| 1 | fglrx-8.12.10-1
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| 2 |
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| 3 | Introduction to fglrx
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| 4 |
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| 5 | fglrx is a proprietary driver for ATI video cards starting with Radeon 8500
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| 6 | and FireGL 8700. For Radeon 9250 and below, open-source DRI drivers may be
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| 7 | actually faster (but they lock up the card sometimes).
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| 8 |
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| 9 | Package information
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| 10 |
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| 11 | Download (HTTP, for x86):
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| 12 | http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fglrx_6_8_0-8.12.10-1.i386.rpm
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| 13 | MD5 sum: 9c6397047331aadaa2c379ca78245810
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| 14 | Required patches (please mirror)
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| 15 | (defines the __SMP__ macro when compiling for SMP kernel. Used because we
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| 16 | don't rely upon the official fglrx installer)
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| 17 | http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/media-video/ati-drivers/files/8.8.25-smp.patch
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| 18 | (fixes compilation issue with linux-2.6.11):
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| 19 | http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/media-video/ati-drivers/files/fglrx-2.6-pagetable.patch
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| 20 | Optional patch:
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| 21 | (new PCI IDs for VIA AGP)
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| 22 | http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/media-video/ati-drivers/files/8.8.25-via-amd64.patch
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| 23 | Additional download:
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| 24 | http://www.rpm.org/tools/scripts/rpm2cpio.sh
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| 25 | Download size: 3.6 MB
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| 26 | Estimated disk space required: 18 MB
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| 27 | Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
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| 28 |
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| 29 | fglrx dependencies:
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| 30 | Required: cpio-2.5
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| 31 | Optional: qt-3.3.3
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| 32 |
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| 33 | Known bug: the "uninstaller" program from "wine" package irreversibly blanks
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| 34 | the screen until reboot.
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| 35 |
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| 36 | Installation of fglrx
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| 37 |
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| 38 | All commands below have to be executed from the root user.
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| 39 |
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| 40 | Back up the original libGL.so.1.2 library that was installed with XOrg if you
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| 41 | want to be able to revert to open-source drivers:
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| 42 |
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| 43 | cp /usr/X11R6/lib/{,pre-fglrx-}libGL.so.1.2
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| 44 |
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| 45 | Install fglrx by running the following command:
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| 46 |
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| 47 | sh rpm2cpio.sh fglrx_6_8_0-8.12.10-1.i386.rpm | ( cd / ; cpio -u -d -i )
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| 48 |
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| 49 | Make sure that your kernel meets the following requirements:
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| 50 |
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| 51 | 1) CONFIG_MTRR=y
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| 52 | 2) CONFIG_AGP=y or m
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| 53 | CONFIG_AGP_your-chipset=y or m
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| 54 | 3) CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m or not set; the module must not be loaded
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| 55 |
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| 56 | Rebuild the kernel if necessary.
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| 57 |
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| 58 | Compile the fglrx kernel module:
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| 59 |
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| 60 | patch -d /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod -Np4 <fglrx-2.6-pagetable.patch
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| 61 | patch -d /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod -Np0 <8.8.25-smp.patch
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| 62 | patch -d /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod -Np0 <8.8.25-via-amd64.patch
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| 63 | make -C /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x
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| 64 |
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| 65 | Install the kernel module:
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| 66 |
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| 67 | mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fglrx
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| 68 | install -m 644 /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko \
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| 69 | /lib/modules/`uname -r`/fglrx
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| 70 | depmod -ae
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| 71 |
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| 72 | Clean up the kernel driver source directory:
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| 73 |
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| 74 | make -C /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x clean
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| 75 | (ignore the error)
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| 76 |
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| 77 | Optionally rebuild the fgl_glxgears demo:
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| 78 |
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| 79 | cd /usr/src/ATI
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| 80 | mkdir sample
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| 81 | cd sample
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| 82 | tar zxf ../fglrx_sample_source.tgz
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| 83 | cd fgl_glxgears
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| 84 | make -f Makefile.linux
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| 85 | install fgl_glxgears /usr/X11R6/bin
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <!-- I had no success rebuilding fglrx_gamma from source -->
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| 88 |
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| 89 | If you have qt-3.3.3, compile and install the ATI control panel application:
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| 90 |
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| 91 | cd /usr/src/ATI
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| 92 | mkdir panel
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| 93 | cd panel
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| 94 | tar zxf ../fglrx_panel_sources.tgz
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| 95 | # Makefile doesn't test for qt include files properly
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| 96 | sed -i s,qglobal.h,qt/qglobal.h,g Makefile
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| 97 | # Not all proper include directories are passed to gcc in Makefile
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| 98 | make MK_QTDIR=/usr CC="gcc -I/usr/include/qt -I/usr/X11R6/include"
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| 99 | install fireglcontrol* /usr/bin/fireglcontrol
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| 100 |
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| 101 | Configuring fglrx
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| 102 |
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| 103 | Change in /etc/X11/xorg.conf the line
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| 104 | Driver "ati"
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| 105 | or
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| 106 | Driver "radeon"
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| 107 | to
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| 108 | Driver "fglrx"
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| 109 |
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| 110 | and restart X. Alternatively, you can fine-tune the driver by running the
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| 111 | "fglrxconfig" program. The "fglrx.ko" kernel module will be loaded
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| 112 | automatically by the X server upon restart.
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| 113 |
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| 114 | Contents
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| 115 |
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| 116 | Installed Programs:
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| 117 | fgl_glxgears fglrx_xgamma fglrxconfig fglrxinfo fireglcontrol
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| 118 | Installed libraries:
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| 119 | libGL
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| 120 |
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| 121 | Short Descriptions
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| 122 | fgl_glxgears: a classical "gears" benchmark program that uses pbuffers
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| 123 | fglrx_xgamma: sets the gamma value of the display
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| 124 | fglrxconfig: assists the user in writing the configuration file for XOrg
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| 125 | fglrxinfo: gives various information about the video card and the driver
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| 126 | fireglcontrol: allows interactive configuration of gamma value and dual-head
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| 127 | modes
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| 128 | libGL: this is an OpenGL implementation for video cards manufactured by ATI
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| 129 |
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| 130 | -- Alexander E. Patrakov
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