2D performance of Radeon and catalyst drivers
Hi there,
I decided to test open-source xf86-radeon drivers and noticed a great increase of 2D performance in comparison to catalyst driver.
Resizing,drawing and moving windows is much more smoother. I'd gladly stay with os drivers, but on the other hand, working in blender turned out to be impossible with them (already tried tweaks listed in wiki). My card is HD4200 and I used to have version 9.10 of catalyst (if I recall correctly).
Is there a way to tweak catalyst driver so it'd manage 2D better? Did they change anything in newer releases?
exactly the same here...
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
glxinfo: http://pastebin.com/m75fc2c9
Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/m267826b1
xorg.conf: http://pastebin.com/m75c033c2
greets,
smax
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[ 11.333]
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[ 11.333] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 11.333] Build Operating System: Linux 3.4.8-1-ARCH x86_64
[ 11.333] Current Operating System: Linux Pitchblack 3.6.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 5 11:57:22 CET 2012 x86_64
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[ 13.116]
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Section "Module"
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Section "Monitor"
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Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
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lspci | grep VGA
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Help anyone please?Quote from: Panther57 on 27-March-12, 11:35:50
For some reason you link directed to 'Europe' MSI website? Unless you are in Europe.. visiting the USA North America site.. the link Wonkanoby listed is the US MSI download page for your board.
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4. Restart after successfully removing the drivers.
5. Download MobilityModder here: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php
-If you scroll closer to the bottom of that page, there will be a download link AND instructions for the PROPER method of installing MobilityModder.
6. Run MobilityModder
7. Browse to the directory where the drivers are installed.
8. Click "Modify"
9. When the modification is complete, close MobilityModder and Right Click on "My Computer" then click on Properties
10. Click the "Hardware" tab
11. Click on Device Manager
12. At least one device should have a yellow circle with a black question mark in it. For me, Windows saw it as a "VGA Controller". Right click it and click "Update Drivers"
13. It will ask you some stuff about if you want Windows Update to look for drivers, say "No not this time" and click next
14. Select "Install from a list or specific location{Advanced) and click next
15. Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install"
16. Click on the "Have Disk" button
17. Browse to the folder where the ATI drivers were extracted to (MobilityModder will have rewritten the modified files to the same location)
18. The specific file you are looking for is a Configuration file whose icon looks like a white notepad with a yellowish cog that has some metal rod going through it. Click on it and click "open"
19. At this point Windows should recognize which card you have specifically, if not, it will have the entire list of cards that driver can update. If you run into that, just find it in the list.
20. Let windows copy the files, if it tells you that the drivers are not digitally signed, say "continue anyway". It's just an effect of the MobilityModder modifying the files and since it doesn't have a certificate, it's not considered signed.
21. When it's done click finish.
22. Restart
23. Happy new drivers
I'm thinking you might be able to skip the MobilityModder part and just skip straight to directing Windows right to where the drivers are instead of having to mod the files. I'm not sure if it works because I haven't done it but you're welcome to try. If it doesn't work it just means you have to use MobilityModder.
I hope this helps.Update: After using the method described above the drivers did install successfully however, when I loaded some games I noticed that they did not take up the whole screen. No amount of changing the resolution solved the problem.
So I completely removed the drivers and loaded unmodified drivers. I had to find my x1600 from the list and there were actually two but I just took the first one. I let Windows copy the files after warning that it can't confirm they were for my hardware. After a restart I tried my games again and they were taking up the whole screen as they did when I had BootCamps outdated drivers.
So I can say that you CAN skip steps 5-9 (the steps for the mobility modding). You'll just have to find your drivers and some of them do show up multiple times. I'm probably going to try the other x1600 listing just to see what happens. I'm not sure if there's a difference between the same listings (mine was Radeon x1600 followed by another Radeon x1600) but I'm assuming there is or else ATI would put so many >.< -
Extremely slow performance with Radeon HD 7870
Hi,
I am using a number of Adobe programs on my new Windows 8 64 bit system, with 16 gigs of ram, an Intel Core i5 2.67ghz, and AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 gig. All the programs (including After Effects and Illustrator) work very well with the exception of Photoshop CS6 64 bit, which has extremely slow performance with Use Graphics Processor enabled in my preferences (which Photoshop selects by default). If I turn off Use Graphics Processor, the slow performance vanishes. If I change Drawing Mode to Basic, there might be a slightly detectable improvement over Normal and Advanced, but it's still horribly slow. The refresh rate seems to be just a few frames per second. Everything is slow: brushes, zooming, panning, everything.
I've tried changing the settings I've seen suggested elsewhere: I switched Cache levels to 2, history states to 10, and tile size to 128k. No effect. Photoshop is currently at the default of using 60% of available ram. Efficiency has remained at 100% throughout all my tests. Also, this slow performance has affected me from the moment I installed Photoshop; it didn't crop up after previous good performance. The problem exists regardless of the size or number of documents I have open. Performance is still terrible even when I create a 500 x 500 pixel blank new canvas and try a simple task like drawing with the brush.
Photoshop is fully up to date, and so are my graphics drivers (Catalyst version 13.1). Any help would be greatly appreciated; at the moment performance is so bad in Photoshop that it's unusable with graphics acceleration enabled. Thanks in advance for replying.
Photoshop System Info:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit
Version: 6.2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2665 MHz
Built-in memory: 16379 MB
Free memory: 13443 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14697 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 128K
Image cache levels: 2
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenCL Version: 1.2 AMD-APP (1084.4)
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
OpenGL Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Video Card Number: 2
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Driver Version:
Driver Date:
Video Card Driver: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.d ll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Driver Version: 9.12.0.0
Driver Date: 20121219000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver:
Video Mode:
Video Card Caption: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Video Card Memory: 0 MB
Serial number: 90970078453021833509
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\RAFFAE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 931.5G, 534.8G free
Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Required\
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\
Additional Plug-ins folder: not set
Installed components:
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dvamarshal.dll DVA Product 6.0.0
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dvaplayer.dll DVA Product 6.0.0
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dvaunittesting.dll DVA Product 6.0.0
dynamiclink.dll DVA Product 6.0.0
ExtendScript.dll ExtendScript 2011/12/14-15:08:46 66.490082 66.490082
FileInfo.dll Adobe XMP FileInfo 2012/01/17-15:11:19 66.145433 66.145433
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mediacoreif.dll DVA Product 6.0.0
MPS.dll MPS 2012/02/03-10:33:13 66.495174 66.495174
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pdfsettings.dll Adobe PDFSettings 1.04
Photoshop.dll Adobe Photoshop CS6 CS6
Plugin.dll Adobe Photoshop CS6 CS6
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PSArt.dll Adobe Photoshop CS6 CS6
PSViews.dll Adobe Photoshop CS6 CS6
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tbb.dll Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows 3, 0, 2010, 0406
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updaternotifications.dll Adobe Updater Notifications Library 6.0.0.24 (BuildVersion: 1.0; BuildDate: BUILDDATETIME) 6.0.0.24
WRServices.dll WRServices Friday January 27 2012 13:22:12 Build 0.17112 0.17112
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Adaptive Wide Angle 13.0
Angled Strokes 13.0
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Bas Relief 13.0
BMP 13.0
Camera Raw 7.3
Chalk & Charcoal 13.0
Charcoal 13.0
Chrome 13.0
Cineon 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
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CompuServe GIF 13.0
Conté Crayon 13.0
Craquelure 13.0
Crop and Straighten Photos 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 13.0
Crosshatch 13.0
Crystallize 13.0
Cutout 13.0
Dark Strokes 13.0
De-Interlace 13.0
Dicom 13.0
Difference Clouds 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Diffuse Glow 13.0
Displace 13.0
Dry Brush 13.0
Eazel Acquire 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Embed Watermark 4.0
Entropy 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00)
Extrude 13.0
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Fibers 13.0
Film Grain 13.0
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Fresco 13.0
Glass 13.0
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Grain 13.0
Graphic Pen 13.0
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ZigZag 13.0
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DazUpdateScene 12.0
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
Mini Bridge
Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONEGreat news!
I followed your suggestion, Noel, and uninstalled my drivers with the Catalyst Uninstall Utility (which I hadn't used before), rebooted, reinstalled Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7, rebooted, deleted the PS Prefs, started PS, and now the performance is radically improved!
It baffles me why I would need to do a clean driver uninstall in a new system environment that has only ever had this video card, and is only a few months old, but that action seems to be what's improved the situation. Note that because I deleted the PS preferences, the good performance now occurs with the default Use Graphics Processor enabled, and Drawing Mode set to Advanced (with every feature in the Advanced dialog checked except 30bit display).
Having no reference point, I can't tell for sure if performance is as good as it theoretically ought to be for my system specs, but using the standard 13px brush is only slightly laggy behind the cursor, even if I become reckless and squiggle on the canvas violently. It wasn't just sluggish response before: Photoshop seemed to be in pain trying to draw the line segments as it laboured to catch up to the cursor. That is pretty much gone now.
Much more tellingly, zooming and panning the canvas is like it ought to be, responsive and clean, more or less like it was for me in CS4 with my old Nvidia 9600GT. The poor performance with zooming and panning was the most worrying aspect of the issue. It's a great relief to see these working more properly now.
I have to confess I'm a little embarrassed to have drug you through all this hassle only to discover that something as rudimentary as properly cleaning out the drivers would be the apparent solution. I never would have imagined that doing that, with such a new and stable system, would make any difference, since I don't have a legacy of older drivers dotting my hard drive. In any event, I'm really grateful that you guys took the time to try to help me.
In the interest of completeness, here's the relevant portion of my system info after doing the reinstall steps I mentioned above:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.1.2 (13.1.2 20130105.r.224 2013/01/05:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit
Version: 6.2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:5 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2665 MHz
Built-in memory: 16379 MB
Free memory: 13680 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 14695 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenCL Version: 3.0
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Video Rect Texture Size: 16384
OpenGL Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Video Card Number: 2
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Driver Version:
Driver Date:
Video Card Driver: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.d ll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
Video Card Memory: 2048 MB
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Driver Version: 12.100.17.0
Driver Date: 20130226000000.000000-000
Video Card Driver:
Video Mode:
Video Card Caption: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Video Card Memory: 0 MB
As you can see, the Microsoft Basic Render Driver still appears as a Video Card in the list. This presumably has something to do with Windows 8, and I really don't know if its presence here is still a sign that my card is not being used to its optimal capability. I have a hunch that the slight lag that I am still experiencing with the brush when Use Graphics Processor is on -- totally absent with the acceleration turned off -- implies that Photoshop is still unable to take maximum advantage of my card. I would assume that the brush tool should be more responsive with acceleration on than off, in a rig without any issues, but that's just assumption on my part. If you turn off Use Graphics Processor on your systems, is the brush tool more or less responsive?
But again, panning the canvas with the hand tool is now extremely responsive, without any screen tearing or visible lag, and that's a massive improvement over the total meltdown of performance I was suffering from before.
Thanks again very much for your help. I'm grateful to all of you who took the time to chime in. -
This is appearing with CS5 and Catalyst 12.8 as well
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Issue
Photoshop becomes unstable, or various other problems occur, including:
When you open Photoshop, it crashes immediately.
Some features close before you can use them.
Photoshop crashes while you are painting, using Blur filters, or using other features.
Photoshop slows considerably.
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Solutions
Solution 1
Download and install the beta version of the AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta Driver.
Please refer to this AMD TechNote for information and download locations:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst126beta.aspx
Solution 2
If you updated the AMD ATI Radeon Catalyst Display Driver to version 12.4, revert to version 12.3.
Version 12.4 of Catalyst Display Driver from AMD can cause problems with Photoshop. AMD is working on this issue. Use Window's Control Panel to uninstall Catalyst 12.4. Then install Catalyst 12.3 from the following links:
Windows 7/Vista 32 bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx
Windows 7/Vista 64 bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx
Windows XP/32 bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_xp.aspxAfter reporting a problem to AMD against the Catalyst 12.8 driver, where it caused Photoshop crashes, I got this response. Perhaps it can help you. Personally I don't believe in "cleaner" or "sweeper" programs, but this is what they said, verbatim:
This could be the result of corrupted drivers in which case there are steps below to thoroughly clean out your system and reinstall the drivers.
You may also need to try reinstalling CS6 if the driver reinstall does not resolve the issue.
Beyond this there are other things that can impact the performance of such apps and graphics drivers such as BIOS updates, chipset drivers and among other things sometimes an OS reinstall will be the last step that fixes things.
If you require further support on this issue please be sure to complete step 10 so that we will have all of the information about your PC that we need.
1. Uninstall all ATI drivers and any other video card software from the Add or Remove Programs and Features in the Windows Control Panel. Click on AMD Catalyst install manager, click change and then choose the option to express remove all AMD software.
2. Try using a driver cleaner program to make sure the drivers are removed: Please keep in mind that the (Driver Cleaner / Driver Sweeper are 3rd party software and not supported by AMD) please refer to their websites for instruction and guidance.
Driver Cleaner Professional
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop_software/other_tools/driver_cleaner_pro.cfm
3. Disable any running background software such as firewalls and antivirus.
4. Make sure your operating System has the latest Service Packs and patches / updates.
5. Make sure your motherboard has the latest BIOS and CHIPSET software (you can get these updates directly from the manufacturer of the motherboard or Computer).
6. Make sure your power supply has adequate wattage.
7. Since you have a desktop Radeon HD graphics card in windows then install this driver: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx
8. If the problem still exists please try installing your video card in another PC or try installing another video card in your PC if possible, this will tell us if the issue follows the graphics card or the PC.
9. Or test your other hardware like RAM, CPU , USB devices…etc to make sure they do not create the problem.
10. If the problem still exists please download the Belarc Advisor - a free system diagnostics, system information and benchmarking to create a problem report as described: In HTML format and attach file to e-mail.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Download the ‘Belarc Advisor’ from the ‘Products’ tab at the top of the page.
11. If you are looking for a specific driver, a list of previous drivers can be found here:
64-Bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx
32-Bit: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx
I ended up fully uninstalling the prior Catalyst software, and scouring my system for remnants myself (rather than relying on a program). Once I completed that and reinstalled 12.8 I was able to use Photoshop quite effectively, though occasionally I still see crashes in the ATI driver, so I have high hopes for their next release.
Hope this helps!
-Noel -
Hi.
I was running an older version catalyst and xorg, but I upgraded everythin to try to get rid of an issue, and now the problem is much worse.
For some reason the open source ati/radeon drivers now result in a very high load average, so I'm trying to get the catalyst drivers to work.
However, I'm getting a floating point error.
Here's the log
[ 13.823]
X.Org X Server 1.9.2
Release Date: 2010-10-30
[ 13.823] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 13.823] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.35-ARCH x86_64
[ 13.823] Current Operating System: Linux harah 2.6.36-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 24 00:39:57 CET 2010 x86_64
[ 13.823] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/a8eaea92-ee81-4bb0-9bb8-6904e884df07 ro nomodesetting
[ 13.823] Build Date: 01 November 2010 10:29:19PM
[ 13.823]
[ 13.823] Current version of pixman: 0.20.0
[ 13.823] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 13.823] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 13.823] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Dec 6 19:52:38 2010
[ 13.857] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 13.857] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 13.929] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout"
[ 13.929] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
[ 13.929] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
[ 13.930] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
[ 13.930] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 13.930] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 13.993] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 13.993] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 14.079] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[ 14.090] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 14.090] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 14.090] (II) Loader magic: 0x7d3360
[ 14.090] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 14.090] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 14.090] X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
[ 14.090] X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
[ 14.090] X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
[ 14.091] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:9480:104d:9035 rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0020000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000d000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 14.091] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 14.091] (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 14.284] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 14.296] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.296] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.296] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 14.296] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 14.296] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 14.296] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 14.310] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.310] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.310] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 14.310] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.310] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 14.310] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 14.310] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 14.332] (II) Module glx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 14.334] compiled for 7.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.334] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 14.334] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 14.334] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 14.335] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.335] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.13.0
[ 14.335] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 14.335] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.335] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 14.335] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 14.335] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 14.365] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.365] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.365] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.365] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 14.365] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 14.366] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 14.366] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.366] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 14.366] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.366] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 14.366] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 14.391] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[ 14.858] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 14.864] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.79.4
[ 14.864] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 14.868] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 14.868] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 14.868] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 14.893] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 14.893] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.79.4
[ 14.893] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.79.4
[ 14.893] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.791
[ 14.893] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Oct 26 2010 22:57:54
[ 14.893] (++) using VT number 7
[ 14.894] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 15.013] (II) Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
[ 15.025] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9480) found
[ 15.027] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[ 15.027] (II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
[ 15.027] (II) AMD Video driver is signed
[ 15.027] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x1382b40
[ 15.027] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_x760_atiddxPreInit] === begin
[ 15.028] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[ 15.028] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[ 15.028] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[ 15.042] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15.042] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 0.1.0
[ 15.042] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 15.042] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 15.042] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 15.042] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 15.042] (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
[ 15.042] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
[ 15.042] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB
[ 15.042] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
[ 15.043] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 15.043] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 15.043] (II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 15.201] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 15.201] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 15.201] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 15.201] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 15.201] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
[ 15.201] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 11
[ 15.201] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650" (Chipset = 0x9480)
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x104d, PciSubDevice = 0x9035)
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xd0020000
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x0000d000
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
[ 15.225] (II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
[ 15.269] (II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[ 15.352] (II) Loading sub module "vbe"
[ 15.352] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[ 15.353] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
[ 15.367] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15.368] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.1.0
[ 15.368] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 11.20
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: M96
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[ 15.408] (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
[ 15.408] (--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 1048576 kByte, Type: GDDR3
[ 15.408] (II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
[ 15.408] (--) fglrx(0): Using per-process page tables (PPPT) as GART.
[ 15.408] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[ 15.410] (II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 1:0.0.
[ 15.441] (II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xf00000000, MCFBSize = 0x40000000)
[ 15.466] (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 45.
[ 15.466] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
[ 15.466] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!
[ 15.466] (==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
[ 15.466] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 15.466] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 15.467] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 15.485] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15.485] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 15.485] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 15.485] (==) fglrx(0): Active stereo disabled
[ 15.485] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 15.485] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 15.485] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 16.276] (II) fglrx(0): Finished Initialize PPLIB!
[ 16.880] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS using monitor section aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0
[ 16.880] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 has no monitor section
[ 16.880] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 has no monitor section
[ 16.908] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 16.908] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 16.908] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 16.908] (II) fglrx(0): Connected Display0: LVDS
[ 16.908] (II) fglrx(0): Display0: Failed to get EDID information.
[ 17.262] (II) fglrx(0): Cannot get EDID information for LVDS
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS connected
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 disconnected
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 disconnected
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1600x900
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 has 2 configurable heads and 1 displays connected.
[ 17.277] (==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
[ 17.277] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 17.277] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 17.277] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
[ 17.278] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 17.278] (II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): doing swlDriScreenInit
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit for fglrx driver
[ 17.278] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 17.278] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 17.278] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 17.278] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 17.278] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 17.278] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 16, (OK)
[ 17.278] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 16
[ 17.278] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] DRM interface version 1.0
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0x7f30163fd000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit done
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.79.4
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Date: Oct 26 2010
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.36-ARCH
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000
[ 17.326] (II) fglrx(0): Display width adjusted to to 1664 due to alignment constraints
[ 17.326] (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull
[ 17.326] (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xf00000000 FBMappedSize: 0x010a8000
[ 17.351] (II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1664,2624)
[ 17.351] (II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1664,1664) (front color buffer - assumption)
[ 17.351] (II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1664 x 960
[ 17.355] (==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
[ 17.355] (II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION
[ 17.355] (**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
[ 17.355] (II) fglrx(0): Initialized in-driver Xinerama extension
[ 17.355] (**) fglrx(0): Textured Video is enabled.
[ 17.355] (II) LoadModule: "glesx"
[ 17.355] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/glesx.so
[ 17.801] (II) Module glesx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 17.801] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 1.0.0
[ 17.801] (II) Loading extension GLESX
[ 17.801] (II) fglrx(0): GLESX enableFlags = 528
[ 17.829] (II) fglrx(0): GLESX is enabled
[ 17.829] (II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
[ 17.829] (II) LoadModule: "amdxmm"
[ 17.860] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so
[ 17.924] (II) Module amdxmm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 17.924] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 1.0.0
[ 17.924] (II) Loading extension AMDXVOPL
[ 17.924] (II) Loading extension AMDXVBA
[ 17.943] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled
[ 17.945] (II) fglrx(0): Enable composite support successfully
[ 17.945] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
[ 17.945] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
[ 17.945] (II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
[ 17.945] (II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
[ 17.945] (==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 17.994] (==) fglrx(0): Using HW cursor of display infrastructure!
[ 17.994] (II) fglrx(0): Disabling in-server RandR and enabling in-driver RandR 1.2.
[ 17.994] (II) fglrx(0): 'LVDS LCD' ConnectorType, abstracted as 'Panel'
[ 17.994] (II) fglrx(0): 'eDP LCD' ConnectorType, abstracted as 'Panel'
[ 19.414] (--) RandR disabled
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 19.416] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 19.417] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 19.417] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 19.417] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 19.417] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 17, (OK)
[ 19.417] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 17
[ 19.417] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 20.423]
Backtrace:
[ 20.553] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49f1a8]
[ 20.553] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x60239) [0x460239]
[ 20.553] 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f30158e9000+0xf1c0) [0x7f30158f81c0]
[ 20.553] 3: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x133d3bd) [0x7f300efcb3bd]
[ 20.553] 4: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x133e0ad) [0x7f300efcc0ad]
[ 20.553] 5: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x133e776) [0x7f300efcc776]
[ 20.553] 6: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x1399111) [0x7f300f027111]
[ 20.553] 7: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x1393dbe) [0x7f300f021dbe]
[ 20.553] 8: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x11e9e74) [0x7f300ee77e74]
[ 20.553] 9: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x11da94b) [0x7f300ee6894b]
[ 20.553] 10: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x1332d9) [0x7f300ddc12d9]
[ 20.553] 11: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x9c3dc4) [0x7f300e651dc4]
[ 20.553] 12: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x9c3f20) [0x7f300e651f20]
[ 20.553] 13: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (__driCreateNewScreen_20050727+0x999) [0x7f300efcedb9]
[ 20.553] 14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0x7f3013776000+0x1ab47) [0x7f3013790b47]
[ 20.553] 15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0x7f3013776000+0x1c2a5) [0x7f30137922a5]
[ 20.553] 16: /usr/bin/X (InitExtensions+0x91) [0x484711]
[ 20.553] 17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21133) [0x421133]
[ 20.553] 18: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f301486ec4d]
[ 20.553] 19: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x20e79) [0x420e79]
[ 20.554] Floating point exception at address 0x7f300efcb3bd
[ 20.554]
Fatal server error:
[ 20.554] Caught signal 8 (Floating point exception). Server aborting
[ 20.554]
[ 20.554]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 20.554] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 20.554]
[ 20.554] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
[ 20.555] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
My xorg.conf file (generated by aticonfig --initial)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
And my lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
0a:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
0a:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
0a:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
Relevant line is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I also tried disabling dri in xorg.conf, since dri appears in the backtrace for the error. That resulted in a segfault coming from something related to gl, so I disabled all acceleration, and got a black screen.
Thanks!Was there a kernel update in a recent upgrade? If so, you need to rebuild the catalyst drivers.
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MSI K9A Platinum and VIA drivers issue? XP 0x0000007B stop error.
I get a Windows Stop error when trying to boot into Windows XP with new components. The SATA hard drive (and Windows XP installation) is from the old computer.
The new computer components are:
MB: MSI K9A Platinum, chipset: RD580 (North Bridge), SB600 (South Bridge)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+, boxed (the cooler and fan came with the CPU).
Video: MSI Radeon 1950 XTX
The old (and working) computer setup is:
OS: XP Professional
MB: Abit AV8-3rd Eye, chipset: VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro All-in-Wonder, videodriver: atidvag.dll version 6.14.10.6542
HD: Maxtor 6B200M0 SCSI Disk Device
BIOS: Phoenix 6.00PG 20.04.2005
System drivers with "via" in the name: VIAAGP1.SYS, viaide.sys, viasride.sys
VIA 4in1 (Hyperion) version: 4.55 (that can be found at HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Via4in1Driver).
VIA 2.20e SATA/RAID driver was used when installing this computer setup.
The precise stop error is:
0x0000007B (0xba4c3528, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
From many sites I have gathered that the error is related to Windows XP not being able to access a critical system drive. Most probably the SATA hard drive issue.
The problem probably is the VIA drivers of the old motherboard and/or the SATA driver.
First I should mention, that MSI K9A Platinum does not have a hard disk SATA driver. If it does, I have been unable to find one. Certainly no such floppy disk included, and no such driver in the MSI's Web page for this motherboard.
Second important point: I never used RAID. I did use VIA 2.20e SATA/RAID driver disk when installing Windows XP to the old computer.
Strange that the hard drive model is reported as a "SCSI Disk Device". It's not a SCSI drive however: it's a SATA disk.
I have tried to uninstal the motherboard chipset drivers (Hyperion v4.55), but there seems to be a bug here: the drivers should be uninstalled using the installation program, and select the uninstall option. However, I do not get the uninstallation option to choose at all! Yes, I'm using the normal installation mode, not the quick installation (although tried that, too). The Hyperion setup program just installs, and asks to reboot the computer. After rebooting and trying again, it still does not offer me an uninstallation choise.
I know how to install hard drive VIA SATA driver, but I have no idea how to uninstall it. And I'm afraid to do that without certainty that it IS the solution, since I could not access the hard drive any more in the old computer setup (and return to read this forum). Also, I do not have a floppy drive any more. Anyone know if there is an issue with K9A and XP having VIA SATA driver installed?
When I tried the new computer setup, I first tried the simplest possible hardware combination: there were no CD/DVD-drives, no (parallel)IDE hard drives, and no PCI cards, except the MSI video adapter.
My BIOS Setup experiments. None of these helped: got the same stop error each time.
1) I didn't much touch the BIOS setting first. Just tried to boot with the settings BIOS came with.
2) Next I disabled the integrated audio, LAN and IEE1394 devices and floppy drive and disabled all other choises except the SATA drive as a boot device.
3) Next I tried with the fail-safe BIOS defaults.
4) Cleared CMOS.
5) Changed OnChip SATA type from Native IDE to Legacy IDE. (Only one boot attempt with the setting as Legacy.)
6) Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster.
7) Never touched anything in the Cell Menu: so the settings are in minimum.
A step I have taken after the last attempt: run Windows XP hard drive error-checking tool to every logical drive with the fix option selected, and the system drive also with scan the bad sectors option selected.
My plans next are:
1) to install a newer Hyperion driver. If that would correct the no-unistallation-choice-bug,
2) to disable USB-devices in the BIOS (desperate),
3) to choose the Windows general video display driver (although I seriously doubt this is a display driver problem!).
4) to uninstall the Anti-Virus software (Avira Antivir).
I've read a numerous Web pages so far about the 0x0000007B stop error. Here are some links:
Quote
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/knowledge_base/
Stop 0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
This Stop message, also known as Stop 0x7B, indicates that Windows XP Professional lost access to the system volume or boot volume during the startup process. This error always occurs while the system is starting and is often caused by one of the following:
* Hardware problems
* Corrupted or incompatible storage drivers
* File system problems
* Boot sector viruses
* Outdated firmware
During I/O system initialization, this error can occur when:
* The controller or driver for the startup device (typically the hard disk) failed to initialize the necessary hardware.
* File system initialization failed because the system did not recognize the data on the boot device.
Quote
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082
You receive a Stop 0x0000007B error after you move the Windows XP system disk to another computer
SYMPTOMS
After you move the Microsoft Windows XP system (boot) disk to a backup computer, you may receive the following Stop error when you try to start the Windows XP-based backup computer:
STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF741B84C,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)
CAUSE
This error may occur if the registry entries and the drivers for the mass storage controller hardware in the backup computer are not installed in Windows XP.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this error, use the same hardware for the backup computer.
Heh, heh! Very nice Microsoft, but I plan to update my computer, so I NEED to use different components
Quote
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103
Device Driver Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message in the following scenarios:
• A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is not configured to start during the startup process.
• A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted.
• Information in the Windows XP registry (information related to how the device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.
Hardware Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message if there is a resource conflict between the boot controller and another controller or between SCSI devices. You may also receive this Stop error message if drive translation is not being performed or if drive translation was changed. To troubleshoot this issue:
1. If an IRQ or I/O port address conflict exists between the boot controller and another controller, Windows XP either stops responding (hangs) or displays a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message. If you recently added new hardware, remove the new hardware or reconfigure it so that it does not conflict with the resources of any other installed controllers.
2. If you are using a SCSI hard disk, check the SCSI chain for correct termination. Remove any unused SCSI devices or make sure that each SCSI ID is unique.
3. Make sure that drive translation is turned on (if it is required) and that it has not been changed. For example, if you recently switched controllers, this issue may occur. For additional information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 314082.
Quote
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316401/
SYMPTOMS
When you start your Microsoft Windows XP-based computer after you replace the motherboard on the computer, you may receive a Stop error message that is similar to the following:
STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE
CAUSE
This issue may occur if the new motherboard contains an embedded IDE controller that has a different chipset than the original motherboard.
RESOLUTION
Method 1: Perform an in-place upgrade of Windows XP [<- That means repair installation of Windows XP]
• Do not use a repair or in-place upgrade if you suspect disk problems.
Method 2: Repartition and format your hard disk and reinstall Windows XPAlright I got the situation over.
Quote from: Roskaposti on 19-May-07, 04:44:59
My plans next are:
1) to install a newer Hyperion driver. If that would correct the no-unistallation-choice-bug,
2) to disable USB-devices in the BIOS (desperate),
3) to choose the Windows general video display driver (although I seriously doubt this is a display driver problem!).
4) to uninstall the Anti-Virus software (Avira Antivir).
I did try all all the above, and none of them helped.
And by the way: after installing the new Hyperion (VIA chipset drivers), I was finally able to also uninstall. It also uninstalled the IDE SATA (I think) and PATA drivers.
But what I had to do, was to make a REPAIR installation of Windows XP.
So, I was wondering now afterwards: this is really, really silly. Why the hell we need to re-install Windows if we move the SYSTEM SATA drive to another computer? We don't have similar problem with parallel IDE drives. Whom should we thank here??
The issue is to insert the driver files and the information of the ide drivers Windows should use with the next boot. How can it be this difficult?
What you basically need is..
- the information about the new chipset's PCIIDE.SYS/[VENDOR_PROVIDED_FILE].SYS and ATAPIIDE.SYS inserted into the values in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSetXXX\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase
- and the vendor's IDE drivers to the %SYSTEMROOT%/System32/drivers folder.
Maybe something else, I don't know. But the problem was, Windows didn't know how, or what drivers to use. That can't be so big problem you need to install the whole OS anew! -
VGA output problem and catalyst control start up link
I do not know whether the problems are linked or whether I have made things worse. It started with an error message on start uo saying that there was a problem with Catalyst Control failing to start. It still alowed me to run normally until, in front of an audience, the VGA o/p link to a projector did not work. I had a spare cable which did not remedy the situation so my class sat around the laptop.
Another symptom is that the HDMI output does not work. I do not ko wif this is a separate issue.
With the notion that this was linked I set about attemping to delete and reinstall AMD drivers and blindly assumed this was where I would get the Cat Control update.
I used AMD's compatability checker and installed for display adapter AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250. The driver version is 8.770.2.1000 dated 19/09/2010
I cannot duplicate the display or use projector only however when I attach an external monitor the laptop changes resolution as if to accommodate the additional display.
I either need help to verify the applicability of the changes that I have made or I need help to plan a way out of the mess that I have made.Hello @g_david,
I have read your post on how the Catalyst Control Center program is not working very well on your computer, and that you are not able to view your display on your HDMI connected monitor. I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To ensure that your graphics drivers are working correctly, I recommend installing the original software and hardware drivers that first came with your notebook. This can be done by following this document on Using Recovery Manager to Restore Software and Drivers (Windows 7). Once installed, please follow this resource on Using HP Support Assistant (Windows 7) to update the drivers on your system.
If you are able to successfully use the Catalyst Control Center again, the next step is to re-connect the monitor to your computer using an HDMI cable. To do this, please follow the steps in this document on Troubleshooting HDMI display and sound issues.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
Regards
MechPilot
I work on behalf of HP
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[SOLVED] HOW to install CATALYST drivers?
I decided that its time for me to install some catalyst drivers for my ATI RADEON 3200 card, I've found them in AUR, after I made a package I tried to install but this is what I saw:
pacman -U catalyst-utils-11.5-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: catalyst-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ati-dri: requires libgl=7.10.2
My libgl was 7.10.2-2 version, so it should be ok, but why pacman says its in conflict and then it says that this package is needed? lol! this is very amusing to say the least.
Last edited by tasty_minerals (2011-05-21 18:05:54)I followed these instructions for the stock kernel:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst
Had to remove ati-dri xf86-video-ati and libgl
It may be worth printing the page first, I have successfully
installed, so hope you can too.
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