Today I switched to the 3.11 kernel. (and skipped the 3.10 kernel) xbox-360 joost # uname -r && lsmod | grep fglrx 3.11.0-sabayon fglrx 6831209 75 agpgart 22168 5 drm,ttm,fglrx,intel_agp,intel_gtt
All seems fine. This monologue can be marked solved. On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org> wrote: > I noticed 13.8 Beta driver hit Limbo so I went testing. > Using the 3.9 kernel the system boots up fine. I did notice that after > upgrading my opengl profile was set to x11 rather then ati. Before > rebooting I manually corrected this. > > > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: > >> With all good will in the world after installing those drivers I've been >> unable to boot my 3.10 or even 3.9 kernel using all possible boot flags. >> (gentoo=nox disable splash etc etc I tried all) >> A nogo thus far. )o; >> >> Trying to undo it all... >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >> >>> http://data.gpo.zugaina.org/gentoo/x11-drivers/ati-drivers/ChangeLog >>> >>> In Portage now, I'll go try test them against our 3.10 kernel. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >>> >>>> I guess bumping ati-drivers resolves all issues. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst13-8LINBetaDriver.aspx >>>> >>>> *Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta Driver for Linux:* >>>> >>>> This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the >>>> following new features: >>>> >>>> - OpenGL 4.3 support >>>> - Dynamic primary surface resizing >>>> - *Kernel 3.10 support* >>>> - SLED 11 SP3 support >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >>>> >>>>> A quick followup on this, testing on my 2nd ATI/AMD system: >>>>> >>>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee >>>>> ATI RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] >>>>> >>>>> In this case KMS also kicks in, but now the FOSS driver is being used >>>>> it seems, all is well. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Joost Ruis <joost.r...@sabayon.org>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I tested the latest amd64 MATE daily iso. >>>>>> On all Intel graphics systems there was no issue, but on my AMD/ATI >>>>>> PC there was. >>>>>> >>>>>> I had to explicitly set nomodeset on boot in order to get it running. >>>>>> Without that KMS kicks in and the system freezes up. >>>>>> >>>>>> The system has this card: >>>>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee >>>>>> ATI Cypress PRO [Radeon HD 5850] >>>>>> >>>>>> - If we are going to release the next release like this, and I guess >>>>>> we are, perhaps add a note about it to the release notes. It is fairly >>>>>> simple (Press F5 and check nomodeset). >>>>>> >>>>>> - If we are not going to release with a problem like this, what can I >>>>>> do to help tackle this problem? Is there some bug in the detection tools >>>>>> perhaps? >>>>>> >>>>>> - Also consider to not release with FGLRX preinstalled at all? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
