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There's obviously no point in appealing to amd programmer's pride to get them to stop this ridiculous asberger type behavior of never settling on a path/naming scheme because they clearly have none, however, with great headache and difficulty, sgfxi now again has handling for yet more randomized file path/file names for the f#cking incompetent amd group.
When I think of how much of my life I have WASTED on this f#cking group of incompetents it is severely depressing, and each time they do this sh#t again, I ask myself why on earth I don't just dump amd/fglrx support once and for all. So now it will download 13.8, and if they don't change their f#cking paths again, the beta auto detect newer version might even work, but the odds of that currently are zero, since they are changing the f#cking file name / path on every f#cking beta release. Avoid amd video cards + non free drivers like the plague, do NOT buy them, they are clearly dropping linux support WAY down, they have not done a stable release since 13.4, even the stupidest amd fanboy must be able to grasp this fact by now. Here's a sample of just the last year's file names, not including the path changes: :: Code :: # amd-driver-installer-12-8-x86.x86_64.zip
# amd-driver-installer-catalyst-12.10-x86.x86_64.zip # amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.zip # amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.zip # amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-linux-x86.x86_64.zip # amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.zip # amd-catalyst-13.8-beta1-linux-x86.x86_64.zip nvidia, meanwhile, releases drivers constantly, using a standard numbering format, like 325.19, that does not require the idiotic -beta or -legacy addons, they are just drivers, numbered, and 325.19 might happen to be a beta, while 325.42 might be a stable. And of course, you can tell which drivers support which cards by checking the numbers, 173.xx.xx support the 5xxx series cards for nvidia, for example. But forget amd even supporting their cards for a fraction of the time that nvidia does. Back to top |
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H2, thanks a bunch. I really didn't want to be the AMD guy who broke the H2 camel's back.
I thought about appealing to them, but came to the same conclusion. It would be such a small effort on their part. I really wish I purchased the nvidia card. But I'll look at what you did, and if I can make sense of it and it happens again, I'll try to modify it - but I was in over my head here. Back to top |
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that reminds me, I need to update the tests too for this driver.
It's not you who would break the back, it's amd, they simply cannot generate anything consistent, and all decisions they make on the simplest things they have to change because the initial ones were bad decisions. Clearly, there is nobody in amd who notices this, which means almost certainly upper management too is incompetent, that's my guess. I assume their inner code is just as bad, but thankfully I don't have to interact with that except to note when it fails to support something or other. By the way, the amount of time it takes them to add support for new kernels/xorgs is another indication of how bad their core architecture is, I'm sure internally it's a big messy ball of spaghetti code, almost impossible to work with. With every psychotic change amd does, what sgfxi has to do to handle supporting the various drivers changes and becomes more complex, on the amd fglrx side, so the code gets harder and harder to understand, because I am not tracking professionals, I am trying to follow people who have no clue what they are doing, obviously, and that is VERY difficult to do. Back to top |
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:: techAdmin wrote :: that reminds me, I need to update the tests too for this driver.I don't think there are any issues with the script, but you may see something that I'm not. Keep in mind that this looks like a hastily produced beta (which may explain the poor naming/path production). My sense is that AMD is "rushing" to get this out, and that they may even be having problems with a quarterly release cycle - which makes sense, when you consider that a quarterly release creates additional headaches when considering an evolving Xorg and kernels. Here are my results: 1) The command fglrxinfo produces: :: Code :: Setting of real/effective user Id to 0/0 failed
libGL error: open uki failed (Operation not permitted) libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6670 OpenGL version string: 2.1 (4.3.12438 Compatibility Profile Context 13.20.5) The first 3 lines indicate a problem, but that seems to be the beta driver issue. 2) I ran the script 3 times. The first run was done before doing a dist-upgrade - installing the 3.10 kernel (run with the 3.9 kernel). It worked with the errors above, so I ran sgfxi again after doing a dist-upgrade with the 3.10 kernel. Then, I ran it again to see if another install would correct the issues above. It did not. So here is the 2nd run sgfxi log: :: Code :: =========================================================
START sgfxi LOGGING: ========================================================= Script started: 2013-08-17-06:55:44 Video Card Information: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670] Video Card Type: 1002 Video Card Number: 6758 Xorg Version: 1.12 Installing driver to kernel: 3.10-2-amd64 sgfxi script version: 4.20.55 sgfxi start options: -B -! 6 SYSTEM_BASE: debian SYSTEM_CODENAME: testing DISTRIB_CODENAME: debian DISTRIB_ID: linuxmint DISTRIB_RELEASE: 1 SIS: linuxmint-debian-64 BITS: 64 FG_DISTRIB_CODENAME: sid FG_DISTRIB_ID: Debian APT_TYPE: apt-get ========================================================= X is Running: true Current Runlevel: 2 Connection is live (0=true): 4 ========================================================= INSTALL_TO_KERNEL: KERNEL_FULL: 3.10-2-amd64 KERNEL_BASE: 3 KERNEL_NUMBER: 3.10 KERNEL_MATH: 10 B_IS_XEN: true Function: create_x_conf - Primary: Start xorg is present with xorg.conf file Function: create_x_conf - Primary: End Function: check_package_manager_updated - Utility: Start sizeWorking: 32 Function: check_package_manager_updated - Utility: End Function: check_supported_driver - Utility: Start Function: check_supported_driver - Utility: End Function: set_cpu_data - Utility: Start BITS: 64 - arch: amd64 Function: set_cpu_data - Utility: End Function: set_driver_install_version - Primary: Start Function: check_supported_driver - Utility: Start Args: last-check Function: check_supported_driver - Utility: End Function: print_information_continue - Utility: Start Args: info You are using the following options: -B - Use Beta Driver (nVidia only. Only if available) -! 6 - You are using an advanced Testing option. Only use this if you know what you are doing! Function: print_information_continue - Utility: End Function: print_information_continue - Utility: Start Args: standard The graphics installer will be installing the fglrx driver: 13.8 (beta1) This is the latest fglrx Beta driver for your card type. Function: print_information_continue - Utility: End Installing this driver: 13.8 (beta1) Function: set_driver_install_version - Primary: End Function: driver_support_tests - Utility: Start Args: supported-driver Function: driver_support_tests - Utility: End Function: check_kernel_headers - Utility: Start Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: linux-headers-3.10-2-amd64 i Package Version: 3.10.5-1 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: linux-headers-3.10-2-amd64 c Package Version: 3.10.5-1 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End headerName: linux-headers-3.10-2-amd64 headerInstalled: 3.10.5-1 headerAvailable: 3.10.5-1 headerFile: Function: check_kernel_headers - Utility: End Function: check_run_package_tools - Primary: Start Function: check_run_package_tools - Primary: End Function: set_download_info - Primary: Start download url: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/ - driver file: amd-catalyst-13.8-beta1-linux-x86.x86_64 Function: set_download_info - Primary: End Function: download_extract_driver - Primary: Start Args: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/ amd-catalyst-13.8-beta1-linux-x86.x86_64 Function: pre_extract_clean_set_up - Utility: Start Args: amd-catalyst-13.8-beta1-linux-x86.x86_64 Function: pre_extract_clean_set_up - Utility: End Creating directory fglrx-install-13.8 Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver-13.20.5.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Function: download_extract_driver - Primary: End Function: set_install_directory - set to: /usr/src/sgfxi-downloads/fglrx-install-13.8 Function: run_driver_patches - Primary: Start Function: run_driver_patches - Primary: End Function: x_start_stop_master - Primary: Start Args: stop Function: start_stop_x - Utility: Start Args: stop default runlevel: 2 current runlevel: 2 dmanCommand: service lightdm stop Function: x_is_running - Utility: Start xIsRunning: false Function: x_is_running - Utility: End Function: start_stop_x - Utility: End Function: x_start_stop_master - Primary: End Function: check_driver_install_tools - Primary: Start Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: module-assistant i Package Version: 0.11.6 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: build-essential i Package Version: 11.6 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: debhelper i Package Version: 9.20130630 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: dpkg-cross i Package Version: Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: libstdc++5 i Package Version: 1:3.3.6-25 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: libstdc++6 i Package Version: 4.8.1-2 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: unzip i Package Version: 6.0-9 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Function: check_driver_install_tools - Primary: End Function: prep_install - Primary: Start Function: install_package - Utility: Start Args: libgl1-mesa-glx reinstall Function: update_package_manager - Utility: Start Args: update Update apt-get successful Function: update_package_manager - Utility: End Function: check_package_status - Utility: Start Args: libgl1-mesa-glx i Package Version: 9.1.4-1 Function: check_package_status - Utility: End Install command for apt-get: install - Extra args: --reinstall Function: install_package - Utility: End Function: prep_install - Primary: End Function: preinstall_cleanup - Primary: Start Pre Remove: nvidia.ko files: Function: list_installed_packages - Utility: Start Args: nvidia (libkwinnvidiahack|libgl1-nvidia-glx-ia32|libgl1-nvidia-glx:386|modalias|libvdpau|nvidia-bl-dkms|nvidia-cg-toolkit) packageList: Function: list_installed_packages - Utility: End Post Purge/Remove: nvidia.ko files: Function: remove_module - Primary: Start Args: nvidia operation outcome: unset Function: remove_module - Primary: End Function: list_installed_packages - Utility: Start Args: fglrx modalias packageList: Function: list_installed_packages - Utility: End Using fglrx uninstaller: /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh force: --force Function: remove_module - Primary: Start Args: fglrx operation outcome: unset Function: remove_module - Primary: End Function: clean_dkms - Primary: Start Function: clean_dkms - Primary: End Function: preinstall_cleanup - Primary: End Function: run_driver_installer - Primary: Start driver: 13.8 direct fglrx install - no debs: options: 13.8 --install Function: run_driver_installer - Primary: End Function: post_installer_steps - Primary: Start Function: clean_up_fglrx_junk - Utility: Start Function: clean_up_fglrx_junk - Utility: End Function: post_installer_steps - Primary: End Function: update_xorg - Primary: Start xorg.conf was backed up to: /etc/X11/xorg.conf-bu-2013-08-17-06:57:31 Function: create_section_device - Utility: Start Function: create_section_device - Utility: End Function: create_driver_entry - Utility: Start Function: create_driver_entry - Utility: End Function: update_xorgconf_driver_version - Utility: Start Function: update_xorgconf_driver_version - Utility: End Function: clear_prep_xorg - Utility: Start Function: clear_prep_xorg - Utility: End Function: check_extensions - Utility: Start Function: create_section_extensions - Utility: Start Function: create_section_extensions - Utility: End Function: check_extensions - Utility: End Function: remove_modelines - Utility: Start Function: remove_modelines - Utility: End Function: update_xorg - Primary: End Function: final_install_steps - Primary: Start Function: process_xvmc - Utility: Start Function: process_xvmc - Utility: End Function: add_module - Primary: Start Args: fglrx operation outcome: added Function: add_module - Primary: End dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove fglrx-kernel-src which isn't installed Function: remove_module - Primary: Start Args: radeon operation outcome: unset Function: set_modesetting_off - Primary: End Function: add_grub_nomodeset_blacklist_item - Utility: Start Args: radeon Function: get_active_grub_files - Utility: Start grub files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/default/grub Function: get_active_grub_files - Utility: End Function: add_grub_nomodeset_blacklist_item - Utility: End Function: add_modprobe_d_blacklist_item - Utility: Start Args: radeon Function: add_modprobe_d_blacklist_item - Utility: End Function: set_modesetting_off - Primary: Start Args: radeon unset Function: remove_module - Primary: End Function: remove_module - Primary: Start Args: drm operation outcome: unset Function: remove_module - Primary: End Function: final_install_steps - Primary: End Function: x_start_stop_master - Primary: Start Args: start Function: start_x_question - Primary: Start Final Step: start-desktop Function: start_stop_x - Utility: Start Args: start default runlevel: 2 current runlevel: 2 dmanCommand: service lightdm start I kind of wish there wasn't a new kernel to deal with, but there was. In any event, I'm not seeing a script/install issue. The first fglrxinfo issue looks like an AMD beta driver issue. Back to top |
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It's a driver issue. Running the following command as a superuser ... :: Code :: chmod -R 777 /proc/ati... produces the following fglrxinfo result: :: Code :: display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6670 OpenGL version string: 4.3.12438 Compatibility Profile Context 13.20.5 Life is good. Back to top |
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astoundingly, and possibly for the first time ever, the auto beta version updater for fglrx worked because amd actually managed to do a release without changing the file names or paths.
So beta2 is now downloading, and may actually fix some glitches. Back to top |
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