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Post subject: ATI/3D for open radeon drivers in experimental on X1600  PostPosted: Aug 06, 2008 - 01:24 PM



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hi,

the ATI X1600 series works with free open source radeon driver (yes radeon, not radeonhd Wink).
xv-video works for me now Smile

If you want 3D support, you must install experimental software.
"DO NOT USE IT PRODUKTIVE"

my Videocard
Quote:
ATI M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200] = X1600
X.Org 1.4.99.906
GLX Renderer Mesa DRI R300 20060815 x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL
GLX Version 1.3 Mesa 7.1 rc3


you must install xorg, libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx from experimental
Code:

xserver-xorg; 1:7.4~2
xserver-xorg-core; 2:1.5.0-1
xserver-xorg-video-ati; 1:6.9.0+git20080826.a3cc1d7a-2
xserver-xorg-video-radeon; 1:6.9.0+git20080826.a3cc1d7a-2
libgl1-mesa-dri; 7.1-1
libgl1-mesa-glx; 7.1-1
libglu1-mesa; 7.1-1
mesa-utils; 7.1-1


xorg.conf
Tweaking The Driver
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (Xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by fll_xorgconfig, the F.U.L.L.S.T.O.R.Y.
# Xorg Configuration tool.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier   "Xorg Configured"
   Screen      "Screen 0"
   InputDevice     "Keyboard 0"
   InputDevice   "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad 0"
   InputDevice   "HID 04b3:3108 1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option      "AllowMouseOpenFail"   "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Keyboard 0"
   Driver      "kbd"
   Option      "CoreKeyboard"
   Option      "XkbRules"      "xorg"
   Option      "XkbModel"      "pc105"
   Option      "XkbLayout"      "de,us"
   Option      "XkbOptions"      "altwin:super_win"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad 0"
   Driver      "synaptics"
   Option      "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "Protocol"      "auto-dev"
   Option      "LeftEdge"      "1700"
   Option      "RightEdge"      "5300"
   Option      "TopEdge"      "1700"
   Option      "BottomEdge"      "4200"
   Option      "FingerLow"      "25"
   Option      "FingerHigh"      "30"
   Option      "MaxTapTime"      "180"
   Option      "MaxTapMove"      "220"
   Option      "VertScrollDelta"   "100"
   Option      "MinSpeed"      "0.06"
   Option      "MaxSpeed"      "0.12"
   Option      "AccelFactor"      "0.0010"
   Option      "SHMConfig"      "on"
   Option      "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "HID 04b3:3108 1"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "Protocol"      "Auto"
   Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
   Option      "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier   "Device 0"
   Driver      "radeon"
   BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200]"
   BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"
   Option      "AccelMethod"   "EXA"  #either XAA or EXA. "XAA" is the default and safe choice (xaa is deprecated - use only with low vram as exa needs a lot)
   Option      "AccelDFS"   "true" #seemed to speed things up using EXA acceleration (means, Accelerate Download From Screen)
   Option      "DynamicClocks"   "on"   #like cpufreq's ondemand function, throttles the gpu core and memory when idle
EndSection

Section "Monitor"   
   Identifier   "Monitor 0"
   ModelName   "Default Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier   "Screen 0"
   Monitor      "Monitor 0"
   DefaultColorDepth 24
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth   8
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth   15
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth   16
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth   24
      #Virtual 2680 1050
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
   Option   "Composite"   "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   #Load   "GLcore"
   Load   "bitmap"
   Load   "ddc"
   Load   "dbe"
   Load   "dri"
   Load   "extmod"
   Load   "freetype"
   Load   "glx"
   Load   "int10"
   Load   "type1"
   Load   "vbe"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group       0
        Mode        0666
EndSection

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 06, 2008 - 01:46 PM



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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 06, 2008 - 03:45 PM



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Mesa 7.1 has improved since 7.1rc3 and RadeonHD 1.3 will be the way to go. I believe that Xorg 7.4, Mesa 7.1 and RadeonHD 1.3 will be released by the end of the month and that will work even better, even if people will have to wait for Lenny if they don't want to use experimental.
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 07, 2008 - 07:15 PM



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I wonder how good is Compiz behaving with the open-source driver compared to fglrx? Any hints?
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 07, 2008 - 07:40 PM



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i'm wondering too, can't belive it

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 07, 2008 - 08:27 PM



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sundown wrote:
I wonder how good is Compiz behaving with the open-source driver compared to fglrx? Any hints?


With XAA, it's nearly the same. With the latest and greatest EXA fun (RadeonHD's CS-branch, will be merged to master really soon) it's better than fglrx.
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 07, 2008 - 09:06 PM



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OMG Smile exciting. These are the two things I want then -- video acceleration and better Compiz performance.
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 07, 2008 - 11:06 PM



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ok, i need to chip in

LOOK at this really quick before continuing if you use these drivers:
Code:
#not clean
Section "Device"
   Identifier   "Device 0"
   Driver      "radeon"
   BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200]"
   BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"
   #Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" #we are using exa!
   #Option      "DisableGLXRootClipping"   "true" #nvidia proprietary option
   #Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals"      "true" #nvidia proprietary option
   #Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite"      "true" #nvidia proprietary option
   #Option      "AGPMode"   "8"    #usually not needed, the driver will use the setting from BIOS (so don't set it - some people have pcie anyway)
   Option      "AccelMethod"   "EXA"  #either XAA or EXA. "XAA" is the default and safe choice
   #Option      "ColorTiling"   "on" #this is default
   Option      "AccelDFS"   "true" #seemed to speed things up using EXA acceleration
   #Option      "TripleBuffer"   "true" #nvidia proprietary option.
   Option      "DynamicClocks"   "on"   #This is for laptop users, it saves energy when in battery mode.
   #Option      "AGPFastWrite"   "yes" #unstable with dynamic clocks, no noticeable performance benefit
EndSection


#clean
Section "Device"
   Identifier   "Device 0"
   Driver      "radeon"
   BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200]"
   BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"
   Option      "AccelMethod"   "EXA"  #either XAA or EXA. "XAA" is the default and safe choice (xaa is deprecated - use only with low vram as exa needs a lot)
   Option      "AccelDFS"   "true" #seemed to speed things up using EXA acceleration (means, Accelerate Download From Screen)
   Option      "DynamicClocks"   "on"   #like cpufreq's ondemand function, throttles the gpu core and memory when idle
EndSection


thank you

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 07, 2008 - 11:10 PM



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Last I checked there is no reason to enable XAANoOffscreenPixmaps if you are using EXA.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 08, 2008 - 07:41 AM



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thx damentz, updated

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Post subject: xv doesn´t work for me  PostPosted: Aug 28, 2008 - 08:06 AM



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After XV-desaster on fglrx, I use the same setup and xorg.conf on Radeon 3200HD but xvinfo says"no adaptor present". Xorg.log says something like DRI not enabled.
Has anyone any idea.

Edit: Found http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature
Sad So I will have to wait for RS780 Implementation.
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Aug 29, 2008 - 03:12 PM



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I expect open source 2D acceleration + TexturedVideo (Xv) + desktop effects support within September.
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Sep 26, 2008 - 03:35 PM



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Sweet Jesus, I waited enough for the packages to go to SID and decided to install them from the experimental repos and is compiz flying or what?
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Sep 28, 2008 - 02:31 AM



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mesa 7.2 is in experimental as of now if you guys are curious.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Nov 12, 2008 - 05:21 PM



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Hi,

thanks for this article. I'm very new to ATI graphic cards (this is the first day in my life) and ... jip .. I can't get it work. Sad

Code:

[stell @ warhammer:~]% glxinfo | grep rend
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer

I have absolutely no idea what's wrong.

my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
my /var/log/Xorg.0.log

watch out for these lines in Xorg.0.log Sad
Code:
(==) RADEON(0): Backing store disabled
(WW) RADEON(0): Direct rendering disabled
(EE) RADEON(0): Acceleration initialization failed
(II) RADEON(0): Acceleration disabled


my installed versions:
Code:
xserver-xorg -> 1:7.4~4
xserver-xorg-core -> 2:1.5.2-1
xserver-xorg-video-ati -> 1:6.9.0+git20081012.c0e6cb6d-1
xserver-xorg-video-radeon -> 1:6.9.0+git20081012.c0e6cb6d-1
libgl1-mesa-dri -> 7.2-1
libgl1-mesa-glx -> 7.2-1
libglu1-mesa -> 7.2-1
mesa-utils -> 7.2-1


Any ideas?

Whoops: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV630 [Radeon HD 2600 Series]
Edit2: err, ignore this posting, please Sad

(==) RADEON(0): No acceleration support available on R600 yet.

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