> Burgin - I'm glad to hear that you are satisfied with the performance of the current open-source radeon driver. net/ubuntu/ +source/ fglrx-installer /+bug/1058040/ +subscriptions > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > version with the new XServer & legacy fglrx driver? > In light of this, would it be possible to somehow force the correct ABI > the option used by some closed source drivers for instance.) " > structure variant to access, based on the reported versions - this is > ABI versions themselves, and choose which function variant to call or > be loaded unless the -ignoreABI option is used. > "Modules reporting they require a incompatible version number will not > According to: wiki/XorgModule ABIVersions On Thu, at 11:56 AM, Raymond Wells wrote: Newest driver REALLY needs version 11 of the ABI, or if versions 12/13 I think it would take someone from AMD to say whether or not their I'm not that well versed on the intricacies of the X if Intel cards weren't so darn wimpy :-(īut, in the meantime, the only workaround I see is downgrading to an older version of X which is supported by the legacy driver. 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.īut, in the meantime, the only workaround I see is downgrading to an older version of X which is supported by the legacy Heinricks: Buying intel because they have the best open-source driver support would be a good idea. They do say that they'll continue to release "critical updates", which ought to include upgrading to allow for the latest X server. They only say that they won't develop the drivers any more feature-wise. amd.com/ us/gpudownload/ linux/legacy/ Pages/legacy- radeon_ linux.aspx 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. This workaround will downgrade X to 1.12 and install the AMD legacy fglrx 8.97 (Catalyst Heinricks: Buying intel because they have the best open-source driver support would be a good idea. WORKAROUND: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx & sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get -y upgrade & sudo apt-get -y install fglrx-legacy It is not recommended for production systems or novice users that are not comfortable with basic console/non-GUI recovery. The following workaround has produced mixed results and left some users with temporarily broken systems. net/ubuntu/ +source/ fglrx-installer -updates/ +bug/1032672/ comments/ 34 Ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators Ii fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators *ERROR* No supported display adapters were found Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 7132 MBytes. com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 PackagesĠ1:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices nee ATI RS780L įATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/ 3.5.0-15- generic/ updates/ dkms/fglrx. One of the outstanding issues for addressing this bug is AMD currently does not plan to support XServer 1.13 (for Ubuntu the package is xserver-xorg-core) for the legacy 12.6 driver, which Quantal uses:ĥ00 archive. I suggest the addition of an fglrx-legacy package to install the AMD legacy drivers for users with older cards or patch the current code base for use with these cards. amd.com/ us/gpudownload/ linux/legacy/ Pages/legacy- radeon_ linux.aspx, fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers for users of the cards: Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards for the legacy 12.6 driver as per support.
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