Talk:Ubuntu Dapper Installation Guide

2006-08-29T13:04:15Z

83.98.239.99: revert spam

Wow, I followed this and it doesn't work, either method......

Now what? nobody to turn to, no more help available. Is it an ATI problem or a Dapper one?

I would have never believed that as "advanced" as this O/S is that it is this difficult to get a display driver to work.

This is absolutely incredible....

the problem is the driver, not the operating system.. ATI should take a lesson from nVidia.

[UBfusion reporting]: Many ATI chipsets suffer from this, due to faulty libGl.so.1.2 in the new ATI drivers - use the old file from old drivers, read http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185033

== try using ONLY 128MB of UMA memory instead of Sideport+UMA ==

This is a really strange problem with the HP/Compaq R4000/zv6000:

Once upon a time, ATI driver fglrx_6_8_0-8.13.4-1.i386.rpm provided full DRI and 3D support on Ubuntu 5.04 kernel 2.6.10.
( wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fglrx_6_8_0-8.13.4-1.i386.rpm )

Then, ATI's new releases only worked if we used 128MB of shared/system/UMA memory along with the 128MB of onboard video
memory many of these laptop models have.

Now, after installing Ubuntu 6.0.6 kernel 2.6.15, the ATI driver will only work with full DRI and 3D support if I
totally disable the 128MB of onboard video memory and use ONLY shared/system/UMA memory( 128MB )....

Now, with my fully functioning Ubuntu 5.0.4 installation, when I go from only Sideport to only UMA, the glxgears
output goes from ~1200fps to ~500fps

With the new kernel and Xorg server of Ubuntu 6.0.6 running only UMA video memory and the 5.0.4 version of glxgears,
output from that program is ~800fps. Still a 30% decrease in performance from using the 128MB of onboard/Sideport
video memory.

IMO, running like this is not a fix but a crippled hack and it would be really nice if HP/Compaq or ATI would tell us
what the problem is, why it exists, how it is to be fixed. So try just 128M of UMA in your BIOS and see if that enables
you to get DRI/Direct Rendering working with the ATI/fglrx driver.

OK - I noticed that the wiki had been updated to reflect the 8.26.18 release but the line relating to the Xpress 200M card not functioning with the 8.25.18 drivers was unchanged. Can someone confirm if the 8.26.18 drivers work with the 200M card or not?

*I just tried it with the 8.28.8 drivers and while it does run with Sideport and UMA on it doesn't run well, including drawing errors and freezes shortly after logging in.

== almost work in Compaq nx7010 ==

Hi,

I tryied everything I found with this $#%&"@ ati video card and, after 3 days of little sleeping and several distros & reinstallations, the closest to a working configuration I got was with Ubuntu dapper and method 1 in your guide (including HP zt3000 / Compaq nx7000 troubleshooting). Logically it seems to work (fglrxinfo reports OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc., etc.) but phisically it doesn't (see the picture at [http://www.tirata.com/nx7010/nx7010.jpg]). Image is barely usable (loggin in that way I was able to run fglrxinfo), it covers 60% of the screen horizontally and flickers a lot.

Any ideas how to fix it?

[[Image:http://www.tirata.com/nx7010/nx7010.jpg]]

Mhhh could you post please your xorg.conf file in order to double check it? You could add the following too: max resolution (seems to be 1280 x 800 TFT), GPU Model (seems to be an ATI Radeon Mobility 9200, issue a lspci -v to know exactly the chipset type). With that info in hand __perhaps__ something can be done, some log files would be appreciated too.

As you describe it could be a problem with the Modelines configuration in xorg driving the TFT display out of sync. Try a lower resolution (say 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480); if it doesn't work try defining a manual modeline for the resolution you are trying. Good luck and keep posting! :-)

8.28.8

2006-08-29T13:02:25Z

83.98.239.99: populate from release notes

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[https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run 32-bit and 64-bit Unified Installer]

==New Features==
===New Product Support===
This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces support for the following ATI products:

* Radeon® Xpress 1200
* Radeon® Xpress 1250
* Radeon® Xpress 1300

===Universal installer===

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver now provides a unified driver installer for the 32bit and 64bit Linux platforms. This intelligent installer will identify which CPU architecture (IA32, and x86_64) is being used and install the appropriate driver.

===Display Switching Support for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad Products===

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver provides Display Switching support for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad products containing a supported ATI Radeon® Mobility™ product. This feature allows users to use the hotkey function Fn+F7 to toggle between display devices connected to the laptop.

===ATI Pairmode Support===

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces a new feature called Pairmode. This feature allows users to enable BigDesktop mode with two different screen resolutions. When using Xrandr, users can now dynamically switch between BigDesktop and Clone mode without having to restart the X Server.

===Retaining Display Device State Between Restarts===

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver now maintains the display device status between restarts. Previously, when using multiple display devices, the ATI Proprietary Linux drivers enabled all displays connected to the display adapter even if the display devices were disabled by aticonfig or Display Switching.

==Resolved Issues==

* Connecting a Dell Widescreen UltraSharp 2405FPW to the DVI port of any supported ATI product installed in a system running the X Server no longer results in the display failing to provide an image.

==Known Issues==

* Attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver on distributions that have updated certain 3D components outside of the stock XOrg 6.8.2 may result in the driver not initializing 3D applications properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20868
* A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059
* Loading the XVideo Extension on 64-bit Xorg 6.9+ systems causes the X Server to segfault on launch with ATI Radeon X1K products. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22837
* Users with X Server X.org 7.1 can not play any video using XV. The ATI AVIVO Video adaptor is not present. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22852

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