New ATI Linux drivers (8.14.13) out (X850, X800XL supported and an Installer)

John64 · 06-09-2005, 10:04 AM

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27

Looks like ATI is doing some work on linux, there is now an installer

Quote:

New ATI Hardware Product Support

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces support for the following ATI Products:

Radeon® X800 XL

Radeon® X850 PRO

Radeon® X850 XT

Radeon® X850 XT Platinum Edition

Linux 2.6.11 Kernel Support

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces driver compatibly with Linux 2.6.11 kernel.

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/installernotes.html

there is the installer notes

Drufuss · 06-09-2005, 10:35 AM

Downloading!

Thanks for the Info.

A Linux driver installer from ATI

. I can´t believe it. Hmm, let´s see how this things works.

Greetings

Dru

John64 · 06-09-2005, 01:33 PM

im going to try it on Suse9.3 tongiht. Does anyone know why Suse9.3 doesnt support the X850 out of the box?

Drufuss · 06-09-2005, 05:17 PM

Nogo for me.

Hm... there must be something very strange going on.

Can´t get any ATi driver running during the last months.

Greets

Dru

pointreyes · 06-09-2005, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John64

im going to try it on Suse9.3 tongiht. Does anyone know why Suse9.3 doesnt support the X850 out of the box?

SuSE 9.3 gives me a graphics problem with my nVidia card so I'm not surprised.

For some odd reason SuSE 9.3 moves the display about 1" to the left. Using SAX2 I reposition the display only to get what on my reboot? XTerm session for logging in which thereby starts up KDE.

Solaris 10 gives me less problems than SuSE 9.3 with this card.

Does not matter if I use nVidia drivers or not. Normally, I thought you had to wait for SuSE to provide the drivers for a higher rate in getting the drivers to work. Otherwise, you might have to change some settings manually (like nVidia requires from you if you don't use the SuSE download).

John64 · 06-09-2005, 05:50 PM

i get inverted colours no matter what, and i have to use VESA drivers, as even the 'radeon' module wont work. I am really anoyed as i have no linux usage (except VMWare)

swannema · 06-09-2005, 09:46 PM

The Suse drivers works just fine for me. Easy install when you follow their readme to the letter. I have 3d acceleration with my X800XL.

Quote:

stefan@linux:~> fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON X800 XL Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5140 (X4.3.0-8.14.13)

John64 · 06-09-2005, 10:06 PM

do you have issues without them (like what i describe) and is suse still doing their crazy packages that allway work?

swannema · 06-09-2005, 10:36 PM

No, I got my X800XL working with the SuSE included drivers before, worked right out of the box. Your X850 was released after SuSE finished the development for 9.3 and therefore it was not included.

Yes, SuSE still has their own version of the ATI drivers and they should support your card.
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp...fglrx/8.14.13/

John64 · 06-09-2005, 10:40 PM

will that fix the console issues i had, like before X loads?

swannema · 06-09-2005, 10:44 PM

What do you mean?
I seem to be extremly lucky with SuSE, I have not seen most of the issues others have, SuSE must really like me. Not even my Canon scanner is a problem.

Just a hint, before you start installing the SuSE drivers check for the latest updates. There is a new kernel update out. It's already in Apt, along with some more updates.

John64 · 06-09-2005, 11:09 PM

i mean when i am in a non-X terminal, like the boot screen etc. the colours are inverted. i have been on NVidia for a while, so i forgot about the whole special suse drivers. i am giong to try a non-vm install soon to see if i fix the issues

swannema · 06-10-2005, 07:00 AM

Try changing the frame buffer.
Just add vga=x to you grub menu.lst.
Here is mine,

Quote:

title SUSE LINUX 9.3
kernel (hd1,9)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb10 selinux=0 resume=/dev/hdb9 vga=794 video=vesafb:nomtrr splash=silent showopts
initrd (hd1,9)/boot/initrd

x=

Quote:

colors | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200
--------+----------------------------------------------------------------
256 | 769 - 771 - 773 - 775 - 796
32,768 | 784 - 787 - 790 - 793 - 797
65,536 | 785 - 788 - 791 - 794 - 798
16.8M | 786 - 789 - 792 - 795 - 799

Your problem hasn't much to do with the ATI driver, because X hasn't loaded at that stage and is not yet active. It is the interaction between your monitor and your card, you simply get a very low resolution and maybe only 256color. Try playing with the frame buffer till you have a decent looking display.
That problem usually happens only with LCD monitors that use the DVI connection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_framebuffer

John64 · 06-10-2005, 10:56 AM

well i just happen to be using an LCD with a DVI connection. i will try using the D-Sub connection, the only thing is that it worked perfectly with Kubuntu.

Lucas_Maximus · 06-14-2005, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John64

well i just happen to be using an LCD with a DVI connection. i will try using the D-Sub connection, the only thing is that it worked perfectly with Kubuntu.

shouldn't make any difference to be honest.

06-09-2005, 10:35 AM	#2
Drufuss Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,885	Downloading! Thanks for the Info. A Linux driver installer from ATI . I can´t believe it. Hmm, let´s see how this things works. Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q (watercooled) Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz (watercooled) 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA in Raid5 (watercooled) Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB (watercooled) Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Logitech DiNovo MediaDesktop 2.0 Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11.1 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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06-09-2005, 01:33 PM	#3
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,450	im going to try it on Suse9.3 tongiht. Does anyone know why Suse9.3 doesnt support the X850 out of the box?
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06-09-2005, 05:17 PM	#4
Drufuss Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,885	Nogo for me. Hm... there must be something very strange going on. Can´t get any ATi driver running during the last months. Greets Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q (watercooled) Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz (watercooled) 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA in Raid5 (watercooled) Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB (watercooled) Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Logitech DiNovo MediaDesktop 2.0 Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11.1 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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06-09-2005, 05:50 PM	#6
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,450	i get inverted colours no matter what, and i have to use VESA drivers, as even the 'radeon' module wont work. I am really anoyed as i have no linux usage (except VMWare) __________________
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06-09-2005, 10:06 PM	#8
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,450	do you have issues without them (like what i describe) and is suse still doing their crazy packages that allway work? __________________
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06-09-2005, 10:36 PM	#9
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,630	No, I got my X800XL working with the SuSE included drivers before, worked right out of the box. Your X850 was released after SuSE finished the development for 9.3 and therefore it was not included. Yes, SuSE still has their own version of the ATI drivers and they should support your card. ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp...fglrx/8.14.13/
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06-09-2005, 10:40 PM	#10
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,450	will that fix the console issues i had, like before X loads? __________________
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06-09-2005, 10:44 PM	#11
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,630	What do you mean? I seem to be extremly lucky with SuSE, I have not seen most of the issues others have, SuSE must really like me. Not even my Canon scanner is a problem. Just a hint, before you start installing the SuSE drivers check for the latest updates. There is a new kernel update out. It's already in Apt, along with some more updates.
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06-09-2005, 11:09 PM	#12
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,450	i mean when i am in a non-X terminal, like the boot screen etc. the colours are inverted. i have been on NVidia for a while, so i forgot about the whole special suse drivers. i am giong to try a non-vm install soon to see if i fix the issues
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06-10-2005, 10:56 AM	#14
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,450	well i just happen to be using an LCD with a DVI connection. i will try using the D-Sub connection, the only thing is that it worked perfectly with Kubuntu. __________________
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