ATI Catalyst 4.10 drivers out

http://www.ati.com/
Released a couple of days ago.
(sorry for the O/T post, but not everyone reads the other forums)

You need to think like a programmer not like a mathematician
4.10 the decimal is not a decimal is could just as easily be 4/10
i.e. the four point one you see is actually four point ten

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ATI Catalyst 11.3 Drivers - AVOID Using With Photoshop CS5

I recently downloaded and installed ATI's latest drivers - Catalyst 11.3 - from their web site.
In testing with Photoshop, I found these drivers have blocked Photoshop's ability to actually do OpenGL drawing in Normal and Advanced modes, even though the Enable OpenGL Drawing setting is active and checked.
I don't know if this affects all cards. I have an ATI Radeon HD 5670 card, and another user has reported the problem against a Radeon 4650.
If you have an ATI card and Catalyst 11.2 or earlier drivers, you may wish to avoid upgrading to Catalyst 11.3 at this time.
As a workaround, if you have already upgraded to 11.3, you can restore OpenGL functionality by choosing Edit - Preferences - Performance, clicking the [Advanced Settings...] button, then choosing Mode: Basic.
-Noel

Interesting. Thanks for the heads-up Noel. I'm using a 5850 with Catalyst 11.2 and I just noticed that they moved to 11.3... I was pondering if I should bother to update or not - having read your post, I've reached my conclusion!
Have you reported this to ATI?
M

ATI Catalyst 4.8 drivers

I am using the MSI 9800pro and also LiveUpdate3 to update the drivers and bios. Ive noticed that the catalyst version on LiveUpdate3 (in display/prop/adv) is using catalyst 4.3. Does anyone know whether they will be updating it soon?

I am very knowledged when it comes to actually putting together a system. I researched the internet and even took a class on computer repair simply because i never do things half fast. This was the very first computer i ever built and it was a breeze. Very successful and stable.
The problem is knowing the importance of updating the drivers and bios, i got this board in part, due to the liveupdate feature, besides the fact that all the reviews of it were awesome.
Anyways, i did this in an attempt to not have to worry about actually learning how to update manually (half fast thinking). I suppose I should learn on my own so i dont have to rely on LiveUpdate3 and wait till they get around to it.
Back to internet researching I suppose.
Does anyone have any suggestions on good readings on the how to's of updating bios and drivers and such.
Geez, by the time im done with the project of building my own computer, I can earn a living from it.

ATI catalyst 9.1 is out. anyone installed

Hi,
wondering if anyone has inbstalled the catalyst 9.1, which is in extra now. Wondering if thjis solved the "blackscreen" problem.
fr

I have X1600Pro AGP, catalyst 9.1 and:
I had "blackscreens" when I put "TexturedVideoSync" "on" in xorg.conf
Also when I had "@kdm hal (...)" in rc.conf I had randomly blacksceens, change it to "hal @kdm (...)" solve problem for me.
My xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "AIGLX" "On"
EndSection
Section "Files"
#RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
#Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "freetype"
#Load "drm"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
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"
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "UseFastTLS" "2"
Option "TexturedVideo" "On"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
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
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "On"
EndSection
With this everything works fine.
PS. sorry for my "english"

ATI Catalyst 10.6 are out now.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/w ... n7-64.aspx
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/w ... n7-32.aspx

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Probs with ATI Catalysts Drivers

I’m currently using ATI Catalyst Drivers 6.14.10.6404 (3.9) for my ATI Radeon 9600xt.
If I upgrade to the latest ATI or Omega Drivers (4.7 I think), my card crashes and is very unstable.
my current graphics settings are:
enabled VPU recover
fast write is on
AGPx8
Why does 3.9 work and 4.7 not work, I have only had this problem since changing to this board.
Any help appreciated.

Well I hope it works for you engrrowl! I was installing a slipstreamed version of XP with SP2. But that sure didn't help me. I would randomly have my screen corrupt with my 9700. And that stupid card has given me headaches since I got an LCD. So driver incompatibility used to make my screen go black all the time. It would then revert to normal (maybe!). But there were many times I had to shutdown by the keyboard and disconnect the DVI cable to get it to work again. And the LCD is a Samsung so it's not cheap.
I broke down the other night and when I had to reinstall WinXP from scratch I reverted to an older GF4. This morning I ordered a Geforce 6800, and it will "upgrade" fine. But if I tried to go from an ATI to an Nvidia I would have had to reload my OS again. So it worked out for me.
But it's strange that switching video cards solved all my "issues". That and the fact that I've never really like ATI's drivers means I will never get another of their cards.

ATI Catalyst Control Center is not loading with the latest drivers. Help!!!

I have installed latest ATI drivers from Lenovo 8.712. After that ATI Catalyst Control Center is not loading. The icon is present, when I click display properties. But when I click it, nothing happens. How can I downgrade to the previous version?
And another question: I have a docking station and 2 monitors. One of the monitors with DVI connection is working fine. Is there any way to disable laptop screen and enable second monitor through analog D-SUB.
Thank you in advance.

Let me add. Already tried everything: battery is switched to High Performance, Windows XP service pack 3, T500

AutoUpdate/Ati Catalyst Broken!

AutoUpdate/Ati Catalyst Broken!? When using AutoUpdate here are some things I had to do to get it working:
) installed standard Creative drivers for my X-FI Titanium 2.7.007
it worked
2)? installed ATI Catalyst 9.0
it stopped working.
3) by mistake I let Windows Update install its WHQL Creative driver
AutoUpdate started working
used the other shortcut for AutoUpdateA.exe to get updates for Creative products in windows 7 64, and it worked everytime to reinstall the Creative 2.7.007
4) three weeks later I installed Catalyst 9.2 drivers, and immediately after reboot, AutoUpdate is broken.
Windows 7 Action Center reports errors with Creative AutoUpdate.
If I delete Creative drivers using CTZAPP, Windows Update upon reboot will install its own update to Creative's drivers......... I reinstall Creative 2.7.007 and Creative AutoUpdate still works.
5) installed ATI Catalyst and it is broken again. The Catalyst installation breaks it everytime. Reinstalling Windows Update version of Creative drivers, uninstalling those and installing Creative's several times usually fixes AutoUpdate. Within a few days, Autoupdate will be broken.
Anybody else have the issue with Catalyst 9.0 to 9.2 and Creative AutoUpdate?
Keep in mind, this is not my "new cause" of the week. I just did a clean format a week or so ago, and I am trying to duplicate the problems others are having with AutoUpdate. About 40-45% of users have ATI cards I would guess and I am trying to figure out if this is a common thing with about half of the Creative users. We install Creative drivers and go along for a few weeks, as many people always say, and then something goes wrong.......A new Catalyst is released about once a month or every six weeks.

#Re: AutoUpdate/Ati Catalyst Broken!B <div class="lia">"" try and just uninstall the CCC (Catalyst Control Center) and not the actual video drivers. Its the CCC (the little red "ATI" box in your task manager on the lower right) that is causing this problem. You will still have accelerated video with the drivers installed but not the special ATI utility to configure them. Use the built-in Windows 7 advanced graphics utility when you right click on the desktop (right-click and choose "Screen Resolution"). Inside that window is a link called "Advanced settings" which will let you do the same functions as the CCC does without the CCC's interference.
I hope this hel
ps.
Well this is not a good solution as you will loose advanced settings for your graphic card.

Arch linux doesn't boot after installing AMD ATI Catalyst

I have a laptop which has a integrated graphic card intel 4th generation (4600) and an AMD ATI R9 m265x (hybrid Intel/AMD graphics card) so I have just installed AMD ATI Catalyst proprietary ones by following
AMD Catalyst ArchWiki.
I have used "Installing from the unofficial repository" method so in my pacman.conf I have added below entry for [catalyst-stable]:
[catalyst-stable]
Server = http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/catalyst/$arch
## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
#Server = http://70.239.162.206/catalyst-mirror/repo/catalyst/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/archlinux-catalyst/repo/catalyst/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/catalyst/$arch
Then I have update pacman's database and install below packages:
catalyst-hook
catalyst-utils-pxp
lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp
(No need to install catalyst-total-pxp as I have installed catalyst-utils-pxp)
After installing it, I have configured the driver, configuring X using below command:
# aticonfig --initial
In order to use PowerXpress support I have installed catalyst-utils-pxp package plus additional lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp.
To perform a switch into Intel's IGP I have also installed the mesa-libgl package and Intel's drivers: xf86-video-intel and intel-dri .
I have enable the automatic update by enabling the catalyst-hook.service with below commands since it automatically rebuilds the fglrx modules while the system shuts down or reboots (so I haven't to do it manually each time kernel is updated using Catalyst-generator):
# systemctl enable catalyst-hook
# systemctl start catalyst-hook
And finally I have blacklisted radeon module by creating "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklisted.conf" file which content is:
blacklist radeon
and also I have ensured that fglrx line is added in "/etc/modules-load.d/Catalyst.conf" file.
To avoid problems, I have rebuilt the fglrx module by doing (I know it is not necessary as it is done by catalyst-hook):
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.
I had to downgrade xorg-server from 1.16.2.901-1 to 1.15.2-1.
It seems there is a problem with Catalyst 14.12-1 and xorg-server 1.16.2.901-1.
Also I had to replace desktop manager from gdm to lightdm as gdm raises segmentation faults using xorg-server versions 1.16.2.901-1 and 1.15.2-1.
Finally I had to add an entry in pacman.conf:
[xorg115]
Server = http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/xorg115/$arch
## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
#Server = http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/archlinux-catalyst/repo/xorg115/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/xorg115/$arch
Then performs following actions:
1) # pacman -Syuu catalyst-hook catalyst-utils-pxp
2) Uninstall all the packages xf86* such as xf86-video-intel, xf86-input-evdev, xf86-input-synaptics, etc.
3) Install the packages uninstalled in step 2 and install them again using xorg115 repo, for example, # pacman -S xorg115/xf86-video-intel xorg115/xf86-input-evdev xorg115/xf86-input-synaptics
I have put a comment here.
Last edited by toni (2014-12-14 12:31:29)

ATI Catalyst 8.5 Proprietary Linux Display Driver released

New ATI Catalyst™ 8.5 Proprietary Linux Display Driver was released the day before yesterday and according to release notes it has many improvements.
New Features
This release of the Catalyst™ Linux software driver introduces Mipmap Detail, Catalyst A.I., and AA Filters in the 3D ORCA page of the Catalyst™ Control Center Linux Edition.
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:
* Support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode is now available. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26985
* Unresolved symbols in Xorg log under RHEL 4u6 32 and 64 bit no longer occur. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34284
* The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using xcommgr. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34285
* Change VT no longer fails when kernel module is not loaded. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34286
* Switching to the virtual terminal multiple times no longer results in X displaying corruption. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34287
* Catalyst Control Center: The Preference page is now localized for all supported languages. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34275
* The Linux kernel module is no longer installed to wrong location if the Linux kernel is updated. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34288
* Random system hangs no longer occur when calls to the ATI driver are made from Ring3. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34289
* X window no longer fails to respond when GoogleEarth is maximized. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34290
* A segmentation fault no longer occurs when running SPECViewperf on systems containing an ATI FireGL V5100 series product and running SUSE 10.3 x86. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34276
* Enabling Composite extension no longer displays 8x AA for graphic cards that do not support 8x AA under the Ubuntu 7.10 operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34291
* Display corruption is no longer noticed at logon when compiz is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34292
* Launching the glxgears application no longer results in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34293
* GoogleEarth: Launching the application in horizontal mode on a system running X no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34293
* Specviewperf 8.1 64 bit version: Segmentation faults no longer occurs on IGP systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34294
* Maya 2008: Moving the render window no longer results in the operating system failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34295
* Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34296
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:
* 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
* Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
* SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center but does not apply to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297
* Running X server without a window manager may result in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34299
* Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34298
* Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 product may result in the display device flashing multiple times or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34300
* Corruption may be noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34301
* Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults may occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34302
* Specviewperf: Launching the application may result in the Linux operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34282
* Opening a terminal and running semi-automated DPPT tests via lnxtest.sh may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34283
* A segmentation fault may occur when running SPECViewperf on systems containing an ATI FireGL V5100 series product and running SUSE 10.3 x86. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34319
* FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X may fail to respond when launching either of the applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34316
* Maya 2008: Various comparison failures may be noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34277
* The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34317
* DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34278
* SPEC Viewperf 8.1: A performance drop may be noticed when running the application under Linux. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34279
* Maya2008: The hardware render buffer may fail to render/display the image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34280
* May2008: The hardware render Perl script may display an error message when rendering. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34281
I wonder when it will appear in Arch's repositories

Yea, it would be great as at Phoronix forums some people are reporting 10% performance increase in games
EDIT: Some release notes from AMD
New Features
This release of the Catalyst™ Linux software driver introduces UYVY and YUY2 pixel format support. This support provides interleaved stream support for video playback applications such as TVTime and MythTV.
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:
*Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Playing the demo on a system running X no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35208
*Maya 2008: An incorrect colormap is no longer displayed for texture selector on systems running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35207
*Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults no longer occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35206
*Quake3: Corruption is no longer noticed when changing the display resolution when the game is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35209
*SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center and now gets applied to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297
*Running X server without a window manager no longer results in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34299
*Corruption is no longer noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34301
*Clock Gating is now supported and enable under the Linux operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35191
*The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using xcommgr. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35192
*Using the wrong delimiter in aticonfig --set-dispattrib=<disp>,<attr>, <value> no longer results in a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35194
*Audio out is now functioning after the installation of the ATI graphics drivers for Ubuntu 7.10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35196
*Bandwidth corruption is no longer noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
*Playing a video clip using mplayer with the Xv extension enabled no longer results in an error indicating that Xv could not find a free Xv port. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35198
*Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling Big Desktop on systems containing an ATI FireGL X1 series of product and running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35199
*Running the X server generations test no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or a Kernel panic to occur after first server generation on SuSE 10.3 64 bit. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35200
*Attempting to resize a 2D application window no longer results in poor performance being noticed when composing is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35201
*Screen flicker is no longer noticed after running amdcccle in X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35202
*Corruption is no longer noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35203
*Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35204
*Starting glxgears and/or fgl_glxgears no longer results in the gears failing to render on SuSE 10.2 x86_64. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35205
*FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X no longer fails to respond when launching either of the applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35210
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:
*DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35219
*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
*Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI *Radeon HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
*Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 product may result in the display device flashing multiple times or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34300
*DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34278
*Setting the Overscan to an invalid value may result in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211
*An incorrect error message may be returned when applying an unsupported TV geometry in a console terminal. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35212
*Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35213
*An X segmentation fault may occur when launching SUZI/textured video. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35214
*Creating two successive connections may result in direct GL context to fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35215
*Moving the mouse or tapping a key may fail to close an OpenGL screen-saver and bring the user back to the x desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35216
*The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35217
*Opening a terminal and running semiautomated DPPT tests via lnxtest.sh may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35218
Last edited by Zibi1981 (2008-06-19 15:42:23)

Embarrassing problem with ATI HD 5850 (Noise + Drivers)

Hi all. First of all let me warn you that I'm French so sometimes my english will probably be inaccurate.
I experience some problems with my graphic card, a MSI ATI Radeon HD 5850, my screen is a Samsung Syncmaster 2233rz.
The drivers I got with my box was the 9.12 version (something like that).
Here are the games I installed :
Quake 2
Quake 4
Quake Live
Killing Floor
Painkiller
Bioshock
Fear
Fear 2
Starcraft
I did some tests with some of them.
With the basic drivers for the CD of the box :
Quake 2 : Doesn't appear in fullscreen mode, or with awful colors, but if I put the opengl option in the video settings then it's ok.
Quake 4 : Seems alright, but I had to choose a particular resolution or the game would just appear in a small windows in the center of the screen.
Starcraft : The game is horrible, appears in a small window in the upright corner of the screen and with terrible colors.
Quake Live : Seems ok but difficult to find a good resolution so that the image takes the whole screen.
Fear 2 : Seems alright...
Now here comes what disturbs me :
Fear : Horrible sound when I enter the menu that comes from the graphic card. Like a whistling sound, like a teapot getting hot.
Painkiller : Same horrible sound, even louder.
This sound was terrible and I wanted to get the window streched out so that Starcraft and other games would appear in fullscreen mode automatically (I couldn't enable it in ATI Catalyst).
So I installed drivers 10.6 :
Quake Live : Problem with some colors, I heard 10.5 and 10.6 wasn't compatible with Quake Live...
Okay...
So I installed 10.4 :
Possibility to make the screen strech in the Catalyst menu so Starcraft was ok.
Fear : Terrible sound in the menu and game + the game crashes (frozen screen) after 30 seconds of gaming.
Painkiller : Terrible sound in the menu, didn't even play.
Quake 4 : Was pretty much okay, only little annoying sound, but crashes after 30 seconds of gaming (same as Fear).
Quake Live : Ok.
Quake 2 : Was pretty much okay, I could play in fullscreen with the opengl thing.
Fear 2 : All seems ok ( !!!!????).
So...I was pissed off because of Fear and Quake 4 crashes.
Then I went back to the 9.12 version :
Quake 4 : Unlaunchable (LOL, it was ok before I installed 10.6 and 10.4...?????????????????????)
Quake 2 : Impossible to go in OpenGl mode (Was possible previously...?????????????????????)
Fear : Horrible sound but the game doesn't crash it seems.
Fear 2 : Seems ok (good game ^^)
Starcraft : The game is horrible, appears in a small window in the upright corner of the screen and with terrible colors. -> Impossibility to activate the automatic stretching again it seems.
Painkiller : Horrible sound, didn't try to play.
Quake Live : Ok.
What can I do ? I'm currently downloading the 10.1 patch. I want to play all the games, not 3 out of 10 with each patch,
and what is this horrible noise my graphic card seems to do when I play some games (not even all...) ? I try to put the fans at maximum with ATI Overdrive (smthing like that) and that sound wasn't here, so where does it comes from...that's a mistery.
If somebody can be of any help I'll be really happy. I have no problem with the sound if that doesn't mean that the card has a problem and will probably explode one day, but the crashing sound and OpenGl problems and all...
What would you advise to that I get a perfect intallation of the 10.1 version ?
P.S : Thanks, of course !

Quote from: Infuscomus on 07-July-10, 22:44:37
I just stopped the test because it was 52 minutes already...
I did the test with render open GL 3, now I'm going to do it with open Gl 2
I chose full screen 1680 x 1050 and MSAA 8x
Maximum temp : 64°, mini 44°, it stayed between 60 and 63 in general.
Average fps 3xx, maximum 41x, mini 12x.
Well your VGA is fine then
Quote
Now here is what I experience when I play those games :
Quake 4 : Crash after 30 seconds - 1 minute of playing, grey screen with green bars or just frozen screen. I have to alt + tab and use ctrl + alt + del to close it.
FEAR : Huge noise from the graphic card in the menus, like a teapot whistling, and screen freezes after 30 seconds of playing : alt + tab -> The display driver AMD driver has stopped responding but have been recovered blablabla".
Bioshock : After the intro movie, I hear the sound but the screen is black permanently, I have no other solution than reseting my PC.
Painkiller : Huge noise from the graphic card in the menus, like a teapot whistling, and screen freezes after 30 seconds of playing : alt + tab -> The display driver AMD driver has stopped responding but have been recovered blablabla".
Fear 2 : All seems alright.
Starcraft : Dito.
Quake Live : Dito.
Quake 2 : Dito.
Killing Floor : Dito.
Look for latest game patches, try different VGA drivers if needs too.
It's not hardware issue.

AMD/ATI Catalyst 7.12 Released

7.12 Release Notes wrote:
New Features
This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver introduces support for the following new operating systems:
* Red Flag DT 6.0 Support
* OpenSUSE 10.3 support
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:
* A memory leak is no longer noticed when running OpenGL applications
* Running X -configure no longer results in a segmentation fault in the fglrx driver
* fglrxinfo no longer reports OpenGL Render string: as Mesa GLX Indirect on systems containing an ATI Rialto AGP series of product
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 737-30687
* Corruption may be noticed in the lower right corner of the display after the system is running for a long period of time
* Display flicker may be noticed when the gnome screen-saver starts
* Diagonal tearing may be noticed when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
* Video playback may look blocky when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
* Video Playback may display wrong colors and additional shadow images when cropping or expanding a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
* Connecting a display device that supports 1680x1050 to a system running Linux may result in a maximum display resolution of 1280x1024 only being available
* Custom mode lines in xorg.conf may be ignored by the fglrx driver
* Building RPM packages for Mandriva may fail
Of other note, apparently the libGL soname issue that we devs have noticed with the catalyst-utils package should be fixed.
I'm building packages now - once you get them, feel free to post your experiences.
Last edited by Cerebral (2007-12-21 00:41:17)

robbel wrote:
thayer wrote:Oy... interestingly enough, after upgrading and restarting X I've lost my native resolution of 1680*1050. xrandr --query reports the new max as 1280*1024. Reverting both catalyst and catalyst-utils restores the proper resolution. For the record, I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X1400.
Hey,
I have exactly the same problem (Radeon 9700 Mobility here). My native resolution is 1400x1050 and it used to work just fine but the newest driver maxes out at 1280x1024 (as reported by xrandr).
Shame ATI can't write drivers.
Thanks for posting the old packages.
Best,
Philipp
Me too. Normally I use 1440x900 resolution, but after updating, my resolution is totally wrong. Thanks for the packages!
Last edited by LinuxPatsku (2007-12-21 10:00:16)

ATI catalyst 11.3-1 + Xserver 1.9.4

First off, i dont think i am a noob, but still pretty unexpired so sorry if stuff don't make sense, or if i post in the fail forumsection.
I have just reinstalled Arch because my root directory was about to blow over. So i did. Unfortonatly the newest catalyst and xorg didnt work, or i am just stupid but when i installed Arch fist(a month ago i think) X and catalyst worked right away. So i think that there is a compatiblety problem with the newest versions. I really need the catalyst driver as the opensource doesn't support the newest radeon's very good in term of 3d.
So here is about what i did.
i had allready compiled(if makepkg does that) the catalyst kernel module and catalyst-utils from AUR(maybe thats the problem?) so i just installed them and then the xorg stuff.
as i run startx i get some errors:
EE failed to load "ati" "vesa" "fbdev" no drivers available.
fatal server error:
no screens found
this was allready the second try, on the one before this i installed & reinstalled the opensource and the catalyst alot, there i got him to find the catalyst, but still X didnt work.
are either X or catalyst just not compatible or did i something wrong?
here is my /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
[ 2376.567]
This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.
[ 2376.571]
X.Org X Server 1.9.4.901 (1.9.5 RC 1)
Release Date: 2011-03-04
[ 2376.572] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 2376.573] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37-ARCH x86_64
[ 2376.574] Current Operating System: Linux Icebear_Arch 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 25 15:10:00 CET 2011 x86_64
[ 2376.574] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/ffa6abc6-daee-4ad0-9776-e87aa9da7b56 ro
[ 2376.575] Build Date: 14 March 2011 10:38:06AM
[ 2376.576]
[ 2376.577] Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
[ 2376.577] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 2376.579] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2376.581] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 30 18:46:52 2011
[ 2376.582] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 2376.583] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 2376.583] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 2376.583] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 2376.583] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 2376.583] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 2376.583] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 2376.583] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 2376.583] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[ 2376.583] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2376.583] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 2376.583] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2376.583] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 2376.583] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2376.583] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 2376.583] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2376.583] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 2376.583] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 2376.583] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 2376.583] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 2376.583] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/
[ 2376.583] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 2376.583] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 2376.583] (II) Loader magic: 0x7d42e0
[ 2376.583] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 2376.583] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 2376.583] X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
[ 2376.583] X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
[ 2376.583] X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
[ 2376.584] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:6899:1682:2970 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfdcc0000/131072, I/O @ 0x0000ce00/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 2376.584] (--) PCI: (0:3:0:0) 14f1:8880:0070:53f1 rev 4, Mem @ 0xfd600000/2097152
[ 2376.584] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 2376.584] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 2376.584] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2376.584] compiled for 1.9.4.901, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2376.584] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 2376.584] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 2376.584] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 2376.585] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 2376.585] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2376.585] compiled for 1.9.4.901, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2376.585] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 2376.585] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 2376.585] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 2376.585] (II) Module glx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 2376.585] compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 2376.585] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 2376.585] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2376.585] compiled for 1.9.4.901, module version = 1.13.0
[ 2376.585] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 2376.585] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 2376.585] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 2376.585] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2376.585] compiled for 1.9.4.901, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2376.585] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 2376.585] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 2376.585] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2376.585] compiled for 1.9.4.901, module version = 1.2.0
[ 2376.585] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 2376.585] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 2376.585] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 2376.585] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 2376.585] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 2376.585] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 2376.585] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 2376.586] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module ati
[ 2376.586] (II) UnloadModule: "ati"
[ 2376.586] (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 2376.586] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 2376.587] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 2376.587] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 2376.587] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 2376.587] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 2376.587] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 2376.587] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 2376.587] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 2376.588] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 2376.589]
Fatal server error:
[ 2376.591] no screens found
[ 2376.592]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 2376.595] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 2376.596]
Last edited by NoiSe_NOR (2011-04-02 22:17:52)

Kirurgs wrote:
Hi!
Please check this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AT … Bxorg19.5D
Install this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AT … alyst-hook
Please do this as well: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AT … figuration (or as I did, create ones in xorg.conf.d)
That should make a trick
regards
Kirurgs
thx for for the help, i thoug i got it to work but now i got blank screens(white with twm black with openbox) when running startx
i installed xorg-server from xorg19 repo and made an dualhead config with the aticonfig tool. in adition i made the DRI section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf as suggested on the wiki.
Last edited by NoiSe_NOR (2011-04-02 22:21:14)

[SOLVED] ATI Catalyst / Xorg issue with Multihead (3monitor)

i'm having problems for a long time, with different versions of the ATI Catalyst driver and Xorg,
right now i'm using this versions,
catalyst-hook 11.2-2
catalyst-utils 11.2-1
lib32-catalyst-utils 11.2-1
xorg-server 1.9.4.901-1
xorg-server-common 1.9.4.901-1
xorg-server-utils 7.6-2
the catalyst package are from the catalyst server recommended by the Arch Wiki
http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/catalyst/x86_64
the problem that i have is that when i try to pass from one monitor to another, when
i pass to the 3rd one the X crashes, this happen always with the same monitor no matter what.
here is the backtrace from the startx logs,
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49f788]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x60349) [0x460349]
2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f28028b7000+0xf150) [0x7f28028c6150]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (0x7f27fecf4000+0x86ffff) [0x7f27ff563fff]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (0x7f27fecf4000+0x86fb5d) [0x7f27ff563b5d]
5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13bce2) [0x53bce2]
6: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13be31) [0x53be31]
7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13a880) [0x53a880]
8: /usr/bin/X (miPointerUpdateSprite+0x18c) [0x45871c]
9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x5892d) [0x45892d]
10: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x164266) [0x564266]
11: /usr/bin/X (mieqProcessDeviceEvent+0x172) [0x49ef52]
12: /usr/bin/X (mieqProcessInputEvents+0xcc) [0x49f08c]
13: /usr/bin/X (ProcessInputEvents+0x9) [0x469969]
14: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2cf73) [0x42cf73]
15: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2131e) [0x42131e]
16: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f2801837dcd]
17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x20ec9) [0x420ec9]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
i wanted to know if there is any official forum / bug tracker of amd/ati where report this bug,
or if one of you had this kind of problem before and can give me a hand to resolve this, i would be grateful.
here is the ati report about the system info,
http://pastebin.com/jU73mU4W
http://ideone.com/mcISC
thanks in advance.
regards.
Last edited by hord (2011-07-10 20:26:12)

solved!
since the cursor used through the proprietary catalyst driver have issues, use instead the SW cursor,
Section "Device"
Option "SWCursor" "true"
EndSection
[0] http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=86
[1] http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=117
[2] http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.p … post209030
Last edited by hord (2011-07-10 20:25:23)

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