fglrx 8.4 released today. Any chance for hardy?

[Michael Sebastian]

See announcement here:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=catalyst_84&num=1

Release notes:
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_84_linux.html

Interesting release note:
This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver introduces early look support for Ubuntu 8.04 which is also known as Hardy Heron.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Timo says post-RC it may be doable, conditionally:

<tjaalton> bryce_: seems that it fixes some issues that are reported, so if the kernel guys / RM is ok with it, so am I

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Uploaded to my PPA, please test:

https://edge.launchpad.net/~tjaalton/+archive

not built just yet.

[stg (steve-garon-deactivatedaccount)]

I just upgraded my gutsy to Hardy RC and it broke my DRI ... I tried your drivers with no luck ... I tried ATI's installer with no luck and I tries envyng with no luck ... I wish I stayed at gutsy ...

fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2)

dpkg -l | grep fglrx
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2.6.24.13-16.35~tja1 Dummy package for easy transition
ii fglrx-control 1:8-4+2.6.24.13-16.35~tja1 Control panel for the ATI graphics accelerat
ii fglrx-kernel-source 1:8-4+2.6.24.13-16.35~tja1 ATI binary kernel module source
ii xorg-driver-fglrx 1:7.1.0-8-4+2.6.24.13-16.35~tja1 Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators
ii xorg-driver-fglrx-dev 1:7.1.0-8-4+2.6.24.13-16.35~tja1 Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators (

(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect X server version (query_status=-3)
(EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

The only way I found that could result on my computer to work properly again is to start shopping for an Nvidia card ... lol

Nah seriously, can anyone point me in the right direction with this 8.4 no DRI ?

[Michael Sebastian (msebast2)]

Timo,

I have updated and tested the files from your ppa.
Nothing bad happened and I did not see any regressions.
Nothing good happened either.
For me the bugs are identical to 8.3 fglrx.
It doesn't look like ATI changed anything at all.

Strangely the driver version number in the X log has not changed.
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.47.3
Shouldn't that say 8.47.4 ?
I know I installed your package because the release identifier and build date are different.

I also built and installed debs using the download from amd.
And I got exactly the same results and version/release numbers.

It seems as if ATI did not change anything in this release.
Even the bug they claimed to fix with amdcccle flickering is not fixed.

I'm not sure it's worth the trouble to get this into hardy.

But thanks anyway for your help.
-Mike

[pauls (paulatgm)]

I also installed these packages and notice no change in the version number. However, everything continues to work, so I don't see any problems with upgrading. And maybe it'll be worth it to get support for the new xorg.conf in aticonfig.

[The Fiddler (stapostol)]

I've installed 8.4 without problems (X1950 Pro, x86_64). Compared to 8.3, it improves scrolling in Firefox and Opera significantly when using Compiz. It also seems a little more stable under stress-testing (creating and destroying 100 OpenGL contexts asynchronously would cause the whole PC to lock up with 8.3. I haven't been able to reproduce the problem with 8.4). No negative side effects observed until now, and no new OpenGL extensions supported on 8.4.

For these reasons alone, fglrx 8.4 is a worthwhile update to Hardy. Besides, the version number fits nicely with Ubuntu 8.04 ;-)

Keep in mind that we'll probably be stuck with these drivers for 6 months at least, so improved stability and performance are important features.

[Maik Rosenow (marox)]

stg wrote on 2008-04-19:

(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 7.1.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect X server version (query_status=-3)
(EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *

I got the same error and warnings in my logs directly after the upgrade from gutsy to hardy. Found out the new linux kernel headers were missing.
I installed them and the ati drivers (8.4) again, works like a charma now. So check, whether all needed packages are installed.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Unfortunately, we did not get 8.4 in for 8.04. Principally this was due to the lateness of things, and the release team being uncomfortable slotting in a new binary package at the last minute, but also because there didn't seem to be many strong motivating factors (bugs fixed, etc.)

8.04.1 is coming up, which presents another opportunity to upgrade fglrx (8.5?) that we'll look into.

[Ian W. (walker-643)]

Maik Rosenow wrote on 2008-04-26:
I got the same error and warnings in my logs directly after the upgrade from gutsy to hardy. Found out the new linux kernel headers were missing.
I installed them and the ati drivers (8.4) again, works like a charma now. So check, whether all needed packages are installed.

I have exactly the same errors and warnings in my X log as described here. Maik wrote that he found a missing package of kernel headers, but I have found no such gap. Could we get a little more info on what packages need to be installed (or, even better, which were missing from your system, Maik)?

Bryce said that 8.04.1 will be released shortly and might include fglrx 8.5. Are we thinking that this problem is resolved in 8.5? If so, I would certainly be willing to wait on it. I think I could live without Compiz for a few days :P

Cheers -
Ian

[Giovanni Lovato (heruan)]

According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseSchedule, 8.04.1 will be released on July 3rd. I wonder if the upgrade will be automatic or we'll have to change release name on repositories...

[Tim D (humbletim)]

for reference i got 8.47.3 working this afternoon on hardy via envyng setup plus missing(?) package xorg-driver-fglrx-dev-envy.

i'm not sure if it is actually this follow-up package itself or a side effect (re-configures some DKMS stuff), but it consistently activates OpenGL and DRI for me after a fresh envyng.

what i did was simply:
1) sudo envyng -t (automatic install ATI driver)
2) sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx-dev-envy
... and reboot

ps: i've downloaded but haven't tried the 8.5 ATI release yet -- just happy to be up and running at all again after upgrading to hardy. 8.5 came out last week http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

-tim
IBM T41p / ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL T2/T2e.

[Timothy R. Chavez (timrchavez)]

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