ATI 4670 drivers

[andrewyoungisgreat]

Hi,

I have a new ATI HD4670 graphics card but I cannot install any drivers for it. I have a new install of Intrepid, I have also installed Envyng. When I run Envy from the command line and install the recommended driver it tells me to restart, which I do. But when I have restarted, my monitor tells me the V refresh is to high

After logging in:
1. Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login again
2. Envyng -t followed by the password
3. Remove the ATI driver
4. Restart
5. GUI login (screen resolution 800 * 600)
6. Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login again
7. Envyng -t followed by the password
8. Install the ATI driver, Envy only offers the 8.552 version
9. Restart
10. Message from my monitor that the V refresh is ?
11. Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login
12. There is a message about not finding a resume image?
13. Restart
14. When the GRUB menu appears select repair
15. Repair the X server and resume
16. Go to 1

If I try the GUI version of Envy, sometimes a crash alert pops up with a message that Kmix has broken.

Mepis v8 beta 5 manages to install an ATI driver, but has some sound issues. Mepis does have KDE3

[Snowhog]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

"Graphics Performance

Users of NVidia cards with the binary driver provided by NVidia might suffer from performance problems in window switching and resizing. We've made the NVidia engineers aware of those problems. However, no fixed NVidia driver has been released yet. You can find information on how to improve graphics performance on KDE UserBase, although we ultimately have to rely on NVidia to fix their driver."

[andrewyoungisgreat]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

SnowHog, I think you posted this in the wrong place.

"Graphics Performance

Users of NVidia cards ...."

I just tried

sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

at the end of the process, KMix crash handler popped up with the following error

A Fatal Error Occurred
The application KMix (kmix) crashed and caused the signal 6 (SIGABRT).
Please help us improve the software you use by filing a report at http://bugs.kde.org. Useful details include how to reproduce the error, documents that were loaded, etc.

Application: KMix (kmix), signal SIGABRT
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb64608d0 (LWP 5314)]
(no debugging symbols found)
[KCrash handler]
#6 0xb7f95430 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#7 0xb7de9880 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#8 0xb7deb248 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#9 0xb75a5795 in qt_message_output () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#10 0xb75a5872 in qFatal () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#11 0xb75a5915 in qt_assert () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#12 0xb79b554a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4
#13 0xb79b584f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4
#14 0xb76b2a60 in QMetaObject::activate () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#15 0xb76b37e2 in QMetaObject::activate () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#16 0xb79c7853 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4
#17 0xb79ed46e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4
#18 0xb79ed55a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libsolid.so.4
#19 0xb750a26e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#20 0xb7511627 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#21 0xb76ad771 in QObject::event () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#22 0xb6cdb8ec in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper ()
from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#23 0xb6ce372e in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#24 0xb7c1fb2d in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#25 0xb769de61 in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal ()
from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#26 0xb769eae5 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents ()
from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#27 0xb769ecdd in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents ()
from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#28 0xb76c882f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#29 0xb66836f8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#30 0xb6686da3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#31 0xb6686f61 in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#32 0xb76c8478 in QEventDispatcherGlib:rocessEvents ()
from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#33 0xb6d75ea5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#34 0xb769c52a in QEventLoop:rocessEvents () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#35 0xb769c6ea in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#36 0xb769eda5 in QCoreApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#37 0xb6cdb767 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#38 0xb7f2eabb in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kmix.so
#39 0x080485a2 in _start ()
#0 0xb7f95430 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

[lingenfr]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

Andrew, I am in the same boat. Seems there is no support at this time. I am watching Phoronix for news. Seems there is reason for optimism that maybe we will see some drivers soon, open source even.

[andrewyoungisgreat]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

I recently tried Mepis 8 beta 5 and it installed the ATI drivers without a problem.

In recent days I have also tried Debian, Ubuntu Hardy & Intrepid, Kubuntu Gutsy, Hardy & Intrepid. None of them managed to work well the ATI driver.

I have now given up with Kubuntu on this PC. I have Kubuntu Hardy on another PC.

[lingenfr]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

OK, but I don't see how since there is no open source driver and ATI has not released one. Checking you /etc/X11/xorg.conf, what driver are you using?

[andrewyoungisgreat]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

My /etc/X11.xorg.conf and a screenshot from the game Nexuiz http://www.ukimagehost.com/uploads/2bee1e6a12.png

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
 #Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
 Screen 0 "ATIScreen" 0 0
 #Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
 #Option "Xinerama" "true"
 #Option "Clone" "true"
 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
 InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
 #InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
 #InputDevice "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
 #InputDevice "ALPS Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
 #InputDevice "Appletouch" "SendCoreEvents"
 #InputDevice "Stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 #InputDevice "Eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
 #InputDevice "Cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 #InputDevice "Serial Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# Xorg 7.0 font paths
  FontPath 	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath 	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc:unscaled"

# Other font paths
  FontPath 	"/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic"
  FontPath 	"/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont"
  FontPath 	"/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi"
  FontPath 	"/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"

# path to defoma fonts
  FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"

EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "dbe"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "type1"
 Load "v4l"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Keyboard0"
 Driver "keyboard"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "uk"
 Option "XKbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Serial Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
 Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
 Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Touchpad"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
 Option "RightEdge" "5300"
 Option "TopEdge" "1700"
 Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
 Option "FingerLow" "25"
 Option "FingerHigh" "30"
 Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
 Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
 Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
 Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
 Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
 Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
 Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
 Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Identifier "ALPS Touchpad"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
 Option "Protocol" "event"
 Option "LeftEdge" "130"
 Option "RightEdge" "840"
 Option "TopEdge" "130"
 Option "BottomEdge" "640"
 Option "FingerLow" "7"
 Option "FingerHigh" "8"
 Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
 Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
 Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
 Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
 Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
 Option "MinSpeed" "0.25"
 Option "MaxSpeed" "0.50"
 Option "AccelFactor" "0.030"
 Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
 Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
 Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
 Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
 Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
 Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
 Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Appletouch"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "LeftEdge" "100"
 Option "RightEdge" "1120"
 Option "TopEdge" "50"
 Option "BottomEdge" "310"
 Option "FingerLow" "25"
 Option "FingerHigh" "30"
 Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
 Option "TapButton1" "1"
 Option "TapButton2" "3"
 Option "TapButton3" "2"
 Option "MinSpeed" "0.79"
 Option "MaxSpeed" "0.88"
 Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
 Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "Protocol" "auto"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
 Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "USB Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Stylus"
 Driver "wacom"
 Option "Mode" "Absolute"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Endsection

# Settings for wacom eraser
Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Eraser"
 Driver "wacom"
 Option "Mode" "Absolute"
 Option "Type" "eraser"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Endsection

# Settings for wacom cursor (mouse)
Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Cursor"
 Driver "wacom"
 Option "Mode" "Relative"
 Option "Type" "cursor"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Endsection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor0"
 VendorName "unknown"
 ModelName "unknown"
 Option "DPMS" "true"
 HorizSync  30-75
 VertRefresh 55-70

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor1"
 VendorName "unknown"
 ModelName "unknown"
 Option "DPMS" "true"
 HorizSync  30-75
 VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "ATIMonitor"
 VendorName "unknown"
 ModelName "unknown"
 Option "DPMS" "true"
 HorizSync  30-75
 VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Card0"
 Driver "fglrx"
 BoardName "unknown"

 Screen 0
 #Option "UseDisplayDevice" "dfp"
 #Option "MonitorLayout" "crt,crt"
 #BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
 #Option "sw_cursor" # needed for some ati cards
 #Option "hw_cursor"
 #Option "NoAccel"
 #Option "ShowCache"
 #Option "ShadowFB"
 #Option "UseFBDev"
 #Option "Rotate"
 Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"

 Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"

# savage special options, use with care
 #Option "NoUseBios"
 #Option "BusType" "PCI"
 Option "DmaMode" "None"

# nvidia special options, use with care
 Option "CursorShadow" "1"
 Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
 Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
 Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
 Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
 Option "NoLogo" "true"
 Option "UseEDID" "true"
 Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
 Option "RenderAccel" "true"
 #Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Card1"
 Driver "fglrx"
 BoardName "unknown"

 Screen 1
 #Option "MonitorLayout" "crt,crt"
 #BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen0"
 Device "Card0"
 Monitor "Monitor0"
 DefaultColorDepth 24
 
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 8
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 15
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 16
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 24
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 32
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 
 # Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
 # these setting are an example
 Option "TwinView" "false"
 Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown"
 Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown"
 Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-75"
 Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "55-70"
 #Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768"
 Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
 Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen1"
 Device "Card1"
 Monitor "Monitor1"
 DefaultColorDepth 24
 
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 8
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 15
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 16
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 24
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 32
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "ATIScreen"
 Device "Card0"
 Monitor "ATIMonitor"
 DefaultColorDepth 24
 
 SubSection "Display"
 Depth 24
 Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

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

[lingenfr]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

So did that fglrx come out of the MEPIS repository or from ATI's latest drivers or what? There was some news at Phoronix today about the open source driver:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...05#post6258905

I came to Kubuntu from MEPIS ironically because the MEPIS folks would not provide a simple, straightforward way to compile anything, most importantly the drivers I needed to make my hardware work. Also, the support on the forums was terrible. Ultimately if *buntu can't sort out the drivers for the 4600 series and someone else can I am going to switch. I will probably wait until the end of Jan. In the meantime, I am checking out other distributions (Linux Mint, etc) so I will check out MEPIS as well. Thanks.

[andrewyoungisgreat]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

"So did that fglrx come out of the MEPIS repository or from ATI's latest drivers"

I don't know

I used "K / System / Mepis / Mepis X-Windows Assistant" (mxconfig), selected the ATI tab and then the fglrx button. Pressed OK and waited several minutes for the magic to happen.

I was expecting the usual install followed by a reboot with a black screen or 640 x 480 resolution. But it worked

I can play games, watch films, change resolution etc.

[lingenfr]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

Andrew, I assume that you have your monitor plug in to the analog/HD15/SVGA port on your graphics card. I have been using the DVI/HDMI port on mine and neither Linuxmint or MEPIS will boot to a desktop (even failsafe) with that port.

[andrewyoungisgreat]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

My card is a Powercolor HD4670, it has a pair of DVI connectors and something else. I am using the DVI connector furthest away from the mainboard with a VGA adapter connected to a KVM then connected to a CRT monitor (an LG Studioworks 700s).

Did you try Mepis 8 beta 5, SimplyMEPIS-CD_7.9.92-beta5_32.iso ?

[lingenfr]

Re: ATI 4670 drivers

I did. No joy. I also tried OpenSuse. Also no joy. After my testing and research on the Internet, I have decided that my mobo (ECS GF7050VT-M) is a piece of !@#$%. I ordered a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P which I hope will work. Maybe someday the numbnuts at ECS will fix their bios and it will work.