I noticed 13.8 Beta driver hit Limbo so I went testing. Using the 3.9 kernel the system boots up fine. I did notice that after upgrading my opengl profile was set to x11 rather then ati. Before rebooting I manually corrected this.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org> wrote: > With all good will in the world after installing those drivers I've been > unable to boot my 3.10 or even 3.9 kernel using all possible boot flags. > (gentoo=nox disable splash etc etc I tried all) > A nogo thus far. )o; > > Trying to undo it all... > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: > >> http://data.gpo.zugaina.org/gentoo/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/ChangeLog >> >> In Portage now, I'll go try test them against our 3.10 kernel. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >> >>> I guess bumping ati-drivers resolves all issues. >>> >>> >>> http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-8LINBetaDriver.aspx >>> >>> *Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta Driver for Linux:* >>> >>> This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following >>> new features: >>> >>> - OpenGL 4.3 support >>> - Dynamic primary surface resizing >>> - *Kernel 3.10 support* >>> - SLED 11 SP3 support >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >>> >>>> A quick followup on this, testing on my 2nd ATI/AMD system: >>>> >>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI >>>> RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] >>>> >>>> In this case KMS also kicks in, but now the FOSS driver is being used >>>> it seems, all is well. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I tested the latest amd64 MATE daily iso. >>>>> On all Intel graphics systems there was no issue, but on my AMD/ATI PC >>>>> there was. >>>>> >>>>> I had to explicitly set nomodeset on boot in order to get it running. >>>>> Without that KMS kicks in and the system freezes up. >>>>> >>>>> The system has this card: >>>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee >>>>> ATI Cypress PRO [Radeon HD 5850] >>>>> >>>>> - If we are going to release the next release like this, and I guess >>>>> we are, perhaps add a note about it to the release notes. It is fairly >>>>> simple (Press F5 and check nomodeset). >>>>> >>>>> - If we are not going to release with a problem like this, what can I >>>>> do to help tackle this problem? Is there some bug in the detection tools >>>>> perhaps? >>>>> >>>>> - Also consider to not release with FGLRX preinstalled at all? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
