AMD/ATI fglrx 8.42.3 Experiences

The 8.41 thread is getting a little clogged with 8.42 talk, so I decided to make a new thread for 8.42.3
Phoronix have announced that AMD/ATI have released their new driver, 8.42.3, which I hvae placed into [testing]. Although they haven't updated their site anywhere about this release, I have found release notes for the driver here: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.42.3.html
Of note:
New Features
This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver introduces the following new features:
* Support for Accelerated Indirect Rendering (AIGLX)
* Support for X.org version 7.3
* Products older than Radeon™ HD 2x00 are now supported after being enabled only for testing in 8.41.7
* A new 3D user interface is now avaialble in the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center-Linux Edition. The new interface allows for the setting of Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering, and VSync. Included on the new 3D interface are static preview images showing the visual effects of the different 3D settings
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:
* Playing videos with TexturedVideo no longer results in stuttering being noticed
* Corruption is no longer noticed when the Composite extension is enabled
* Segmentation faults in OpenGL applications and the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center Linux Edition with Rialto-based AGP cards no longer occur
* Various error messages no longer appear during RPM installation under SuSE 10.2. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29576
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:
* There is no support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26985
* Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29578
* A black screen may be observed on some hardware when switching to the console or leaving the X window system when a Vesa framebuffer console driver is used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28558
* The display may go blank with clone/dual/horizontal mode configured or switching VT on systems containing an ATI Radeon 9800 XT product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29574
* An error message appears during installation if dash is used as /bin/sh. A topic number is not available for this issue
* Several distribution-specific packaging scripts are not up-to-date in this release. In particular packaging for 64-bit Ubuntu versions is known to be broken. A topic number is not available for this issue
The release notes state that AMD/ATI still recommend that 8.40.4 remain the version provided by distros - I'd believe it. I've had graphical corruption, non-working compiz, glibc double-free errors, and general unhappiness with this version of the driver on my dual-head setup with a 9600XT. However, since it is the first version to support Xorg 7.3 (xorg-server 1.4) it will remain in [testing] with xorg-server. If Xorg 7.3 moves out of testing, fglrx 8.42 will follow it.
Please use this thread to post your experiences with 8.42.3
Last edited by Cerebral (2007-10-26 14:48:44)

Cerebral wrote:
Emphrygian wrote:
raven3x7 wrote:Im having a watermarkk issue with both 8.4 and 8.42 from testing. I made a bugreport. http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u2/r … ermark.jpg
I had similar problems, but they went away when I put in "AIGLX" "true" under the server layout section of xorg.conf, as well as putting in "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" and "DRI" "true" under the device section. A less lazy user would probably try to determine which one solved the problem, but I am lazy
I hope it really does fix it permanently for you - there've been a lot of "red herring" Xorg.conf fixes for the corruption, but it's always seemed to come back.
I understand your point, but this certainly fixed it for me. The problem appeared not many seconds after I logged in to my upgraded machine. I also had problems with playing certain video files (flickering/no video) which worked before the upgrade, but after doing these changes they also started working again. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the corruption and video problems will stay away...

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tacita wrote:MrWeatherbee: thank you for the link, i have searched high and low (maybe in the wrong places) and didnt find anything before.
Cerebral: yes, but then i guess it is a nice excuse to upgrade. And stay away from the Nforce3.
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As I see it, I have a few options:
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catalyst-test: Any two monitors will work together, but not three. Other annoyances.
catalyst-firepro: Have not tested yet.
Intel open-source driver with AMD card disabled: Have not tested yet.
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Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

clfarron4 wrote:
The last option to me is screaming catalyst-pxp at me, because that's one of the few options if you have integrated graphics and a discrete graphics card.
Let me get this straight: Can you disable the either or both of the Intel/AMD graphics in the BIOS settings? If so, but don't want to disable either, you might want to look at the hybrid graphics section of the wiki.
I know about powerXpress and I think I'd like to avoid it. My experience with hybrid graphics on other Linux distributions is that it's rather unstable or just plain unsupported. If someone can convince me otherwise, given their experience with hybrid graphics on Arch/Linux, I might reconsider.
I'm fairly certain I can enable either of my GPU's separately, but I'll have to check for sure next I reboot my PC.
The last option I mentioned because I thought the Intel drivers might be more robust than the AMD drivers, which have don't have a sterling reputation when it comes to supporting Linux (compared to nVidia anyways, who I know in the past have had good Linux support).

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## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
#Server = http://70.239.162.206/catalyst-mirror/repo/catalyst/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/archlinux-catalyst/repo/catalyst/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/catalyst/$arch
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catalyst-hook
catalyst-utils-pxp
lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp
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catalyst_build_module all
Once I reboot, arch linux does not boot. Last lines printed out are below and then it freezes:
Starting temp files linker to catalyst...
Starting Catalyst event Daemon...
[ OK ] Started Catalyst event Daemon
Starting Catalyst's fglrx kernel' module builder...
[ OK ] Started temp files linker for catalyst.
[ OK ] Started Catalyst's fglrx kernel' modue builder.
[ OK ] Started gnome Display manager.
[ OK ] Started Network manager.
[ OK ] Reached target Multi-User system.
[ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface.
[ OK ] Reached target Network.
I have tried to put nomodeset as a kernel parameter but it does not work. Also, after reading ArchWiki, I have noticed that it is recommended to don't do this as I am using catalyst-utils-pxp because intel driver needs it so I have removed nomodeset parameter from kernel but It continues not working.
Any ideas?
Package versions:
Kernel version 3.17.6-1-ARCH
catalyst-hook 14.12-1
catalyst-utils-pxp 14.12-1
lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp 14.12-1
xorg-server 1.16.2.901-1
xf86-video-intel 2.99.916-3
Last edited by toni (2014-12-13 19:38:38)

FInally I managed to boot arch linux.
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## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
#Server = http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/archlinux-catalyst/repo/xorg115/$arch
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Then performs following actions:
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The AMD/ATI Bar & Grill

Catalyst 8.10 is finally up for grabs.
Yay, X.org 7.4 and 2.6.27 support at last!
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Dri don't work for me with 8.11 from testing.
$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep "(EE)"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(EE) LoadModule: Module dri does not have a driModuleData data object.
(EE) Failed to load module "dri" (invalid module, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) LoadModule: Module dri does not have a driModuleData data object.
(EE) fglrx: Failed to load module "dri" (invalid module, 0)
(EE) fglrx(0): DRI module is not loaded.
(EE) fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection.
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X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 10
Current serial number in output stream: 10
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local/catalyst 8.11-0.1
Proprietary AMD/ATI kernel drivers for Radeon brand cards. Stock kernel.
local/catalyst-utils 8.11-0.1
Proprietary AMD/ATI userspace tools and libraries for Radeon brand cards.
local/xorg-server 1.5.2-3 (xorg)
X.Org X servers
local/xorg-server-utils 7.3-1
X.Org utilities required by xorg-server
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We're working with AMD on the issue and there should be a driver update very soon.
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/issue_with_amd_ati_11_3_driver_and_p hotoshop_on_windows?utm_content=topic_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=new_topic

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while (nVidiaRoxorzMuhBoxors)
if (AMD += ATi)
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-------NOTICE-------
Iphitus has now made available a lovely set of packages for ATI drivers and xorg 7 in the [testing] repo. I have helped him put them together, and they run like a charm for me.
See this thread for more info.
Since these packages are well thought out and seperate the kernel module from the userland files necessary to run ATI-drivers, I feel that they're a better solution than the packages I have created and presented in this thread. As such, I strongly suggest you use the packages available in the official repos now. While I will not immediately remove the files I have hosted for these packages, I will no longer be maintaining them.
-------PURPOSE-------
Well, as brought up recently in the ati-drivers-arch thread, the way we handle ATI's drivers and Nvidia's drivers is a little different... the officially packaged Nvidia drivers actually build the kernel module on the user's machine, during install time, making it an essentually kernel-independent package. The ATI drivers in community, however, build the module at makepkg time, which ties each package to a specific kernel version.
I personally thought the Nvidia way was a good way.
Therefore, I have decided to make packages that are kernel-independant in the same way nvidia's are -- here they are.
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-------KERNEL 2.6.15 Notes-------
ATI has fixed the 2.6.15 kernel problems with version 8.22.5.
-------Xorg 6.8 Notes-------
The package for Xorg 6.8 is currently UNTESTED by me. In theory, it should work fine, since I took the same changes I made to the Xorg 7 package and more-or-less applied them to the ati-drivers-arch package available in [community]
-------Xorg 7 Notes-------
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Additionally, for the Xorg 7 package to work, you'll probably have to create a symlink from /usr/X11R6/lib/modules -> /usr/lib/xorg/modules.
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rm -r /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
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-------Installing Additional Kernel Modules-------
The packages now install a shell script in /opt/ati to facilitate installation of the kernel module for multiple kernels. The kernel module is automatically built and installed for whichever kernel you are running when you install the package, but if you want to install it for additional kernels, follow these steps:
Boot into the kernel you want to install the module for.
Execute:
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and the script will do the rest. As a bonus, when you uninstall the ati-drivers package, the script will remember which kernels it installed the module for and remove every module, leaving your system sparkling-clean.
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$ ./fglrx_module_setup.sh reinstall
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-------UPDATE-------
Packages updated to fglrx 8.22.5! New in this release:
NEW FEATURES: (1) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver now supports Linux Kernel 2.6.15.
ISSUES RESOLVED: (1) Creating 22 or more display configuration mode lines in the X Server configuration file no longer results in a fatal server error.
-------PACKAGES-------
Packages available tarballed at:
http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~tjwillar/arch/

All I keep getting is:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep "WW|EE"
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Specified desktop setup not supported: 8
fglrxinfo:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
xorg.conf
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak,us"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle,grp_led:scroll,caps:shift,altwin:super_win"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 28-64
VertRefresh 43-60
Modeline "1280x800@60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800@60"
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
I can't get it to work. Any help would be appreciated.

AMD ATI Radeon HD 6370M in windows 8.1 64-bit

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I need play game using high performance for better gaming. If i play in power saving i can't hold my anger to play games

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I am sorry, but at this time HP does not have Windows 8.1 drivers for this computer. Here is the HP alerts and updates page that you can subscribe to, to get the latest updates.
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dmesg | grep fglrx (after start X)
[fglrx:firegl_mmap] *ERROR* No map found!
Solution : switch back to kernel 2.6.16.13-1 and wait for a fix.
pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-2.6.16.13-1.pkg.tar.gz

the updated ati-fglrx package (8.24.8-2) solve the problem

Black screen on resume from sleep using open source AMD/ATI driver

When waking from sleep using systemctl suspend or pm-suspend , I am presented with a black screen. I can still open programs, type, etc. but cannot see what I am doing. I usually just wind up rebooting from whatever terminal I had open, but again I can't see what I am typing. Upon reboot, the screen starts back up again. Everything else seems to resume from sleep just fine, it's just the screen that won't turn back on.
I came from Ubuntu and had this same problem there. However, I only had this problem when using the open source xf86-video driver; when using the proprietary drivers, I was able to suspend/resume just fine. So it seems this problem is specific to the open source drivers.
If I'm using an external monitor, my external monitor will resume just fine after waking from sleep, but the laptop screen will not.
Googling around shows this is a common problem with AMD/ATI cards, and after a lot of attempts and failures I'm interested in knowing if anyone else has solved this problem.
What I've tried so far (without success):
-various quirks included with pm-utils to turn on dpms after resume
-xrandr after resumption from sleep
==xrandr --output LVDS --off (If used without suspending (so while the screen still works) this seems to crash Gnome the first time around, but Gnome automatically restarts. If used a second time, it completely blanks the screen and requires a reboot)
==xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1600x900
-xset dpms force on or xset dpms force off after resumption from sleep
-vbetool dpms off and vbetool dpms on results in error message "Real mode call failed"
-scripts using vbetool or xrandr when resuming from sleep
-switching between virtual consoles and gnome using alt-ctrl-fn-f1 and alt-ctrl-fn-f2 keys
My setup:
-HP Envy dv7
-UEFI dual-boot with Windows 8
-AMD Radeon HD 7640G
-xf86-video-ati 1:7.2.0-1 driver
-Gnome DE using GDM login manager
Thank you.
EDIT: I did try using the proprietary drivers for a time, but found I couldn't adjust my brightness. At first I thought working suspension > adjustable brightness, but I quickly changed my mind after one night of trying to work on an unadjustable maximally bright screen.
Last edited by broahmed (2013-11-23 02:18:57)

Unfortunately I could not fix the problem so I wiped my system and loaded all new drivers before I found this posting.
Is there a way to get the old ATI driver that works? The only one available on the ATI and Lenovo website is the latest one with the problem. I agree with you David, Lenovo should have fixed this problem already with ATI.
John

[solved] kernel-2.6.20.1-1 and ati-fglrx

Hi,
I updated to kernel26-2.6.20.1-1 and reinstalled the ati-fglrx package.
If I try to modprobe the fglrx module I get this error
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/video/fglrx.ko): Invalid module format
Seems that the current ati-fglrx package was compiled against kernel-2.6.20 and not against the latest kernel (2.6.20.1) cause with the 2.6.20 kernel package it worked...
Last edited by SiD (2007-03-02 10:19:12)

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/video/fglrx.ko
license: Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY
description: ATI Fire GL
author: Fire GL - ATI Research GmbH, Germany
depends: agpgart
vermagic: 2.6.20-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 686
parm: firegl:charp
and this with the selfcompiled fglrx modul
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/video/fglrx.ko
license: Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY
description: ATI Fire GL
author: Fire GL - ATI Research GmbH, Germany
depends: agpgart
vermagic: 2.6.20-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload PENTIUMM
parm: firegl:charp
hmm, I compiled the kernel with abs and changed the config (speedstepping does not work correctly with the stock config).
I changed also the CPU-type to PentiumM. I think that's the problem, isn't it?
p.s.
I have another problem with my printer.
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=30452
Is it possible that the self compiled kernel is the reason for that problem?

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