ATI/AMD Radeon HD2*00 does not work in Intrepid

[emarkay]

Tried both the native 9.04 drivers, then removed them as shown here:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/285603
and then installed the latest ATI/AMD driver from here:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.2&lang=English

I first got garbled video but after installing the above ATI driver, I got a desktop, but with no panels visible. Also apparently the screen size is larger than the monitor - BUT - rearranging the icons keeps them to the screen size displayed, and Firefox displays correctly.

I can get to the terminal, so of there are commands I can use to get additional data please let me know. This is on a backup machine that worked 100% in the prior (Jaunty) release!

It is a Radeon HD2600XT AGP (R600 series) card, on a HDTV using HDMI, at 1360 x 768 with 512Meg VRAM, in a 2.8 GHz/2Gb/Celeron PC.

I have been posting and reading up on this, and while it may be similar to bugs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368187,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365059
There is not enough info there to confirm this is the same issue.

It may also be an "X" or XORG issue, and if this it appears as so, let me know and I can get the data as asked here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting.

(Question: how can I use "$ ubuntu-bug -p xserver-xorg-video-ati" if I am reporting this bug from another, correctly operating computer? - but I figured out a way to submit this anyway, but you may want to note this possibility.)

[emarkay (mrk)]

I pulled this from a post, to focus on the issue:

- Jaunty comes with X.Org server 1.6 and fglrx 9.4

- only fglrx 9.4 and upper versions will be compatible with xorg-server 1.6, so you cannot use previous versions of fglrx on Jaunty.

- beginning with version 9.4, the fglrx driver have no more support for old GPU models

FYI: Here is the key to the Radeon card verses chipset data:
  * RV505: Radeon X1550, X1550 64bit
  * RV515: Radeon X1300, X1550, X1600; FireGL V3300, V3350
  * RV516: Radeon X1300, X1550, X1550 64-bit, X1600; FireMV 2250
  * R520: Radeon X1800; FireGL V5300, V7200, V7300, V7350
  * RV530: Radeon X1300 XT, X1600, X1600 Pro, X1650; FireGL V3400, V5200
  * RV535: Radeon X1300, X1650
  * RV550: Radeon X2300 HD
  * RV560: Radeon X1650
  * RV570: Radeon X1950, X1950 GT; FireGL V7400
  * R580: Radeon X1900, X1950; AMD Stream Processor
  * R600: Radeon HD 2900 GT/Pro/XT; FireGL V7600/V8600/V8650
  * RV610: Radeon HD 2350, HD 2400 Pro/XT, HD 2400 Pro AGP; FireGL V4000
  * RV620: Radeon HD 3450, HD 3470
  * RV630: Radeon HD 2600 LE/Pro/XT, HD 2600 Pro/XT AGP; Gemini RV630; FireGL V3600/V5600
  * RV635: Radeon HD 3650, HD 3670
  * RV670: Radeon HD 3690, 3850, HD 3870, FireGL V7700, FireStream 9170
  * R680: Radeon HD 3870 X2
  * M52: Mobility Radeon X1300
  * M54: Mobility Radeon X1400; M54-GL
  * M56: Mobility Radeon X1600; Mobility FireGL V5200
  * M58: Mobility Radeon X1800, X1800 XT; Mobility FireGL V7100, V7200
  * M62: Mobility Radeon X1350
  * M64: Mobility Radeon X1450, X2300
  * M66: Mobility Radeon X1700, X1700 XT; FireGL V5250
  * M68: Mobility Radeon X1900
  * M71: Mobility Radeon HD 2300
  * M72: Mobility Radeon HD 2400; Radeon E2400
  * M74: Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
  * M76: Mobility Radeon HD 2600; (Gemini ATI) Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
  * M82: Mobility Radeon HD 3400
  * M86: Mobility Radeon HD 3650, HD 3670, Mobility FireGL V5700
  * M88: Mobility Radeon HD 3850, HD 3850 X2, HD 3870, HD3870 X2
  * RS600: Radeon Xpress 1200, Xpress 1250
  * RS690: Radeon X1200, X1250, X1270
  * RS740: RS740, RS740M
  * RS780: Radeon HD 3100/3200/3300 Series
  * R700: Radeon R700
  * RV710: Radeon HD4570, HD4350
  * RV730: Radeon HD4670, HD4650
  * RV740: Radeon HD4770. EXPERIMENTAL AND UNTESTED
  * RV770: Radeon HD 4800 Series; Everest, K2, Denali ATI FirePro
  * RV790: Radeon HD 4890
  * M92: Mobility Radeon HD4330, HD4530, HD4570. EXPERIMENTAL
  * M93: Mobility Radeon M93. EXPERIMENTAL AND UNTESTED
  * M96: Mobility Radeon HD4600
  * M97: Mobility Radeon HD4860. EXPERIMENTAL AND UNTESTED
  * M98: Mobility Radeon HD4850, HD4870
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeonhd/plain/README

- the 9.4 driver isn't so stable even with the right GPUs

So is evidenced by various posts here and elsewhere,3D mode and dual monitors especially; and again, in my case "If you are running an ATI R600 (Radeon HD 2000 series) graphics card or later, the Catalyst 9.4 driver can be found at AMD.com." is NOT true!)

[emarkay (mrk)]

I reinstalled 9.04 completely and was not able to reproduce this condition, and was able to get a satisfactory display - GLXGEARS running at over 1000 FPS.