Just a small quick note.
If you are using the nvidia proprietary drivers from our openSUSE repos. Take care of the following fact. By default the new drivers didn’t add your user to the video group.
Getting Gnome, kdm, kde, or other application running well you have to add your user to the video group.
YaST User & group management being your kindly Gui friend.
or use usermod
sudo usermod -A video yourusername
Happy 3D acceleration!
fglrx (Catalyst 13.1) drivers has been refreshed and published for 12.3 with the RC2 build.
During the first few days after the release, and fresh new build will be made with the final version, and first updates.
fglrx-legacy (Catalyst 13.1) will never support (actually) xorg 1.13 which is the version that come in openSUSE 12.3. Even if it can handle kernel 3.8
So the previous build has been removed from the server. To insure end-users no trouble or hassle trying to get it working.
If you still have a radeon from hd2xxx to hd4xxx you’re welcomed to use the free radeon. It made progress and could eventually be as efficient as the proprietary drivers.
The bonus you get, you can report bug, and they will be fixable.
One year ago I announced the move to the new host for the package mirror. During that time, I’ve kept a redirection active, and also a symlink from ati to amd-fglrx
This time is over now, so please update your repositories
If I already updated the en.opensuse.org wiki page (even if the reviewing process is stuck actually), I need your help to spread the word, to reach any end-users that need those informations.
I saw several users, trying to use the one-click-installer with tumbleweed. Sorry this can’t work due to the lack of perfect recognition of tumbleweed. etc/SuSE-release is 12.2 actually.
So if you use tumbleweed you just have to install the tumbleweed repository (again one for fglrx, one for fgrlx-legacy depending on your gpu)
But beware, tumbleweed is a moving target, and the proprio drivers could stop working at any update, kernel or xorg
Evergreen : some users successfully use fglrx-legacy 13.1 with the kernel 3.0.58
As any hackaton, you finish a bit exhausted. but what the hell, how rich was this week!
I will not come back on the long (could we say impressive) list of things done.
Wiki Marketing
or Artwork todo.
A enormous thanks to all participants :
Carlos (victorck), Carlos (CarlosRibeiro), Izabel (IzabelleValverde), Kostas (warldofff), Ilias (zoumpis), Marcel (tux93), Richard (ilmehtar), Michal (|miska|).
Also they deserve a full bunch of applause, thanks to SUSE’s people!
Augustin, Jos, Will, Christopher, Adrian, Henne, Jurgen, Kenneth, Cassio, Alberto, Ralf, Roland, James, Jan, Ludwig, Cornelius, Suzanne and at least a big dozen of others…
For your clear engagement, your support to empower our community, your advises, your welcomes, and being so kind with the turbulent community’s Geekos we were…
This release concern only radeon HD2xxx to HD4xxx owners
The published Catalyst fglrx rpm version support openSUSE version from 11.4 to 12.3 (new repository) and also Tumbleweed (thus also kernel 3.8x series).
For testing with the next openSUSE 12.3 just use the new openSUSE_12.3 repo
Sebastian Siebert will publish an article today, and he’s looking for feedback about the patches included to make it working on 12.3, so don’t hesitate to get in touch with him
As I didn’t have a gpu card of this series, I can’t test it before publishing the rpm like for normal fglrx. If someone has a spare hd2xxx or hd4xxx, Could he(she) contact me?
Have fun!
Sorry this article should have been published Saturday, but some trouble (error in a updated module) locked me outside of lizards), Thanks to Matthew to have fix it in the meantime
fglrx 13.1 amd-ccc & fgl_glxgears
This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above.
For older gpu, the fglrx-legacy is still 12.6, and thus didn’t work with Kernel 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
SDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy
Beware of that fact, and prefer the free open-source radeon driver which came out of the box from your openSUSE distribution.
This Catalyst fglrx version support openSUSE version from 11.4 to 12.3 (new repository) and also Tumbleweed (thus also kernel 3.8x series).
For testing with the next openSUSE 12.3 just use the new openSUSE_12.3 repo
A release note is available on AMD website
Fixed issues
[368958]: Driver release version is added to GL_VERSION
[367282]: Bblank VGA display after resume from suspend
[367245]: X crash for AMD PowerXpress™ A+I High-Performance mode on Ubuntu 12.10
[366820] Performance of Valve Linux games
[366805]: Segmentation fault when exit QtOpenGL applications such as AMD CodeXL
[366425]: Xserver getting exit upon resume from suspend on RHEL 5.8
[364107]: VariBright not working when change AMD PowerPlay™ settings in AMD Catalust Control Center:LE
[363638]: VariBright doesn’t work after resume from suspend on “Trinity” platform
[350759]: Flickering cursor when run some full-screen OpenGL games with CrossFire enabled
[347895]: OpenGL performance on “Southern Islands” ASICs
[344996]: 16 re-frames doesn’t work for H.264 @Level 5.1
[337240]: Corruption when resize the Konsole window
[304016]: One display goes black after changing from multi-display desktop from single independent
Sebastian Siebert post about 13.1
If you have any problems with the driver, don’t be afraid to report to Sebastian (German and English bugreports are gladly accepted).
he will try, as far as I am able to reproduce the bug. Together with the necessary system information, he will go directly to the right place at AMD to have the bug fixed in the next driver release.
Thank you very much, Sebastian.
See below what to do in case of troubles.
Or you can also ping him on irc (freespacer)
fglrx & 3d effects kde 4.9.5 on openSUSE 12.2
This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above. For older gpu, the fglrx-legacy is still 12.6
SDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy
fgl_glxgears & AMD CCLE
This Catalyst version support 11.4 to Tumbleweed (thus also kernel 3.6x series). Unfortunately the latest factory didn’t upgrade successfully and failed to create its initrd. So no fglrx 12.10 for factory actually, but you are debugging free radeon, don’t you? 🙂
I’m translating here a note from Sebastian Siebert last post
I have a small request: If you have any problems with the driver, don’t be afraid to report to me (I take German and English bugreports are also gladly accepted). I will try, as far as I am able to reproduce the bug. Together with the necessary system information, I will go directly to the right place at AMD to have the bug fixed in the next driver release.
Thank you very much, Sebastian.
See below what to do in case of troubles.
Or you can also ping him on irc (freespacer)
I finally will be able to attend osc 12, and I’m really looking forward to be there. I wouldn’t have miss that 4th conference, the first one outside of Germany.
Your VIP place is waiting you
I will go there with the Geeko car, and then will spend some time on the road Friday 19th October.
You can find my planned journey on this map.
I’ve still some place in the car, so if you want to join and are near one of the big place I will cross, just ping me back.
For the return, I’m sorry, I will left Prague only Saturday October 27th, due to the Postgresql europe conference.
You should also be there 🙂
Nota: it’s still a small car, so forget to bring your whole geek’s wardrobe 🙂
During June, with the version 12.6 (8.980) AMD decide to drop support for legacy radeon chipset from its main fglrx package and drop the time based release cycle.
So now if you are the owner of radeon hd2xxx to hd4xxx chipset family you will have to use the -legacy- version of fglrx, and
consequently if you have a radeon hd5xxx or above, you have to use the standard fglrx driver.
Then start the hell. After getting the new developed script from Sebastian Siebert, I will be able to offer the two versions. Unfortunately the two drivers can’t coexist in the same repository, the legacy drivers wants to install in place of normal one. This imply another limitation, you can’t have two graphics cards with differents generation at the same time.
So I decide to clarify (is that possible? :-)) the mess, and split the drivers in two distinct repositories. I use that excuse to also change the ati (deprecated brand name) and use new names: amd-fglx and amd-fglrx-legacy.
Don’t worry about your exiting installation, I will provide a symlink during the next 6 months at least for the old repositories. But read carefully the rest of the story, and apply any changes needed to your installation to be sure to continue to safely use the right driver.
I also decided to remove any version below 12.4 (8.961) in all repositories, except for openSUSE 11.2.
I need your help to spread those informations around the internet, and be sure that every user that need this driver know where and how to use it right. Tweet FbLike G+ forums, mailing list, private blogs Go now!
Both version can handle kernel 3.4 and 3.5
Sebastian Siebert warn us about the state of legacy
AMD catalyst control center and fgl_glxgears
These cards with the unofficial support of openSUSE 12.2 can run in the ideal case, just under 2 more years. However, one must keep in mind that the legacy driver is looked after, while AMD continues and eliminates errors found, but will not add new features. This can mean, among other things, that the next version of GNOME or KDE will not run with its 3D effects, especially when used with a desktop or Tumbleweed extra repository.
If you have any comments, be do on his blog. Don’t be shy, you can leave there the result of test in english too 😀
or ask in forums, irc and ping freespacer.
See below what to do in case of troubles.
12.2 Factory rpms are presently available, use at your own risk, and report bugs in forums and Sebastian blogs.
Anyways, factory and 12.2 should keep their effort on debuging and testing widely the free radeon driver.
The first version available in repository from April 30th has trouble with any kernel never than 3.3
Sebastian Siebert has create a patch for kernel 3.4+, I google translate quickly his blog article here.
AMD catalyst control center and fgl_glxgears
May 30th 2012
WARNING! Who use AMD Catalyst 12.4 driver from the AMD installer will inevitably have problems with kernel 3.4.0 and higher (eg from the Tumbleweed repo).
Because the driver is designed, at least up to kernel 3.3.x on openSUSE only.
Here are some examples of errors when compiling a kernel module fglrx:
error: 'cpu_possible_map' undeclared (first use in this function) ... error: implicit declaration of function '__save_init_fpu' Or when you load the fglrx kernel module: A FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/ lib/modules/3.4.0-25-desktop/extra/fglrx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) The output of dmesg: fglrx: Unknown symbol old_rsp (err 0)
I now have an updated makerpm-amd script and replaced the older packaging from script to a newer.
At this point, I say thank you for the helpful feedback and also to the AMD community that their minds have assembled to investigate the problem and make it to the world.
The packaging script I maintain, need no extra time. The kernel patches for the compiler error I’ve already entered for this month in the AMD installer. In the next AMD Catalyst we will not need this patch anymore. Since the patch will be included in the source fglrx from AMD for the next version.
Small warning for stormy times: AMD plans to graphics chips R6xx/R7xx not lead to the main branch.
The graphics card series Radeon HD 2000, 3000 and 4000 are affected (Phoronix has reported). The last supported version is expected to be AMD Catalyst 12.7. However, AMD has turned in and stored in a separate branch of this, it weiterzupflegen there. It means that no new feature added, but only fix bugs. openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1 is still supported and maintained. The chances are good that the driver to get there will also run on an X-Server 1.12.
The next openSUSE version 12.2 in July, will should use the X-server 1.10, so that the driver theoretically run on this version of openSUSE. For this I’ll create a separate makerpm-amd script, that this legacy continues as usual drivers to install on openSUSE 11.4 and 12.1 (possibly 12.2) and will also provide the necessary kernel patches. AMD believes that these chipsets will already extensive support from the free Radeon driver. So it is time to order a new graphics card in order to continue the beta drivers from AMD Catalyst testing on openSUSE. A new graphics card was already planned last October. So I will finally keep your hardware donation for the new graphics card.
See more at Sebastian’s blog.
Don’t be shy, you can leave there the result of test in english too 😀
or ask in forums, irc and ping freespacer.
See below what to do in case of troubles.
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