The AMD/ATI Bar & Grill

christov84 · 2013-09-12 12:57:50

clfarron4 wrote:

christov84 wrote:
fresh install today and yeah 13.8 doesnt seem to want to install with Xorg 1.14-2 (((((
Pacman says it cant find Xorg<1.14
Hmm, that's strange, because I am using 13.6 with 1.14 (I had installed 13.8 with X 1.14 from Vi0L0's repo, but performance was **** because of RAM leakage)/

Heh most things are down to user error with me. Might give that a shot and see if I can get it working

ivdok · 2013-09-12 13:08:09

christov84 wrote:

clfarron4 wrote:
christov84 wrote:
fresh install today and yeah 13.8 doesnt seem to want to install with Xorg 1.14-2 (((((
Pacman says it cant find Xorg<1.14
Hmm, that's strange, because I am using 13.6 with 1.14 (I had installed 13.8 with X 1.14 from Vi0L0's repo, but performance was **** because of RAM leakage)/
Heh most things are down to user error with me. Might give that a shot and see if I can get it working

pacman -Syy and/or manual PKGBUILD? When I recently tried to reinstall 13.8, I definitely was able to upgrade to both Xorg 1.14 and 13.8. Still bullshit, but it was installing well.

denspirit · 2013-09-12 13:45:24

Zamajalo wrote:

For everyone having problems with screen backlight, I made a Python script which controls screen backlight with ACPI and aticonfig.
Solution with manual echoing to acpi_video0/brightness is not working for me, so I had to do this way.
Backlight control script can be found here, and example of ACPI handler.sh can be found here.
Script is written and tested on ASUS K73BR with Raden HD 7470M, using catalyst 13.8. I'm using XFCE as DE.

I have an ASUS X53BR with a similar chipset and videocard ( hybrid 6320+7470M).
Have you tried acpi_backlight=vendor in kernel parameters? Works like a charm to me, but need to be careful with xfce brightness (with this parameter it is possible to drive backlight to total zero in applets like this, keys work normally and are bound to certain limits).
And, do you have two videocards like me and disabled one? I can tell some success story about 3.11 kernel radeon.dpm=1 and xf86-video-ati, but my discrete card is unreachable, and the only thing I can do is disable it

snowblind · 2013-09-15 06:20:35

This is a kind of "shot in the dark" question that I figured I'd post in here instead of starting a new thread:

I'd heard that the 7970M is actually a rebranded HD6xxx series, and that this means the R600G driver will work with it, instead of radeonsi. Is this true?

EDIT: Nevermind, looks like some of the lower end versions of the 7xxxM series are rebrands of HD6xxx, but the 7970M is a rebrand of the 7870, so is still RadeonSI.

Last edited by snowblind (2013-09-15 06:34:20)

kaszak696 · 2013-09-15 06:35:58

snowblind wrote:

This is a kind of "shot in the dark" question that I figured I'd post in here instead of starting a new thread:
I'd heard that the 7970M is actually a rebranded HD6xxx series, and that this means the R600G driver will work with it, instead of radeonsi. Is this true?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison … sing_units
7970M is a Pitcairn core, so it is a part of Souther Islands cards.

Lord Aro · 2013-09-17 10:22:34

before i break my system, does anyone know if catalyst(-hook) works with the 3.11.1 kernel ?

snack · 2013-09-17 10:24:30

Lord Aro wrote:

before i break my system, does anyone know if catalyst(-hook) works with the 3.11.1 kernel ?

You should specify which card you own. For my Mobile HD3470, catalyst-hook from [catalyst-hd234k] legacy repo works with kernel 3.11.1.

desaparecido · 2013-09-17 10:35:23

Lord Aro wrote:

before i break my system, does anyone know if catalyst(-hook) works with the 3.11.1 kernel ?

hi, I use catalyst-generator from [catalyst] repo with HD7970 and works fine... isn't the "hook" version but catalyst works

PS I have [testing] enable

clfarron4 · 2013-09-17 11:04:27

Lord Aro wrote:

before i break my system, does anyone know if catalyst(-hook) works with the 3.11.1 kernel ?

Definitely works with the kernel 3.11.1 and kernel-ck-k10 3.11.1 on my AMD Radeon 6480G.

Zilla · 2013-09-17 13:24:12

Hello everyone!

First of all, let me say, that english is NOT my mothertongue!

Currently I use the open source drivers but I would like to try out the proprietary ones as I can't play any game (but "Towns") on my Radeon 6950

So, I was digging through the wiki and tried to install via the Repo, but my kernel-version is 3.11.

I then went through the AUR and ... well, what can I say. I miss something, because I can't find any Repo or AUR-package that is compatible with xorg 1.14 AND 3.11.

So maybe someone could point me to the right direction? Or is there no such package/repo right now?

Kindest regards,
Zilla

ChemBro · 2013-09-17 15:59:22

Take a look at this wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Catalyst

You can use the unofficial repo [catalyst]. Install catalyst-hook, follow the instructions and you should be good to go.

Zilla · 2013-09-17 16:08:31

ChemBro wrote:

Take a look at this wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Catalyst

I did that

ChemBro wrote:

You can use the unofficial repo [catalyst]. Install catalyst-hook, follow the instructions and you should be good to go.

Hm, I'll try (again). Thanks.

The question is, how can I install all this, without destroying my system?
I mean, I have to uninstall:

"ati-dri", "glamor-egl" etc AND start the daemon... oh well, let's see...

Last edited by Zilla (2013-09-17 16:21:12)

Zilla · 2013-09-17 16:41:18

Great, now it seems to work

But I can't play L4D2 now. I get: "Couldn't find required OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'! Either your video card is unsupported, or ..."

well, never make it too easy

Awesomenauts is working. Yay! (with maaaaany font errors oO)

Last edited by Zilla (2013-09-17 16:52:28)

ChemBro · 2013-09-17 20:01:02

Zilla wrote:

But I can't play L4D2 now. I get: "Couldn't find required OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'! Either your video card is unsupported, or ..."

With Catalyst 13.8 beta 2 (which you need for the newer kernel and xorg), I cannot recommend any Source games, because of a massive memory leak (and other issues with RAM).

For Source games, I prefer the open-source driver radeon. It's as fast as the Catalyst for Source games (if you use the "shader backend" (sb)) and there are no memory leaks at all.

haagch · 2013-09-17 23:57:40

For 3.12-rc* fglrx doesn't compile. http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906

Workaround (?) is comment 1, setting the license to GPL until there's a real fix that is not legally shady.

Zilla · 2013-09-18 08:34:01

I have one more question:

I installed the catalyst-hook, so now whenever there is a Kernel or X.org update, what do I need to do? Do I still need to block them and wait for a new update or something?

Sorry, as said, English is not my mothertongue and I find the wiki a bit confusing on that point.

ChemBro wrote:

Zilla wrote:
But I can't play L4D2 now. I get: "Couldn't find required OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'! Either your video card is unsupported, or ..."
With Catalyst 13.8 beta 2 (which you need for the newer kernel and xorg), I cannot recommend any Source games, because of a massive memory leak (and other issues with RAM).
For Source games, I prefer the open-source driver radeon. It's as fast as the Catalyst for Source games (if you use the "shader backend" (sb)) and there are no memory leaks at all.

I can play now. Only problem is you can't disable multicore-rendering right now (L4D2 problem) and I get micro-lags.

With the open source drivers I couldn't play ANY game AT ALL. Left4Dead2 would start, but playing with black-screen (in game) and 1fps is not cool

Fregtux · 2013-09-18 08:45:51

A the moment, actual fglrx version compile with linux 3.11. When you upgrade your system, if kernel and X version are supported by actual fglrx, you only have to upgrade system by pacman -Syu. However, if you notice that linux is installed before linux-headers, you have to run:

# mkinitcpio -p linux

to rebuild initramfs and correctly compile fglrx module (that fails if linux is installed before its headers).

Lord Aro · 2013-09-18 10:13:34

or, (assuming you have catalyst-hook) just run:

[sudo] catalyst_build_module all

snack · 2013-09-18 10:15:22

Zilla wrote:

I have one more question:
I installed the catalyst-hook, so now whenever there is a Kernel or X.org update, what do I need to do? Do I still need to block them and wait for a new update or something?

Just give the command:

sudo systemctl enable catalyst-hook

to enable automatic recompilation of kernel module on shutdown after a kernel upgrade.

Jannis · 2013-09-18 11:04:00

ChemBro wrote:

Zilla wrote:
But I can't play L4D2 now. I get: "Couldn't find required OpenGL entry point 'glGetError'! Either your video card is unsupported, or ..."
With Catalyst 13.8 beta 2 (which you need for the newer kernel and xorg), I cannot recommend any Source games, because of a massive memory leak (and other issues with RAM).
For Source games, I prefer the open-source driver radeon. It's as fast as the Catalyst for Source games (if you use the "shader backend" (sb)) and there are no memory leaks at all.

You don't need 13.8 beta 2 for kernel 3.11.1 and xorg-server 1.14.3. I'm using catalyst-hook 13.6-4 from the [catalyst-13.6] repo (it's the same address as the [catalyst] repo, just need to change the title) and it's working okay-ish. There's no memory leak but performance could be better.

Floss drivers should be used on older cards, such as the HD3xxx, HD4xxx and HD5xxx series. Maybe HD6xxx series, too, but I don't know. HD7xxx is definitely not working great with the floss driver yet.

ChemBro · 2013-09-18 12:08:45

Zilla wrote:

With the open source drivers I couldn't play ANY game AT ALL. Left4Dead2 would start, but playing with black-screen (in game) and 1fps is not cool

Sounds to me, you didn't enable s3tc (black screen) and the shader backend. I get 50 - 70 fps with my 6670 and you have a 6950, so I don't quite understand this.

meak · 2013-09-18 14:25:43

Hi,

I hope you can help me to fix my mistake, the file log Xorg.0.log is stock here : http://codepad.org/MYnJj7WZ

I fallow the instruction from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMD_Catalyst

But when I try to check
$ lsmod | grep fglrx
$ fglrxinfo
I have no answer.

Thanks

Edit:
Sorry it's not true for fglrxinfo I get "Error : unable to open display (null)"

Last edited by meak (2013-09-18 14:32:10)

Vi0L0 · 2013-09-18 15:43:56

meak wrote:

Hi,
I hope you can help me to fix my mistake, the file log Xorg.0.log is stock here : http://codepad.org/MYnJj7WZ
I fallow the instruction from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMD_Catalyst
But when I try to check
$ lsmod | grep fglrx
$ fglrxinfo
I have no answer.
Thanks
Edit:
Sorry it's not true for fglrxinfo I get "Error : unable to open display (null)"

hi, your log said:

(EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module missing or incompatible.

try:

# modprobe fglrx

if it will return error you will need something to build fglrx module, like catalyst-hook
if it will return nothing - restart X or reboot ... BUT before you will do that check if fglrx is inside

cat /etc/modules-load.d/catalyst.conf

Edit:
aaah, linux was updated to 3.11.1 and you are probably using catalyst package, gimme some time to update it (edit: done)

haagch wrote:

For 3.12-rc* fglrx doesn't compile. http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906
Workaround (?) is comment 1, setting the license to GPL until there's a real fix that is not legally shady.

Thanks for the info! I will wait for rc 2 or 3 before patching, i got some little hope for the change, but looks like it was intentional to brake blobs.

Last edited by Vi0L0 (2013-09-18 17:38:30)

ChemBro · 2013-09-18 18:58:12

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-c … x86_64.zip

Catalyst 13.9 (non-beta).

Can't tell, if this is official, because I don't see a download link at amd.com. Also one at Phoronix says, that this is based on the 13.6 beta driver. No change log, yet.

Vi0L0 · 2013-09-18 21:30:46

ChemBro wrote:

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-c … x86_64.zip
Catalyst 13.9 (non-beta).
Can't tell, if this is official, because I don't see a download link at amd.com. Also one at Phoronix says, that this is based on the 13.6 beta driver. No change log, yet.

Thanks Bro!
Looks like official. I don't have much time cuz I need to sleep, but I've tested it a little and updated catalyst-total @ AUR for now. It works as good / as bad as 13.6. I think I will move it to the stable, with its 30 fps / v-sync bug (and simple workaround)
Edit: wait... damit, it leaks, still leaks! Gotta be kidding! Sorry for this, let me downgrade catalyst-total and move it to catalyst-test, where it belongs
If you will find this driver leak-clean then let me know, maybe it's something on my side... but I doubt it

Last edited by Vi0L0 (2013-09-18 21:59:47)

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