[HD 4850] fglrx in mesa mode

[Tares]

hello,

I've installed fglrx from repos. It installs and works, but I get awefully low performance. I think I found the problem, which is showed in CCC :
http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cccgc5.png
It's in polish, but as you can see it reports that my HD4850 is using fglrx but OpenGL is from mesa. Although, fglrxinfo shows :
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1.8087 Release

So it seems like it should be ok, but in q3 I get like 70 fps instead of 1k+, and I cant even start etqw cause of segfaults.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02)
     Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device [147b:1085]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] [1002:9442]
     Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device [10b0:0401]

[Tares (tares-kun)]

8.543-0ubuntu3 didn't fix the problem :/

[Tares (tares-kun)]

I've did a little testing here.

I've downloaded daily-build (22.10.08), ran it as livecd. Installed fglrx through synaptic, replaced xorg.conf with my own, and rebooted X. To my surprise amdcccle reported that everything is fine, fglrxinfo also. So i've tried to run q3. This time it didnt start, stating that couldnt load GL (i dont remember exact msg) and after that screen went blank, showing only cursor and there where it hang. The only thing I could do was to reset my pc.

But I've installed daily-build on hdd after formating '/', did the same thing as above (install fglrx and so), but now I'm back to the start. fglrxinfo says its okay, but my amdcccle says the same thing as on the screenshot :/

Dunno what else I can test, upload or do here to help. My gfx is : Gainward HD4850 @625/996.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

AMD64 by chance? If so can you see if i386 exhibits as well?

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 17:04, Tares <email address hidden> wrote:

> I've did a little testing here.
>
> I've downloaded daily-build (22.10.08), ran it as livecd. Installed
> fglrx through synaptic, replaced xorg.conf with my own, and rebooted X.
> To my surprise amdcccle reported that everything is fine, fglrxinfo
> also. So i've tried to run q3. This time it didnt start, stating that
> couldnt load GL (i dont remember exact msg) and after that screen went
> blank, showing only cursor and there where it hang. The only thing I
> could do was to reset my pc.
>
> But I've installed daily-build on hdd after formating '/', did the same
> thing as above (install fglrx and so), but now I'm back to the start.
> fglrxinfo says its okay, but my amdcccle says the same thing as on the
> screenshot :/
>
> Dunno what else I can test, upload or do here to help. My gfx is :
> Gainward HD4850 @625/996.
>
> --
> fglrx in mesa mode
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285366
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> installer in ubuntu.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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[Tares (tares-kun)]

>AMD64 by chance? If so can you see if i386 exhibits as well?

No. I'm using ubuntu-i386, so normal 32bit version.

[Tares (tares-kun)]

8.543-0ubuntu4 still doesn't resolve the problem.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi tares-kun,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Tares (tares-kun)]

Hello,

I've did as you requested. Installed a fresh copy of ubuntu 8.10 final dated at 30.10.08. Activated fglrx through jockey and the outcome is still the same. This time, when I've booted to liveCD and do the same thing, amdcccle said it was the same thing as for installed ubuntu.

I'm attaching my Xorg.log as requested.

[Tares (tares-kun)]

I've forgot to say that I've tried to modify my xorg.conf, but the result is always the same. Anyway I'm attaching my xorg.conf too.

If there is anything more I can do, I'll gladly help to resolve this issue.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

This really sounds like it is a packaging problem, but given you've activated through Jockey, I find that hard to be the root cause.

I think this should be should be submitted upstream then.

[Tares (tares-kun)]

Well, I think its ubuntu problem.

Currently I'm on Ubuntu i686 8.10 with manually installed fglrx 8.11 and the same error occurs, but this time, I've managed to get 3D working as it suppose to.

Anyway I've tested fglrx 8.11 on ubuntu amd64 8.10 daily-build 16.XI.2008 and the problem remains, although 3D works.

Dunno what to check more. Only thing that comes to my head is to try it with other distro.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Tares, one other thing to try is to *completely* remove -fglrx (including all glx components) and reinstall through jockey from scratch.

[Tares (tares-kun)]

Okay, I will try that.

I want to share my few thoughts about this. Recently I've moved to ubuntu 8.10 amd64 thanks to flash 64 and java 64 plugins, anyway with fglrx 8.12 release, the building package for ubuntu is fixed so trying this method I've installed fglrx first on live CD, I was really shocked and happy that finally everything looked normal, I mean fglrxinfo/glxinfo/amdcccle. So without a second thought, I've installed x86_64 and done the same thing, but now on fresh install. Unfortunately I was back to the start.

Anyway with a little tries and changes, I've came with this thing. I always had fusion-icon added to autostart, and with it fglrxinfo/glxinfo looked like before. But when I removed it from autostart, and ubuntu booted to metacity (compiz turned off) fglrxinfo says :
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.8304 Release
As you can see, it's a little improvement. Games reports that now I'm using OpenGL 2.1 and most of all, they works without any problems. I've tried to investigate a little in that direction, so I've changed xorg.conf a little, but that didnt bring more help.

Situation looks like this : fglrxinfo/glxinfo states that everything is perfectly fine. Games/OpenGL programs works but amdcccle stills report mesa mode.

[Jinserk Baik (leo-baik)]

I'm exactly the same case, with x86_32 Ubuntu/intrepid, ati x1400.
With fgl_glxgears and glxgears, both record about 60 fps :-(
I've installed fglrx driver 8.543 in recent repository build, then tried to make the latest 8.561 build from AMD sites, also show the same result.
I'm using dual monitor configuration, but this is not the reason because I got the same result without the secondary monitor.

$ glxinfo |grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
OpenGL version string: 2.1.8304 Release

[Tares (tares-kun)]

Continuing my research on this issue, I've tested few things. First of all, fglrx (8.12/9.1/9.1 beta/9.2 beta) have this issue, second, it's not a system problem, cause I've installed arch x86_64 recently and the result was the same. As for an issue I mean the amdcccle showing mesa not ati renderer. Performance is quite normal.

The most funny thing about this is, that when I run liveCD (8.10 amd64/i686) and install any of drivers mentioned above, then x restart, everything is alright. Performance, glxinfo,fglrx,amdcccle... everything is as it should be. But if I do the same thing on a fresh install, result is in the first post (amdcccle thing).

[Andrei Coman (comandrei)]

I have a ATI Radeon HD 4850 x2 and after installing the fglrx driver with the restricted driver manager,
the display dosen't work anymore. I really need for the fglrx driver for 3D accel and because the video card is very noisy (it has 2 coolers on).

I'm using Jaunty Beta x86_64.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

I've posted a new version of the -fglrx driver to our xorg-edgers PPA,
would you mind testing it either on Jaunty or Karmic and see if it
resolves this bug?

Get fglrx 8.620 here:

  https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa