dexter11 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The new fglrx driver can be downloaded. From reading the posts here and there it looks like a must have for AMD\ATI users. Among the new features are: * X.Org 7.3 support * X.Org server 1.4 support * AIGLX support You can already read an article about it on phoronix.com. source: hup.hu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) From what I have seen on the Ubuntu forums, the performance from fglrx+AIGLX is a bit choppy. I have yet to get AIGLX working with Ubuntu or Mandriva with open or closed drivers (of which my card is supported by both) Edited October 24, 2007 by Reiver_Fluffi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 See my blog post: http://www.happyassassin.net/2007/10/24/new-ati-drivers/ basically, we're working on a clean backport for this new driver to 2008, so if you're willing to wait a few days you should be able to upgrade to it very easily, better than downloading from upstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibi1981 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I have some problems with making those drivers work. First I wanted to install them the easiest way just by typing as root sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run and choosing Install Driver 8.42.3 on X.org 7.1 and later releases. It worked with 8.40.4 on Mandriva 2007.1 but not now. Although they seemed to be installed, they didn't work correctly. Then I uninstalled them and tried to generate packages for Mandriva 2008 but also with no avail [root@localhost ATI]# ./ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Mandriva/2008 Created directory fglrx-install.Ag9268 Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.42.3......................... ................................................................................ .................................... ................................................................................ .................................... ................................................................................ .................................... ................................................................................ .................................... ................................................................................ ................ ================================================== ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager ================================================== Generating package: Mandriva/2008 Package build failed! Package build utility output: error: file /root/tmp/ati.dq9353/SOURCES/ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run missing: No such file or directory Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.Ag9268 I think I have all the necessary dependencies on my system. Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I have my own question. I have an ATI x600 and just resinstalled cooker, to my dismay I can not find a dkms-fgrfx package in the cooker mirros, neither the newest one or the old 8.40.2 package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Dark: um, it's there. ncftp ...media/non-free/release > pwd ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/.mirrors/1/...n-free/release/ ncftp ...media/non-free/release > ls *fglrx* dkms-fglrx-8.40.4-8mdv2008.1.i586.rpm dkms-fglrx-hd2000-8.42.3-1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm fglrx-control-center-8.40.4-8mdv2008.1.i586.rpm fglrx-devel-8.40.4-8mdv2008.1.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-control-center-8.42.3-1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-devel-8.42.3-1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv-8.41.7-3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv-8.41.7-3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv-8.41.7-3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-2.6.22.9-server-1mdv-8.41.7-3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-desktop586-latest-8.41.7-1.20071003.3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-desktop-latest-8.41.7-1.20071003.3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-laptop-latest-8.41.7-1.20071003.3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-hd2000-kernel-server-latest-8.41.7-1.20071003.3mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv-8.40.4-7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv-8.40.4-7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv-8.40.4-7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-2.6.22.9-server-1mdv-8.40.4-7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-desktop586-latest-8.40.4-1.20071003.7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-desktop-latest-8.40.4-1.20071003.7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-laptop-latest-8.40.4-1.20071003.7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm fglrx-kernel-server-latest-8.40.4-1.20071003.7mdv2008.0.i586.rpm x11-driver-video-fglrx-8.40.4-8mdv2008.1.i586.rpm x11-driver-video-fglrx-hd2000-8.42.3-1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 General update: The 8.42.3 package just hit Cooker, as you can see from the above post. We just need to test it a bit there before doing the 2008 backport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
congdonb Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Adam, Thank you for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I know, I cought it a bit after I posted and passed out infront of my computer before rectifying my claim, though was not there before or listened to the inlaws complaining so much I went crazy lol, Thanks though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zibi1981 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Can someone post a direct link to packages with the new 8.42 driver? I can't find it anywhere... :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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