HD6870 not with official drivers ?

peewster · 2012-06-09 09:35:13

Hi all,

i'm already running arch for a while with this card, but it's starting to bug me that i can't use my hd6870 as i should.

For now it's running with the default arch build in drivers and configured with xrandr for a 3 monitor setup, this works, but i can't play 3D with Bino for example. This is how i can see that my videocard is not really working as it should. I've downloaded the amd drivers from amd with catalyst 12.4, and installed the packege (no errors). Now when i try to run the catalyst control center from the command line, it tells me, now drivers where found, so i tried:

modprobe fglrx

still the same error, also when i manually changed the driver in the xorg.conf to fglrx or radeon, same thing.

Xorg log:

[   354.172] 10: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7fc92bd92455]
[   354.172] 11: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2380d) [0x42380d]
[   354.172] 
[   354.172] Segmentation fault at address 0x10
[   354.172] 
Fatal server error:
[   354.172] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[   354.172] 
[   354.172] 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[   354.172] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.1.log" for additional information.
[   354.172] 
[   354.172] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[   354.197] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Any ideas how to get this card working correctly ?

Lone_Wolf · 2012-06-09 10:36:04

for catalyst you need to downgrade to an older Xorg version.
The archlinux ATI Catalyst wikipage is a good start, you'll also find lots of threads about catalyst on this forum.

peewster · 2012-06-09 10:58:24

Lone_Wolf wrote:

for catalyst you need to downgrade to an older Xorg version.
The archlinux ATI Catalyst wikipage is a good start, you'll also find lots of threads about catalyst on this forum.

Well actually i don't really need catalyst right, as longs as aticonfigure works which does, but i'm still not able to play 3D.

Just tested the gpu with glxgear:

glxgears -fullscreen        
202 frames in 5.0 seconds = 40.232 FPS
300 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.893 FPS
231 frames in 5.0 seconds = 46.157 FPS
284 frames in 5.0 seconds = 56.725 FPS
401 frames in 5.0 seconds = 80.025 FPS
406 frames in 5.0 seconds = 81.120 FPS
378 frames in 5.0 seconds = 75.469 FPS
198 frames in 5.0 seconds = 39.467 FPS
209 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.777 FPS
209 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.763 FPS
208 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.528 FPS
209 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.683 FPS
208 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.598 FPS
210 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.811 FPS
209 frames in 5.0 seconds = 41.675 FPS

doesn't look like a high performance card with this output.

Mr.Elendig · 2012-06-09 11:30:26

peewster wrote:

I've downloaded the amd drivers from amd with catalyst 12.4, and installed the packege (no errors).

NEVER do this. It causes a huge mess and brokedness.

Follow these instructions instead

peewster · 2012-06-09 12:26:28

Mr.Elendig wrote:

peewster wrote:
I've downloaded the amd drivers from amd with catalyst 12.4, and installed the packege (no errors).
NEVER do this. It causes a huge mess and brokedness.
Follow these instructions instead

yeah, but still, why should they release broken driver packages, sounds a little weird right ^^

But thanks for the link !

Gusar · 2012-06-09 13:56:35

Their package is not "broken". There are dozens of distros, each with their own quirks, it's impossible to accommodate all of them. So think of their package as a reference, then it's up to each distro to look at it and create something that fits into how that particular distro does things.

Last edited by Gusar (2012-06-09 14:00:33)

peewster · 2012-06-16 18:58:32

Ok, so i installed an older version of Xorg, used the installer, and voila, everything is working like i wanted. Triple monitory desktop, no more lag etc.

Arch is getting cooler and cooler every day

ilkyest · 2012-06-18 01:15:35

I've read this post, but a thing I've not understood.....

It's just put the repository, --Syy and install catalyst?

Both "Xorg" will live "together" without conflicts?

tarakbumba · 2012-06-18 13:01:03

ilkyest wrote:

I've read this post, but a thing I've not understood.....
It's just put the repository, --Syy and install catalyst?
Both "Xorg" will live "together" without conflicts?

You can use catalyst-test from AUR, if you want to keep your Xorg version. Otherwise you need to downgrade Xorg to 1.11; see Ati Ctalyst Wiki Page

Pres · 2012-06-18 18:30:43

ilkyest wrote:

I've read this post, but a thing I've not understood.....
It's just put the repository, --Syy and install catalyst?
Both "Xorg" will live "together" without conflicts?

You are misunderstanding. Put the Xorg111 repo above the rest of your repositories and then run "pacman -Syuu". The second "u" tells pacman to go ahead and downgrade (so 1.12 will be removed and 1.11 installed).

ilkyest · 2012-06-19 00:56:36

yeah.... above of all xorg repository, after catalyst one, and after the others

nomodeset on syslinux, and.......working

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HD6870 not with official drivers ?

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