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#1 2008-03-06 00:39:03

Zibi1981
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Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

AMD/ATI has released a new version of it's fglrx driver - Catalyst 8.3 vel. 8.47. There are some bug fixes, like:

---> fixed FireGL 3D application corruption when running at some resolutions
---> fixed  display flickering when gnome-screen-saver starts
---> fixed some image brightness and gamma correction issues
---> fixed diagonal tearing when using X-Video, and video playback is no longer "blocky" when using X-Video big_smile

The only new feature is X-Video support for the Xpress 1200 hardware.

Hope we will have them soon in [extra] smile


"... being a Linux user is sort of like living in a house inhabited by a large family of carpenters and architects. Every morning when you wake up, the house is a little different. Maybe there is a new turret, or some walls have moved. Or perhaps someone has temporarily removed the floor under your bed."

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#2 2008-03-06 01:31:31

Mikko777
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Well after this driver is seems ATI is on par with Nvidia.
Although Ati has opensourced the driver while nvidia hasn't.

Next we would need hd-video acceleration techniques I guess.
(how's hd video with nvidia?)

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#3 2008-03-06 03:07:59

SpookyET
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

What about the SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW AIGLX window scrolling?

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#4 2008-03-06 10:01:20

Zibi1981
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

According to what people wrote on Phoronix forums, these drivers are at last a step in the right direction. Most of the users are very pleased, i.e. someone wrote

As far as I'm concerned that's the understatement of the year. I don't want to speak too soon (I've been messing with it for about 30 minutes) but as far as I can tell, this one is a godsend!

XV video looks good, no diagonal nonsense, no blocky crapola, no horizontal flicker.... glxgears gets a satisfying speed... I can do 3D and whatever else. Timing was great too as I was messing around with the OSS driver all day yesterday trying to get it to do 3D on my M54 (x1400) which it does not want to do... and for what it's worth, I had flicker when playing video on the OSS driver, which I don't have with the new release.

Thanks Bridgman, for listening to my bitches and anti-ATI rants. Long live ATI!

I think, although didn't try it myself yet, that the are also some AIGLX improvements

Under openSuSE 10.3 64-bit, kernel 2.6.24.1, Xorg 7.3 xserver 1.4.90 and ATi X1250 card this driver seems like a gift for the new year!!

Also Xv can be double buffered and GLESX module now has flags=30(well don't know what this actually means but generally 2D is much better with Compiz-Fusion and without it!)

Well it's time to hit EXA, XvMC, and Crossfire along with AIGLX improvements!!

Here's what I found about Firefox scrolling with Compiz

AIGLX/compiz before 8.2 was way to slow on my x1400 with a 1400x1050 display, and nonworking with my 1680x1050 display attached (via BigDesktop). 8.2 got rid of the slow Firefox scrolling, but slowed down to a crawl with the external display attached. With 8.3, compiz is perfectly usable even with the external display.

Hope this helps a bit smile


"... being a Linux user is sort of like living in a house inhabited by a large family of carpenters and architects. Every morning when you wake up, the house is a little different. Maybe there is a new turret, or some walls have moved. Or perhaps someone has temporarily removed the floor under your bed."

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#5 2008-03-06 11:10:05

Jargs
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

That sounds great i have been waiting for videos to be fixed for a while now... when will I be able to get them on arch?

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#6 2008-03-06 11:19:39

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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

I followed the tips in this Howto and I really have no scrolling issue's what so ever.

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#7 2008-03-06 11:57:11

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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Jargs wrote:

That sounds great i have been waiting for videos to be fixed for a while now... when will I be able to get them on arch?

When I find the time to package them. wink

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#8 2008-03-06 12:04:39

Jargs
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Cerebral wrote:
Jargs wrote:

That sounds great i have been waiting for videos to be fixed for a while now... when will I be able to get them on arch?

When I find the time to package them. wink

I hope that is soon big_smile

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#9 2008-03-06 13:19:05

kevin89
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Has anyone made a pkgbuild for this yet? I could make one myself if nobody has done it so far, but I think others would be better at it, cause I'm not that good at it wink

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#10 2008-03-06 14:06:19

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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Has anyone made a pkgbuild for this yet? I could make one myself if nobody has done it so far, but I think others would be better at it, cause I'm not that good at it wink

Just edit the package version in the ABS PKGBUILDs (catalyst and catalyst-utils) like this:

pkgver=8.3

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#11 2008-03-06 14:09:42

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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

and don't forget to change or comment out the md5sum array

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#12 2008-03-06 14:32:04

kevin89
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

I knew that I could do those 2 things, but maybe there was something else aswell that is needed to be changed. Easier than I thought then smile
Thanks, I so hope fglrx will work this time around..


EDIT: If you change it to 8.03 it won't work, because ATI hasn't uploaded their driver with the same structure of the filename.

This is what ATI has done with their filenames:
ATI Catalyst 7.11: ati-driver-installer-7-11-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 7.12: ati-driver-installer-8.443.1-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 8.1: ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 8.2: ati-driver-installer-8-02-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 8.3: ati-driver-installer-8.3-x86.x86_64.run

So you see that you need a different structure in the filename.

Working PKGBUILD for catalyst-utils:

# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.4 2008/02/18 01:52:22 travis Exp $
# Maintainer: Travis Willard <travisw@wmpub.ca>

# Thanks to dibblethewrecker for the original work and packages.
# Thanks to testing monkey S1G1 for contributions

pkgname=catalyst-utils
pkgver=8.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary AMD/ATI userspace tools and libraries for Radeon brand cards."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.ati.amd.com"
license=('custom') 
#finger required for acpi scripts
depends=('xorg-server>=1.1.1' 'libdrm' 'libstdc++5' 'netkit-bsd-finger' \
         'libxrandr' 'libsm' 'fontconfig' 'libxcursor' 'libxi' 'gcc-libs')
replaces=('ati-drivers' 'ati-fglrx-utils' 'fglrx-utils')
conflicts=('libgl' 'ati-drivers-module' 'ati-drivers' 'nvidia') 
provides=('libgl')
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-${pkgver/./-}-x86.x86_64.run \
        amdcccle.desktop catalyst.sh atieventsd.sh ati-powermode.sh.patch)
#md5sums=('bcdf3c19c0b7a7c2051d751d5131d426'
#         '1f4b870e977b155af549442932e8ce6f'
#         'bdafe749e046bfddee2d1c5e90eabd83'
#         'f729bf913613f49b0b9759c246058a87'
#         'b157eecaf2e26b386c427f3a64672dbc')
options=('!strip')

build() {
    cd $startdir/src

    [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && _arch="x86";
    [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && _arch="x86_64";

    /bin/sh ./ati-driver-installer-${pkgver-x86.x86_64.run --extract archive_files

    # Grab the example ACPI scripts for lid close and AC plugged/unplugged
    mkdir -p $startdir/src/etc/
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/usr/share/doc/fglrx/examples/etc/acpi $startdir/src/etc -r
    cd $startdir/src/etc/acpi
    sed -i "s#/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig#/usr/bin/aticonfig#g" $startdir/src/etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh || return 1
    sed -i "s#--effective=now##g" $startdir/src/etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh || return 1
    patch -Np0 -i $startdir/src/ati-powermode.sh.patch
    cd ../..
 
    # Get our architecture files and common files all in one place
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/arch/${_arch}/* $startdir/src/ -r
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/* $startdir/src/ -r
    if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
       cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710_64a/* $startdir/src/ -r
     else
       cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710/* $startdir/src/ -r
    fi

    # Remove src and documents - install remaining files
    mkdir -p $startdir/src/usr/share/pixmaps
    mv $startdir/src/usr/share/icons/* $startdir/src/usr/share/pixmaps/
    rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/{src,share/{icons,doc,applnk,gnome}}

    # Install into correct paths for Xorg7
    install -d -m 755 $startdir/pkg/usr/include $startdir/pkg/usr/bin \
            $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules $startdir/pkg/etc \
            $startdir/pkg/usr/share $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin \
            $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d $startdir/pkg/etc/acpi

    mv $startdir/src/etc/* $startdir/pkg/etc/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/sbin/* $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/include/* $startdir/pkg/usr/include/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/share/* $startdir/pkg/usr/share/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/include/* $startdir/pkg/usr/include/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/bin/* $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/
    if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/
      rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib
     else 
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/
      rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/modules
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/
    fi

   # correct dir permissions
    find $startdir/pkg/usr -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

    # correct FILE permissions - >=8.39.4 has nearly every file marked 0744. This
    # is dumb, and previous versions of the drivers had no files marked this
    # way.  Fixing permissions of files to what they were in 8.38.6
    find $startdir/pkg/etc -not -type d -exec chmod 0444 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/etc -name '*.sh' -not -type d -exec chmod a+x {} \;
    chmod u+w $startdir/pkg/etc/{ati/control,acpi/ati-powermode.sh}
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/{bin,lib,sbin} -not -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
    chmod 0555 $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin/atigetsysteminfo.sh
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/lib -name '*.a' -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/{share,include} -not -type d -exec chmod 0444 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/share/ati/amdcccle/ -name '*.qm' -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/share/man -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;

    # create proper symlinks to libGL.so, libfglrx_pp.so, and libfglrx_gamma.so
    cd $startdir/pkg/usr/lib
    ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so
    ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
    ln -sf /usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 libfglrx_pp.so.1
    ln -sf /usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 libfglrx_gamma.so.1

    mkdir -p ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
    cd ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
    ln -sf libGLcore.xorg libGLcore.so
    ln -sf libglx.xorg libglx.so
    
    # install licenses
    install -m 0644 -D $startdir/src/archive_files/ATI_LICENSE.TXT \
                     $startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/AMD_ATI_LICENSE.TXT
    # create DE file
    install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/amdcccle.desktop \
            $startdir/pkg/usr/share/applications/amdcccle.desktop
    # thanks to cerebral, we dont need that damned symlink
    install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/catalyst.sh \
            $startdir/pkg/etc/profile.d/catalyst.sh
    # Add ATI Events Daemon launcher
    install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/atieventsd.sh \
            $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d/atieventsd

}

Working PKGBUILD for catalyst: (I know this isn't the prettiest way but it works:p)

# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.8 2008/02/18 01:47:54 travis Exp $
# Maintainer: Travis Willard <travisw@wmpub.ca>
# Contributor: amdviaman

pkgname=catalyst
pkgver=8.3
_kernel_version=2.6.24
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary AMD/ATI kernel drivers for Radeon brand cards. Stock kernel."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.ati.amd.com"
license=('custom') 
depends=("catalyst-utils>=${pkgver}" "kernel26>=${_kernel_version}-2" "kernel26<=${_kernel_version}.9999")
makedepends=()
replaces=('ati-fglrx' 'fglrx') # Yay rebranding
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-${pkgver/./-}-x86.x86_64.run)
#md5sums=('bcdf3c19c0b7a7c2051d751d5131d426')

_kernver=${_kernel_version}-ARCH

build() {
    cd $startdir/src

    [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && _arch="x86"
    [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && _arch="x86_64"

    /bin/sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run --extract archive_files

    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/arch/${_arch}/* $startdir/src/ -r 
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/* $startdir/src/ -r 

    if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
      cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710_64a/* $startdir/src/ -r
    else
      cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710/* $startdir/src/ -r
    fi
    cd $startdir/src
    cd $startdir/src/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/

    # Build the kernel module
    cp 2.6.x/Makefile .
    make -C /lib/modules/${_kernver}/build SUBDIRS="`pwd`" modules || return 1

    # Install the kernel module
    install -m 644 -D $startdir/src/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.ko \
        $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/video/fglrx.ko

    sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" $startdir/$install

    # install licenses
    install -m 0644 -D $startdir/src/archive_files/ATI_LICENSE.TXT \
                     $startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/AMD_ATI_LICENSE.TXT

}

EDIT:

Last edited by kevin89 (2008-03-06 14:45:31)

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#13 2008-03-06 14:58:18

Cerebral
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Or, you could all just wait for your mirrors to sync - I've uploaded updated packages.

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#14 2008-03-06 15:28:59

Mikko777
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Registered: 2006-10-30
Posts: 837

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Cerebral wrote:

Or, you could all just wait for your mirrors to sync - I've uploaded updated packages.

Whii! does this mean you are fast again! ? tongue

And the official naming seems to be confirmed to 8.3 now year/month no two digits.
(source phoronix)

Big thanks to the one who posted this guide to another thread:

http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=6794

Learnt something new.

Last edited by Mikko777 (2008-03-06 15:30:45)

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#15 2008-03-06 15:32:10

Cerebral
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Mikko777 wrote:
Cerebral wrote:

Or, you could all just wait for your mirrors to sync - I've uploaded updated packages.

Whii! does this mean you are fast again! ? tongue

Maybe.  We'll see.  tongue

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#16 2008-03-06 15:33:20

Jargs
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Posts: 13

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Hmm, my video still looks pixelated and crappy... better look next time i guess.

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#17 2008-03-06 16:38:00

KimTjik
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Registered: 2007-08-22
Posts: 715

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

I wonder whether anyone can confirm how well this one works with agp card. Phoronix says "this release still lacks AGP support for R600 owners", but a couple of guys I know haven't been able to get any 3D acceleration since the 2007 October release and that on a pre R600 card, more precisely a X800GTO.

Does anyone have any confirmed news about this?

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#18 2008-03-06 17:45:39

Mikko777
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Registered: 2006-10-30
Posts: 837

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

-No pixelated videos.
-Works with agp radeon9600

-Compiz superfast with those tweaks above. Altho without compiz they seem to cause weird coloring and other issues.
-Xvideo still flickers with compiz, other options work but take a huge cpu hit.

But why oh why is there STILL 2 X processes running?
Memory usage is huge!

Cerebral, is this only arch and fglrx spesific problem?

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#19 2008-03-06 18:45:10

Cerebral
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Mikko777 wrote:

Cerebral, is this only arch and fglrx spesific problem?

Doing some googling around, it looks like a general problem with fglrx.

http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702

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#20 2008-03-07 03:22:58

iluva
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Registered: 2007-05-15
Posts: 9

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Compiz is at least more or less usable, but since 8.02 i can't resume anymore into X. I have no idea what causes it but it is very annoying. It is independant of any X settings nor compiz on/off. :*/

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#21 2008-03-07 15:01:21

SpookyET
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Posts: 410

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

BJJ wrote:

I followed the tips in this Howto and I really have no scrolling issue's what so ever.

I followed this howto as well and scrolling is still slow if compiz is running.
Not to mention, videos flicker badly.
Why is everyone saying that these things were fixed?

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
 Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
 Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"    
 Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
 Option "IgnoreABI" "on"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "dbe"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "glx"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "type1"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "synaptics"
 Load "int10"
 Load "vbe"
 Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "on"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)"
 Driver "fglrx"
 Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
 Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
 Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
 Option "DRI" "on"
 Option "ColorTiling" "on"
 Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
 Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
 Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "on"
 Option "RenderAccel" "on"
 Option "AGPMode" "4"
 Option "AGPFastWrite" "on"
 Option "KernelModuleParm" "agplock=0"
 Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
 Option "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no"
 Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "on"
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "on"
 Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "on"
 Option "mtrr" "on"
 Option "DynamicClocks" "on"
 Option "TexturedVideo" "on"
 Option "TexturedVideoSync" "on"
 Option "Textured2D" "on"
 Option "TexturedXrender" "on"
 Option "UseFastTLS" "1"
 Option "BackingStore" "on"
 Option "MaxGARTSize" "128"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Acer TravelMate 8100 LCD"
 Option "DPMS"
 Horizsync 30-70
 Vertrefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE)"
 Monitor "Acer TravelMate 8100 LCD"
 Defaultdepth 24
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
 Option "Composite" "Enable"
 Option "RENDER" "Enable"
 Option "DAMAGE" "Enable"
 Option "XVideo" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Group 0
 Mode 0666
EndSection

Last edited by SpookyET (2008-03-07 17:12:08)

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#22 2008-03-09 19:57:28

KimTjik
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Registered: 2007-08-22
Posts: 715

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

KimTjik wrote:

I wonder whether anyone can confirm how well this one works with agp card. Phoronix says "this release still lacks AGP support for R600 owners", but a couple of guys I know haven't been able to get any 3D acceleration since the 2007 October release and that on a pre R600 card, more precisely a X800GTO.

Nice, I may quote myself!

The good news is that the latest version of Catalyst for Linux works very well with a AGP X800GTO. Very smooth and with good performance. Some odd things in games like Glest also are fixed, which made those boys very happy.

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#23 2008-03-09 20:54:51

BJJ
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Registered: 2007-10-23
Posts: 25

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

SpookyET wrote:
BJJ wrote:

I followed the tips in this Howto and I really have no scrolling issue's what so ever.

I followed this howto as well and scrolling is still slow if compiz is running.
Not to mention, videos flicker badly.
Why is everyone saying that these things were fixed?

xorg.conf

Did you try commenting this part of your xorg.conf out?
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Because for what I have read, the EXA implementation is not completely ready. And I don't know if it even is a valid Fglrx option.

I would also take a look at your X.org.0.log and see which options are being used by fglrx, because I think you have some x86-video-ati specifiek options in your config. Such as DynamicClocks.

my Device section:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
        Option      "TexturedVideo" "true"
        Option      "TexturedVideoSync" "true"
        Option      "Textured2D" "true"
        Option      "TexturedXrender" "on"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "UseFastTLS" "2"
        Option      "BackingStore" "on"
        Option      "MaxGARTSize" "128"
EndSection

Last edited by BJJ (2008-03-09 20:59:32)

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#24 2008-03-10 00:18:26

SpookyET
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Registered: 2008-01-27
Posts: 410

Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

BJJ wrote:
SpookyET wrote:
BJJ wrote:

I followed the tips in this Howto and I really have no scrolling issue's what so ever.

I followed this howto as well and scrolling is still slow if compiz is running.
Not to mention, videos flicker badly.
Why is everyone saying that these things were fixed?

xorg.conf

Did you try commenting this part of your xorg.conf out?
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Because for what I have read, the EXA implementation is not completely ready. And I don't know if it even is a valid Fglrx option.

I would also take a look at your X.org.0.log and see which options are being used by fglrx, because I think you have some x86-video-ati specifiek options in your config. Such as DynamicClocks.

my Device section:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "Capabilities" "0x00000800"
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
        Option      "TexturedVideo" "true"
        Option      "TexturedVideoSync" "true"
        Option      "Textured2D" "true"
        Option      "TexturedXrender" "on"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "UseFastTLS" "2"
        Option      "BackingStore" "on"
        Option      "MaxGARTSize" "128"
EndSection

Yes I have tried commenting a lot of stuff. I have slow scrolling.

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#25 2008-03-10 00:38:31

arew264
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From: Friendswood, Texas, US
Registered: 2006-07-01
Posts: 394
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Re: Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

Okay, I'm not sure what to do at this point.
I have a Compaq laptop with an ATI xPress 200M video card, and this update broke my OpenGL. GLXGEARS acts like it's drawing, reports frame rates, and gives me a window full of inky blackness. Same with Tremulous, it just doesn't draw anything.
I suppose I'll comment out most of my xorg.conf and see if it rights itself.

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