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=== X-specific issues === | === X-specific issues === | ||
+ | ==== upgrading xserver-xorg ==== | ||
ATI proprietary drivers version 8.21.7 and later work with x.org 6.9. | ATI proprietary drivers version 8.21.7 and later work with x.org 6.9. | ||
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After installing the fglrx driver, you can use module-assist to build the appropriate kernel module. | After installing the fglrx driver, you can use module-assist to build the appropriate kernel module. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== new Xorg ID Scheme ==== | ||
+ | ATI proprietary drivers <=8.36.5 with xorg >=7.1.0-18 (==1.3.0.0) in Debian Sid and Fedora ([http://www.sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-3162-postdays-0-postorder-asc.html Debian] and [http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2382 Fedora] Forum Entries) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ubuntu feisty made their own xorg with the standard id of 7.2, to work around this issue. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Xorg has changed its ID Scheme in newer Versions, and fglrx cannot cope with that (Error message saying "[...] X version mismatch - detected X.org 1.3.-1.905, required X.org 7.1.0.0 [...]"). | ||
+ | |||
+ | A binary hack solves the Problem [http://rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=4638d94143536f6acacbccd8f0443472&t=33889029 (rage3d.com Forum Entry)]. This is a very '''dirty''' solution, and is probably violating the ATI driver license. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Simply using the open source ati driver (or holding back the xorg upgrades) until a new driver is released, is suggested. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As of version 8.37.6, this issue is solved. No more binary hacking needed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== X server gives an error "Invalid video BIOS signature" after installing fglrx ==== | ||
+ | In cases where you get an X error containing the following lines:<br> | ||
+ | fglrx(0): Invalid video BIOS signature!<br> | ||
+ | fglrx(0): GetBIOSParameter failed<br> | ||
+ | fglrx(0): PreInitConfig failed<br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | A solution is to go into '''BIOS''', and set the option under '''Config > Display > Graphics Device''' from Switchable to Discrete. This will allow X to detect your Mobility Radeon graphics card, instead of incorrectly detecting only your integrated Intel chipset graphics. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You should also set the option ''''OS Detection for Switchable Graphics'''' to disabled, so that BIOS won't revert to 'Switchable' after each boot. | ||
=== Kernel-specific troubles === | === Kernel-specific troubles === | ||
+ | ==== 2.6.25 ==== | ||
+ | fglrx 8.4 on kernel 2.6.25 needs a [http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5037932.html#5037932 patch]. | ||
− | Using ATI | + | ==== fglrx <= 8.21.7 ==== |
+ | Using ATI drivers <=8.21.7 with kernel >=2.6.15 needs a [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113429835515001&w=2 patch]. (see table below for detail.) If you can't compile the driver modules with 2.6.15 or later, you should apply this [http://www.ksp.sk/~rasto/fglrx_with_2.6.15.patch patch] instead. | ||
− | If you do not use one of these patches, you may experience peculiar lockups of X. Try {{cmduser|fglrxinfo}} - if your shell hangs at the end of this command, you may have an issue and should try the patch. | + | If you do not use one of these patches, you may experience peculiar lockups of X. Try {{cmduser|fglrxinfo}} - if your shell hangs at the end of this command, you may have an issue and should try the patch or upgrade. |
− | Although unproven, there is a substantial amount of user / developer concern that the above patches prevent hard lockups but do not provide full reliability with 2.6.15 and there are larger / redisgn issues preventing compatibility. | + | Although unproven, there is a substantial amount of user / developer concern that the above patches prevent hard lockups but do not provide full reliability with 2.6.15 and there are larger / redisgn issues preventing compatibility. These issues have been fixed with later ATI drivers (> 8.21.7) so you can simply upgrade if you are running a more modern kernel. |
+ | |||
+ | ==== 2.6.23 ==== | ||
+ | In 2.6.23 release cycle, config option CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP got renamed to CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP. fglrx uses this variable for disabling power management on older kernels. As a result, SMP users running 2.6.23 weren't able to resume properly (almost instant lockup in that rare case fglrx managed to show a few usable pixels. A [http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2007-10/msg03437.html quick patch] is available. | ||
=== No hardware acceleration === | === No hardware acceleration === | ||
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To fix this, compile gcc-3.3.5 and copy <tt>libstdc++.so.5*</tt> to {{path|/usr/lib}} and update the dynamic linker cache via {{cmdroot|ldconfig}}. | To fix this, compile gcc-3.3.5 and copy <tt>libstdc++.so.5*</tt> to {{path|/usr/lib}} and update the dynamic linker cache via {{cmdroot|ldconfig}}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Or install a compat package for your favorite distro. FC4 users can do: | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|yum install libstdc++.so.5}} | ||
====radeonfb framebuffer==== | ====radeonfb framebuffer==== | ||
Another possible cause for broken hardware acceleration (2D and 3D) is the radeonfb framebuffer: Switching to vesafb or vesafb-tng is reported to solve the problem on some systems. Also it has proven helpful to not perform {{cmdroot|modprobe fglrx}} after boot but to have the module loaded via {{path|/etc/modules.autoload/kernel2.x}} at boottime instead. | Another possible cause for broken hardware acceleration (2D and 3D) is the radeonfb framebuffer: Switching to vesafb or vesafb-tng is reported to solve the problem on some systems. Also it has proven helpful to not perform {{cmdroot|modprobe fglrx}} after boot but to have the module loaded via {{path|/etc/modules.autoload/kernel2.x}} at boottime instead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Perpetual Mesa GLX Indirect on Debian==== | ||
+ | If you've done everything right and you're still seeing: | ||
+ | |||
+ | :{{cmduser|fglrxinfo}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|display: :0.0 screen: 0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | try this: | ||
+ | |||
+ | :{{cmdroot|mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thanks to Maciej Matysiak for the clear debug [http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00217.html here] and solution [http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00311.html here]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | More generally, use LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose fglrxinfo, to see what's happening, and whether you get this: | ||
+ | :{{cmduser|<nowiki>LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose</nowiki> fglrxinfo}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL error: dlopen /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL error: unable to find driver: fglrx_dri.so}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|display: :0.0 screen: 0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.2)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | instead of that: | ||
+ | :{{cmduser|<nowiki>LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose</nowiki> fglrxinfo}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|drmOpenByBusid: busid is PCI:1:0:0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|drmOpenDevice: minor is 0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|drmOpenDevice: open result is 4, (OK)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 4}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|Can't open configuration file /home/merlin/.drirc: No such file or directory.}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|fglrx: DPD supported.}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|display: :0.0 screen: 0}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY FIREGL T2 Pentium 4 (SSE2) (FireGL) (GNU_ICD)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|OpenGL version string: 2.0.5879 (8.26.18)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | I have contacted ATI to add that info by default, the mesa guys to do that in glxinfo too, as well as the debian packager to fix the debian packaging bug (2006/07/22), so hopefully the situation will improve soon | ||
+ | |||
+ | You may have to run fglrxinfo as root to get this detail rather than a useless message. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Where to look for fglrx_dri.so (gentoo and general)==== | ||
+ | After installing a new kernel (linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r7) with gentoo I again was not able to get the ATI driver working | ||
+ | correctly. But now I found out what the problem was: | ||
+ | |||
+ | I tried | ||
+ | :{{cmduser|<nowiki>LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose</nowiki> fglrxinfo}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.35.5 fglrx (screen 0)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL error: dlopen /usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32)}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|libGL error: unable to find driver: fglrx_dri.so}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | The error itself makes sense, because I am running a 64-Bit linux on AMD. The question was, why libGL tries to look | ||
+ | in /usr/lib32 only... | ||
+ | |||
+ | After some digging around I found out, that apparently 8.35.5 version of the driver uses the environment variable | ||
+ | '''LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH''' to find out where it should look for the "fglrx_dri.so" driver. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now in my case this environment variable pointed to "/usr/lib32/dri" and that was what caused the problem. | ||
+ | So doing | ||
+ | :{{cmduser|<nowiki>export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH='/usr/lib64/dri:/usr/lib32/dri'</nowiki>}} | ||
+ | solved the problem in my case. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As mentioned I use gentoo. After some more digging around I found out, that it is apparently necessary to call | ||
+ | :{{cmduser|env-update}} | ||
+ | after a re-install of the ATI driver. To be more specific, it seems that "eselect opengl set ati" sometimes | ||
+ | does something wrong. "env-update" seems to repair the problem so that afterwards the '''LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH''' | ||
+ | environment variable is set correctly when you log in. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you want to check, look in <code>/etc/profile.env</code> and <code>/etc/profile.csh</code>. This is the | ||
+ | place where the '''LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH''' environment variable gets set. | ||
=== Softlink hell === | === Softlink hell === | ||
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=====Gentoo===== | =====Gentoo===== | ||
− | {{Gentoo}} has built in tools for managing the OpenGL symlinks. | + | {{Gentoo}} has built in tools for managing the OpenGL symlinks. |
− | |||
:{{cmdroot|eselect opengl set ati}} | :{{cmdroot|eselect opengl set ati}} | ||
− | + | If <tt>eselect opengl ati</tt> doesn't fix it for you, you should probably tell [http://bugs.gentoo.org Gentoo Bugzilla] (assuming they don't know yet). | |
If {{cmdroot|ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/glxinfo}} shows that your system still uses the xorg-x11 mesa libs after trying one of the above commands, i.e. a line like this: | If {{cmdroot|ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/glxinfo}} shows that your system still uses the xorg-x11 mesa libs after trying one of the above commands, i.e. a line like this: | ||
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:{{cmdroot|ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1.2}} | :{{cmdroot|ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1.2}} | ||
After another restart of X {{cmduser|fglrxinfo}} should show that it's using the right libs now. | After another restart of X {{cmduser|fglrxinfo}} should show that it's using the right libs now. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Debian===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | :{{cmdroot|rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|cd /usr/X11R6/lib}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|cp /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/lib/libGL.so.1.2 .}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdroot|ldconfig}} | ||
=== Troubles using software suspend === | === Troubles using software suspend === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Resume doesn't work when any AIGLX clients are active. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/197209 for details and a workaround. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Suspend won't work on any distribution which has activated the new SLUB allocator with fglrx < 8.42. This affects e.g. Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/121653/). The only workaround is currently to compile a custom kernel with SLAB support! | ||
+ | |||
When the computer resumes from suspend, X only displays a garbled image and the computer is frozen. | When the computer resumes from suspend, X only displays a garbled image and the computer is frozen. | ||
The problem is acknowledged in ATI's release notes and in knowledge base entry <strike>[https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBResult.asp?searchFor=Search+Words&search.x=0&search.y=0&searchOption=id&questionID=737-218+&task=knowledge&searchTime=-1&productID=&folderID=-1&resultLimit=50 737-218]</strike> [https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=218 737-218]. Driver version 8.19.10 has "initial support for Suspend and Resume" but is working very nicely for most people (verified on T43, T43p and T42) without vbetool. | The problem is acknowledged in ATI's release notes and in knowledge base entry <strike>[https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBResult.asp?searchFor=Search+Words&search.x=0&search.y=0&searchOption=id&questionID=737-218+&task=knowledge&searchTime=-1&productID=&folderID=-1&resultLimit=50 737-218]</strike> [https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=218 737-218]. Driver version 8.19.10 has "initial support for Suspend and Resume" but is working very nicely for most people (verified on T43, T43p and T42) without vbetool. | ||
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|{{T43}}||FC4||2.6.14.3||8.20.8||suspend2 2.2-rc13||no||DRI enabled | |{{T43}}||FC4||2.6.14.3||8.20.8||suspend2 2.2-rc13||no||DRI enabled | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T43p}}||FC6||2.6.20-1.2933||8.34.8||swsusp, STR||yes||DRI enabled, occasionally fails, reason unknown. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{R50p}}||???||???||8.19.10||swsusp||yes|| | |{{R50p}}||???||???||8.19.10||swsusp||yes|| | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|{{T43p}}||Gentoo||[http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?suspend2-sources-2.6.15-r6 2.6.15]||8.22.5||suspend2 2.2||yes||without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled | |{{T43p}}||Gentoo||[http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?suspend2-sources-2.6.15-r6 2.6.15]||8.22.5||suspend2 2.2||yes||without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T43}}||SUSE 10.1||2.6.16||8.25.18||swsusp||yes||without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T43}}||SUSE 10.1||2.6.16||8.25.18||Suspend to RAM||yes||without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T60}}||Gentoo 2006.1||2.6.19-suspend2||8.31.5||Suspend2||yes||Everything works: 3D, suspend-to-disk, suspend-to-ram, suspend in X.org, switching to VT's at any moment. Never needed to unload any modules manually, worked immediately. Fglrx driver 8.32.5 totally broke suspend for me, so i'm sticking with 8.31.5. T60 2008-B62 model. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T60p}}||Kubuntu 6.06||2.6.15||8.25.18||swsusp||no||Switching to VT to suspend: no resume, X restarts; Not switching: suspend works, garbled X display on resume, later X restarts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T60p}}||Kubuntu 6.06 Text Mode||2.6.15||---||swsusp||yes||suspend works in textmode after rmmod fglrx. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T60p}}||Debian/unstable/experimental||2.6.18||8.31.5-1 (from debian experimental)||susptoram hibernate debian packages||yes||suspend and resume works with X, 3D acc., Xv overlay... | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T60p}}||Fedora Core 6 x86_64||2.6.20-1.2962_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2|| 8.38.6||suspend2 hibernate||yes||suspend2 hibernate and resume working with libata driver (ahci not tested). Xv still broken since 8.35.5. Have not needed to set extra_pages_allowance thus far. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{Z61m}}||Debian Sid||2.6.20.7||8.35.5-1||Suspend to RAM||yes||works without any problems, justs needs the usual acpi_sleep hacks | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{Z61m}}||Debian Sid||2.6.20.7||8.35.5-1||Suspend to Disk (Software Suspend)||yes||works without any problems | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{Z61m}}||Debian Sid||2.6.21||8.35.5-1||Suspend to RAM||yes||fglrx module must not be loaded into the kernel, or it won't resume | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{Z61m}}||openSUSE 10.2||2.6.21.5||8.37.6||suspend2 2.2.10||yes||/sys/power/suspend2/extra_pages_allowance must be set to 20000 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{Z61p}}||ARCH Linux||2.6.20||8.35.5-1||Suspend to RAM||yes||works with KDE suspend | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{T60p}}||Gentoo||2.6.22-r8 gentoo-sources||8.39.4||Suspend to RAM,swsusp||yes||swsusp works without hibernate-script installed (installing breaks it), s-to-RAM works only with CONFIG_FB ''disabled'' in kernel. No acpi_sleep=... parameter, no special script, no vbetool. | ||
|} | |} | ||
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===Display switching === | ===Display switching === | ||
− | The switching between internal and external display doesn't work, because the driver blocks messing around with the chipset via ACPI. If you want to use this feature (i.e. during presentations), you should use the <tt>vesa</tt> server instead (experienced with a R52, Kernel 2.6.11, xorg 6.8.2, fglrx 8.16.20). | + | The switching between internal and external display doesn't work with fglrx versions <= 8.24.8, because the driver blocks messing around with the chipset via ACPI. If you want to use this feature (i.e. during presentations), you should use the <tt>vesa</tt> server instead (experienced with a R52, Kernel 2.6.11, xorg 6.8.2, fglrx 8.16.20). Or boot notebook with CRT connected, it will automatically detect it and display on both. |
===Composite Support=== | ===Composite Support=== | ||
− | ATI | + | ATI, as of fglrx 8.42.3 added composite windowing (alpha channel), enabling hardware accelerated translucent windows (primarily for 'eye candy.') This has not been tested yet, and reports will be added here as users evaluate this versus the R300 open source drivers. |
− | + | For reference, some discussion of current status of drivers can be found in the Rage3d forums' (http://rage3d.com/board) Linux area. | |
− | + | Composite support is also supported with recent Mesa and Xorg > 7 with the open source 3d radeon / R300 drivers found in the linux kernel or debian's driver repository. It works with the [[R300]] / FireGL T2 series as found on the T43p extremely well. This has made rapid progress in speed with the latest few releases, and as of kernel 2.6.23 runs perfectly well with an R300 based card. | |
===Hardlock on X logout=== | ===Hardlock on X logout=== | ||
− | Up from driver version 8.19.10 you will | + | Up from driver version 8.19.10 you will experience a system hard lock when logging out from X, if the session manager (kdm/gdm) is not properly configured. You have to tell the session manager to restart X. |
In the kdm config file (gentoo: {{path|/usr/kde/<VERSION>/share/config/kdm/kdmrc}}) you have to add following to the section <code>[X-:*-Core]</code>: | In the kdm config file (gentoo: {{path|/usr/kde/<VERSION>/share/config/kdm/kdmrc}}) you have to add following to the section <code>[X-:*-Core]</code>: | ||
TerminateServer=true | TerminateServer=true | ||
− | In the gdm config file add: | + | In the gdm config (/etc/gdm/gdm.conf) file add the following to the daemon-section: |
AlwaysRestartServer=true | AlwaysRestartServer=true | ||
Information from the ATI bugtracker: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239 | Information from the ATI bugtracker: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Another reason of hardlock my be using the wrong AGP driver. Make sure that you have proper drivers for your motherboard loaded before fglrx: (gentoo: {{path|/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6}}): | ||
+ | intel-agp | ||
+ | fglrx | ||
+ | |||
+ | A common problem seems to be mistakenly using ATI Chipset drivers instead of Intel. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Information from gentoo bugtracker: <s>[http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113685 113685]</s>. Fixed in 8.25.18 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Cannot switch to VT=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | With usplash boot enabled, it may not be possible to switch to a VT from X (Using Alt+Fn). Tested on T60p (Mobility Fire GLV5200) on Ubuntu 6.06 / 6.10 and fglrx 8.25.18 / 8.28.8. Display may become garbled and system might freeze. Solution (testet on Ubuntu 6.10) is to either remove the "splash" kernel boot parameter or add "vga=791" parameter ("vga=794" can be used on 1400x1050 panel). | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=37 <br> | ||
+ | https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/63558 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Flickering Display=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some people have reported problems with their display flickering when using ati-drivers newer than 8.14.13. The problem is unclear | ||
+ | (possibly associated with an incorrect modeline setting) and no known solution exists except to use the open source radeon drivers. | ||
+ | You can follow this problem here: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248 | ||
===Error messages in system log=== | ===Error messages in system log=== | ||
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This is reported here: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304 | This is reported here: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===WineX / Cedega Installs Software But Errors on Loading Games=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some users may experience problems with certain FIREGL cards (in my case an ibm t43p laptop with a v3200 ati firegl) whereby projects such as cedega and wine refuse to work with 3d graphics, but native binaries (e.g. quake 4) work fine. A possible workaround is to add the following line in the drivers section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf | ||
+ | |||
+ | Option "UseFastTLS" "2" | ||
+ | |||
+ | This option used to be configured with the older ati drivers when you ran "fglrxconfig". I have not yet found a way to get it to appear with "aticonfig", hence the manual insertion. This option is good for several linux distros I have tried, fedora core 5, ubuntu dapper and suse 10.1. It does not appear to effect performance on natively run programs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{NOTE|This may cause problems on machines with a Linux kernel version of 2.6.20 or higher (observed choppy video and video color inversion on T60p with both 2.6.20 and 2.6.21).}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Line Appears Below Mouse Cursor=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some users have reported seeing a line approximately 1 mouse height below the bottom edge of the cursor, which follows the mouse and appears to change color based on the image below the cursor. This has been seen to happen using fglrx without the kernel module installed (in 2D mode) and additionally on external displays or multiple X servers. To work around the problem, try disabling the DGA extension by making the following changes to your XFree86.conf or xorg.conf file. Replace (or comment-out) | ||
+ | Load "extmod" | ||
+ | with | ||
+ | SubSection "extmod" | ||
+ | Option "omit xfree86-dga" | ||
+ | EndSubSection | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Freeze while using OpenGL Apps=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some OpenGL applications such as screensavers or games (SecondLife) cause freezes. The cursor still moves, but otherwise the machine is unresponsive. This is the case with Xorg 7.1 and fglrx 8.29.6 using an x1400 and other cards. The solution is to add the following options to the video Device section in xorg.conf: | ||
+ | Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800" | ||
+ | Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Xv doesn't work correctly with drivers >= 8.36 and Xyyyy-cards=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | See [http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677] for further information. It seems as if only Xyyyy-cards are affected. Problem: graphical glitches with mplayer, programs like xine and totem might not start up at all. 8.35 doesn't seem to be affected | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Floating Point Exception with various X apps=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | When the X server is left to autodetect the DPI, the fglrx driver may fail to supply the monitor dimensions. Video output switching may contribute to this bug. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Problems were experienced on T42p with Ubuntu 7.04, xorg-driver-fglrx 7.1.0-8.34.8+2.6.20.5-16.29. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This can be observed with xdpyinfo | ||
+ | |||
+ | :{{cmduser|xdpyinfo | grep dimensions}} | ||
+ | :{{cmdresult|dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (0x0 millimeters)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Many applications will use the screen size and attempt to calculate DPI, resulting in a divide by zero operation and a SIGFPE. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A work around is to supply the dimensions in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Use the DisplaySize parameter within your monitor's configuration. For example: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Section "Monitor" | ||
+ | Identifier "Generic Monitor" | ||
+ | HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0 | ||
+ | VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0 | ||
+ | Option "DPMS" | ||
+ | DisplaySize 433 351 | ||
+ | EndSection | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === Corrupted 3D display === | ||
+ | With driver version 7-12 or later, you may experience a corrupted 3D display, if your horizontal screen resolution is not a multiple of 64. This is a known bug[http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31720] but ATI support does not have a solution to it yet. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are two possible workarounds for this bug: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1/ Open the Catalyst Control Center and force the anti-aliasing to at least 2x for all applications. This surprisingly fixes the problem, at the expense of framerate. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2/ As suggested by ATI support, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and find the section "Display". Add the following line into the "Display" section: | ||
+ | Virtual <width> <height> | ||
+ | where <width> is the width of your screen in pixels rounded up to the next multiple of 64 and <height> is the height of your screen in pixels. | ||
+ | For example, if your native resolution is 1400x1050, use | ||
+ | Virtual 1408 1050 | ||
+ | |||
+ | After starting the X server you can run {{cmdresult|xrandr -s 0}} to restore the X server to a native display resolution, and 3D rendering will still work. | ||
== Patches == | == Patches == | ||
− | The following patches might be needed for certain versions of fglrx. | + | The following patches might be needed for certain versions of fglrx. Before you apply any of these, make sure that you really need them, as some distributions include all the necessary patches with the appropriate package (e.g. ati-drivers in gentoo). |
+ | |||
+ | ===fglrx 8.37.6=== | ||
+ | * For kernel 2.6.22 you need this patch from a [http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2849 Phoronix thread]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===fglrx 8.35.5=== | ||
+ | * [http://whoopie.gmxhome.de/linux/patches/2.6.20/fglrx-8.35.5-for-2.6.20.patch For kernel 2.6.20], part of the Fedora packaging scripts in the ATI installer | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===fglrx 8.34.8=== | ||
+ | * [http://whoopie.gmxhome.de/linux/patches/2.6.20/fglrx-8.34.8-for-2.6.20.patch For kernel 2.6.20] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===fglrx 8.32.5=== | ||
+ | * [http://whoopie.gmxhome.de/linux/patches/2.6.19/fglrx-8.32.5-for-2.6.19.patch For kernel 2.6.19] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===fglrx 8.23.7=== | ||
+ | * For kernel 2.6.16: [http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/rsync/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/files/ati-drivers-8.22.5-intermodule.patch <tt>intermodule</tt> patch] and [http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/gentoo/rsync/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/files/ati-drivers-8.23.7-noiommu.patch <tt>noiommu</tt> patch] | ||
===fglrx 8.21.7=== | ===fglrx 8.21.7=== | ||
Line 192: | Line 451: | ||
* [http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33798874 for kernels >= 2.6.10] | * [http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33798874 for kernels >= 2.6.10] | ||
* [http://www.gehirn.org.uk/wiki/images/8.8.25-kernel-2.6.11+.patch For kernels >= 2.6.11-rc1] | * [http://www.gehirn.org.uk/wiki/images/8.8.25-kernel-2.6.11+.patch For kernels >= 2.6.11-rc1] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Links === | ||
+ | * [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers Gentoo HOWTO ATI] |
Latest revision as of 02:47, 17 November 2009
This page discusses issues with the ATI proprietary fglrx display driver.
Contents
- 1 Known Troubles and Solutions
- 1.1 X-specific issues
- 1.2 Kernel-specific troubles
- 1.3 No hardware acceleration
- 1.4 Softlink hell
- 1.5 Troubles using software suspend
- 1.6 Troubles with large RAM
- 1.7 Display switching
- 1.8 Composite Support
- 1.9 Hardlock on X logout
- 1.10 Cannot switch to VT
- 1.11 Flickering Display
- 1.12 Error messages in system log
- 1.13 Hang when logging out
- 1.14 No power saving when CRT in use
- 1.15 WineX / Cedega Installs Software But Errors on Loading Games
- 1.16 Line Appears Below Mouse Cursor
- 1.17 Freeze while using OpenGL Apps
- 1.18 Xv doesn't work correctly with drivers >= 8.36 and Xyyyy-cards
- 1.19 Floating Point Exception with various X apps
- 1.20 Corrupted 3D display
- 2 Patches
Known Troubles and Solutions
X-specific issues
upgrading xserver-xorg
ATI proprietary drivers version 8.21.7 and later work with x.org 6.9.
If you are running an older version (8.20.8) under Debian sid and you upgrade your xserver-xorg, apt will force you to remove any debian-packaged fglrx drivers (package fglrx-driver depends on x.org << 6.8.99). You can just download the driver from the ATI site and install after modifying the Debian packager script to allow dependencies to be satisfied by x.org 6.9, or just download 8.21.7 and install manually. See talk page for step-by-step commands.
After installing the fglrx driver, you can use module-assist to build the appropriate kernel module.
new Xorg ID Scheme
ATI proprietary drivers <=8.36.5 with xorg >=7.1.0-18 (==1.3.0.0) in Debian Sid and Fedora (Debian and Fedora Forum Entries)
Ubuntu feisty made their own xorg with the standard id of 7.2, to work around this issue.
Xorg has changed its ID Scheme in newer Versions, and fglrx cannot cope with that (Error message saying "[...] X version mismatch - detected X.org 1.3.-1.905, required X.org 7.1.0.0 [...]").
A binary hack solves the Problem (rage3d.com Forum Entry). This is a very dirty solution, and is probably violating the ATI driver license.
Simply using the open source ati driver (or holding back the xorg upgrades) until a new driver is released, is suggested.
As of version 8.37.6, this issue is solved. No more binary hacking needed.
X server gives an error "Invalid video BIOS signature" after installing fglrx
In cases where you get an X error containing the following lines:
fglrx(0): Invalid video BIOS signature!
fglrx(0): GetBIOSParameter failed
fglrx(0): PreInitConfig failed
A solution is to go into BIOS, and set the option under Config > Display > Graphics Device from Switchable to Discrete. This will allow X to detect your Mobility Radeon graphics card, instead of incorrectly detecting only your integrated Intel chipset graphics.
You should also set the option 'OS Detection for Switchable Graphics' to disabled, so that BIOS won't revert to 'Switchable' after each boot.
Kernel-specific troubles
2.6.25
fglrx 8.4 on kernel 2.6.25 needs a patch.
fglrx <= 8.21.7
Using ATI drivers <=8.21.7 with kernel >=2.6.15 needs a patch. (see table below for detail.) If you can't compile the driver modules with 2.6.15 or later, you should apply this patch instead.
If you do not use one of these patches, you may experience peculiar lockups of X. Try $ fglrxinfo
- if your shell hangs at the end of this command, you may have an issue and should try the patch or upgrade.
Although unproven, there is a substantial amount of user / developer concern that the above patches prevent hard lockups but do not provide full reliability with 2.6.15 and there are larger / redisgn issues preventing compatibility. These issues have been fixed with later ATI drivers (> 8.21.7) so you can simply upgrade if you are running a more modern kernel.
2.6.23
In 2.6.23 release cycle, config option CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP got renamed to CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP. fglrx uses this variable for disabling power management on older kernels. As a result, SMP users running 2.6.23 weren't able to resume properly (almost instant lockup in that rare case fglrx managed to show a few usable pixels. A quick patch is available.
No hardware acceleration
Acceleration lost after driver update
If you lose hardware acceleration after a driver update this can be caused by an old fglrx kernel module being loaded.
Check out /var/log/Xorg.0.log for a message like:
(WW) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version does *not* match driver.
(EE) fglrx(0): incompatible kernel module detected - HW accelerated OpenGL will not work
You can verify this yourself by looking at the version message some lines above. It should read something not matching the installed version like:
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.10.19
The cause for this trouble might be that there resist multiple versions of the fglrx module within the kernel module search path.
Go to /lib/modules/<your linux kernel version>/ and type # grep fglrx modules.dep
.
If grep finds multiple lines you nailed down the problem. All you have to do now is to delete any versions of the module (look at the filedate) but the most current one. Then run # depmod
and you are done.
extra/
subdirectory.Older versions (8.19.10) used to be located in the kernel/drivers/char/drm/
subdirectory.
GCC 3.4
If the ATI driver works only without the hardware acceleration, take into consideration that fglrx_dri.so was linked against libstdc++.so.5 which may not be present if your system uses gcc-3.4.
To fix this, compile gcc-3.3.5 and copy libstdc++.so.5* to /usr/lib and update the dynamic linker cache via # ldconfig
.
Or install a compat package for your favorite distro. FC4 users can do:
# yum install libstdc++.so.5
radeonfb framebuffer
Another possible cause for broken hardware acceleration (2D and 3D) is the radeonfb framebuffer: Switching to vesafb or vesafb-tng is reported to solve the problem on some systems. Also it has proven helpful to not perform # modprobe fglrx
after boot but to have the module loaded via /etc/modules.autoload/kernel2.x at boottime instead.
Perpetual Mesa GLX Indirect on Debian
If you've done everything right and you're still seeing:
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.1)
try this:
# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
# ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
Thanks to Maciej Matysiak for the clear debug here and solution here.
More generally, use LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose fglrxinfo, to see what's happening, and whether you get this:
$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose fglrxinfo
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
libGL error: dlopen /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
libGL error: unable to find driver: fglrx_dri.so
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.4.2)
instead of that:
$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose fglrxinfo
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.26.18 fglrx (screen 0)
drmOpenByBusid: busid is PCI:1:0:0
drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 4, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 4
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
Can't open configuration file /home/merlin/.drirc: No such file or directory.
fglrx: DPD supported.
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY FIREGL T2 Pentium 4 (SSE2) (FireGL) (GNU_ICD)
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5879 (8.26.18)
I have contacted ATI to add that info by default, the mesa guys to do that in glxinfo too, as well as the debian packager to fix the debian packaging bug (2006/07/22), so hopefully the situation will improve soon
You may have to run fglrxinfo as root to get this detail rather than a useless message.
Where to look for fglrx_dri.so (gentoo and general)
After installing a new kernel (linux-2.6.20-gentoo-r7) with gentoo I again was not able to get the ATI driver working correctly. But now I found out what the problem was:
I tried
$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose fglrxinfo
libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 8.35.5 fglrx (screen 0)
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so
libGL error: dlopen /usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so failed (/usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32)
libGL error: unable to find driver: fglrx_dri.so
The error itself makes sense, because I am running a 64-Bit linux on AMD. The question was, why libGL tries to look in /usr/lib32 only...
After some digging around I found out, that apparently 8.35.5 version of the driver uses the environment variable LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH to find out where it should look for the "fglrx_dri.so" driver.
Now in my case this environment variable pointed to "/usr/lib32/dri" and that was what caused the problem. So doing
$ export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH='/usr/lib64/dri:/usr/lib32/dri'
solved the problem in my case.
As mentioned I use gentoo. After some more digging around I found out, that it is apparently necessary to call
$ env-update
after a re-install of the ATI driver. To be more specific, it seems that "eselect opengl set ati" sometimes does something wrong. "env-update" seems to repair the problem so that afterwards the LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH environment variable is set correctly when you log in.
If you want to check, look in /etc/profile.env
and /etc/profile.csh
. This is the
place where the LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH environment variable gets set.
Softlink hell
The fglrx installer replaces the standard X.org OpenGL implementation (Mesa) with its own files, potentially causing collisions with the distribution's file and package management. It is best to install the driver via a package built for your distribution, which will typically include the necessary kludges to make things work. See the fglrx page for pointers.
Discussion
If using $ fglrxinfo
after installing fglrx indicates that you are still using the mesa indirect software GL renderer, you likely have some misplaced softlinks. It seems like it has to do with an apt-get upgrade that sometimes replaces these links. Anyway, go to
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib
and list your GL libraries and links
# ls -la *GL*
You should see something like the following two lines amoung others:
libGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2
libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2
If you see a link to a mesa library (something like ... -> libGL.mesa.1.2
), then that's your problem! Restore the softlink like this (use your actual library version, though):
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
For some reason, this link might "break" later, giving you the software rendering once more. Even after renaming the mesa library to something like mesa.bkup, the system might still find it and link to it despite the name change. If you have to do this a lot, you could write a restoreGL script.
Gentoo
Gentoo has built in tools for managing the OpenGL symlinks.
# eselect opengl set ati
If eselect opengl ati doesn't fix it for you, you should probably tell Gentoo Bugzilla (assuming they don't know yet).
If # ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/glxinfo
shows that your system still uses the xorg-x11 mesa libs after trying one of the above commands, i.e. a line like this:
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x400a8000)
you will also need to relink libGl.so.1.2:
# cd /usr/lib/opengl/xorg-x11/lib/
# mv libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1.2_backup
# ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1.2
After another restart of X $ fglrxinfo
should show that it's using the right libs now.
Debian
# rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*
# rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib
# cp /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/lib/libGL.so.1.2 .
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
# ldconfig
Troubles using software suspend
Resume doesn't work when any AIGLX clients are active. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/197209 for details and a workaround.
Suspend won't work on any distribution which has activated the new SLUB allocator with fglrx < 8.42. This affects e.g. Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/121653/). The only workaround is currently to compile a custom kernel with SLAB support!
When the computer resumes from suspend, X only displays a garbled image and the computer is frozen.
The problem is acknowledged in ATI's release notes and in knowledge base entry 737-218 737-218. Driver version 8.19.10 has "initial support for Suspend and Resume" but is working very nicely for most people (verified on T43, T43p and T42) without vbetool.
If you are using an older version of fglrx, using vbetool to save/restore the video card state before/after suspend worked for some people. If you use Software Suspend 2 (suspend2) scripts, you can simply uncomment EnableVbetool yes in /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf. Be aware though that it breaks suspend/resume for drivers beginning with version 8.19.10, so remember to disable it again when upgrading.
model | distro | kernel | fglrx | PM | success | comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T42 | SUSE 9.3 | 2.6.11 | 8.14.13 | swsusp | yes | |
T41p | ??? | 2.6.14 | 8.19.10 | suspend2 2.2-rc9 | yes | needs a small patch |
T42p | Debian | 2.6.10 | Debian packaged | suspend2 | yes | |
T43 | Debian sid | 2.6.14.2 | 8.19.10 | swsusp | yes | works perfectly with 8.19.10 (but not earlier versions!) |
T43 | Debian etch | 2.6.14.2 | 8.19.10 | swsusp | yes | works perfectly with 8.19.10 and without vbetool |
T43 | Ubuntu Breezy | 2.6.12-10 | 8.19.10 | swsusp | yes | Perfect. (Finally.) |
T43 | FC4 | 2.6.14.1 | 8.19.10 | suspend2 2.2-rc9 | yes | needs a small patch, requires DRI disabled in xorg.conf (hence no 3D acceleration) |
T43 | FC4 | 2.6.14.2 | 8.19.10 | suspend2 2.2-rc11 | yes | requires DRI disabled in xorg.conf (hence no 3D acceleration) |
T43 | FC4 | 2.6.14.3 | 8.19.10 | suspend2 2.2-rc13 | no | DRI enabled |
T43 | FC4 | 2.6.14.3 | 8.20.8 | suspend2 2.2-rc13 | no | DRI enabled |
T43p | FC6 | 2.6.20-1.2933 | 8.34.8 | swsusp, STR | yes | DRI enabled, occasionally fails, reason unknown. |
R50p | ??? | ??? | 8.19.10 | swsusp | yes | |
T43p | Debian sid | 2.6.14 | 8.19.10 | Suspend to RAM | yes | without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, those two break the resume process here, with DRI enabled |
T43p | Debian sid | 2.6.14.3 | 8.20.8 | Suspend to RAM | yes | without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled |
R52 | Debian sid | 2.6.15-rc5 | 8.20.8 | swsup | yes | both vbetool and UseDummyXServer disabled, DRI enabled, needs patch |
T43p | Gentoo | 2.6.15 | 8.22.5 | Suspend to RAM | yes | without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled - console is garbled until switching back from X |
T43p | Gentoo | 2.6.15 | 8.22.5 | suspend2 2.2 | yes | without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled |
T43 | SUSE 10.1 | 2.6.16 | 8.25.18 | swsusp | yes | without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled |
T43 | SUSE 10.1 | 2.6.16 | 8.25.18 | Suspend to RAM | yes | without vbetool or UseDummyXServer, with DRI enabled |
T60 | Gentoo 2006.1 | 2.6.19-suspend2 | 8.31.5 | Suspend2 | yes | Everything works: 3D, suspend-to-disk, suspend-to-ram, suspend in X.org, switching to VT's at any moment. Never needed to unload any modules manually, worked immediately. Fglrx driver 8.32.5 totally broke suspend for me, so i'm sticking with 8.31.5. T60 2008-B62 model. |
T60p | Kubuntu 6.06 | 2.6.15 | 8.25.18 | swsusp | no | Switching to VT to suspend: no resume, X restarts; Not switching: suspend works, garbled X display on resume, later X restarts |
T60p | Kubuntu 6.06 Text Mode | 2.6.15 | --- | swsusp | yes | suspend works in textmode after rmmod fglrx. |
T60p | Debian/unstable/experimental | 2.6.18 | 8.31.5-1 (from debian experimental) | susptoram hibernate debian packages | yes | suspend and resume works with X, 3D acc., Xv overlay... |
T60p | Fedora Core 6 x86_64 | 2.6.20-1.2962_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2 | 8.38.6 | suspend2 hibernate | yes | suspend2 hibernate and resume working with libata driver (ahci not tested). Xv still broken since 8.35.5. Have not needed to set extra_pages_allowance thus far. |
Z61m | Debian Sid | 2.6.20.7 | 8.35.5-1 | Suspend to RAM | yes | works without any problems, justs needs the usual acpi_sleep hacks |
Z61m | Debian Sid | 2.6.20.7 | 8.35.5-1 | Suspend to Disk (Software Suspend) | yes | works without any problems |
Z61m | Debian Sid | 2.6.21 | 8.35.5-1 | Suspend to RAM | yes | fglrx module must not be loaded into the kernel, or it won't resume |
Z61m | openSUSE 10.2 | 2.6.21.5 | 8.37.6 | suspend2 2.2.10 | yes | /sys/power/suspend2/extra_pages_allowance must be set to 20000 |
Z61p | ARCH Linux | 2.6.20 | 8.35.5-1 | Suspend to RAM | yes | works with KDE suspend |
T60p | Gentoo | 2.6.22-r8 gentoo-sources | 8.39.4 | Suspend to RAM,swsusp | yes | swsusp works without hibernate-script installed (installing breaks it), s-to-RAM works only with CONFIG_FB disabled in kernel. No acpi_sleep=... parameter, no special script, no vbetool. |
Troubles with large RAM
Version 8.14.13 (and probably earlier versions) of the driver does not seem to be able to cope with large amounts of RAM: with 512 MB it works, with 1.5 GB it crashes the machine as soon as X is started. The problem is present only if the fglrx kernel module is loaded, but independently of whether (CONFIG_HIGHMEM) is enabled. A workaround is to limit RAM by adding the mem=864m
kernel parameter.
Version 8.16.20 fixes the problem.
Display switching
The switching between internal and external display doesn't work with fglrx versions <= 8.24.8, because the driver blocks messing around with the chipset via ACPI. If you want to use this feature (i.e. during presentations), you should use the vesa server instead (experienced with a R52, Kernel 2.6.11, xorg 6.8.2, fglrx 8.16.20). Or boot notebook with CRT connected, it will automatically detect it and display on both.
Composite Support
ATI, as of fglrx 8.42.3 added composite windowing (alpha channel), enabling hardware accelerated translucent windows (primarily for 'eye candy.') This has not been tested yet, and reports will be added here as users evaluate this versus the R300 open source drivers.
For reference, some discussion of current status of drivers can be found in the Rage3d forums' (http://rage3d.com/board) Linux area.
Composite support is also supported with recent Mesa and Xorg > 7 with the open source 3d radeon / R300 drivers found in the linux kernel or debian's driver repository. It works with the R300 / FireGL T2 series as found on the T43p extremely well. This has made rapid progress in speed with the latest few releases, and as of kernel 2.6.23 runs perfectly well with an R300 based card.
Hardlock on X logout
Up from driver version 8.19.10 you will experience a system hard lock when logging out from X, if the session manager (kdm/gdm) is not properly configured. You have to tell the session manager to restart X.
In the kdm config file (gentoo: /usr/kde/<VERSION>/share/config/kdm/kdmrc) you have to add following to the section [X-:*-Core]
:
TerminateServer=true
In the gdm config (/etc/gdm/gdm.conf) file add the following to the daemon-section:
AlwaysRestartServer=true
Information from the ATI bugtracker: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239
Another reason of hardlock my be using the wrong AGP driver. Make sure that you have proper drivers for your motherboard loaded before fglrx: (gentoo: /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6):
intel-agp fglrx
A common problem seems to be mistakenly using ATI Chipset drivers instead of Intel.
Information from gentoo bugtracker: 113685. Fixed in 8.25.18
Cannot switch to VT
With usplash boot enabled, it may not be possible to switch to a VT from X (Using Alt+Fn). Tested on T60p (Mobility Fire GLV5200) on Ubuntu 6.06 / 6.10 and fglrx 8.25.18 / 8.28.8. Display may become garbled and system might freeze. Solution (testet on Ubuntu 6.10) is to either remove the "splash" kernel boot parameter or add "vga=791" parameter ("vga=794" can be used on 1400x1050 panel).
http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=37
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/63558
Flickering Display
Some people have reported problems with their display flickering when using ati-drivers newer than 8.14.13. The problem is unclear (possibly associated with an incorrect modeline setting) and no known solution exists except to use the open source radeon drivers. You can follow this problem here: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248
Error messages in system log
If you find something like the following in /var/log/messages:
kernel: mtrr: base(0xc0000000) is not aligned on a size(0x7ff0000) boundary
kernel: [fglrx:firegl_addmap] *ERROR* mtrr allocation failed (-22)
kernel: [fglrx:firegl_unlock] *ERROR* Process 5132 using kernel context 0
try to execute the following line and reload the fglrx module:
# echo "base=0xd0000000 size=0x8000000 type=write-combining" > /proc/mtrr
More detailed instructions can be found here.
Hang when logging out
A common problem is that when logging out from X, instead of gettign the KDM or GDM prompt, the system hangs.
This is discussed, including workarounds here: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=239
No power saving when CRT in use
When both CRT and LCD are in use, power saving cannot be enabled.
This is reported here: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=304
WineX / Cedega Installs Software But Errors on Loading Games
Some users may experience problems with certain FIREGL cards (in my case an ibm t43p laptop with a v3200 ati firegl) whereby projects such as cedega and wine refuse to work with 3d graphics, but native binaries (e.g. quake 4) work fine. A possible workaround is to add the following line in the drivers section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Option "UseFastTLS" "2"
This option used to be configured with the older ati drivers when you ran "fglrxconfig". I have not yet found a way to get it to appear with "aticonfig", hence the manual insertion. This option is good for several linux distros I have tried, fedora core 5, ubuntu dapper and suse 10.1. It does not appear to effect performance on natively run programs.
Line Appears Below Mouse Cursor
Some users have reported seeing a line approximately 1 mouse height below the bottom edge of the cursor, which follows the mouse and appears to change color based on the image below the cursor. This has been seen to happen using fglrx without the kernel module installed (in 2D mode) and additionally on external displays or multiple X servers. To work around the problem, try disabling the DGA extension by making the following changes to your XFree86.conf or xorg.conf file. Replace (or comment-out)
Load "extmod"
with
SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection
Freeze while using OpenGL Apps
Some OpenGL applications such as screensavers or games (SecondLife) cause freezes. The cursor still moves, but otherwise the machine is unresponsive. This is the case with Xorg 7.1 and fglrx 8.29.6 using an x1400 and other cards. The solution is to add the following options to the video Device section in xorg.conf:
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000800" Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
Xv doesn't work correctly with drivers >= 8.36 and Xyyyy-cards
See [1] for further information. It seems as if only Xyyyy-cards are affected. Problem: graphical glitches with mplayer, programs like xine and totem might not start up at all. 8.35 doesn't seem to be affected
Floating Point Exception with various X apps
When the X server is left to autodetect the DPI, the fglrx driver may fail to supply the monitor dimensions. Video output switching may contribute to this bug.
Problems were experienced on T42p with Ubuntu 7.04, xorg-driver-fglrx 7.1.0-8.34.8+2.6.20.5-16.29.
This can be observed with xdpyinfo
$ xdpyinfo
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (0x0 millimeters)
Many applications will use the screen size and attempt to calculate DPI, resulting in a divide by zero operation and a SIGFPE.
A work around is to supply the dimensions in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Use the DisplaySize parameter within your monitor's configuration. For example:
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0 Option "DPMS" DisplaySize 433 351 EndSection
Corrupted 3D display
With driver version 7-12 or later, you may experience a corrupted 3D display, if your horizontal screen resolution is not a multiple of 64. This is a known bug[2] but ATI support does not have a solution to it yet.
There are two possible workarounds for this bug:
1/ Open the Catalyst Control Center and force the anti-aliasing to at least 2x for all applications. This surprisingly fixes the problem, at the expense of framerate.
2/ As suggested by ATI support, edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and find the section "Display". Add the following line into the "Display" section:
Virtual <width> <height>
where <width> is the width of your screen in pixels rounded up to the next multiple of 64 and <height> is the height of your screen in pixels. For example, if your native resolution is 1400x1050, use
Virtual 1408 1050
After starting the X server you can run xrandr -s 0
to restore the X server to a native display resolution, and 3D rendering will still work.
Patches
The following patches might be needed for certain versions of fglrx. Before you apply any of these, make sure that you really need them, as some distributions include all the necessary patches with the appropriate package (e.g. ati-drivers in gentoo).
fglrx 8.37.6
- For kernel 2.6.22 you need this patch from a Phoronix thread.
fglrx 8.35.5
- For kernel 2.6.20, part of the Fedora packaging scripts in the ATI installer
fglrx 8.34.8
fglrx 8.32.5
fglrx 8.23.7
- For kernel 2.6.16: intermodule patch and noiommu patch
fglrx 8.21.7
fglrx 8.20.8
or
fglrx (problem met at least with version 8.18.8)
- for kernel >= 2.6.13 Missing verify_area bug