[SOLVED] Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

[Smjert]

I'm really getting mad trying to make this work.
I just installed from scratch Kubuntu 9.10, i saw that graphics has poor performance (no Vsyinc moving windows, firefox take up lots of cpu, the same Xorg), so i tried to understand how to install proprietary driver.
I found that i had radeon module driver running.. ok.. then i installed xorg-driver-fgrlx, all went ok.. but after restarting and logging in kwin keeps crashing...
Also i read that fglrx driver doesn't support anymore radeon 9600SE.. this is true?
If yes.. what i can do to make the open source drivers work right?

[Rog131]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Earlier:

> Topic: Where is fglrx?
>> AMD Dropping R300-R500 Support In Catalyst Driver

> Topic: Where is my xorg.conf?
>> Topic: Help needed with xorg.conf and graphics driver

> Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3 - FINAL
>> [SOLVED] Ubuntu Karmic vs. ATI Radeon Mobility 9600

[Smjert]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Thanks, i already found that topics previously but i was anyway a bit confused...
Now i'll try to create and modify xorg.conf, i'll let you know if it works.

[lmilano]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

This should really work out of the box. Here are my relevant packages on a netbook using an intel IGP, but maybe you are missing one of those?

lmilano@minime:~$ dpkg -l |grep drm
ii libdrm-intel1            2.4.14-1ubuntu1              Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel
ii libdrm-radeon1            2.4.14-1ubuntu1              Userspace interface to radeon-specific kerne
ii libdrm2               2.4.14-1ubuntu1              Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -
lmilano@minime:~$ dpkg -l |grep -i mesa
ii libgl1-mesa-dri           7.6.0-1ubuntu4               A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- D
ii libgl1-mesa-glx           7.6.0-1ubuntu4               A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- G
ii libglu1-mesa             7.6.0-1ubuntu4               The OpenGL utility library (GLU)

You shouldn't need to modify xorg.conf in principle. Is kubuntu-desktop installed? This should trigger all you need for 3d accel.

Also, can you please show us the output of glxgears, and the logfile /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

[Rog131]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

This should really work out of the box. Here are my relevant packages on a netbook using an intel IGP...

Many things should work out of the box, but the boxes are a bit diffrent...

If you follow the links you will notice that there are markings in the release notes. Under the "known issues". Some of the "known issues" can be "fixed" with the proper xorg.conf BUT not all and not with all "boxes".

[lmilano]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Fair enough. I missed the "SOLVED" thread you linked. If that fixes it, then I think it would be nice to file a bug report in launchpad, because xorg.conf is supposed to be optional in karmic, so this should really be considered a bug.

[Rog131]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Bugs at > “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package


You could pick yours - by radeon model and symptoms:

> [RV350] system freeze randomly unless XAA used
> [RV380] Xorg randomly freezes (100% CPU)
> [ATI][KMS][Karmic][R300] Vertical purple line displayed on screen
> Karmic: screen corrupted with ATI radeon driver
> ...

Some of the bug reports have workarounds. They may or may not work - here the solution was the xorg.conf with the "xaa".

[Smjert]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Changing the xorg.conf worked for me (i still have to find if its possible to have vsync).
I can't access to that computer until weekend, srry.

[lmilano]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Excellent job Rog!

Smjert: could you please mark the thread as [SOLVED] ? And please post your xorg.conf if you can, for others to benefit ... thanks!

[Smjert]

Re: Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

Excellent job Rog!

Smjert: could you please mark the thread as [SOLVED] ? And please post your xorg.conf if you can, for others to benefit ... thanks!

As i said i can only do it in the weekend (the next one :P).

[bailout]

Re: [SOLVED] Ati Radeon 9600SE problem

I have had similar problems with my ATI 9800 pro. I have semi fixed it, ie the system is now usable and I won't be restoring my ubuntu 9.04 install as I was thinking I may have to. I have added an xorg changing the driver to XAA which has helped a bit but the biggest improvement came from installing openbox and running a KDE-openbox session instead of stock kde with kwin.