Compiz running with fglrx drivers and AIGLX

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Hi there.
Just for the record, i just tried out the new AMD fglrx drivers. (They are not in the arch repos yet)
/* Edit: By now they are in testing repo */
Believe it or not Compiz works!
I tested compiz-fusion like this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com … Repository
Known issues:
*amdcccle refuses to start
*compiz does not work when using a dualhead setup
*some games (Tremulous, ioquake3(?),.....?) have a weird gamma when running in fullscreen, they are all dark and have weak colours, its fine in window mode
*xv video output is flickering
*running quake2world in fullscreen causes the same flickering - i think this is a compiz bug not an ATI bug.
*strange white borders around things when using GTK window decorator, use emerald instead
[maci@notebob ~]$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep Compos
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[maci@notebob ~]$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep AIGL|grep -v WW
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
I also made a cheap benchmark:
fglrx 8.40.4:
[maci@notebob ~]$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
2178 frames in 5.0 seconds = 435.600 FPS
2238 frames in 5.0 seconds = 447.600 FPS
2258 frames in 5.0 seconds = 451.600 FPS
fglrx 8.42.3:
[maci@notebob ~]$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
2964 frames in 5.0 seconds = 592.800 FPS
3159 frames in 5.0 seconds = 631.800 FPS
3147 frames in 5.0 seconds = 629.400 FPS
This is my hardware:
[maci@notebob ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 21)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 21)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
[b]01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10][/b]
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
02:06.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
02:09.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ac)
02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
[maci@notebob ~]$
I am running the latest kernel from core:
[maci@notebob ~]$ uname -a
Linux notebob 2.6.23-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 22 10:58:45 UTC 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
This is the xorg.conf I am using:
[maci@notebob ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# 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/"
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" # Double buffer extension
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
Option "GARTSize" "64"
# Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes"
Option "DesktopSetup" "single"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Note: Screenshots will follow soon.
Last edited by maci (2007-10-25 18:02:58)

Answer 1

get the PKGBUILDs for fglrx and fglrx-utils from abs and replace them with those (you need the patches from abs):
pkgname=fglrx
pkgver=8.42.3
_kernel_version=2.6.23
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary AMD/ATI kernel drivers for Radeon brand cards. Stock kernel."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.ati.amd.com"
#license provided by fglrx-utils package
license=('custom:"fglrx"')
depends=("fglrx-utils>=${pkgver}" "kernel26>=${_kernel_version}")
makedepends=()
replaces=('ati-fglrx')
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run kernel-2.6.23.patch)
md5sums=('56ff087389b5594f0db9949354bb0698'
         '03eabf812017ebe353f74cfab5388bee')
_kernver=${_kernel_version}-ARCH
build() {
    cd $startdir/src
    [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && _arch="x86"
    [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && _arch="x86_64"
    chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run
    ./ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run --extract archive_files
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/arch/${_arch}/* $startdir/src/ -r
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/* $startdir/src/ -r
    if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
      cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710_64a/* $startdir/src/ -r
    else
      cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710/* $startdir/src/ -r
    fi
    cd $startdir/src
    cd $startdir/src/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
    patch -Np0 -i $startdir/src/kernel-2.6.23.patch || return 1
    # Build the kernel module
    cp 2.6.x/Makefile .
    make -C /lib/modules/${_kernver}/build SUBDIRS="`pwd`" modules || return 1
    # Install the kernel module
    install -m 644 -D $startdir/src/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.ko \
        $startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/video/fglrx.ko
    sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" $startdir/$install
pkgname=fglrx-utils
pkgver=8.42.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary AMD/ATI userspace tools and libraries for Radeon brand cards."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.ati.amd.com"
# license provided in this package also applies to
# kernel module pkgs, and is noted in their PKGBUILDs
license=('custom:"fglrx"')
#finger required for acpi scripts
depends=('xorg-server>=1.1.1' 'libdrm' 'libstdc++5' 'netkit-bsd-finger' \
         'libxrandr' 'libsm' 'fontconfig' 'libxcursor' 'libxi') 
replaces=('ati-drivers' 'ati-fglrx-utils')
conflicts=('libgl' 'ati-drivers-module' 'ati-drivers' 'nvidia')
provides=('libgl')
install=fglrx-utils.install
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run \
        amdcccle.desktop fglrx.sh atieventsd.sh ati-powermode.sh.patch)
md5sums=('56ff087389b5594f0db9949354bb0698'
         '1f4b870e977b155af549442932e8ce6f'
         'bdafe749e046bfddee2d1c5e90eabd83'
         'f729bf913613f49b0b9759c246058a87'
         '150c5cd49e9affe3635415aa9d9c00e6')
sha1sums=('b8e878e846e0971d49339ee5957acc6482329510'
          'ec0271dfc6926efe28c791242a613c27b1f79bcb'
          '5339ab8c6268bd8a886c56bd1ea25ecd2fe09985'
          '3a9444e247e46df62c8effb64f8ed39d3665c5c5'
          'afd5121c6c5520929e5a274780721e3200cce590')
options=('!strip')
build() {
    cd $startdir/src
    [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && _arch="x86";
    [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && _arch="x86_64";
    chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run
    ./ati-driver-installer-$pkgver-x86.x86_64.run --extract archive_files
    # Grab the example ACPI scripts for lid close and AC plugged/unplugged
    mkdir -p $startdir/src/etc/
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/usr/share/doc/fglrx/examples/etc/acpi $startdir/src/etc -r
    cd $startdir/src/etc/acpi
    sed -i "s#/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig#/usr/bin/aticonfig#g" $startdir/src/etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh || return 1
    sed -i "s#--effective=now##g" $startdir/src/etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh || return 1
    patch -Np0 -i $startdir/src/ati-powermode.sh.patch
    cd ../..
    # Get our architecture files and common files all in one place
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/arch/${_arch}/* $startdir/src/ -r
    cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/* $startdir/src/ -r
    if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
       cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710_64a/* $startdir/src/ -r
     else
       cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710/* $startdir/src/ -r
    fi
    # Remove src and documents - install remaining files
    mkdir -p $startdir/src/usr/share/pixmaps
    mv $startdir/src/usr/share/icons/* $startdir/src/usr/share/pixmaps/
    rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/{src,share/{icons,doc,applnk,gnome}}
    # Install into correct paths for Xorg7
    install -d -m 755 $startdir/pkg/usr/include $startdir/pkg/usr/bin \
            $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules $startdir/pkg/etc \
            $startdir/pkg/usr/share $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin \
            $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d $startdir/pkg/etc/acpi
    mv $startdir/src/etc/* $startdir/pkg/etc/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/sbin/* $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/include/* $startdir/pkg/usr/include/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/share/* $startdir/pkg/usr/share/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/include/* $startdir/pkg/usr/include/
    mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/bin/* $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/
    if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/
      rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib
     else
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/
      rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/modules
      mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/
    fi
    # create proper symlinks to libGL.so, libfglrx_pp.so, and libfglrx_gamma.so
    cd $startdir/pkg/usr/lib
    ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so
    ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
    ln -sf /usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 libfglrx_pp.so.1
    ln -sf /usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 libfglrx_gamma.so.1
    mkdir -p ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
    cd ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
    ln -sf libGLcore.xorg libGLcore.so
    ln -sf libglx.xorg libglx.so
    # correct dir permissions
    find $startdir/pkg/usr -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
    # correct FILE permissions - >=8.39.4 has nearly every file marked 0744. This
    # is dumb, and previous versions of the drivers had no files marked this
    # way.  Fixing permissions of files to what they were in 8.38.6
    find $startdir/pkg/etc -not -type d -exec chmod 0444 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/etc -name '*.sh' -not -type d -exec chmod a+x {} \;
    chmod u+w $startdir/pkg/etc/{ati/control,acpi/ati-powermode.sh}
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/{bin,lib,sbin} -not -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
    chmod 0555 $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin/atigetsysteminfo.sh
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/lib -name '*.a' -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/{share,include} -not -type d -exec chmod 0444 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/share/ati/amdcccle/ -name '*.qm' -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
    find $startdir/pkg/usr/share/man -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
    # install licenses
    install -m 0644 -D $startdir/src/archive_files/ATI_LICENSE.TXT \
                     $startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/fglrx/AMD_ATI_LICENSE.TXT
    # create DE file
    install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/amdcccle.desktop \
            $startdir/pkg/usr/share/applications/amdcccle.desktop
    # thanks to cerebral, we dont need that damned symlink
    install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/fglrx.sh \
            $startdir/pkg/etc/profile.d/fglrx.sh
    # Add ATI Events Daemon launcher
    install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/atieventsd.sh \
            $startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d/atieventsd