[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal
@madbiologist: Honestly I had not tried using any 3D accelerated games with the default Open-Source Radeon driver because I assumed it would not work. But I just now tried extreme tux racer and it worked just fine. I guess the open-source 3D graphics driver architecture has advanced by leaps and bounds since the last time I tried to use it, at which point it did not work. (It actually wasn't THAT long ago that I tried to use it, but I'm still sure it's much older than what Ubuntu is currently using because it was on the stable version of Debian :p ) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal
@Montblanc: I think that's what happened to me. I didn't check the debugging output so I wasn't aware of any segmentation fault but I know that I was booting by default into a black screen, and I had to but into one of the back-up kernels that grub keeps handy and run ppa-purge. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal
@jfernyhough : I'm glad that there at least is a PPA to fix it. For me and everyone else with a legacy radeon card, the loss of fglrx is much, much, much worse than not having whatever little subtle improvements that there were from 1.12 to 1.13. Until AMD updates its driver, I would say that the makson PPA is in fact the most optimal solution we have. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal
Eh... That is, I would say it was the best solution, if it actually worked... It broke my system and I had to run ppa-purge on it. I might try it again in a week or 2, see if it can get the kinks worked out. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 legacy cards in Quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards
Importance is still Undecided?! This is highly important for anyone who has a legacy ATI chip (that is, a lot of people). If ATI won't fix this, then a PPA ought to be set up to allow the Xserver to be safely downgraded to one compatible with the legacy driver. (As much as I appreciate Jonathan Fernyhough creating a tarball of the debs, I'm afraid to try using that because I'm afraid I might break something if I try to install them.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards
I have not tried to downgrade to the older xserver. I don't even know the name of the PPA you would use to do that. I hope there is one, because if AMD doesn't update the legacy driver soon I'm going to want to do the workaround. Sure the FOSS driver plays videos and runs my display at full res, but I have to run CPU Mesa for 3D so I can't play a lot of games and Blender gets laggy on high-poly scenes. I want my fully functional fglrx. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1058040] Re: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards
@Dirk Heinricks: Buying intel because they have the best open-source driver support would be a good idea... if Intel cards weren't so darn wimpy :-( I don't really understand why AMD and Nvidia keep releasing their drivers as proprietary anyway, it's not as though doing it that way lets them make more money. It just doesn't make any sense. Anyhoo... Hmm... according to http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy- radeon_linux.aspx they only say that they won't develop the drivers any more feature-wise. They do say that they'll continue to release critical updates, which ought to include upgrading to allow for the latest X server. Maybe they just haven't gotten around to it yet, even though they've upgraded their more recent drivers, but if that page is anything to go by there's still a good chance they might update the legacy driver eventually or even soon. But, in the meantime, the only workaround I see is downgrading to an older version of X which is supported by the legacy driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 legacy cards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
