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PostPosted: Wed Jul 31, 2024 4:43 pm    Post subject: Radeon R7 240 question? Reply with quote

I have a Radeon R7 240 .
lspci:
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240/340 / Radeon 520] (rev 87)

I have followed these instructions but have not completed items I've listed below:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon

Things are working fine but I am having trouble with some website with graphics.

I'm wondering if media-libs/mesa-amber might help ?

Code:

mesa-amber for r100 and r200

With the introduction of Mesa 22, the classic driver was dropped from the main library[2]. One way to restore acceleration is to use media-libs/mesa-amber.

First, unless there is another Radeon video card in the system (which is unlikely on such an old setup), disable llvm and video_cards_radeon USE flags in package.use for media-libs/mesa:
FILE /etc/portage/package.use/mesa-amber

media-libs/mesa -llvm -video_cards_radeon

Then, install mesa-amber:
root #emerge --ask media-libs/mesa-amber

This may or may not need further configuration.



I have also added all the drivers to my kernel:

OLAND HD8550M-HD8790M, R7 240
radeon/oland_ce.bin radeon/oland_mc.bin radeon/oland_me.bin radeon/oland_pfp.bin radeon/oland_rlc.bin radeon/oland_smc.bin radeon/TAHITI_uvd.bin


Would the following cause a problem in my make.conf
This is from my make.conf
Code:

VIDEO_CARDS="radeon radeonsi"



I would appreciate any tips that might optimize my video.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm running Sapphire R7 240 on my PC, but with amdgpu on kernel 5.10.208 (newer breaks my pulseaudio). Only two problems that I noticed are:
- Video hardware decoding doesn't work, but since this is not a laptop, I don't mind it.
- Steam (flatpak) UI is slightly broken: sometimes scrolling bar doesn't display properly, and when first opening the store page, I can see for a second garbage and sometimes pictures that I moment ago saw on Firefox.

I'm running regular mesa.
VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeon radeonsi"
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lekto wrote:
I'm running Sapphire R7 240 on my PC, but with amdgpu on kernel 5.10.208 (newer breaks my pulseaudio). Only two problems that I noticed are:
- Video hardware decoding doesn't work, but since this is not a laptop, I don't mind it.
- Steam (flatpak) UI is slightly broken: sometimes scrolling bar doesn't display properly, and when first opening the store page, I can see for a second garbage and sometimes pictures that I moment ago saw on Firefox.

I'm running regular mesa.
VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeon radeonsi"


thank you!
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