BeBits - Ati Radeon Graphics Driver - Talkback

BeBits

Ati Radeon Graphics Driver

Talkback

Go back to the Ati Radeon Graphics Driver page

Post a new Talkback comment!

By goAtsy - Posted on May 21, 2006 - 14:35:12 (#19790)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Halluuu,

Best one so far for me. The problems with textlines falling into each other reported earlier no longer appear.

Here is a syslog: http://paste.uni.cc/9049

IBM T43 with X300 running Zeta 1.1

update for non laptop users

By Euan - Posted on May 21, 2006 - 02:27:33 (#19787)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

there's an error in the primary external monitor detection if your not using a laptop so don't bother with the version below! hehe

It's still good for laptop users.

I haven't uploaded the R5 version yet as my power supply exploded when I turned on that PC... :rolleyes:

weeeeee! new driver

By Euan - Posted on May 21, 2006 - 01:26:40 (#19786)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

I got the LCD working on my 9700 Based Mobility. All laptop users please test and report back!

Non-laptop users be warned I've messed with the display rounting, only partially tested on external monitor configurations.

Zeta Version:
http://euank.users.btopenworld.com/beos/Zeta_Radeon_V5.1.6.0_Bin.zip

BeOS Version:
http://euank.users.btopenworld.com/beos/BeOS_Radeon_V5.1.6.0_Bin.zip

By ljr - Posted on May 8, 2006 - 21:13:29 (#19681)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

try playing with mtu (ifconfig /dev/... mtu 1452)

meh

By Euan - Posted on May 7, 2006 - 17:18:58 (#19674)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Sorry about the quiet spell for the last week or so. I've now got a laptop with an ATI chipset in it. However it was a nightmare getting BeOS on it. I eventually managed to get Zeta Neo running after removing all the drivers, and putting them back one at a time!

I also don't have any debug facility, as the ethernet is working, but not properly (I can ping people, but can't get any websites up etc), and the laptop doesn't have serial ports, just infra-red, and my usb-serial adapter isn't supported.

So it's going to be a long slow process...

It works on 9200.

By Meechmunchie - Posted on May 4, 2006 - 08:51:09 (#19641)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

This driver, original 5.1-Version, works fine on ATi Radeon 9200 SE PCI. On Be-OS R 5, Zeta R 1 and Zeta 1.1. Well done.

Hey, great Work !

By Meechmunchie - Posted on May 4, 2006 - 08:49:34 (#19640)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Thanks for that Driver, Thomas ! - Good Luck and have a nice Day.

Re: Tip Jar for Euan

By goAtsy - Posted on April 28, 2006 - 20:46:24 (#19604)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Maybe we can do it on http://www.haikubounties.org
I could easily pay some money for this.

A 3D ATI driver is already suggested as a future bounty under the general fund by the site owner.

It would also be nice to know if yellowtab´s X-series driver comming in Zeta 1.2 is based on this one. If not, is it open source?

Nah

By Euan - Posted on April 28, 2006 - 20:44:39 (#19603)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

I don't think it would be appropriate given the original author Thomas as probably spent 20x the amount of time on it that I have. And we have seen what happens when people charge for drivers. Having Axel fully paid is different, or doing a sponsored project is also fine. I feel, sending me monetary donations would also put a financial obligation on me to support people. he he can't have that.

I would accept donations / loans of hardware however, as it does directly help the cause and saves me a ton of time. If could get my hands on an Disfunctional (video driver wise) Ati laptop I could get it fixed and continue with my life. I plan to get one soon one day. :)

Thanks for the kind charitable thoughts though. Very much appreciated.

Tip Jar for Euan

By sculdheizo - Posted on April 28, 2006 - 17:58:35 (#19602)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

I vote to start a tipjar for Euan, for all the hard work he's doing to get our laptops supported! It's worth cash to me! ;) Anyone else in?

Deej

The version 5.1.5.4

By Das Jott - Posted on April 28, 2006 - 11:26:53 (#19599)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

I just tested the 5.1.5.4 driver on my X600se.

That one causes my display to switch off, at the point the desktop is usually shown.
So I am using the 5.1.5.0 again, which i thought was 100% fine.

I noticed that it has some refresh problems here and there.
http://people.freenet.de/dasjott/data/RefreshProb.png

Regards
Das Jott

Thanks for the feedback everyone

By Euan - Posted on April 28, 2006 - 02:05:29 (#19595)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

I think I'm going take a few days to sit down and go through the code line by line, comparing against X. I might individually email some of you custom drivers, as there seems to be at least 3 separate issues:

1. Backlights not coming on
2. Baclklights on, LCD selected but no signals sent to panel (most likely the heads are swapped)
3. Monitor routing decides not to use the LCD at all. i.e. it sends output to svideo, or CRT.

In X they have the ability to manually define the routing and this seems necessary for a lot of cases. Especially if your using a laptop, and more so if it has a second video output. As far as I can tell this isn't supported at all, yet.

same as goatsy

By emwe - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 14:49:22 (#19592)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Hi, just tested the .3 and .4, and as with the 5.1.5.1, I get no display at all. As I already described, since the .1 change I don't see anything at all anymore on the LCD. With the 5.1.5 I at least saw the contents shining through. Just the backlight was not enabled at all.

Switching to a connected CRT is fine and I have no garbage at all. Just the damn backlight enabling was/is missing since the 5.1.5 version.

I post here, not that the E-Mail gets lost again:
http://beos.m-phasis.de/syslog_5.1.5.3_backlight_x600_emwe
http://beos.m-phasis.de/syslog_5.1.5.4_backlight_x600_emwe

Michael

By goAtsy - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 13:39:28 (#19591)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Btw,

Yellowtab mentions a driver with Radeon X-series support in their public changelog for Zeta 1.2.

http://www.yellowtab.com/news/article.php?id=197

By goAtsy - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 13:36:34 (#19590)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Hi,

5.1.5.4 gives for me the same result as 5.1.5.1 & 3

The Syslog: http://pastebin.com/684717

Still no go

By sculdheizo - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 02:33:41 (#19589)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Kancept, I have similar issues as you, however, using the hard screen switcher just looses my CRT video, and it will never come back. :(

The new driver did the same as the last for me. When I used the force_lcd setting, the boot screen had funny colors (both monitors) and then CRT was washed out and I don't think it ever finished booting, as the laptop never gave an audible "start" sound. :(

Euan, you have syslog email.

Deej

By Euan - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 02:04:27 (#19588)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Kancept, my email address is in the link to my username above this message. ;)

By kancept - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 01:28:46 (#19587)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

well, the last 2 versions of the driver haven't done anything for me, but I have found out more info.

I tried plugging in an external monitor and it worked, while my LCD screen did not. By cycling through the screen options on my laptop (Fn+F3) to go from LCD, external, both, etc, it worked. So it was workable and working (this is all in ZETA 1.2, BTW). The monitor didn't have to be plugged in during boot, I also plugged it in after the desktop was alive and then cycled, and it worked as well. I do have to disable user add-ons or I get KDL'd during boot. This is the only addon I have in the home addons dirs.

I then tried not having a monitor hooked up all. Got the same original results, a washed out screen. I tried pushing the display close button, though (like closing the screen on the laptop then opening it back up) and it worked. So now all I need to do is figure out the user addon thing, then open/close the lid and everything is fine.

I do have a syslog for you, but don't know where to email it to. Just let me know and I'll send it to you. Maybe we can do this without having to hit the button each time.

Thanks!

Today's version!

By Euan - Posted on April 27, 2006 - 00:39:32 (#19586)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

No significant changes other than:

you can specify a setting in the boot options menu (under "Advanced Safe Mode options")

Enter "radeon.settings:force_lcd true" which forces (so I believe) the LCD screen to added to the top of possible output devices. Not really useful to people with the no baclkight option, but for those who seem to have their laptop flat panel skipped over.

Connector routing debug is printed in human readable format, eg DVI-I, DVI, PRIMARY DAC.

Flat panel control registers are printed out at driver startup. Hopefully before the original cold-start settings are lost.

http://euank.users.btopenworld.com/beos/R5_Radeon_Bin_V5.1.5.4.zip

By goAtsy - Posted on April 26, 2006 - 10:20:08 (#19583)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Hi,

5.1.5.3 gives for me the same result as 5.1.5.1

The Syslog: http://pastebin.com/682527

Yes, received email + YAV

By Euan - Posted on April 26, 2006 - 03:14:21 (#19581)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Yeah I got your email. Managed to create a new version (Yet Another Verson) out of the supplied info, so thanks to everyone who has given feedback.

http://euank.users.btopenworld.com/beos/R5_Radeon_Bin_V5.1.5.3.zip

By sculdheizo - Posted on April 26, 2006 - 02:19:14 (#19579)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Did you get mine with the syslogs attached?

Deej

By Euan - Posted on April 25, 2006 - 21:53:31 (#19578)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Looks like my email provider started spam filtering radeon related messages, fixed now. Soz if I didn't reply to anyone in good time.

I think I should declare the last released version as dead, deleted gone, never existed! :)

same

By emwe - Posted on April 25, 2006 - 18:03:35 (#19577)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

As stated before in my E-Mail the switch to the other CRTC (not that I know any details about that) seems to cause no display of graphics at all. I also have to switch 4 times (monitor switch key) to get output if I attach a CRT instead of only once. (X600 Mobility M24 PCIe)

The DPMS trick didn't do it either. I should try this with the 5.1.5 one.

Michael

same as goAtsy

By ljr - Posted on April 25, 2006 - 17:58:20 (#19576)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

The 5.1.5.1 gave me a black screen.

HW: ati x600se 64mb

No syslog to provide at this time :-(

By goAtsy - Posted on April 25, 2006 - 15:26:45 (#19574)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Hi,

V5.1.5.0 works ok

V5.1.5.1 gives me a Black screen. I tried your screensaver sleep-mode trick without success, but im not realy sure that the screen really went to sleep (or was woken up) at all cause i didnt see the smallest glitch when i moved the mouse. Later i tried setting suspent screen to 1 minute in BIOS, booted up in blackscreen and waited, this time when i moved the mouse i got a small wakeup glitch and back to black.

This is on a IBM T43 with X300 running Zeta 1.1

Here is syslog when booting 5.1.5.1: http://pastebin.com/pastebin.php?show=680872

Download url

By Euan - Posted on April 22, 2006 - 21:10:50 (#19553)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

meh.

I might want to provide the download!

http://euank.users.btopenworld.com/beos/BeOS_Radeon_V5.1.5.1_Bin.zip

Additionally: Thanks to the one person who sent me a syslog! :)

New version

By Euan - Posted on April 22, 2006 - 21:05:26 (#19552)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

This fixes the drawing problem.

Changed the DPMS code a fair bit to match X

I've only changed 1 line in the flat panel code, which seemed to be forcing the flatpanel to always use the 2nd CRTC output.

If the backlight doesn't come on, then reboot into vesa mode, set the power saving delay in the screensaver preferences to 1 minute. Reboot in normal mode, wait about 3 minutes, making sure the mouse isn't moved to allow the screen to sleep, then try waking it up. The DPMS code should effectively force on the backlight. if that doesn't work then either the driver is turing on the wrong device output, or that the driver doesn't have control of the backlight which I think is unlikely. The latter meaning it's either controlled by the bios, or ACPI which I'll need to investigate.

nogo in zeta

By kancept - Posted on April 21, 2006 - 02:34:43 (#19538)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Didn't expect it to work, but it was a nogo in zeta no matter what combo of debugging, screen setup, etc I tried.

By kancept - Posted on April 21, 2006 - 02:23:24 (#19537)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

If I enable console debugging during boot, the display works correctly- accelerated and all. If I boot normally, I get the washed out screen. I am going to set the debugging in my kernel config file, as it's just like the ps/2 issue with another machine I have. Enabled serial debugging , not syslog debugging, and it works. If that helps figure it out, then let me know and I'll help all I can, but it's working great atm. Now to see if the same werks in ZETA.

By Euan - Posted on April 20, 2006 - 14:09:22 (#19529)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

I found a few inconsitancies with the backlight code compared to the current X server stuff. I need some syslogs to be sure the code actually gets accessed. The syslogs on all beos machines should be absolutely full of text if you selected boot with console debugging enabled from the boot menu!

Needs to recognize LCD for X600 Laptops

By sculdheizo - Posted on April 20, 2006 - 04:47:24 (#19524)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Euan,

Put this new driver on my laptop... It only recognizes the VGA output. The laptop LCD screen stays black after the boot screen (Zeta 1.1), but the CRT connected not only shows with accelerated graphics, but goes into 1680x1050 res (which is the laptop's widescreen LCD's max res).

I remember Rudolf had simialar issues with one of my previous laptops with nVidia, and I set up the dual head app to clone the screen and it worked. But with this driver, it doesn't recognize that there is another screen, so it won't allow cloned screen mode - the only option is single mode. The Zeta Screen prefs panel also only shows the one screen - but still automatically pulled the higher res. I tried "swap screens", but that didn't do anything - only one screen recognized. :(

Anyways, I hope this info helps to get the LCD of other X600 laptops (and mine) working! :)

Deej

By kancept - Posted on April 20, 2006 - 00:35:21 (#19523)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

ok, looking in my syslog, there isn't much at all. Especially anything helpful. The most detailed thing is:

instantiate_object failed: Failed to find an entrydefining the class name (Name not found)

So is there someothing else I need to do to get a more detailed log for you?

heh

By kancept - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 23:49:07 (#19522)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

not that it's pertinent, but how different is code for tdms vs. regular stuff? I'd love to get my ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra working "correctly" on my tdms screen in my IBM NetVista X41... any help would be great

By kancept - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 23:47:07 (#19521)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

My backlight works fine. It's like the screen is initialised, then it's overdriven, so it gets washed out, like a slow wiping effect. I'll grab the syslog in a few here.

By goAtsy - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 21:35:33 (#19520)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Thanks a lot Euan,

No more VESA on my IBM T43 with an X300. Looks fine in it's native resolution 1400x1050.

Textlines are falling into each other in textfiles or when surfing with ff. Don't know if the drivers is the problem though.

people with dodgy backlights, send me a syslog :)

By Euan - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 19:17:43 (#19519)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

So I can see what type of flat panel the driver thinks your using. As there is different code needed for LCD, DFP, and TMDS panel types.

Ta.

By Euan - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 18:49:35 (#19518)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Did you say previously that the backlight worked in a version 3 driver, or was it someone else? As I found an old source archive of the 3.2.8, and 4.1 drivers.

Radeon 7500 (M7) 32 MB

By kancept - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 17:58:42 (#19517)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Anyone else using this in their laptop? My card has the same card ID as others listed that are supported, but I get a washed out screen after boot. VESA runs fine, and B&W does as well (no surprise there). Any tips or tricks?

backlight report

By emwe - Posted on April 19, 2006 - 15:33:45 (#19516)
Current version when comment was posted: 5.1

Hi Euan,

unfortunately I have no enable/disable backlight option. Only a setting for the brightness of the backlight.

The CRT distortion just seemed to be related to the one CRT I used. Tested with another one @1024x768 and things are very fine. I then set the laptop panel setting in the screen prefs to "always", but this doesn't seem to help. Seems to be the "same" result as my earlier experiments with the source of the driver always enabling the lcd-panel option whenever encountered in the source.

Michael



	Comment Pages: << prev \| 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 20 \| 21 \| 22 \| 23 \| 24 \| 25 \| 26 \| next >>













			Recent Downloads - # 2 Total Downloads - # 2 Total Views - # 2 User Ratings - # 629




			Video Drivers




			1. BePodder - 9.80 2. QEMU - 9.68 3. ScummVM - 9.57 4. cpu_fix - 9.42 5. Jukebox - 9.40 6. libdl.so - 9.40 7. Haiku AGP busm... - 9.35 8. vim6 - 9.31 9. Beezer - 9.26 10. HandBrake - 9.25




			1. BeOS 5 Perso... - 13,584 2. Realtek RTL8... - 13,095 3. Ati Radeon G... - 12,557 4. Ensoniq Audio... - 7,552 5. ATI Rage 128... - 7,436 6. USB Joystick... - 5,656 7. Broadcom 440x... - 5,405 8. S3 Trio 64 v2... - 4,716 9. USB Serial dr... - 4,704 10. Intel Extreme... - 4,465




			You are not logged in. Login


	Unless otherwise noted, everything is copyright © 1999-2009 Haikuware. All Rights Reserved. For more legal trivia, take a gander at our Legal Stuff page and our Privacy Statement.