ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

[enchesss]

Have attempted to install ATI radeon HD 2600 pro for days and no good

There are no drivers for it on the AMD for linux users and the 8.40 drivers hang on boot up.

supposed to be a new release in three days - suppose have to wait till then unless anyone else has an answer to the mystery.

[Rog131]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Yes - there should be new AMD drivers available on September 10.

It's official: ATI Radeon drivers to be open sourced
http://www.linux.com/feature/119049

and

AMD nurtures open-source graphics
http://news.com.com/AMD+nurtures+ope...3-6206581.html

AMD 8.41 Display Driver Preview
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item=821&num=1

The new driver delivers massive performance improvements, Radeon HD 2000 (R600) support, and a whole lot more.

Mark Shuttleworth Talks On ATI's New Linux Drivers
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item=827&num=1

[anachronism]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Its so nice to finally be seeing drivers for my video card coming (hd2600XT)


It must have sucked for anyone with a hd2900 to go so long without proper driver support.

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

AMD/ATI seem to be getting their **** together now, so hopefully ATI users should be ok for the oncoming years. I hope nvidia does the same.

[kbunt]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

I'm building a 2nd computer and I might put Kubuntu or another distro on it, too.

Could someone recommend a video card? It's primary purpose is for video encoding although I might try 3D (Beryl/Compiz) for kicks. But, I wanted to go with either an ATI 2600 or Nvidia 8600 GT. Which one do you think will be the better choice? Is it safer to trust Nvidia or do you think AMD/ATI will improve the development/performance of the ATI (open source) drivers sufficiently?

I will probably dual boot Windows XP but the current computer will be in Kubuntu 99% of the time (otherwise, Win 2K).

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Being an avid nvidia fan, id say nvidia but you never know, ATI might pull an upset too. Id read some reviews and compare the two. Would you be gaming?

And if your going to encode, even a card as old as the 6 series should fair pretty well. It really matter on your CPU. Make sure you have a fairly recent one with some grunt behind it. You cant got wrong with dual cores.

[Rog131]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

And updating AMD release date:

http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showt...?t=5050&page=6

09-09-2007, 05:20 PM

Michael
Phoronix Editor

8.41 will be out this Wednesday now. The Catalyst 7.9 may be delivered tomorrow, but not the Linux version.

[SheeEttin]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

YES!
I was planning on using the new driver pretty soon, but I wonder if waiting to hear the results would be more prudent...

[enchesss]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Wednesday hey, fingers crossed!

[Rog131]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

AMD 8.41.7 Display Driver is out !


It seems promising. With older hardware (9600XT):

8.39.4 8.41.7
fgl_glxgears glxgears fgl_glxgears glxgears
671 FPS 3567 FPS 950 FPS 4093 FPS


Links:
AMD 8.41.7 Display Driver
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...item=833&num=1

AMD 8.41.7 Display Driver Released -- The Holy Crap Edition!
http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5193

[SheeEttin]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Apparently, it only supports the R600 series, and 8.42 will support everything (more or less).
I wonder what kind of bugs I should expect...

Ah well, I'll just keep the 8.40.4 installer around.
EDIT: I'm noticing a performance increase, except in Sauerbraten, where textures are increasingly appearing black (or nonexistent). (If you care, it uses SDL.)
Back to 8.40.4 for me.

[enchesss]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Still unable to boot using HD2600 pro.


after installing drivers the ati installers says everything is ok

when i boot and change the chipset in the bios to boot with pci the computer hangs
on the start up screen.

could be a problem with the xorg.conf file

Here it is:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection



have attemtped to enable using restricted driver manager but the computer still hangs on boot up.

[Rog131]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

Well - that was fun but the speed boost is only on the fgl_glxgears and glxgears. Planet Penquin racer gives less than half of the fps with the 8.41.7 (8.41 about 40 fps, earlier drivers about 100 fps) . So back to the older model drivers.

the computer hangs on the start up screen.

Is this total lock or can you use virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) ?

[enchesss]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

it is a total lock up with about 2.5 bars lit on the startup line.

[Rog131]

Re: ATI radeon HD 2600 pro - no drivers work

This may help:
Question #7197 in Ubuntu: how do I remove the splash screen in 7.04
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/7197

In the text mode you can see what is happening and where it stops/locks.


Note
It says:

You may switch to VT1 or VT6 when you see the splash screen by pressing
<Ctrl>+<F1> or <Ctrl>+<F6>
So you will see a lot of startup messages 'just in time'

BUT here it is ALT+F1 !