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Category:OEMs

2007-10-12T01:21:46Z

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Beige box manufacturers will typically use stock cards purchased through retail channels only.

This list should contain branded boards (motherboards, AIB cards and systems).

Branded systems will typically invest a lot more effort into ensuring components are compatible and stable. As a result, listing branded systems allows users to understand the breadth of support provided by ATI's drivers.

Please select a hardware manufacturer from the list below.

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Verifying

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It is assumed that you have completed the [[Installation|installation process]].

==Verify with ATI tools==
If the installation has worked, then any 3D application should work without issue. A simple way to verify without any possibility of failure is to verify the following occurs. Please note that you may have needed to go through [[:Category:Distributions|distribution specific]] process to enable the 3D support.
===fglrxinfo===
<pre>
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5804 (8.25.0)
</pre>
===fgl_glxgears===
You can also run the ATI provided application called fgl_glxgears which should show a spinning cube with the venerable glxgears running on each face.

<b>If when you run fgl_glxgears, the cube spins, but is lacking any cogs on the faces, the faces being instead, various shades of blue, and/or you get an error message like:</b>

<pre>
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
913 frames in 5.0 seconds = 182.600 FPS
783 frames in 5.0 seconds = 156.600 FPS
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 14 (X_GetGeometry)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 51
Current serial number in output stream: 51
</pre>
===Links===
http://linux.coconia.net/general/ati.htm<br>
http://m.domaindlx.com/LinuxHelp/ati/ati.htm (mirror)
==Verify with Linux tools==
===glxinfo===
This command line option should report "direct" rendering.
$ glxinfo | grep direct

(For Debian 4.0, install the mesa-utils package to get glxinfo.)

===Xorg.0.log===
The X.org X server log file also contains useful information to verify installation was successful. It is located on most Linux distributions at <code>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</code> and can be opened by any text editor.

'''You can now move on to [[Configuring|configuring the driver]].'''

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8.21.7

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cnarol
domvil
32-bit [https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.21.7-i386.run Download]

64-bit [https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/64bit/ati-driver-installer-8.21.7-x86_64.run Download]

==New Features==
*OpenGL 2.0 Support
*Smaller package size (50% smaller)

==Resolved Issues==
*The mode2 option in aticonfig that sets the secondary display device resolution now functions as documented in 'aticonfig --help'.
*Starting the X server when the virtual desktop mode is set higher than the largest display mode available for the display device no longer results in a fatal server error.
*[http://ati.cchtml.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&version=8.20.8&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&resolution=FIXED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Bugzilla Issues Resolved]

==Known Issues==
*Patch still required for kernel 2.6.15 support.
*[http://ati.cchtml.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&version=8.21.7&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Bugzilla Known Issues]

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Fedora Core 6 Installation Guide

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domelta
==Official ATI Factory Installer==
* To do the following, you must have the following software installed:
#kernel-devel
#qt-devel
#rpmdevtools.noarch
#redhat-rpm-config.noarch
#compat-libstdc++-33

* The ATI installer is theoretically capable of creating FC6 RPMs. To see a compete list of installer options, do
# sh ati-driver-installer-<your_version>.run --help
* To see a list of all distributions you can generate packages for, do
# sh ati-driver-installer-<your_version>.run --list
* To create a set of FC6 RPM's with the (current) ATI factory installer, usually you would do the following:
# sh ati-driver-installer-8.34.8-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6

Normally this would work, but the current version of the ATI Factory installer (8.34.8) is broken and will not complete generation of FC6 rpm's. In fact the ATI Factory installer has been broken since at least 8.29. When RPM generation is invoked, it produces the following error:

"install: cannot stat `fireglcontrolpanel': No such file or directory"

and exits. The problem seems to be related to the qt-devel or the version of qt installed. There is a hack to work around this problem; it involves editing the scripts packaged with the installer. The hack is on Phoronix Forums.<ref>http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=318</ref>

It's all about deleting fireglcontrolpanel completely out of the rpm generation entirely. Basically you won't have fireglcontrolpanel installed after you generate and install the rpm's, but everything else should work.

* When you do manage to get the drivers installed, remember to put this at the end of your xorg.conf file:

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

'''If this is not done then Mesa will load instead of ATI DRI.'''

== Livna rpm ==

If your /var/log/Xorg.0.log does not say anything useful and fglrxinfo shows only Mesa and everything else seems OK then add directory /usr/lib/ati-fglrx to library path:
* Create /etc/ld.so.conf.d/fglrx.conf and add /usr/lib/fglrx row there.
* run ldconfig
* restart X

==References==
<references/>

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Configuring

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== aticonfig ==

Since version 8.18.6 the fglrx driver includes the '''aticonfig''' tool which simplifies ''xorg.conf'' editing. Here are some useful commands this tool offers (for a complete list see [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/aticonfighelp ''aticonfig --help'']).

=== Changes taking effect on startup ===
''Changes will change the config file!''

;Initial setup (creates device section using fglrx):
:<pre>sudo aticonfig --initial</pre>

;Enable Video acceleration (Xv Overlay):
:<pre>sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv</pre>

;Force fglrx to use kernel's AGP driver instead of own implementation (only use when internal agpgart doesn't work):
:<pre>sudo aticonfig --internal-agp=off</pre>
*Note: Newer fglrx driver versions do not include an internal AGPGART so the kernel agpgart is used no matter what.

=== Changes taking effect immediately ===
''Changes will not change the config file.''

;Print information about power states.
:<pre>aticonfig --list-powerstates</pre>
Or, for us lazy folk, the shorter version is ''aticonfig --lsp''

;Set a power state to the lowest (battery friendly):
:<pre>aticonfig --set-powerstate=1</pre>
*Note: check out available power states using ''aticonfig --list-powerstates''
*Note: this option does not work when an external monitor is connected

;Print information about connected and enabled monitors:
:<pre>aticonfig --query-monitor</pre>

;Examples how to enable two monitors on the fly:
* Assume you have two monitors already setup correctly ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=301941 Dual monitor support] at Ubuntuforums)
* This example enable laptop internal monitor (lvds) and external monitor (crt1)
:<pre>aticonfig --enable-monitor=lvds,crt1 --effective=now</pre>
*Note: ''aticonfig --enable-monitor=STRING,STRING'' where STRING can be one of the following set, separated by commas: none,crt1,crt2,lvds,tv,tmds1,tmds2,auto. Only 2 displays can be enabled at the same time. Any displays that are not on the list will be disabled.
*Note: check out connected and enabled monitors using ''aticonfig --query-monitor''

;Turn off the second monitor on the fly and start to use only laptop internal monitor (lvds)
:<pre>aticonfig --enable-monitor=lvds --effective=now</pre>

;Swap monitors on the fly when using big desktop mode
* Assume you have two monitors already setup correctly ([http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=301941 Dual monitor support] at Ubuntuforums)
:<pre>aticonfig --swap-monitor --effective=now</pre>
* Note: This only works for big desktop setup. This will swap the contents on the two monitors.

=== Troubleshooting ===

Still not working? Go to the [[Troubleshooting]] page.

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