[Bug 449808] New: better 3D support for ATI graphics cards (radeonhd)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 Summary: better 3D support for ATI graphics cards (radeonhd) Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: 64bit OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 3rd Party Driver AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: estellnb@gmail.com QAContact: sndirsch@novell.com Found By: Community of Practice Unfortunately the proprietary ATI driver is very erroneous. At me the computer starts to hang if I switch to another vt; after resume from s2ram the screen stays dark and last but not least the xinerama support does not allow to plug an external monitor after X has been started (restarting X requires a reboot because you produce a crash otherwise.) Fortunately the radeonhd driver works fine and stable at me. However its 3D support leaps back far behind that one of the commercial driver. Why not launch a project to improve the 3D support of radeonhd, so that programs like Google Earth will work well with the open source driver (current versions of google earth like 4.2 and 4.3 persistently crash at me anyway). This will also provide XEN-users with 3D support for their graphics cards. In general open source drivers are to prefer especially if no stable commercial counterpart is available. Otherwise is there any sense in posting error descriptions for the proprietary driver at bugzilla.novell.vom? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 Elmar Stellnberger (AT/K) <estellnb@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|X11 3rd Party Driver |X11 3rd Party Driver Product|openSUSE 11.0 |openSUSE 11.1 Target Milestone|--- |Future/Later Version|Final |RC 1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |sndirsch@novell.com Severity|Normal |Enhancement Component|X11 3rd Party Driver |X.Org QAContact|sndirsch@novell.com |xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Summary|better 3D support for ATI graphics cards |radeonhd: Better 3D support for ATI graphics |(radeonhd) |cards -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |lverhaegen@novell.com, eich@novell.com AssignedTo|sndirsch@novell.com |mhopf@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808#c1 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sndirsch@novell.com Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium --- Comment #1 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-11-27 21:12:15 MST --- P3 looks appropriate here. :-) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 User mhopf@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808#c2 Matthias Hopf <mhopf@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |UPSTREAM --- Comment #2 from Matthias Hopf <mhopf@novell.com> 2008-12-01 04:21:14 MST --- This is not a bug. And if you monitor Xorg / Mesa closely, you'll notice that such endeavors are already under way. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 User estellnb@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808#c3 Elmar Stellnberger ATK <estellnb@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|UPSTREAM | --- Comment #3 from Elmar Stellnberger ATK <estellnb@gmail.com> 2009-03-17 05:02:34 MST --- However Mesa is just a library for Software-Emulation. Google Earth and other 3D apps will never work at an acceptable speed if no hardware support for OpenGL is given by the radeonhd-driver. The ati-fglrx driver on the other side is always broken on any new kernel update. www.mesa3d.org: The GLX API is supported, but it's really just an emulation of the real thing. The GLX wire protocol is not supported and there's no OpenGL extension loaded by the X server. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 User estellnb@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808#c4 --- Comment #4 from Elmar Stellnberger ATK <estellnb@gmail.com> 2009-03-17 09:40:20 MST --- Why not leverage better 3D support for ATI cards? Many application developers will not port their apps to Linux unless full coverage of graphics hardware is given concerning 3D support. We do already have a very well 3D support for NVIDIA-cards, don`t we? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 User estellnb@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808#c5 --- Comment #5 from Elmar Stellnberger ATK <estellnb@gmail.com> 2009-03-17 09:41:43 MST --- Nevertheless Mesa support has in deed improved in the last time. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808 User estellnb@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449808#c6 --- Comment #6 from Elmar Stellnberger ATK <estellnb@gmail.com> 2009-03-23 14:01:19 MST --- The ATI fglrx-Catalyst driver in its current state is crap, really: * after resume from s2ram the mouse pointer will turn into pixel garbage * it crashes the second time Xorg is invoked (configuration changes will require a full reboot, Sax2 will crash on graphics mode test if Xorg is already running, impossible to run more than one X-server) * xinerama mode does not work -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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