Hi, It´s true, this works, but it doesn´t add hardware acceleration for 3d as fglrx does.
Merry Christmas and Happy new year. On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Felix <fel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Removing fglrx and re-installing xserver-xorg-video-ati worked for my > Mobility 9600 (r350). Thanks. > > -- > r3xx Hardware does not work with fglrx [EPR#257839] > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284408 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in AMD fglrx video driver: Triaged > Status in Ubuntu Release Notes: Fix Released > Status in Update Manager: Invalid > Status in "fglrx-installer" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in "update-manager" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in fglrx-installer in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Committed > Status in update-manager in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released > Status in fglrx-installer in Ubuntu Jaunty: Triaged > Status in update-manager in Ubuntu Jaunty: Fix Released > > Bug description: > Using fglrx-installer 2:8.543-0ubuntu4, r3xx hardware such as Radeon 9500, > Mobility Radeon 9700 and similar don't work > > They are not explicitly listed in the modaliases, so they will not be > offered by Jockey. In the past, this hardware did work with the fglrx > driver. Now the fglrx driver indicates memory errors when trying to load. > > Here is a snippet of what the memory error will look like: > [ 1024.699204] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: > 1169 MBytes. > [ 1024.700616] [fglrx:drm_alloc] *ERROR* [driver] Allocating 0 bytes > [ 1024.700683] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* Out of memory when > allocating device heads > [ 1024.700757] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices > failed > > WORKAROUND: > You'll need to completely remove the proprietary driver and [re]install the > open-source driver. As a plus, many users report improved performance with > the open-source drivers in Intrepid versus ATI's fglrx in Hardy for 2D > purposes such as normal desktop use and video playback. > 1. sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx* > 2. sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati > xserver-xorg-video-radeon > 3. sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati > 4. Restart. > > TEST CASE: > 1. Install intrepid w/ r3xx hardware. > 2. attempt to activate fglrx and reboot verifying unable to start X > 3. Activate intrepid-proposed > 4. update to new fglrx version, verify that X starts up properly > -- Aitor Juan Martín García Consultor SAP Tlf: 606746626 aitor.martingarcia # gmail dot com -- r3xx Hardware does not work with fglrx [EPR#257839] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284408 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
