The backport of version 8.42.3 of the ATI proprietary driver for 2008 is now complete (just in time for a new upstream version, we know, we know!) If you'd like to try this version of the driver, follow the instructions below:
* Enable the /backports repositories (you need main and non-free /backports repositories)
* Ensure you have the -devel-latest package for the kernel you are using (desktop, desktop586, laptop, server) installed
* Install the following packages:
* Run drakx11 and re-select the correct card group for your card (the correct group should be automatically detected). Say 'yes' when asked if you want to use the proprietary driver.
* Reboot, or restart X.
That should do it. The detection logic uses the new driver for all supported cards - that is, all cards later than the Radeon 9500, except for FireGL cards. FireGL cards will still use the 8.40.4 driver.
Please let us know via this thread if you have any trouble.
A backport of the newest version of the driver - "Catalyst 7.11", which would have been 8.43.x on the old naming scheme - might be forthcoming (it's an easier backport job than 8.42 was, but it's less of a significant update than 8.42 was).
Gonna see if i can get compiz working now _________________ Intel E7300@2.66GHZ + 4GB Dual Channel + Nvidia 9600GT 512MB + on Asus P5KPL-AM + MDV 2009 + Ubuntu 8.10 + XP Pro + Vista Ultimate
Laptop Compaq Presario 2100 + 512mb + MDV 2009 RC2
Jay, probably because I forgot one required package - drakx-kbd-mouse-x11-0.37.1-1mdv2008.0 from /main/backports . I'll add that to the initial post. _________________ Adam Williamson | http://www.happyassassin.net Fedora QA community monkey
Mandriva contributor, former community manager
ok, well the drivers seem to work well, but after using for a few days now the problem of corruption in the bottom right corner is appearing.. Sometimes within a few mins of booting the desktop or sometimes after i have run a 3d game.. Restarting the xserver always makes it go away but any ideas on how to resolve this safely without breaking my system? _________________ Intel E7300@2.66GHZ + 4GB Dual Channel + Nvidia 9600GT 512MB + on Asus P5KPL-AM + MDV 2009 + Ubuntu 8.10 + XP Pro + Vista Ultimate
Laptop Compaq Presario 2100 + 512mb + MDV 2009 RC2
Ok, well i took a gamble, and try`d copying the files extracted from the downloaded ati installer into /ect/ati as Darkfoss suggested ( http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=75533 )
and so far no watermark!
One thing tho, i think the problem might have been trigered by launching the `ati catalyst control panel and i found launching the panel while the problem was noticable made the mark dissapear and re-appear :? _________________ Intel E7300@2.66GHZ + 4GB Dual Channel + Nvidia 9600GT 512MB + on Asus P5KPL-AM + MDV 2009 + Ubuntu 8.10 + XP Pro + Vista Ultimate
Laptop Compaq Presario 2100 + 512mb + MDV 2009 RC2
Jay: interesting. Can you confirm it stays fixed? It would be good if you can figure out which file exactly is necessary to fix the watermark issue, so it can be fixed in the package.
For now, I have added
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
to xorg.conf, which also fixes it.
Well, the problem has come back now lol... I will try your xorg edit obiwan
edit..
Where abouts do i put the line into xorg? _________________ Intel E7300@2.66GHZ + 4GB Dual Channel + Nvidia 9600GT 512MB + on Asus P5KPL-AM + MDV 2009 + Ubuntu 8.10 + XP Pro + Vista Ultimate
Laptop Compaq Presario 2100 + 512mb + MDV 2009 RC2
Well, tryed adding it to extensions anaway and the watermark came back within a few minutes of rebooting.. Launching the catalyst control panel cleared it again for now tho :?
edit.
seems to appear most when scrolling web pages in firefox. Launching catalyst control panel then exiting it clears the corruption everytime tho _________________ Intel E7300@2.66GHZ + 4GB Dual Channel + Nvidia 9600GT 512MB + on Asus P5KPL-AM + MDV 2009 + Ubuntu 8.10 + XP Pro + Vista Ultimate
Laptop Compaq Presario 2100 + 512mb + MDV 2009 RC2
should be in the device section (same one as has Driver "fglrx").
This should appear in your Xorg.0.log to confirm it got enabled:
(**) fglrx(0): Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
detonador: Mandriva ships and includes the standard open source driver for 9250s - the X.org 'radeon' driver - by default. If you just let it autodetect your settings, that's what you get. It's the only real driver for that card, same thing any distro would use. _________________ Adam Williamson | http://www.happyassassin.net Fedora QA community monkey
Mandriva contributor, former community manager
Can a X600 ATI Mobility Radeon (PCI-e) run compiz-beryl native then?
I tried and the windows decorator crashes everytime (no borders on the windows).
It runs fine with Xgl.
I added the AIGLX lines as mentioned in the other thread.
No complaints in the logs.
not sure what i did wrong the first time but it worked the second. however, direct rendering was not enabled with the new driver. i reverted to the 8.40.4 driver using rpmdrake but got a permanent message "testing purposes only, unsupported hardware" with the AMD symbol, in the bottom corner of the screen. i had to use the driver from the website again. odd!
oh, and if it helps anyone who has had the same prob as me with direct rendering, i switched off the 3d effects and it worked! again, odd!
that's actually normal if you're using 3D effects via XGL. XGL effectively 'takes over' the 3D rendering functionality: nothing else can use it under the same X server. _________________ Adam Williamson | http://www.happyassassin.net Fedora QA community monkey
Mandriva contributor, former community manager
i can't seem to get the resolution right on my 1440x900 laptop display. i have an ati xpress 1270 chip on the motherboard. the display was fine with the 8.40 drivers. i've followed the directions above but when i try to install the 8.44 drivers, xfdrake downloads the kernel drivers compiled for the 8.40 version instead of compiling 8.44. i have the develop kernel for my version. any ideas?
...when i try to install the 8.44 drivers, xfdrake downloads the kernel drivers compiled for the 8.40 version instead of compiling 8.44. i have the develop kernel for my version. any ideas?
Read the last several posts of the following thread. Myself and at least one other user have had a similar experience. Make sure you disconnect from the internet before running xfdrake.
i deleted the kernel 8.40 driver. i tried disconnecting net connection before installing drivers in mcc. i get a message that fglrx-kernel...... can't be installed. is there somewhere to download the older driver that still has the specific kernel driver listed in mcc?
we're currently looking at how best to avoid this problem in XFdrake... _________________ Adam Williamson | http://www.happyassassin.net Fedora QA community monkey
Mandriva contributor, former community manager
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