[ubuntu-x] Fwd: fglrx* Update [Re: Fwd: fglrx-installer/fglrx-installer-updates does not support xserver 1.13 Quantal metabug(s)?!]

[Tomasz Makarewicz]

Hi there,
Maybe I will share some observations on AMD Legacy corresponding to my
ppa (https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx), which add
support for those in Quantal. As mentioned before the latest AMD
Catalyst Legacy (12.6 or fglrx 8.97.100.3) will not work with X-Server
newer that 1.12 and it even require some patching before working with
modern kernel. So my ppa is temporary solution and it probably will
not be transferable to Raring (let's hope that by that time open
source drivers will be good enough). To that moment I got more than 6k
downloads of those drivers. It works for most of the users, but one
can investigate, why it is not working for the rest. Also I have just
updated X-Server from 1.12.3 to 1.12.4 . This solve some issues
specific for X-Server 1.12.3:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1138453#p1138453 . Also
note that I made fglrx-legacy drivers package the "lazy way". So all
binaries were build locally and launchpad only pack them into debs.
There was so many emails regarding those drivers, that the priority
was to push working ones, than make them build "accordance with art".
As it goes to the TODO list: fglrx-8 is not the best name, as 8.982 is
already not supporting legacy drivers. I think fglrx-legacy is less
confusing. The big thing is providing those drivers for Precise. Now
both legacy and supported Precise users are using fglrx and
fglrx-updates packages, but if that second one gets really updated it
will screw legacy users. So the challenge here is to distinguish
legacy users and make them use "fglrx-legacy" while rest will proceed
with normal fglrx updates.
Best regards,


2012/11/6 Christopher M. Penalver <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>:
> Thomasz, I wanted to CC you on this e-mail as your PPA was discussed,
> but no e-mail was listed at https://launchpad.net/~makson96 .
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Christopher Penalver <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM
> Subject: fglrx* Update [Re: [ubuntu-x] Fwd: fglrx-installer/fglrx-
> installer-updates does not support xserver 1.13 Quantal metabug(s)?!]
> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce at canonical.com>
> Cc: Ubuntu-x at lists.ubuntu.com, Nick Andrik <nick.andrik at gmail.com>
>
> Bryce, thank you for responding to my inquiry. Since my initial post,
> much has revealed itself.
>
> 1) fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in
> Quantal
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1058040
>
> The bottleneck issue does seem to be lack of support for
> xserver-xorg-core 1.13 with the upstream 12.6 fglrx-legacy driver, for
> HD2000-4000 series cards. Tomasz Makarewicz
> https://launchpad.net/~makson96 was the one who packaged the
> WORKAROUND PPA. However, it seems invasive as it downgrades 1.12.3,
> and it hacks around lack of support for kernels > 3.4, as per
> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-
> radeon_linux.aspx
> . However, if a Quantal backport will be provided that does this, I'm
> not going to complain! :)
>
> I'll shoot Tomasz Makarewicz a Launchpad "Contact this user" message
> as he does not have an e-mail address registered with Launchpad in
> order to CC him on this.
>
> 2) 1002:6740 Unity does not load after installing
> fglrx-installer-updates Radeon HD 6700M Series w/ 8086:0116 Intel
> Integrated Card
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/1068661
>
> Please disregard my previous, distracting speculation on how fglrx*
> from the Ubuntu repositories may not work with non-HD2000-4000 series
> cards in Quantal due to lack of xserver-xorg-core 1.13 support, as the
> following bug reports contradict this where folks use
> fglrx-installer/fglrx-installer-updates in Quantal with
> non-HD2000-4000 cards:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/968265
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-
> updates/+bug/1068404
>
> As well, AMD's documentation on fglrx 12.9 noted "Ubuntu 12.10 early
> look support" which presumably includes support for xserver-xorg-core
> 1.13 and kernels > 3.4
> http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst129betadriver.aspx
> .
>
> 3) 1002:6760 Switchable graphics on Radeon HD 6400M not working again
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-
> updates/+bug/1068404
>
> Not intending to add work to your already stacked TODO list, but Nick
> Andrik's (CC'ed) PPA addressed a regression for
> xserver-xorg-video-intel from 2.20.2 and 2.20.3, whose commit is
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-
> intel/commit/?id=05dcc5f1699ba90fc14c50882e8d4be89bc4a4f9
> , that prevented fglrx* from working for the original reporter. A
> potential duplicate of this is
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-
> updates/+bug/1069199
> .
>
> As I am somewhat out of my triaging comfort zone with fglrx*, I do not
> feel comfortable marking any bugs for these packages Triaged at this
> time. However, I've done what I felt comfortable with in terms of
> documentation in the reports above, other fglrx* bugs I've touched,
> and in the Ubuntu community support article for fglrx* ->
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI .
>
> If I can help further, please do not hesitate to ask.
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.
>
> Christopher M. Penalver
> E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
> https://launchpad.net/~penalvch


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