xorg – openSUSE Lizards https://lizards.opensuse.org Blogs and Ramblings of the openSUSE Members Fri, 06 Mar 2020 11:29:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx rpms, end of an era! https://lizards.opensuse.org/2016/12/07/amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-end-of-an-era/ https://lizards.opensuse.org/2016/12/07/amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-end-of-an-era/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:09:48 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=12178 Long time not talking about fglrx rpm, mostly because they’ve got no update since last December 2015.

Short Summary

In a word as hundred, fglrx is now a dead horse!

Dead horse

We had the hope of getting it working for Leap 42.2 in October, but except freezing kernel and xorg, you will not get what you would expect: a stable xorg session

Say goodbye fglrx!, repeat after me, goodbye fglrx.

If you are locked down and forced for any reasons to use fglrx with your gpu, and are still using 42.1, then don’t upgrade to 42.2, without a plan B

It has no more support from AMD upstream, and that’s it!, if someone want to break its computer, it’s still possible to pick the last files and try it by yourself, but the repository will never contain it for 42.2 (see below how-to)

That’s said, I’m not still sure, to keep for a long time the repository, I’ve been managing since 6 years now.

A bit of history

In 2010, when we were working hard to get 11.1 out, the news that no supported ATI (at that time) will be available for end-users, as we have for nvidia gpu

I didn’t check back the irc log, but we were a few, that would like to have this still available, by pure commodity. Especially that I’ve just exchanged a non working gpu by my new hd5750.

I remember the first chaotic steps, how to build that, and create repeating builds, what about the license? Did we have the right to offer a pre-build rpm etc. I spent some time fixing all of this stuff.
And start the build on real hardware. Hey afterward kvm was really in infancy stage.

Release after release amd/ati and openSUSE, the driver was build, on hardware for each supported distribution. When beginning of 2013 Sebastian Siebert, who got some direct contacts with AMD, release
his own script, we collaborate to have the possibility to build on virtual machines, which allow me to simplify the build process, as having on kvm for each openSUSE release supported.

Afterward, AMD start to split fglrx with the fglrx for HD5xx and above, and fglrx-legacy. So 2 drivers to maintain, but as always with proprietary software, the legacy version became rapidly obsolete,
and non usable. Not that bad, in the meantime the AMD effort on the free and open source radeon driver, quickly overcome the performance of legacy.

Still from 2013, to 2016 I’ve been able to propose ready to use rpm for several version of openSUSE’s distributions. I think the repository serve quite well end users, and I never got big flames.

I can’t avoid to mention the openSUSE powered server and sponsored by Ioda-Net Sàrl that has serve this objective so well during that time frame.

Future of the repository

Now that fglrx is becoming obsolete, I think seriously about why the repository online should stay online.

At openSUSE project level, we still have 13.1, 13.2, 42.1 and 42.2 that are mostly active. 13.1 is already almost out of the game of evergreen,
13.2 will follow soon, and I don’t know yet the exact plan for 42.1, but it will certainly go out of maintenance in less than a year.

If you feel or have the need of the repository, please express that in the comments below.

Wait there’s amd-gpu-pro, no?

Yeap there’s a closed driver, called amd-gpu-pro, available, for newer cards. But there’s two things that bring me out of the game, first I don’t have those newer gpu,
and don’t have the need to replace my hd5750 for the moment. The second and certainly the most important, those drivers are only available for Ubuntu or at least in .deb format.

I will certainly not help proprietary crap, if I don’t have a solid base to work with, and a bit of help from their side. I wish good luck to those who want to try those drivers,
I’ve got a look inside, and got a blame face.

For crazy, and those who don’t love their computer

So you want to loose your time? you can! I’ve kept in raw-src directory all the script used to build the driver.
They differ a bit compared to Sebastian Siebert last version in the sense of making Leap 422 as a possible target.
If you dig a bit around, you should be able to build them, but you’re alone on that way, you’ve been warned!

I’m not against a republished version, if someone find a way to make them working, just drop me a message.

That’s all for this journey, Have Fun! 🙂

]]> https://lizards.opensuse.org/2016/12/07/amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-end-of-an-era/feed/ 15 Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx 15.12 rpms released for LEAP 42.2 https://lizards.opensuse.org/2016/10/15/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-15-12-rpms-released-for-leap-42-2/ https://lizards.opensuse.org/2016/10/15/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-15-12-rpms-released-for-leap-42-2/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2016 16:16:18 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=12052 Warnings

There’s no warranties the drivers will work, for you!

If you are satisfied with the open-source radeon drivers, don’t risk to break your computer !

Still there will NEVER be a fglrx driver for recent kernel and xorg. So if one of those component change in Leap fglrx will be broken.

Actual situation

Since last december, AMD doesn’t published any update about fglrx so the version is still the 15.12.302 published. A few days ago our beloved Leap release manager Ludwig ask me by email, if there will be an available drivers for Leap 42.2.

Today, after hacking a bit the last Sebastian Siebert’s script I’ve been able to build the drivers for Leap 42.2 RC1, and the driver install fine, and xorg start on my HD5750 (but that’s all what I can tell).

I will rebuild the driver once Leap 42.2 will hit its final stage.

Repository

zypper ar -cfg -n FGLRX http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx/openSUSE_Leap_42.2/ FLGRX

zypper -v refresh -f FGLRX

zypper -v install fglrx64_amdcccle_SUSE422 fglrx64_core_SUSE422 fglrx64_graphics_SUSE422  fglrx64_opencl_SUSE422 fglrx64_xpic_SUSE422

Future

AMD has stopped any development for FGLRX, so it is already considered obsolete. But on the other side they make a lot of effort to bring radeon and amdgpu (the free and open source driver) to a decent performance level.

I don’t have that much usage anymore of my AMD gpu powered computer, and my HD5750 is now 8 years old already, so I can’t promise to be able to follow up with changes.

Cleanup

I removed all the obsoletes packages letting only the last one for each openSUSE version still available. Also the server has no more copy of openSUSE github artwork. If this missing to someone, don’t hesitate to ask.

Have fun

]]> https://lizards.opensuse.org/2016/10/15/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-15-12-rpms-released-for-leap-42-2/feed/ 6 Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx rpms new release 15.11 (15.300.1025-1) https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/12/06/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-new-release-15-11-15-300-1025-1/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:37:24 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=11582 Time to get an update for fglrx: the new release has been build for 13.1, 13.2, Leap 42.1, and tumbleweed 20151201

Tumbleweed beware : broken Xorg

It seems since the release, that a number of report of broken xorg with gdm, ssdm and so… segfaulting

You can still use the previous version hanging on the server. But I doubt it would work better

As soon, with Sebastian Siebert we have a patch for, I will republish a new build

Informations & bugreport Sebastian’s blog or lizards.o.o

The proposed drivers support kernel up to version 4.4

AMD release note available

Sebastien Siebert making script

Sebastian Siebert posts about fglrx

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)

Debugging troubles

I recommend in case of trouble the use of his script which can collect the whole informations needed to help you. then you just have to issue a simple commande in console to collect all informations, you can review them, and finally transmit them.
Check the website to get the latest. 

su -c 'sh makerpm-amd-15.11.sh -ur'
The system report 'amd-report.txt' was generated.                                                                                                          [ OK ]
Do you want to read the system report 'amd-report.txt' now? yes/no [y/n]: y
Are you sure to upload the above-named system report to sprunge.us? yes/no [y/n]: y

The report was uploaded to sprunge.us.
   The link is:  http://sprunge.us/eMEB

Copy paste the link in the comment zone of Sebastian post

All proudly distributed by openSUSE powered server and sponsored by Ioda-Net Sàrl

]]> Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx rpms released for LEAP 42.1 https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/10/31/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-released-for-leap-42-1/ https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/10/31/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-released-for-leap-42-1/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2015 20:04:56 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=11558 Since the last few months, we all know that the new openSUSE Leap 42.1 is on its road.

But fglrx drivers were missing. Even with the 15.9 release in September.

Warnings

There’s really no warranties the drivers will work, for you!

If you are satisfied with the open-source radeon drivers, don’t risk to break your computer

All the trouble present in 15.9 will be there, like the failing gnome3 gdm start, see previous article from Sebastian, his scripts also available on the raw-src directory on the mirror, allow you to apply a quirk patch.

I’m considering the release of thoses rpms as experimental, they work for some, and sometimes are convenient. But they can also create kernel segfault on some configurations.
If you are in trouble start your openSUSE in rescue mode with nomodeset on boot line, and then zypper rm fglrx related packages, reboot and you should safely return to free radeon.

Story

Today, while packing my stuff for the SUSECON15 in Amsterdam, I was pleased on irc to have feedback of users
who were able to run fglrx Tumbleweed packages on their Leap 42.1

I’ve then start a Leap vm and hack a bit Sebastian Siebert’s script for 15.9 to add support for Leap.
The drivers build, and install correctly. I’ve also updated the one-click installer for people using this
technology.

Leap being available only for x86_64 bit plateform, the driver follow the same available arch.

Links to the new repository openSUSE_Leap_42

Have fun!

]]> https://lizards.opensuse.org/2015/10/31/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-released-for-leap-42-1/feed/ 1 New Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst omega fglrx 14.12 (14.501.1003-1) rpm released https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/12/13/new-proprietary-amdati-catalyst-omega-fglrx-14-12-14-501-1003-1-rpm-released/ https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/12/13/new-proprietary-amdati-catalyst-omega-fglrx-14-12-14-501-1003-1-rpm-released/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:43:10 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=11102 Hey Christmas time around! AMD give us a new version of fglrx, and Sebastian Siebert just release his script yesterday night.
So I’ve prepared the new version available for openSUSE 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2 and Tumbleweed.
Sebastian’s script contain a special patch for supporting kernel up to 3.17 and 3.18 version.
I should also share Sebastian’s surprize about the fact that this version didn’t got a beta/rc cycle….

I hope this release will give better results for all of you who own an apu (especially the recent one), and also fix a number of issue with the hybrid chipset intel cpu/amd gpu embedded.

See below how to report issue on Sebastian blog.

It will be the last build for all openSUSE version below 13.1 (except if patches are needed).
In January 12.3 support will definitively end. But I will let the drivers as is so you can still use them in case of.

Installation / update

Please refer to the wiki page SDB:AMD_fgrlx

New packaging schema

The driver is now splitted into different rpm that all need to be installed. Normally the necessary Require field is there and should happen automatically.

My advise is to check if you have them all installed.

for 32 bits

zypper install fglrx_xpic fglrx_core fglrx_graphics fglrx_amdcccle fglrx_opencl

for 64 bits

zypper install fglrx64_xpic fglrx64_core fglrx64_graphics fglrx64_amdcccle fglrx64_opencl

A notice for Tumbleweed users

The new release has now its package correctly named, previously they were called SUSEFACTORY, with the new version the package will contain SUSETUMBLEWEED in their name

Release note about 14.12

AMD Catalyst Full release note

New Features:
The following section provides a summary of new features in this driver version.

    OpenCL 2.0 support (requires 64-bit OS and compatible AMD Radeon™ R Series GPU)
    VAAPI decoding support (H264, VC1, MPEG2, MPEG4)
    Distribution specific package support for Ubuntu and Red Hat

Resolved Issues:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite.

    [402835]: Unexpected pixmap's time stamp change on Ubuntu with composite enabled causes Linux Khronos CTS to randomly fail
    [403420]: Driver install can sometimes have an error in Ubuntu 14.10 using GPL symbol before Kernel 3.16
    [405011]: Driver installation may intermittently fail on Kernel 3.9.0
    [409856]: Generate Distribution Specific Package' mode of Catalyst install does not create symbolic links for libGL
    [407550]: Driver upgrade failed in Ubuntu with specific drivers

Known Issues:
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite. 

  [404829]: Horizontal flashing lines on second screen in a clone mode with V-Sync on using AMD Mobility Graphics with Switchable Intel Graphics
  [404508]: Display takes a long time to redraw the screen after an S4 cycle

This Catalyst fglrx version support openSUSE version from 11.4 to 13.2 plus Tumbleweed (thus covering kernel to 3.18 series).
Again a special thanks to Sebastian Siebert for his effort on making this driver working under openSUSE and latest kernel.
Want to help, use the donate button on his blog page

Sebastien Siebert making script

Sebastian Siebert post about 14.12

Damn I’m impressed by the number of steam games tested there, I should try some of them during hollidays 🙂

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.

Debugging and reporting troubles

I recommend in case of trouble the use of his script which can collect the whole informations needed to help you. then you just have to issue a simple commande in console to collect all informations, you can review them, and finally transmit them.
Check the website to get the latest. 

su -c 'sh makerpm-amd-14.12.sh -ur'
The system report 'amd-report.txt' was generated.                                                                                                          [ OK ]
Do you want to read the system report 'amd-report.txt' now? yes/no [y/n]: y
Are you sure to upload the above-named system report to sprunge.us? yes/no [y/n]: y

The report was uploaded to sprunge.us.
   The link is:  http://sprunge.us/eMEB

Copy paste the link in the comment zone of Sebastian post

Reminder this drivers is only for radeon HD5xxx

This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above.
For older gpu, the fglrx-legacy is still there see wiki page atSDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy.
Beware of it obsolete status, and prefer the free open-source radeon driver which came out of the box from your openSUSE distribution.
For 12.3, and more true with 13.1+ the free radeon often offer a better experience than the old fglrx-legacy, especially for HD2xxx-HD4xxx range.

Humor : the never ending links

In 2014 April, I’ve decided to close the automatic redirection of http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/ati after being obsolete for more than one year.
The reason was that there’s no safe way to drive people having a older Radeon HD card (series 2xxx to 4xxxx) to not use newer fglrx build.

Guess what? I’m still seeing more than quarter billion hit on those address (for 12.1 to 13.1) 🙂

If you click on such link referring to this url, please do your best to fix thoses and check your or friends computer configurations 🙂

Mirror total Statistics

Month Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth
2011 195,167 537,369 10.080M 10.369M 1,582.25 GB
2012 804,092 2,014,942 59.263M 59.656M 4,390.50 GB
2013 570,673 1,834,450 28.668M 29.384M 6,378.90 GB
2014 149,900 448,086 15,427M 15.761M 6,068.12 GB

All proudly distributed by openSUSE powered server and sponsored by Ioda-Net Sàrl

]]> https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/12/13/new-proprietary-amdati-catalyst-omega-fglrx-14-12-14-501-1003-1-rpm-released/feed/ 22 AMD FGLRX – the 14.9 refurbished version for openSUSE 13.2 and Tumbleweed https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/11/13/amd-fglrx-the-14-9-refurbished-version-for-opensuse-13-2-and-tumbleweed/ https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/11/13/amd-fglrx-the-14-9-refurbished-version-for-opensuse-13-2-and-tumbleweed/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:03:33 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=11096 Hey good news, finally, Sebastian Siebert manage to create a compatible drivers for our last release.
Tumbleweed is supported too (perhaps only until it diverge consequently from 13.2).

Kernel 3.18 will be supported too.

For complete original story, refer to the original post.

The driver were published 8 days ago and some brave enough soul test them with success. Especially if you have a pure gpu comibnation.
It seems some people with intel cpu/gpu + amd gpu still have trouble, but that can be linked to the intel driver problems.

The new repository url are :
Tumbleweed

http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/

openSUSE_13.2

http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx/openSUSE_13.2/

To upgrade any previous version : uninstall fglrx_xpicXXXX and install the whole new rpms
fglrx(64)_*

This special version has been published only for 13.2 and Tumbleweed. We will wait a real updated official drivers to update the others flavors of openSUSE.

Have fun

]]> https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/11/13/amd-fglrx-the-14-9-refurbished-version-for-opensuse-13-2-and-tumbleweed/feed/ 20 Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx 14.9 (14.301.1001-1) rpm released https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/10/11/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-14-9-14-301-1001-1-rpm-released/ Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:32:22 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=11052 As of October 11th, a bunch of new rpm for FGLRX has been released for openSUSE 11.4 to 13.1 including Tumbleweed.
a special patch has been added for supporting up to kernel 3.17

Installation / update

Please refer to the wiki page SDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy

Notice radeon HD5xxx or above only

This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above.
For older gpu, the fglrx-legacy is still 13.1, and thus didn’t work with openSUSE 12.3 or above.
SDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy
Beware of that, and prefer the free open-source radeon driver which came out of the box from your openSUSE distribution.
For 12.3 and especially 13.1 the free radeon often offer a better experience than the old fglrx-legacy, especially for HD2xxx-HD4xxx range.

openSUSE Factory / 13.2

Dear fellow, unfortunately an still open bug at AMD is not yet resolved to make FGLRX working under newer xorg version.
There’s also a re-organization of how xorg files will be placed in the file system. Once both of them will be fixed Sebastian will produce a newer script.
If those appear soon we perhaps will see rpm fglrx for 13.2.

Release note about 14.9

AMD Full release note

New Features:
The following section provides a summary of new features in this driver version.

   AMD Radeon™ R9 285
   Ubuntu 14.04  support
   RHEL 7.0 support
   Install improvements
      Package and distribution generation options; recommend options set by default
           Help user install generated distribution package once created
      Pop-up messages to help guide users through the install process
           Identifying and installation of pre-requisites

Resolved Issues:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite.

  Witcher 2 random lock-up seen when launching the application
  Screen corruption when connecting an external monitor to some PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms
  Intermittent X crash when the user does a rotation with Tear Free Desktop enabled
  Failure on exit of OpenGL programs
  Error message being displayed when a user does run clinfo in console mode
  Blank screen when hot plugging an HDMI monitor from a MST hub
  System hang after resume from S3/S4 in High Performance mode on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms
  Corruption or artifacting on the bottom right corner of the screen before booting into login UI during restart
  Occasional segmentation fault when running ETQW
  xscreensavers test failing with multi-GPU Crossfire™ configurations
  Motion Builder severe flickering while toggling full screen
  Intermittent crashing and corruption observed while running X-Plane
  Some piglit and Khronos OpenGL conformance test failures
  Displays occasionally going black when startx is run on Ubuntu 14.04 after switching to integrated GPU on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel Haswell CPU system platforms
  A connected external display getting disabled when unplugging AC power from laptop platforms
  An auto log out when double clicking the picture under desktop server times on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms

Known Issues:
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite. 

  [404829]: Horizontal flashing lines on second screen in a clone mode with V-Sync on using AMD Mobility Graphics with Switchable Intel Graphics
  [404508]: Display takes a long time to redraw the screen after an S4 cycle

This Catalyst fglrx version support openSUSE version from 11.4 to 13.1 plus Tumbleweed (thus covering kernel from 3.11 to 3.17 series).
A special thanks to Sebastian Siebert for his effort on making this driver working under openSUSE and latest kernel.

Notice for users of the -beta repository

If you previously used the fglrx drivers using the -beta created for fglrx 13.35, you could now switch back the url of the repository to the standard one.
The beta will contain now outdated driver until AMD release a new one.
If you were using the normal repository the update should appear directly 

To change the url if your repository is called FGLRX
zypper mr -n FLGRX http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx/openSUSE_13.1

Sebastien Siebert making script

Sebastian Siebert post about 14.9

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.

Don’t forget to check the long list of Steam Games Sebastian has tried 🙂

See below what to do in case of troubles.

Debugging troubles

I recommend in case of trouble the use of his script which can collect the whole informations needed to help you. then you just have to issue a simple commande in console to collect all informations, you can review them, and finally transmit them.
Check the website to get the latest. 

su -c 'sh makerpm-amd-14.4.sh -ur'
The system report 'amd-report.txt' was generated.                                                                                                          [ OK ]
Do you want to read the system report 'amd-report.txt' now? yes/no [y/n]: y
Are you sure to upload the above-named system report to sprunge.us? yes/no [y/n]: y

The report was uploaded to sprunge.us.
   The link is:  http://sprunge.us/eMEB

Copy paste the link in the comment zone of Sebastian post

Notice to people who still look for older ati repo

In 2014 April, I’ve decided to close the automatic redirection of http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/ati after being obsolete for more than one year.
The reason was that there’s no safe way to drive people having a older Radeon HD card (series 2xxx to 4xxxx) to not use newer fglrx build.
I’m still seeing more than half billion hit on those address (for 12.1 to 13.1). If you click on such link referring to this url, please do your best to fix thoses.

Mirror total Statistics

Month Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth
2011 195,167 537,369 10.080M 10.369M 1,582.25 GB
2012 804,092 2,014,942 59.263M 59.656M 4,390.50 GB
2013 570,673 1,834,450 28.668M 29.384M 6,378.90 GB
2014 141,076 435,791 15,382M 15.661M 6,643.82 GB

All proudly distributed by openSUSE powered server and sponsored by Ioda-Net Sàrl

]]> BETA Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx 14.20 BETA v1.0 July 11 2014 rpm are released for several openSUSE version https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/08/17/beta-proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-14-20-beta-v1-0-july-11-2014-rpm-are-released-for-several-opensuse-version/ Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:18:31 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=10954 Back on line after several weeks in late, I’ve tried from my best to resolve the case of Factory rolling releases.

After some hacks on the latest Sebastian Siebert beta version (Made in June), I’ve been able to build now BETA fglrx rpm for several openSUSE version.

one day AMD will release or not a stable version. (On my side I prefer to see more efforts made on the free radeon driver.)

Notice

This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above. All owner of HD2xx and HD4xx are really encouraged to use the free radeon driver (which received a lot of improvement in 3.11+ kernels)

This is experimental & BETA software, it could fix issues you encountered (FGLRX not working for openSUSE 13.1),

What happen to Sebastian

I would like to have some news about Sebastian Siebert, he’s a essential key for future updates.
This time I was able (even with several weeks in late) to adjust the script to create a build for openSUSE Factory.
But one day something will broke in kernel or somewhere else, and we all need to find a way to fix it.

So if you’re in touch with Sebastian, could you drop me a comment or a private mail?

I would like to continue the good support we created 3.5 years ago, or at least knowning if I’m orphan 🙁

Beta Repository

To make things clear about the status of the drivers, it will not be published under the normal stable repository http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx.
I’ve created some times ago a beta repository located at http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx-beta.
The FGLRX 14.20 beta1 rpm are released for openSUSE version 12.3, 13.1 (+Tumbleweed), Factory

Signer of package my generic builder gpg key at Ioda-Net. (gpg key id 65BE584C)

For those interested by contributing or patches done to last Sebastian version, the raw-src on the server contain all the material used
http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx-beta/raw-src.

Installing the new repository

Admitting you’ve the normal repository named FGLRX, (use zypper lr -d to find the number or name you give it). You have to start by disabling it
so you could fallback to it quickly when new stable version will be published. Open a root console or add sudo at your convenience and issue the following command:

zypper mr -dR FGLRX

amd-fglrx-beta

To add another repository in the same console as root issue the following command which will install normally the right repository for your distribution

zypper ar -n FGLRX-BETA -cgf http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx-beta/openSUSE_`lsb-release -r | awk '{print $2}'` FGLRX-BETA

If you are using Tumbleweed use this one

zypper ar -n FGLRX-BETA -cgf http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx-beta/openSUSE_Tumbleweed FGLRX-BETA

Now the update/upgrade process

zypper dup -r FGLRX-BETA

Let the system upgrade the package, and try to enjoy the new beta.

Upgrading from the previous beta

Let the magic of zypper do the work for you

zypper lu

will show you the new build -2

zypper up

will update to the new version

Installation done on actual factory

I’ve done the driver installation on virtual kvm and it seems to work. The log show me that I should also clean up previous kernel installed

zypper in fglrx64_xpic_SUSEFACTORY
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 5 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  fglrx64_xpic_SUSEFACTORY kernel-syms mozilla-nss-tools pesign pesign-obs-integration 

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  mozilla-nss 

1 package to upgrade, 5 new.
Overall download size: 66.7 MiB. Already cached: 0 B  After the operation, additional 281.2 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package mozilla-nss-3.16.4-1.1.x86_64                                                                                                                          (1/6), 562.8 KiB (  1.7 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: mozilla-nss-3.16.4-1.1.x86_64.rpm ...........................................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving package pesign-0.109-6.2.x86_64                                                                                                                                (2/6),  98.4 KiB (403.9 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: pesign-0.109-6.2.x86_64.rpm ....................................................................................................................................................[done (33.4 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-1.1.x86_64                                                                                                                    (3/6), 341.6 KiB (  1.7 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-1.1.x86_64.rpm .......................................................................................................................................[done (396.3 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package pesign-obs-integration-10.0-0.24.1.x86_64                                                                                                              (4/6),  26.0 KiB ( 57.6 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: pesign-obs-integration-10.0-0.24.1.x86_64.rpm ...............................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving package kernel-syms-3.16.0-1.1.x86_64                                                                                                                            (5/6), 439.0 KiB (  345 B unpacked)
Retrieving: kernel-syms-3.16.0-1.1.x86_64.rpm ...........................................................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving package fglrx64_xpic_SUSEFACTORY-14.20-1.x86_64                                                                                                                (6/6),  65.3 MiB (279.0 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: fglrx64_xpic_SUSEFACTORY-14.20-1.x86_64.rpm .................................................................................................................................................[done]
Checking for file conflicts: ............................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(1/6) Installing: mozilla-nss-3.16.4-1.1 ................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(2/6) Installing: pesign-0.109-6.2 ......................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(3/6) Installing: mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-1.1 ..........................................................................................................................................................[done]
(4/6) Installing: pesign-obs-integration-10.0-0.24.1 ....................................................................................................................................................[done]
(5/6) Installing: kernel-syms-3.16.0-1.1 ................................................................................................................................................................[done]
(6/6) Installing: fglrx64_xpic_SUSEFACTORY-14.20-1 ......................................................................................................................................................[done]
Additional rpm output:
Updating /etc/sysconfig/fglrxconfig...
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx /
Apply some patches ...
ati-CONFIG_SMP.patch applied successfully.
ati-2.6.27-build-fix-1.patch applied successfully.
ati-2.6.36-compat_alloc_user_space.patch applied successfully.
amd-3.14.0-strict_return_type.patch applied successfully.
/

Used CPUs/Cores for compilation  =>  [ 2 ]


********************************************************************************
*                                                                              *
*   Kernel:    3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop                                            *
*   Source:    /lib/modules/3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop/build                         *
*   Include:   /lib/modules/3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop/source/include                *
*                                                                              *
********************************************************************************



file /lib/modules/3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop/source/include/../arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h says:COMPAT_ALLOC_USER_SPACE=arch_compat_alloc_user_space
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x /
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.15.0-rc7-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  LD      /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_debug.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_ioctl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_io.o
In file included from /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:199:0:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetInitKerPte’:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:89:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2721:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PGD_PRESENT’
     PGD_PRESENT(pgd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:99:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2724:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PUD_PRESENT’
     PUD_PRESENT(pud_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:122:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2729:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PMD_PRESENT’
     PMD_PRESENT(pmd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetPageTableByVirtAddr’:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:89:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2788:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PGD_PRESENT’
     PGD_PRESENT(pgd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:99:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2793:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PUD_PRESENT’
     PUD_PRESENT(pud_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:122:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2799:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PMD_PRESENT’
     PMD_PRESENT(pmd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetPageSizeByVirtAddr’:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:89:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2857:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PGD_PRESENT’
     PGD_PRESENT(pgd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:99:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2862:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PUD_PRESENT’
     PUD_PRESENT(pud_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:122:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2868:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PMD_PRESENT’
     PMD_PRESENT(pmd_p);
     ^
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_pci.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_str.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_iommu.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_wait.o
  LD [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o
  LD [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.15.0-rc7-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.15.0-rc7-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  INSTALL /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
  DEPMOD  3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.15.0-rc7-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
/
Calling 'depmod -a 3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop' this may take a while...



********************************************************************************
*                                                                              *
*   Kernel:    3.16.0-1-desktop                                                *
*   Source:    /lib/modules/3.16.0-1-desktop/build                             *
*   Include:   /lib/modules/3.16.0-1-desktop/source/include                    *
*                                                                              *
********************************************************************************



file /lib/modules/3.16.0-1-desktop/source/include/../arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h says:COMPAT_ALLOC_USER_SPACE=arch_compat_alloc_user_space
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x /
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.16.0-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.16.0-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  LD      /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o
In file included from /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:199:0:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetInitKerPte’:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:89:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2721:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PGD_PRESENT’
     PGD_PRESENT(pgd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:99:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2724:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PUD_PRESENT’
     PUD_PRESENT(pud_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:122:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2729:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PMD_PRESENT’
     PMD_PRESENT(pmd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetPageTableByVirtAddr’:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:89:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2788:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PGD_PRESENT’
     PGD_PRESENT(pgd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:99:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2793:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PUD_PRESENT’
     PUD_PRESENT(pud_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:122:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2799:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PMD_PRESENT’
     PMD_PRESENT(pmd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_GetPageSizeByVirtAddr’:
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:89:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2857:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PGD_PRESENT’
     PGD_PRESENT(pgd_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:99:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2862:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PUD_PRESENT’
     PUD_PRESENT(pud_p);
     ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.h:122:9: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
         return PAGING_FAULT_SIGBUS_INT;   /* Something bad happened; generate SIGBUS */ \
         ^
/usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:2868:5: note: in expansion of macro ‘PMD_PRESENT’
     PMD_PRESENT(pmd_p);
     ^
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_debug.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_ioctl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_io.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_pci.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_str.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_iommu.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl.o
  CC [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/kcl_wait.o
  LD [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o
  LD [M]  /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.16.0-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-3.16.0-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.16.0-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
  INSTALL /usr/src/kernel-modules/fglrx/2.6.x/fglrx.ko
  DEPMOD  3.16.0-1-desktop
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-3.16.0-1-obj/x86_64/desktop'
rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko *.a .??* *.symvers
/
Calling 'depmod -a 3.16.0-1-desktop' this may take a while...


Summary report:
================================================================================

   Kernel     => 3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop
   Detected   => RPM package
   Build      => [ OK ]
   Install    => [ OK ]

   Kernel     => 3.16.0-1-desktop
   Detected   => RPM package
   Build      => [ OK ]
   Install    => [ OK ]

*************************************************************
Please read "/usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE" for
configuration details when using SaX2.
*************************************************************

Disable KMS to prevent driver issue:
Creating initrd: /boot/initrd-3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop
Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --logfile /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log --force --force-drivers "thermal ata_generic virtio_pci virtio_blk processor fan" /boot/initrd-3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop 3.15.0-rc7-1-desktop
*** Including module: bash ***
*** Including module: warpclock ***
*** Including module: i18n ***
*** Including module: network ***
dracut-install: ERROR: installing '/etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-*'
/usr/lib/dracut/dracut-install -D /var/tmp/initramfs.6yTEj2 -a /etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-*
*** Including module: ifcfg ***
*** Including module: drm ***
*** Including module: plymouth ***
*** Including module: kernel-modules ***
Omitting driver i2o_scsi
*** Including module: qemu ***
*** Including module: qemu-net ***
*** Including module: resume ***
*** Including module: rootfs-block ***
*** Including module: terminfo ***
*** Including module: udev-rules ***
Skipping udev rule: 91-permissions.rules
Skipping udev rule: 80-drivers-modprobe.rules
*** Including module: systemd ***
*** Including module: usrmount ***
*** Including module: base ***
*** Including module: fs-lib ***
*** Including module: shutdown ***
*** Including module: suse ***
*** Including modules done ***
*** Installing kernel module dependencies and firmware ***
*** Installing kernel module dependencies and firmware done ***
*** Resolving executable dependencies ***
*** Resolving executable dependencies done***
*** Hardlinking files ***
*** Hardlinking files done ***
*** Stripping files ***
*** Stripping files done ***
*** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
*** Constructing AuthenticAMD.bin ****
*** Store current command line parameters ***
Stored kernel commandline:
rd.driver.pre=thermal
rd.driver.pre=ata_generic
rd.driver.pre=virtio_pci
rd.driver.pre=virtio_blk
rd.driver.pre=processor
rd.driver.pre=fan
 resume=UUID=29c1eea4-2333-4ec6-9037-c5bf2a078001
root=UUID=b0d35255-bf7e-4d69-9aa0-c3dc5b567fd1 rootflags=rw,relatime,data=ordered rootfstype=ext4
*** Creating image file ***
*** Creating image file done ***
Creating initrd: /boot/initrd-3.16.0-1-desktop
Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --logfile /var/log/YaST2/mkinitrd.log --force --force-drivers "thermal ata_generic virtio_pci virtio_blk processor fan" /boot/initrd-3.16.0-1-desktop 3.16.0-1-desktop
*** Including module: bash ***
*** Including module: warpclock ***
*** Including module: i18n ***
*** Including module: network ***
dracut-install: ERROR: installing '/etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-*'
/usr/lib/dracut/dracut-install -D /var/tmp/initramfs.LzrIyP -a /etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-*
*** Including module: ifcfg ***
*** Including module: drm ***
*** Including module: plymouth ***
*** Including module: kernel-modules ***
Omitting driver i2o_scsi
*** Including module: qemu ***
*** Including module: qemu-net ***
*** Including module: resume ***
*** Including module: rootfs-block ***
*** Including module: terminfo ***
*** Including module: udev-rules ***
Skipping udev rule: 91-permissions.rules
Skipping udev rule: 80-drivers-modprobe.rules
*** Including module: systemd ***
*** Including module: usrmount ***
*** Including module: base ***
*** Including module: fs-lib ***
*** Including module: shutdown ***
*** Including module: suse ***
*** Including modules done ***
*** Installing kernel module dependencies and firmware ***
*** Installing kernel module dependencies and firmware done ***
*** Resolving executable dependencies ***
*** Resolving executable dependencies done***
*** Hardlinking files ***
*** Hardlinking files done ***
*** Stripping files ***
*** Stripping files done ***
*** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
*** Constructing AuthenticAMD.bin ****
*** Store current command line parameters ***
Stored kernel commandline:
rd.driver.pre=thermal
rd.driver.pre=ata_generic
rd.driver.pre=virtio_pci
rd.driver.pre=virtio_blk
rd.driver.pre=processor
rd.driver.pre=fan
 resume=UUID=29c1eea4-2333-4ec6-9037-c5bf2a078001
root=UUID=b0d35255-bf7e-4d69-9aa0-c3dc5b567fd1 rootflags=rw,relatime,data=ordered rootfstype=ext4
*** Creating image file ***
*** Creating image file done ***
Update bootloader...

Comments about success or failure are welcomed!

Release note about 14.20 BETA v10 and new repository

A release note is available on AMD Linux Beta

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 14.20 Beta V1.0 (July 2014) Driver for Linux:
This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following 
 
 new features:

    Ubuntu 14.04 support
    Install improvements
        Package and distribution generation options; recommend options set by default
            Help user install generated distribution package once created
        Pop-up messages to help guide users through the install process
            Identifying and installation of pre-requisites 
    
 Resolved Issues:

    [399454] : Witcher 2 - Resolves random lock-up seen when launching the application

    [398826] : Screen corruption when connect external monitor to some PowerXpress A+I platform
    [396719] : X crash when do rotation with Tear Free Desktop enabled
    [397810] : Failure on exit of OpenGL programs
    [398424] : Error message when run clinfo in console mode
    [396098] : Blank screen when hotplug HDMI monitor from MST hub
    [396795] : System hang after resume from S3/S4 in High Performance mode on PowerXpress A+I platform
    [396870] : Garbage on the bottom right corner of screen before boot into login UI during restart

    [394504] : Segmentation fault when run ETQW
 Open Issues:
    DOTA 2 may hang while playing on the AMD Radeon 7900 or AMD Radeon R9 280X
    Witcher 2 exhibits intermittent corruption when swinging sword in the Arena

Sebastien Siebert making script

Sebastian’s web page

Raw & source for the script done

See below what to do in case of troubles.

Or you can also ping him on irc (freespacer) or me (tigerfoot)

Debugging troubles

I recommend in case of trouble the use of this script
which can collect the whole information needed to help you. then you just have to issue a simple commande in console to collect all information, you can review them, and finally transmit them.
Check the website to get the latest. 

su -c 'sh makerpm-amd-13.11-betav6.sh -ur'
The system report 'amd-report.txt' was generated.                                                                                                          [ OK ]
Do you want to read the system report 'amd-report.txt' now? yes/no [y/n]: y
Are you sure to upload the above-named system report to sprunge.us? yes/no [y/n]: y

The report was uploaded to sprunge.us.
   The link is:  http://sprunge.us/eMEB

Copy paste the link in the comment zone of Sebastian post

Thanks to Ioda-Net Sàrl which proudly offer bandwith & openSUSE powered server to serve you rpm.

Good tests, and don’t forget to give your feedback to AMD

That’s all for this release

]]> Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx 14.4 (14.10.1006-1) rpm released https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/05/02/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-14-4-14-10-1006-1-rpm-released/ https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/05/02/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-14-4-14-10-1006-1-rpm-released/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 16:40:05 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=10757 As of May 2nd, a bunch of new rpm for FGLRX has been released for openSUSE 11.4 to 13.1 including Tumbleweed

Notice

This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above.
For older gpu, the fglrx-legacy is still 13.1, and thus didn’t work with openSUSE 12.3 or above.
SDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy
Beware of that, and prefer the free open-source radeon driver which came out of the box from your openSUSE distribution.
For 12.3 and especially 13.1 the free radeon often offer a better experience than the old fglrx-legacy, especially for HD2xxx-HD4xxx range.

Help for spreading the word

Dear fellow I’m counting on you to spread the word, in the different social media you’re subscribed, and also on Mailing list, forums.
Feel free also to translate it into your native language

Release note about 14.4

AMD Full release note

New Features:
The following section provides a summary of new features in this driver version.

Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
Ubuntu 12.04.4  support
Full support for OpenGL 4.4
  OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:
		ARB_buffer_storage
		ARB_enhanced_layouts
		ARB_query_buffer_object
		ARB_clear_texture
		ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
		ARB_texture_stencil8
		ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
		ARB_multi_bind
		ARB_bindless_texture
		ARB_spare_texture
		ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
		ARB_indirect_parameters
		ARB_shader_group_vote

Resolved Issues:
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite.

        Corruption and system hang observed while running Sanctuary BM with Tear Free Desktop enabled
        Memory leak about hardware context
        EGL create context error for glesx
        GPU hand in CrossFire Mode
        [Piglit] Test "spec/arb_vertex_array_object" failed
        [Piglit] Test "glx/GLX_EXT_import_context/free context" failed
        [Piglit] Test "spec/ARB_seamless_cube_map" failed
        Piglit] Test "texture swizzle with border color" failed
        Glxtest failures observed in log file
        Blank screen observed while running steam games with Big picture
        4ms delay observed in the glxSwapBuffers when vsync is enabled
        RBDoom3BFG the game auto quit when use the security camera terminal
        ETQW segmentation fault

Known Issues:
The following section provides a summary of open issues that may be experienced with the AMD Catalyst Linux Software Suite. 

Performance on some Steam OS games is lower on 1GB graphics memory cards, compared with 2GB graphics memory cards
Some Piglit tests cause a system hang under Ubuntu

This Catalyst fglrx version support openSUSE version from 11.4 to 13.1 plus Tumbleweed (thus covering kernel from 3.11 to 3.14 series).
A special thanks to Sebastian Siebert for his effort on making this driver working under openSUSE and latest kernel.

If a kind German geeko can take the time to translate his article, put the result in comments below, you will understand that getting it working,
is not just Fun.

Notice for users of the -beta repository

If you previously used the fglrx drivers using the -beta created for fglrx 13.35, you could now switch back the url of the repository to the standard one.
The beta will contain now outdated driver until AMD release a new one.
If you were using the normal repository the update should appear directly 

To change the url if your repository is called FGLRX
zypper mr -n FLGRX http://geeko.ioda.net/mirror/amd-fglrx/openSUSE_13.1

Tumbleweed

If you upgrade your tumbleweed from 12.3 to 13.1. You have remove the old package and install the new one.

zypper rm fglrx64_xpic_SUSE123

zypper in fglrx64_xpic_SUSE131
[snipped par of installation]
Calling 'depmod -a 3.12.5-3.g48b587a-desktop' this may take a while...

Summary report:
================================================================================

   Kernel     => 3.12.5-3.g48b587a-desktop
   Detected   => RPM package
   Build      => [ OK ]
   Install    => [ OK ]

*************************************************************
Please read "/usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/README.SuSE" for
configuration details when using SaX2.
*************************************************************
...

Sebastien Siebert making script

Sebastian Siebert post about 14.4

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)

Debugging troubles

I recommend in case of trouble the use of his script which can collect the whole informations needed to help you. then you just have to issue a simple commande in console to collect all informations, you can review them, and finally transmit them.
Check the website to get the latest. 

su -c 'sh makerpm-amd-14.4.sh -ur'
The system report 'amd-report.txt' was generated.                                                                                                          [ OK ]
Do you want to read the system report 'amd-report.txt' now? yes/no [y/n]: y
Are you sure to upload the above-named system report to sprunge.us? yes/no [y/n]: y

The report was uploaded to sprunge.us.
   The link is:  http://sprunge.us/eMEB

Copy paste the link in the comment zone of Sebastian post

Mirror Statistics

Total Statistics

Month Unique visitors Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth
2011 195,167 537,369 10.080M 10.369M 1,582.25 GB
2012 804,092 2,014,942 59.263M 59.656M 4,390.50 GB
2013 570,673 1,834,450 28.668M 29.384M 6,378.90 GB
2014 126,678 416,267 15.315M 15.511M 4,456.16 GB
Total 1,697M 4,803M 113,325M 114,920M 16,807.81 GB

All proudly distributed by openSUSE powered server and sponsored by Ioda-Net Sàrl

]]> https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/05/02/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-14-4-14-10-1006-1-rpm-released/feed/ 2 Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx rpms released https://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/03/23/proprietary-amdati-catalyst-fglrx-rpms-released/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:25:00 +0000 http://lizards.opensuse.org/?p=10693 Proprietary AMD/ATI Catalyst fglrx rpms released

Patience is a virtue, especially with AMD gpu drivers, but today is the FGLRX day!

Yesterday Sebastian Siebert has published new versions for almost everything (except legacy dead horse).

So after 3 versions of the driver, compiled for 6 versions of openSUSE, under 2 arch, the rpms have been published today

Question : how many compilation does that mean? 🙂

Résumé

# # AMD fglrx standard (HD5xxx+ radeon gpu) 13.251-4

So we got a new build of the 13.12 standard version, including support for newer 3.14x kernel.Available for openSUSE 11.4 to 13.1 plus Tumbleweed

mirror link

Informations & bugreport Sebastian’s blog

# # AMD fglrx standard BETA 14.3V1.0 (HD5xxx+ radeon gpu)

Sebastian refresh the script to build the last beta offered by AMD

If you feel brave enough to work them, the rpm are located at the repository address

beta mirror link

Informations & bugreport Sebastian’s blog

# # NEW AMD fglrx unified for FirePro & FireMV gpu 13.251-1

Sebastian now offer also the support for the unified driver for FirePro & FireMV gpu.

The driver is also called fglrx, and you should not mix the different repository. So take care of that.

We create a new repository you could use.

amd-fire-unified mirror link

Informations & bugreport Sebastian’s blog

Notices

This release concern only owners of radeon HD5xxx or above.
For older gpu, the fglrx-legacy is still 13.1, and thus didn’t work with openSUSE 12.3 or above.
SDB:AMD_fgrlx_legacy
Beware of that, and prefer the free open-source radeon driver which came out of the box from your openSUSE distribution.
For 12.3 and especially 13.1 the free radeon often offer a better experience than the old fglrx-legacy.

geeko.ioda.net got a new home

After more than 4 years of good service, our old server got retired. Since 10 days a new beefy server is in place to serve the community.
If you find any trouble using it, please just drop me an email.

I’ve totally cleanup the old vhosts ftp.ioda.net, linux.ioda.net so update your bookmarks, and warn your friends.

Changing the signer of package

Last december, I’ve done a change with which key used for signing the package and repository. So you will need to trust the new key for the repository

zypper ref -f -r amd-fglrx
Forcing raw metadata refresh
Retrieving repository 'amd-fglrx' metadata ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[\]

New repository or package signing key received:
Key ID: 484F703065BE584C
Key Name: builder Ioda-Net (Building and signing packages build at Ioda-Net) 
Key Fingerprint: 80D079EBFB1AB0FEE3CA41E6484F703065BE584C
Key Created: lun 30 jui 2012 15:27:35 CEST
Key Expires: sam 29 jui 2017 15:27:35 CEST
Repository: amd-fglrx

Do you want to reject the key, trust temporarily, or trust always? [r/t/a/? shows all options] (r): a

Sebastien Siebert making script

Sebastian Siebert posts about fglrx

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)

Debugging troubles

I recommend in case of trouble the use of his script which can collect the whole informations needed to help you. then you just have to issue a simple commande in console to collect all informations, you can review them, and finally transmit them.
Check the website to get the latest. 

su -c 'sh makerpm-amd-13.12.sh -ur'
The system report 'amd-report.txt' was generated.                                                                                                          [ OK ]
Do you want to read the system report 'amd-report.txt' now? yes/no [y/n]: y
Are you sure to upload the above-named system report to sprunge.us? yes/no [y/n]: y

The report was uploaded to sprunge.us.
   The link is:  http://sprunge.us/eMEB

Copy paste the link in the comment zone of Sebastian post

All proudly distributed by openSUSE powered server and sponsored by Ioda-Net Sàrl

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