ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved]
Moderator: Moderators
ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved]
Hi all,
up to date on all counts (via sabayon-weekly repository).
desktop effects (e.g. cube rotation) fails and display very sluggish/choppy when I attempt to install latest kernel 3.6 and same (but for 3.6 kernel) ati-drivers-12.10. running kernel sabayon-linux-3.5-r7 and matching ati-driver works fairly well, but none of the hardware is particularly out of date:
amd phenom x6 3.2Ghz, 16G ram
asrock 970 extreme 3 MB (9xx series chipset)
samsung 830 SSD boot drive (wow, cuts boot time and app launch times in half or more!)
several samsung HD's (all are in AHCI mode in EUFI bios) for home directories, etc.
all filesystems are xfs (bit of an xfs fan).
ATI 7750 video card, running dual monitors.
kde desktop environment, system installed from Sabayon_Linux_10_amd64_K.iso
Currently running through an repeat install of all packages "in bulk" that I can think of to get the issue running well, but any suggestions welcome of course.
up to date on all counts (via sabayon-weekly repository).
desktop effects (e.g. cube rotation) fails and display very sluggish/choppy when I attempt to install latest kernel 3.6 and same (but for 3.6 kernel) ati-drivers-12.10. running kernel sabayon-linux-3.5-r7 and matching ati-driver works fairly well, but none of the hardware is particularly out of date:
amd phenom x6 3.2Ghz, 16G ram
asrock 970 extreme 3 MB (9xx series chipset)
samsung 830 SSD boot drive (wow, cuts boot time and app launch times in half or more!)
several samsung HD's (all are in AHCI mode in EUFI bios) for home directories, etc.
all filesystems are xfs (bit of an xfs fan).
ATI 7750 video card, running dual monitors.
kde desktop environment, system installed from Sabayon_Linux_10_amd64_K.iso
Currently running through an repeat install of all packages "in bulk" that I can think of to get the issue running well, but any suggestions welcome of course.
Last edited by anomaly65 on Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:18, edited 2 times in total.
--
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently

Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 and ati-drivers, not 3.6
Hi all,
Any way to reset the entire X and ATI configs to original/default? I've snagged /etc/ati from another system, no luck.
flgrx (x11-drivers/ati-drivers-12.10#3.5.0-sabayon) works flawlessly with the 3.5 kernel. Have tried in 3.6 and 3.7 kernel with matching driver set without any good luck. with the same version (for newer kernel) I get a black screen and frozen machine.
Any suggestions welcome!
thanks,
andy
Any way to reset the entire X and ATI configs to original/default? I've snagged /etc/ati from another system, no luck.
flgrx (x11-drivers/ati-drivers-12.10#3.5.0-sabayon) works flawlessly with the 3.5 kernel. Have tried in 3.6 and 3.7 kernel with matching driver set without any good luck. with the same version (for newer kernel) I get a black screen and frozen machine.
Any suggestions welcome!
thanks,
andy
--
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently

Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
Took some digging.
Had radeon (open source) interfering. Perhaps this may help others. Note that past the 12.6 ati-drivers in sabayon-weekly, only (roughly) ati chip/cards 5400 and newer appear to be supported.
The primary difference in kernel configs was a single line, perhaps the enable factor, but does not stop the fix described. My reading is time limited due to injury, but did manage to find this. Sorry no better explanation on this near-non-item.
Changes made to repair/fix:
edit /etc/make.conf
change
Also blacklisted radeonhd in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
added
Now ati-drivers (fglrx) work fine with 3.5-3.7 kernels. I have both 3.5 and 3.7 kernels installed.
Hope this helps others out:-) And thanks Sabayon community, You all ROCK!!!
--andy
Had radeon (open source) interfering. Perhaps this may help others. Note that past the 12.6 ati-drivers in sabayon-weekly, only (roughly) ati chip/cards 5400 and newer appear to be supported.
The primary difference in kernel configs was a single line, perhaps the enable factor, but does not stop the fix described. My reading is time limited due to injury, but did manage to find this. Sorry no better explanation on this near-non-item.
Code: Select all
linux-3.5.0-sabayon/.config:# CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS is not set
linux-3.7.0-sabayon/.config:CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS=y
edit /etc/make.conf
change
Code: Select all
VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa radeonhd"
to
VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa fglrx"
added
Code: Select all
blacklist radeon
Code: Select all
equo remove ati-drivers
equo install ati-drivers
--andy
--
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently

Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
Am gonna give it a try...Sabayon 10 not working after the update...new to Sabayon. Let me see if this works! Would post back soon! 
I tried the above it dint worked for me
, am using Intel + Radeon Hybrid. Am still facing the same issue. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

I tried the above it dint worked for me

Thanks in advance!
Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
Had a slight incident myself, reinstalled the OS from scratch, best to follow the guidelines set in the notifications.....
I think the main requirement for kernel >3.5 and ati-drivers (proprietary) is to edit /etc/default/grub file
change
to
I think the main requirement for kernel >3.5 and ati-drivers (proprietary) is to edit /etc/default/grub file
change
Code: Select all
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
Code: Select all
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"
--
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently

Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
I tried with
but its still not working. Everytime I am ending with a segmentation fault.
Someone, please please help!!!!
Thanks in advance!!!!
Code: Select all
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"
Someone, please please help!!!!

Thanks in advance!!!!
Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
debashish, what video card do you have?
mine from "lspci|grep VGA" is:
segmentation fault, usually I've gotten those on systems that need memory reseated (connections need to be cleaned) or overclocked CPU's.
on the running system then execute by the example and see if it remains stable on the running 3.5 kernel.
Cheers,
andy
mine from "lspci|grep VGA" is:
Code: Select all
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7700 Series]
Code: Select all
equo install stress
Cheers,
andy
--
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently
Use handrails on stairs. A nasty fall face first changes your point of view quickly, and mine permanently

Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
This is my video card config:
Thanks for the response!
Code: Select all
lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]
Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
Thank you, that hint made me solve. I was thinking the radeon module was pulled in by xf86-video-ati, but I was actually having radeon interfering with fglrx.anomaly65 wrote:Also blacklisted radeonhd in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
addedCode: Select all
blacklist radeon
Re: ati 7750 works w/ 3.5 & ati-drivers, not 3.6/3.7 [Solved
I got a black screen after upgrade to kernel 3.7 I have a ATI HD6310 card, do I only need to blacklist the radeon driver or must I do anything else?DanySK wrote:Thank you, that hint made me solve. I was thinking the radeon module was pulled in by xf86-video-ati, but I was actually having radeon interfering with fglrx.anomaly65 wrote:Also blacklisted radeonhd in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
addedCode: Select all
blacklist radeon