[ltp] ATI Driver - Thinkpad T43 w/ X300
noc ops
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:48:05 -0800
Jiang Qian wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:11:28PM -0800, noc ops wrote:
>
>>
>>Jiang Qian wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:54:55PM -0800, noc ops wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jiang Qian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:22:39PM -0800, noc ops wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Looking for some thoughts regarding the driver I'm looking to use for my
>>>>>>TP T43 w/ x300.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>According to ati's website (ati.com), section under
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Notebooks with ATI Graphics->
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Drivers for XFREE86 / X. Org Version
>>>>>>8.22.5->
>>>>>>
>>>>>>->ati-driver-installer-8.22.5-i386.run
>>>>>>
>>>>>>appears to be the most current driver.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you don't mind closed source driver tainting your kernel, it works
>>>>>pretty well for me with X300. I'm using a version earlier: 8.21.7.
>>>>>Stability is very good: I use it with Xorg 8.2 and patched vanilla
>>>>>2.6.12.4 and my T43 has very long uptime(30 days to be precise. It
>>>>>crashed because I removed the battery to my fridge--longer battery
>>>>>time--and my apartment's power failed.) I use suspend to ram a couple of
>>>>>times a day so that's about 100 suspend-to-ram cycles(to get it to work
>>>>>you need to patch the kernel, though). No random lockup for me though I
>>>>>don't play games. 3D is working of course, and the power save mode does
>>>>>make my laptop cooler(it's at least comparable and quite possibly better
>>>>>than the dynamic clock on open source driver).
>>>>>Jiang
>>>>
>>>>-----------------
>>>>My current newly installed ubuntu has X.org v6.8.2. I'm guessing I
>>>>should leave this as is unless people think this is not a stable release.
>>>>
>>>>I will go ahead and install ati-driver-installer-8.22.5-i386.run unless
>>>>you think 8.21.7 is more stable and gives better output.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>regards,
>>>>/virendra
>>>
>>>Never tried the later version but in my experience ATI didn't have a lot
>>>of regression so it's probably safe to get the latest driver. On thing
>>>to note: you want to generate the package for your own distribution and
>>>then use your own package management to install it. This is because ati
>>>driver install some different library files and symbolic links so that
>>>it's best to let your distro to take care of it. See
>>>http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problems_with_fglrx
>>>for pitfalls for your distro. For example for my own distro I did
>>> ./ati-driver-installer-8.21.7-i386.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/5.04
>>>It generates five packages. I installed them then compile the kernel
>>>modules.
>>>Jiang
>>
>>---------------------
>>This is how I'm planning on installing the driver. Let me know if I'm
>>missing anything.
>>
>>#sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4 module-assistant build-essential fakeroot
>>dh-make debconf libstdc++5 gcc-3.3-base
>>#sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.22.5-i386.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/breezy
>>#sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.22.5-1_i386.deb
>>#sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.22.5-1_i386.deb
>>#sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.22.5-1_i386.deb
>>#sudo m-a prepare
>>#sudo m-a update
>>#sudo m-a a-i fglrx
>
> What are the m-a a-i stuff? I did up dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source part.
> Then I did the following:
> sudo tar xfj fglrx.tar.bz2
> sudo cd modules
> sudo chmod u+x make.sh
> sudo ./make.sh
> sudo mv fglrx.ko to /lib/modules/yourkernelversion/misc
> sudo depmod -ae
>
>>Do I need to run aitconfig (see below)?
>
> No I did not. I backed up my old xorg.conf then I changed
> Section "Device"
> Driver "fglrx"
> Options "VideoOverlay" "on"
> Options "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
> Options "UseInternalAGPART" "no"
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The above commands crashes my X. See my xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "fglrx"
# Options "VideoOverlay" "on"
# Options "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# Options "UseInternalAGPART" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-70
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
vrode@ubuntu:~$ glxinfo | grep -i opengl
or
vrode@ubuntu:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON X300 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.5642 (8.22.5)
vrode@ubuntu:~$ grep fglrx /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x8210658
(II) fglrx(0): === [R200PreInit] === begin, [s]
(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0
(**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
(==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
(II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for I is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for II is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
(II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "MOBILITY RADEON X300 (M22 5460)" (Chipset = 0x5460)
(--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1014, PciSubDevice = 0x056e)
(--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT
original ATI
(--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000
(--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xa8100000
(==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
(II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 65472 kB
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: CP24
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
(--) fglrx(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kByte, Type: DDR SGRAM / SDRAM
(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(II) fglrx(0): Connected Display1: LCD on internal LVDS
(II) fglrx(0): Display1: No EDID information from DDC.
(II) fglrx(0): Derived EDID from BIOS and internal tables for Display1:
(II) fglrx(0): Display1 EDID data ---------------------------
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: MS_ Model: 0 Serial#: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Year: 1990 Week: 0
(II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) fglrx(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) fglrx(0): Sync:Serration on. V.Sync Pulse req. if CompSync or
SyncOnGreen
(II) fglrx(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 40 vert.: 30
(II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 1.00
(II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; Non RGB
Multicolor Display
(II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.000 redY: 0.000 greenX: 0.000 greenY: 0.000
(II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.000 blueY: 0.000 whiteX: 0.000 whiteY: 0.000
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) fglrx(0): clock: 85.0 MHz Image Size: 0 x 0 mm
(II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1400 h_sync: 1432 h_sync_end 1496 h_blank_end
1600 h_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1050 v_sync: 1050 v_sync_end 1050 v_blanking:
1062 v_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): End of Display1 EDID data --------------------
(WW) fglrx(0): Specified desktop setup not supported: 8
(II) fglrx(0): Primary Controller - LCD on internal LVDS
(II) fglrx(0): Internal Desktop Setting: 0x00000004
(II) fglrx(0): POWERplay version 3. 4 power states available:
(II) fglrx(0): 1. 297/230MHz @ 50Hz [enable load balancing]
(II) fglrx(0): 2. 105/122MHz @ 50Hz [low voltage, enable sleep]
(II) fglrx(0): 3. 250/230MHz @ 50Hz [thermal diode mode]
(II) fglrx(0): 4. 209/182MHz @ 50Hz [low voltage]
(==) fglrx(0): Qbs disabled
(==) fglrx(0): FAST_SWAP disabled
(==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
(==) fglrx(0): TMDS coherent mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Total of 12 modes found for primary display.
(--) fglrx(0): Virtual size is 1400x1050 (pitch 1408)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1400x1050": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 53.1
kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1400x1050" 84.96 1400 1432 1496 1600 1050
1051 1052 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0
MHz), 53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024" 84.96 1280 1376 1432 1600 1024
1038 1039 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864" 84.96 1152 1344 1384 1600 864 959
960 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1024x768": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768" 84.96 1024 1264 1312 1600 768 910
911 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600" 84.96 800 1144 1192 1600 600 826
827 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x480": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480" 84.96 640 1064 1112 1600 480 766
767 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x400": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x400" 84.96 640 1064 1112 1600 400 726
727 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x350": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x350" 84.96 640 1088 1128 1600 350 702
703 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "512x384": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "512x384" 84.96 512 1024 1064 1600 384 719
720 1062
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "400x300": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "400x300" 84.96 400 968 1008 1600 150 827
828 1062 doublescan
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x240": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x240" 84.96 320 928 968 1600 120 767 768
1062 doublescan
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x200": 85.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
53.1 kHz, 50.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x200" 84.96 320 928 968 1600 100 727 728
1062 doublescan
(--) fglrx(0): Display dimensions: (400, 300) mm
(--) fglrx(0): DPI set to (88, 88)
(==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
(==) fglrx(0): HPV inactive
(==) fglrx(0): FSAA enabled: NO
(==) fglrx(0): FSAA Gamma enabled
(==) fglrx(0): FSAA Multisample Position is fix
(==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.a
(II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
(II) fglrx(0): Depth moves disabled by default
(==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): cpuFlags: 0x8000001d
(==) fglrx(0): cpuSpeedMHz: 0x0000031e
(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
(==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
(==) fglrx(0): EnablePrivateBackZ = NO
(II) fglrx(0): UMM Bus area: 0xc07ad000 (size=0x03843000)
(II) fglrx(0): UMM area: 0xc07ad000 (size=0x03843000)
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 6.8.x.y with x.y >= 0.0
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 6.8.2.0
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xe0c0c000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xe0c0c000 to 0xb7b2d000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xc0000000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.22.5
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Feb 7 2006
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.12-10-386
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0xa8100000
(II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 65536 kB allocated with handle 0xdeadbeef
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] ringbuffer size = 0x00100000 bytes
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 28672
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] texture shared area handle = 0xe0f0a000
(II) fglrx(0): shared FSAAScale=1
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
(II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x007ad000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc0000000, size: 0x7ad000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc0400000, size: 0x3ad000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc0600000, size: 0x1ad000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc0700000, size: 0xad000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc0780000, size: 0x2d000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc07a0000, size: 0xd000
(II) fglrx(0): Splitting WC range: base: 0xc07a8000, size: 0x5000
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc07ac000,0x1000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc07a8000,0x5000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc07a0000,0xd000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc0780000,0x2d000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc0700000,0xad000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc0600000,0x1ad000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc0400000,0x3ad000)
(==) fglrx(0): Write-combining range (0xc0000000,0x7ad000)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1408,1429)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1408,1050) (front color
buffer - assumption)
(==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
(==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 1056)
(II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1408 x 365
(**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x00000001
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 16
regards,
/virendra
> also disable any mentions of composite and transparency if you added it
> to your xorg.conf yourself.
> Of course you cal also use aticonfig --initial and answer a bunch of
> questions and get a xorg.conf but do back up before that.
>
>
>>#sudo aticonfig --initial
>>
>>
>>Please advice.
>>
>>
>>regards,
>>/virendra
>>
>>
>>>>>>Has anyone used this driver? If so, is this the correct driver for TP
>>>>>>T43 w/ X300?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Please advice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>regards,
>>>>>>/virendra
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