0x94B3:0x174B:0x1250: SAPPHIRE HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI
Hi All, First of all congratulations for the fantastic distro that is openSUSE. Since 10.0 I've used only openSUSE (both at home and at work); the best distro by far!!! My problems started with 11.3. The title of the email could have been "openSUSE 11.3 and 11.4 random freeze"... Almost two years ago I've acquired a new computer. I run openSUSE 11.2 i586 and x86_64 on it without problems. Also there are no problems in Windows (7/XP) Then openSUSE 11.3 appeared. I've tested 11.3 i586 and x86_64 and the result is the same: system completely freeze after 1 to 30 min. I could not find any scenario; it does not seems to be caused by a specific application; it just randomly but completely freeze (mouse and keyboard are unusable). I've skipped 11.3 but unfortunately is the same situation with 11.4. With 11.4 I've tried i586 only. I use only KDE (in case that this is desktop specific but I don't think so; on openSUSE 11.2 I run KDE 4.6 without problems). The bug is reproducible even if desktop effects are disabled. The last thing that I've tried was nomodeset option (attached logs are from this scenario) but the bug still occurs. Also on 11.3 I've tried with ATI proprietary drivers (not available for 11.4 yet) but without success. If I should report this in other place please tell me. I suspect this is a ATI driver issues and I reported here because in log I've found: "If - and only if - your card does not work or does not work optimally please contact radeonhd@opensuse.org to help rectify this." Hardware: - Processor: Intel Pentium Core i5-750 (Turbo Boost enabled): http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?spec=SLBLC - Graphic Card: SAPPHIRE HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?leg=1&psn=000101&pid=276 - Motherboard: ASUSTeK P7P55D (AHCI enabled): http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=RBA8CzWoopUlYRFZ&templete=2 - Memory: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 (2x2GB DDR3): http://www.corsair.com/memory/xms-classic/xms3-ddr3-memory/cmx4gx3m2a1600c9.html Software: - OS: openSUSE 11.4 (i586) - kernel: >uname -a Linux pcname 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-02-21 10:34:10 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux - xorg server: 7.6 - video driver: - 2D driver: radeonhd 1.3.0_20100512_80ba041-2.1 - 3D driver: swrast (No 3D Acceleration) (7.10)) - KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" Please let me know if you have any suggestion or if I can provide more information or test. Thanks, Cristian
On Mar 12, 11 14:33:24 -0800, cristian_anita@yahoo.com wrote:
If I should report this in other place please tell me. I suspect this is a ATI driver issues and I reported here because in log I've found: "If - and only if - your card does not work or does not work optimally please contact radeonhd@opensuse.org to help rectify this."
Please check the radeon driver - it's continuously developed, though
some experience severe issues with that driver as well. It seems you
have a 50/50 chance which driver is better for you.
radeonhd isn't really developed further, unfortunately.
Matthias
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Matthias Hopf
On 14/03/2011 14:37, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Mar 12, 11 14:33:24 -0800, cristian_anita@yahoo.com wrote:
radeonhd isn't really developed further, unfortunately.
I find it rather sad for *BSD users, where KMS is not available everywhere and it seems to be standard/required for the ati driver. Am I wrong? -- khorben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: radeonhd+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: radeonhd+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Pierre Pronchery
On 14/03/2011 14:37, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Mar 12, 11 14:33:24 -0800, cristian_anita@yahoo.com wrote:
radeonhd isn't really developed further, unfortunately.
I find it rather sad for *BSD users, where KMS is not available everywhere and it seems to be standard/required for the ati driver.
Am I wrong?
xf86-video-ati still supports UMS on cards up to and including E-350 fusion chips. Only newer Northern Islands cards are KMS only. That said, UMS does not get much testing anymore since few Linux users still use it. Unfortunately, we don't have the manpower to really support both code paths. UMS has so many limitations it's hard to support modern hardware with it without a lot of infrastructure upgrades. The effort would be better spent on porting KMS to your preferred platform. If xf86-video-ati UMS or xf86-video-radeonhd are important to *BSD or another OS, it would be great if someone from those communities would help support it. Alex
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Alex Deucher
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cristian_anita@yahoo.com
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Matthias Hopf
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Pierre Pronchery