New Ati-Drivers 8.23.7 launched Request for ebuild
it looks like you can use ati-drivers-extra-8.22.5-improvements.patch.bz2 for x11-apps/ati-drivers-extra-8.23.7
I have began the process of seeding our mirrors with the 8.23.7 packages, soon as some of the mirrors are seeded I will see about making bump, unless lu_zero gets around to it before me.
I you do in this night please remember to restrict stricter for the driver ebuild.
Sup Luca, Does anyone know if this latest driver fixes the on-logout kernel freeze? I've been using 8.14.13-r5 with vanilla-sources-2.6.13 (it won't compile for kernels beyond that) for sometime now. I've tested up to 8.20.whatever and i gave up after that. Anyone more optimistic than me have a chance to test newer drivers? Also there was a problem with openglsl bug #123 at http://ati.cchtml.com anyone know if that has been fixed too?
Still having the logout crash and kernel panics when stopping X-org. I have send a ticket to ati customer care...
(In reply to comment #5) > Still having the logout crash and kernel panics when stopping X-org. I have > send a ticket to ati customer care... > Which kernel did you have? I'm running gentoo-sources 2.6.15-r4 with ati-drivers 8.22.5 on amd64 without problems, newer kernels are impossible to run with this version. Has anyone tested newer kernels with those new ati-drivers?
i tried with 2.6.14-r7 and with 2.6.15-r7, ati-drivers-8.20.8 works fine for me, but the latest drivers with 2.6.14-r7 or 2.6.15-r7 not. i have tried with legacy power management api implementation and without it but the crash remains with both implementations. PD: On my amd64 8.22.5 is working fine with 2.6.15-r7 i will try 8.23.7 when i have some time. The problems are on my laptop P4 with ati 9700. I can post my kernel config if you want
Matthew looks like there are still many open issues
i had been looking the latest version and i found some messages in dmesg, looks like the driver can have a problem detecting all the time the flat panel? in dmesg i can see lots of messages like: [fglrx] Flat panel plugged in and since that the framebuffer suffers distortion (im using vesafb, but disabling it doesnt workarround the problem). i will try on my amd64 this weekend. PD:to mtippett@ati.com i sent the ticket but i havent notice this messages in dmesg the other day. i hope this can help you.
i tried this new version on my amd64 and is working pretty fine, some minor problems when switching to text mode but i dont have kernel panics.
I just tried this on my laptop which has a 9600 and it fixed the xorg restart problem and I can switch to text mode just fine also. OpenGLSL is still broken however.
I cannot compile x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.23.7 on i686 with linux-2.6.17-rc1: CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/i7505-agp.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.o In file included from /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:162: /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.h:268:5: warning: "FIREGL_VMA_INFO" is not defined /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:228: error: syntax error before string constant /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:228: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `MODULE_PARM' /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:228: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /var/tmp/portage/ati-drivers-8.23.7/work/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c:228: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
heh i give up, If i need to do anything graphically intensive I'll switch to windows. Otherwise I'll wait until xorg and mesa support acceleration on R9600
I'm sorry but till the next week I'll be busy with exams and I don't have time to fix the kernel gluecode =/
Stale bug
