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8.41.7

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casitbozel
ATI Linux fglrx driver version 8.41.7

Release Date: Released on the 12th of September

=== This driver officially only supports the Radeon HD 2000 family. ===
AMD recommends users of cards other than the ATI Radeon HD 2000 family continue to use the currently posted drivers for that product available for download on http://ati.amd.com/. Using the 8.41.7 driver with R500 series or earlier may be buggy.

Future releases will return to a unified driver supporting all product families.

The 8.41.7 driver has an entirely new codebase, and supports the new Radeon HD 2000 (R600) cards. More information at the Phoronix article below, and more to come.

==External links==

* [http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run Installer] ([https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.41.7-x86.x86_64.run HTTPS])
* [http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.41.7.html Release notes] ([https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.41.7.html HTTPS])
* [http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html fglrx FAQ] ([https://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html HTTPS])

* [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=833 Phoronix: AMD 8.41.7 Display Driver]

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Frequently Asked Questions

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==Installation==
===How do I know fglrx is installed correctly?===
There are several ways to check if fglrx is loaded and running.
<br>1. Check your X.org or XFree86 log. You should see "DRI Initialization Successful."
# less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
or
# less /var/log/XFree86.0.log
2. Check glxinfo. You should see "direct" and not "indirect."
# glxinfo | grep direct
3. Check your kernel log. You should see fglrx messages near the bottom.
# dmesg
4. Check your modules. You should see fglrx loaded.
# lsmod | grep fglrx
*NOTE: [[Glxgears is not a Benchmark|glxgears]] is not a definite way of checking the installation of fglrx.

=== Is the rebooting really necessary? ===

No.

However, rebooting is the easiest method to ensure that the kernel module(s) from the old driver are unloaded and the fglrx module is loaded instead. If you don't want to reboot for some reason, you may manually shut down Xorg, unload any old "drm", "radeon" or "fglrx" modules and then start Xorg again.

==Kernel==
===Why does fglrx not work for my bleeding-edge kernel?===
The development process of the fglrx driver and the Linux kernel are not on the same level. The fglrx driver requires some special interactions with the kernel memory API and these tend to change between kernel versions.

There is also an 11-12 week cycle required to develop, validate and test each release of an ATI driver <ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=735&num=1</ref>. ATI will only look to support the latest kernel that is officially out (no -rc or -git releases are supported) at the time they release a driver. Example: fglrx version A comes out Monday, but kernel version B comes out Tuesday. Kernel version B is not supported by fglrx version A. (but might be able to work anyway by doing a 'modprobe -f fglrx' in a shell)

The binary part of ATI's kernel module has no explicit dependency on the Linux kernel. There are a set of source files that provide the glue to the kernel. This is where the dependency to different kernels exist. As a result, user contributed patches for newer kernels can often be found by searching [http://ati.cchtml.com Bugzilla].

==X Configuration==
===Composite Extension===
If you've enabled transparency, and you've added the Composite extension to the xorg.conf file, the ATI driver will disable DRI.

The only way to use 3D and the ATI OpenGL drivers is commenting the Option "Composite" "Enable" line.

It may be necessary to put the following lines into xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

==Troubleshooting==
* See [[Troubleshooting]] page.

==See Also==
*[http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html Official ATI Linux Driver FAQ]

==References==
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Talk:Ubuntu Installation Guide

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Q: When I go to remove the linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r) ubuntu tries to install them along with a couple dependencies before it then removes one of the 3 different packages it installs. Should I just not install them at all or allow it to install the dependencies because they are needed for the newer version to work?

A: You should not need the linux-restricted-modules packages at all unless it contains specfic drivers that you require, excluding fglrx of course. The important thing is to make sure the there is only one fglrx.ko kernel module under /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ This is the sole reason for removing the linux-restricted-modules package, as it will copy a new fglrx.ko into your modules directory on each boot.

:Q: So even if it says I don't need to remove linux-restricted-modules, I should do that anyway? It's been bugging the hell out of me, always reverting back to 8.21.7 no matter what I did.... So the best thing would be to remove the restricted modules?

:A:

Q: I can't get these drivers working for my ATI AIW Rage 128 Pro.

A: The ATI binary driver only supports ATI Radeon 8500 and higher cards. For older cards you can use the "ati" driver included in Xorg/XFree86.

== Problem With Ati Radeon Xpress 200M ==

Good Afternoon, I Have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M in a notebook (Compaq Presario R4060), I'm trying to configure the ATI card on Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy), I follow the steps described in this wiky, but when the notebook initiates, it remains in a black screen of where it is not possible to be acceded to the terminals, I am new in linux, if somebody knows as to fix this please it helps me, Thanks.

PD: Sorry for my english i need some practice.

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'''Radeon Xpress 200M