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Perry3D

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Registered: 2008-03-20

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Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Tested it. But no noticeable improvements. To the contrary: compiz with vblank is very slow. Same fps in glxgears.
Maybe gtkperf is a bit faster: 6,88s.

If someone want to test it. I use this PKGBUILD:

pkgname=radeon-r6xx-irq-firmware
pkgver=1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Firmware for Radeon graphic cards with r6xx/r7xx chipset that is needed to support the interrupt controller."
arch=(i686 x86_64)
url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dri/"
license=('free')
depends=('kernel26')
makedepends=()
source=('R600_rlc.bin' 'R700_rlc.bin')

build() {
        install -m644 -D "${srcdir}/R600_rlc.bin" "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware/radeon/R600_rlc.bin"
        install -m644 -D "${srcdir}/R700_rlc.bin" "${pkgdir}/lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin"
}
md5sums=('f74a5163948bde215be6b689ca24afde'
         '411b41ca3117ca88dbd9689a57f09a89')

Requires two files from here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/foru … =dri-devel

Create a patches folder in your PKGBUILD-Folder from kernel26-git and put the patch from here in it.

kaouete

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Registered: 2008-12-22

Posts: 40

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Hello,

I tried to compile ati-dri-git, libgl-git and mesa-git at once using the provided mesa-split PKGBUILD but it looks like mesa-git owns the following files present in glew :
/usr/include/GL/glew.h, /usr/include/GL/glxew.h, /usr/include/GL/wglew.h.

Maybe something could be done, remove them from the generated package or something like that…
Anyway, couldn't mesa-split be added to aur ?

james_earl

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Registered: 2009-12-02

Posts: 10

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Tried installing the IRQ patch, I get this output from glxinfo now:

do_wait: drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working correctly.
Try adjusting the vblank_mode configuration parameter.

Google found this

Try changing vblank_mode in .drirc from 1 to 0

Haven't had a chance to try it though. Anything else I should look for?

libercv

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Registered: 2009-11-19

Posts: 8

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Hi guys! I can't get kwin composition working. I've got an 4350. Kms works, and /var/log/xorg.0.log says:

(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(II)         Composite (RENDER acceleration)
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE

but i can't turn on desktop effects in systemsettings.
Is there anything else i need to activate to get composition?

Thanks in advance

yimm

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From: France

Registered: 2009-10-16

Posts: 106

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Kernel 2.6.32 is out !
http://linuxfr.org/2009/12/03/26207.html

http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_32

Last edited by yimm (2009-12-03 10:30:16)

rekado

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From: Shanghai, China

Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 98

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Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Thanks a lot for this thread! I've customized (a little) and installed the kernel26 from git and switched to the other git-packages as mentioned in the first post. It works! Finally, blender runs smooth (since the last kernel update it didn't even start at all), just had to turn of triple buffering in the settings of blender.

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xheyther

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Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 40

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

A good source for kernel news (and in general open source news) : http://www.h-online.com/

Now we just have to wait for the arch package to being upgraded. (And at the same time, does anyone know the purpose of the arch kernel patch ?)

Last edited by xheyther (2009-12-03 14:23:46)

insanemal

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From: Brisbane/Australia

Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 140

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Awwww... Now I have to undo all my work moving to the GIT packages... Well there goes an evening :S

delerious010

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2008-10-07

Posts: 72

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

hmm, i may misunderstand your statement, but on the offchance i don't ... the only packages that this applies to would be the kernel and, possibly, the kernel-firmware.

mesa et al, should all remain git versioned.

alecmg

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Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 86

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Does installing ati-git enable power management for R700 cards?

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yimm

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From: France

Registered: 2009-10-16

Posts: 106

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

There is already power management with ati GIT and R700 but without KMS, but it's less good than powerplay of FGLRX for the moment.
http://www.botchco.com/agd5f/?p=45

Last edited by yimm (2009-12-04 12:01:39)

alecmg

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Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 86

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Thanks for the link. Appears that most important part - voltage adjustment has not yet been implemented.

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venky80

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Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

if I install kernel 2.6.32 from testing will I get 3D for my R6xx card or would i still need mesa and ati git drivers?

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Perry3D

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Registered: 2008-03-20

Posts: 553

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

You still need to update mesa, libdrm and the radeon-driver to the git version.

cahr_g

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Registered: 2009-09-24

Posts: 35

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

for a couple of weeks 3D works fine even with mesa, libdrm and xf86-video-ati from extra repo

Last edited by cahr_g (2009-12-05 11:33:46)

Nuz

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 50

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Just got a kernel panic. First I installed new kernel from [testing] but after that, I couldn't startx, it just froze, seems like some Input problem (after updating kernel, I reinstalled the git packages). I decided to downgrade kernel, which resulted in a kernel panic. Seems that I will have to completely re-install arch.
Very experimental.

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Dinth

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From: London

Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 238

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Is IRQ patch in 2.3.32 kernel firmwares ?

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

I 'd like to make changes on the ATi wiki page. So I ask this question

"Do all HD2xxx/HD3xxx/HD4xxx users experience 3D and KMS with stock Arch kernel 2.6.32 and [extra]'s mesa,ati-dri,libgl" ?

Please report any problems so that troubleshooting will be added on the wiki.

b4283

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Registered: 2008-11-26

Posts: 123

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

I decided to downgrade kernel, which resulted in a kernel panic. Seems that I will have to completely re-install arch.
Very experimental.

don't reinstall just yet.
try upgrading your xf86-video-ati-git again

b4283

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Registered: 2008-11-26

Posts: 123

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

it's kinda funny but i get different error messages from glxinfo & glxgears everytime:

glxgears: main/context.c:629: check_context_limits: Assertion `ctx->Const.MaxTextureCoordUnits <= ctx->Const.MaxTextureImageUnits' failed.

last time it was the "IRQ and vblank" error, and now after upgrading all my mesa-dri-drm-ish packages to git, this happens.

ps: it seems that there's a bug in current mesa git tree, which reporting a "radeon_update_renderbuffers (too few arguments)" error.

Last edited by b4283 (2009-12-05 20:46:55)

venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

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Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

I 'd like to make changes on the ATi wiki page. So I ask this question

"Do all HD2xxx/HD3xxx/HD4xxx users experience 3D and KMS with stock Arch kernel 2.6.32 and [extra]'s mesa,ati-dri,libgl" ?

Please report any problems so that troubleshooting will be added on the wiki.

Could someone confirm if they are able to get 3D! in r6xx with the above stated situation!

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Nuz

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 50

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

I got rid of all the kernel problems, and installed the latest kernel, and all the needed drivers afterwards. Performance is still horible, glxgears give me about 35 fps. Before I read this thread I could watch HDTV videos without any lag. The worse thing is that I don't remember what were the previous settings.

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flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Come on guys, don't be afraid, just install the .32 kernel from testing and tell us if you have 3D enabled

First of all, follow the ati wiki.

kaouete

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Registered: 2008-12-22

Posts: 40

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Come on guys, don't be afraid, just install the .32 kernel from testing and tell us if you have 3D enabled

First of all, follow the ati wiki.

Hello,

I installed kernel26 .32 and get back to the packages from extra instead of git (libdrm, libgl, mesa, ati-dri, xf86-video-ati) and for now it doesn't work...

I am going to test with git versions to see if this is the reason.

This is the errors I get:

[victor@volte ~]$ dmesg |grep -i drm
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[drm] Initialized radeon 1.31.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm] Loading RV620 CP Microcode
[drm] Resetting GPU
[drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
[drm:radeon_cp_indirect] *ERROR* sending pending buffer 6
[drm:radeon_cp_indirect] *ERROR* sending pending buffer 9
[drm:r600_cs_packet_next_reloc_nomm] *ERROR* No packet3 for relocation for packet at 47.
[drm:r600_packet3_check] *ERROR* bad SET_CONTEXT_REG 0x28014
[drm:r600_cs_legacy] *ERROR* Invalid command stream !
[drm:radeon_cp_indirect] *ERROR* sending pending buffer 23
[drm:radeon_cp_indirect] *ERROR* sending pending buffer 8

Pending buffer errors are normal (they are not but they were present even before).

[victor@volte ~]$ glxinfo |grep -i opengl
IRQ's not enabled, falling back to busy waits: 2 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R600 (RV620 95C4) 20090101  TCL
OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.6
OpenGL extensions:

[victor@volte ~]$ glxgears
IRQ's not enabled, falling back to busy waits: 2 0
drmRadeonCmdBuffer: -22. Kernel failed to parse or rejected command stream. See dmesg for more info.

Last edited by kaouete (2009-12-06 11:35:56)

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Discussion: the ati/radeon open source drivers & radeon repository

Does KMS work ?

If it does --> late or early start ?

3D ?

2D ?

Glxgears ? (even though it isn't a benchmark)

Last edited by flamelab (2009-12-06 11:43:41)