rebuilding the kernel and what-not again?
Update: I've been reading through the Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ, and it says you can test if 3D acceleration is enabled with a; glxinfo | grep direct.
My results are;
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direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect |
The FAQ doesn't explicitly say what to do at this point, so I am bit lost. Can anyone assist me? |
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gralves
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| yutt wrote: | Are there any guides on how to go about updating the drivers? Is it a simple process once you already had a previous installation, or do you have to go through rebuilding the kernel and what-not again?
Update: I've been reading through the Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ, and it says you can test if 3D acceleration is enabled with a; glxinfo | grep direct.
My results are;
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direct rendering: No
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect |
The FAQ doesn't explicitly say what to do at this point, so I am bit lost. Can anyone assist me? |
This means you don't have 3d accell. |
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gralves
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| Venatyr wrote: | | Does anyone know if anti-aliasing finally works with a 9600 XT? |
I don't know(since I don't have one) but it appears that the NWN memory leak is still there... |
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yutt
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| gralves wrote: | | This means you don't have 3d accell. |
Thanks, but I'm aware of that.
I was asking how to fix the problem. I hunted through my XFree log and found that my kernel module was not the same version as my driver, which was causing the error that disabled 3D acceleration.
Evidentally I have to recompile my kernel before updating my drivers each time? Linux is so odd... |
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pandaxiongmao
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:17 am Post subject: |
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I hope this ATI driver will be a lot better than the previous one.
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Wedge_
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| yutt wrote: | | Evidentally I have to recompile my kernel before updating my drivers each time? Linux is so odd... |
You have to recompile the drivers each time you change your kernel. Just make sure your /usr/src/linux symlink is pointing to the new sources, emerge the drivers again, and the module should work properly.
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gralves
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| yutt wrote: | | gralves wrote: | | This means you don't have 3d accell. |
Thanks, but I'm aware of that.
I was asking how to fix the problem. I hunted through my XFree log and found that my kernel module was not the same version as my driver, which was causing the error that disabled 3D acceleration.
Evidentally I have to recompile my kernel before updating my drivers each time? Linux is so odd... |
Did you do the opengl-update ati ? And then restarted X?
(I'm assuming you are using xfree86, if you are using xorg you might be experiencing this bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47154
if it's been a while since you last updated the drivers... ) |
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IvanHoe
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Is there an ebuild yet? |
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TheCoop
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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not of 10pm GMT
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Jowilly
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| IvanHoe wrote: | | Is there an ebuild yet? |
Yes, it's in portage. |
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yutt
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Jowilly wrote: | | IvanHoe wrote: | | Is there an ebuild yet? |
Yes, it's in portage. |
I don't see it.
| Code: | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -s ati-drivers
Searching...
[ Results for search key : ati-drivers ]
[ Applications found : 2 ]
* media-video/ati-drivers
Latest version available: 3.7.6-r1
Latest version installed: 3.7.6-r1
Size of downloaded files: 3,300 kB
Homepage: http://www.ati.com
Description: Ati precompiled drivers for r350, r300, r250 and r200 chipsets
License: ATI |
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gralves
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Give some time for the mirrors to sync
It is there !
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emerge ati-drivers-3.9.0.ebuild
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) media-video/ati-drivers-3.9.0 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) fglrx-4.3.0-3.9.0.i386.rpm
* X11 implementation is xorg-x11.
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking fglrx-4.3.0-3.9.0.i386.rpm
* Applying fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch... [ ok ] * Applying fglrx-2.6-get-page.patch... [ ok ]>>> Source unpacked.
* Building the DRM module...
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>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
* Caching service dependencies...
>>> media-video/ati-drivers-3.9.0 merged.
media-video/ati-drivers
selected: 3.7.6-r1
protected: 3.9.0
omitted: none
>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
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--- !targe sym /usr/lib/opengl/ati/lib/libMesaGL.so
--- !targe sym /usr/lib/opengl/ati/lib/libGL.so.1
--- !targe sym /usr/lib/opengl/ati/lib/libGL.so
--- !targe sym /usr/lib/opengl/ati/lib/libGL.la
--- !targe sym /usr/lib/opengl/ati/include
--- !targe sym /usr/lib/opengl/ati/extensions
* Caching service dependencies...
* Caching service dependencies...
>>> Auto-cleaning packages ...
>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
* GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
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jonnii
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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these work great. fixed all the problems i was having with totem (horiz green lines etc...) and no more random X locks!
yayayayayayaayayayayayayaya.
thanks ati. |
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zendmaster
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 1:56 am Post subject: |
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New ATI Drivers = Same crap
I'm really getting sick of the crappy ati drivers. Each time I get my hopes up only to find out that the performance of my 9700 is still crappy.
I'm saving my pennies so I can switch to NVIDIA. The sooner the better. |
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Halcy0n
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 2:37 am Post subject: |
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I agree, these drivers aren't much better. I went back to 3.7.6. X froze on me when my screensaver started up. Good thing I don't play any 3d games really.
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IvanHoe
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| Well, I'll give 'em a try. Hopefully Blender won't lockup with the new driver. |
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Admiral LSD
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 3:16 am Post subject: |
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I tried installing these early this morning by simply renaming the ebuild but ended up having to rebuild my world and virtuals files, xorg and gcc due to file system corruption when the system subsequently crashed (the crash presumably caused by the 3.7.6 fglrx driver still being in memory when the 3.9.0 version was trying to be loaded). Making sure the fglrx driver was unloaded (I had to reboot since rmmod said it was in use but there was nothing in either lsmod or the process list to indicate that it was and forced unloading is useless) and updating using the official ebuild that arrived later went without a hitch.
The ebuild automatically applies the page->count fixups patch which is a nice touch but regparm still seems a little iffy. I have this disabled in my kernel (reversing the patch that made it permanent in -mm) since it breaks bootsplash as well so this isn't really an issue for me but its likely to be annoying for some. Performance seems pretty much the same as the last set but that doesn't bother me as the most graphically intense things I run under Linux atm are xscreensaver and MAME. I've only had them installed for a few hours so a long term assesment is still out of the question but nothing funky has happened yet so I'll just leave them installed and see what happens.
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teedog
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 4:04 am Post subject: |
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Yay the new drivers emerge just fine with the 2.6.6 kernel (2.6.6-love4). I finally get "Direct Rendering: Yes" from glxinfo.  |
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Trejkaz
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Questions:
Does UT2004 still run at 2-5fps under the new drivers?
And can it finally do shiny water in NWN yet? |
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VolcomPimp
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:00 am Post subject: |
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oh come on now! I just installed debian on my main box and 2 days
ago I d/l the drivers, didnt get to go on yesterday cause I was busy
and today I finally figure out how 2 get them workin correctly w/
my 9600XT (which I jumped for joy over) and now I find out a new
driver is out? bah...
oh well... X crashes on exit so hopefully this driver will fix it. |
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IvanHoe
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:14 am Post subject: |
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Alright, what the hell do I need to do to get fglrx to work? I'm using xorg with the 2.6.6-mm5 kernel and here's what I see when I start X:
| Code: | Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.5-mm6 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux monsterstation 2.6.6-mm5 #7 Thu May 27 23:00:27 PDT 2004 i686
Build Date: 25 April 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 27 23:13:28 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Using vt 7
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:0:1) found
(EE) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit failed!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 108000
GetModeLine - hdsp: 1280 hbeg: 1328 hend: 1440 httl: 1688
vdsp: 1024 vbeg: 1025 vend: 1028 vttl: 1066 flags: 0 |
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teedog
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:35 am Post subject: |
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Argh! Ever since I installed these new drivers, my system completely freezes every time I log out of Gnome or KDE back to the console. The screen becomes grey with garbage horizontal and vertical lines. Nothing responds and I must hard-reboot. 
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herbo
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Ivanhoe: Check your busid in xorg.conf, it seems a bit off.
Anyway, this what DRI initalisation does on my machine:
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(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:2:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xe883a000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xe883a000 to 0x402c8000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xc8000000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 3.9.0
(II) fglrx(0): Date: May 11 2004
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI Fire GL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0xd9020000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] Mode=0x1f00421b bridge: 0x10de/0x01e0
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP v1/2 disable mask 0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP v3 disable mask 0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] enabling AGP with mode=0x1f00431a
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] AGP protocoll is enabled for grafics board. (cmd=0x1f004312)
(II) fglrx(0): [agp] grafics chipset has AGP v3.0 (native mode)
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] ringbuffer size = 0x00100000 bytes
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 28672
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] texture shared area handle = 0xf10fd000
(II) fglrx(0): shared FSAAScale=1
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
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The 3.9.0 drivers dont seem to work any better than 3.7.6, but at least they work (for me anyway....) |
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