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Re: AMD PowerXpress hybrid graphics -- Catalyst 11.4 pre-release testing

 

I'm on natty amd64:

Linux 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

It worked without creating any link.
However i think packages generated are broken and they need some links.
Normal installations works fine though.

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 14:57, Orion <orion2000za@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> promising! What distro/kernel and with or without making all the links etc
> described in earlier postings?
>
>
> On 04/05/2011 14:14, Steven wrote:
>>
>> With latest ati drivers (11.4) downloaded from the official site, on a
>> clean configuration and installed without generating packages
>> everything works.
>> Runnng the aquarium "test" I get 18 fps while fullscreen.
>>
>> Running fgl_glxgears I get:
>> $ fgl_glxgears
>> Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
>> 2096 frames in 5.0 seconds = 419.200 FPS
>> 2101 frames in 5.0 seconds = 420.200 FPS
>> 2327 frames in 5.0 seconds = 465.400 FPS
>> 2086 frames in 5.0 seconds = 417.200 FPS
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 02:50, Vangel V. Ajanovski<ajanovski@xxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 01.05.2011 00:51, Steven wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've corrected some links and now I have a configuration similar by
>>>> the one you can get by running this:
>>>
>>> After doing exactly what was suggested here I can say that finally ATI
>>> drivers work for me and I can switch between cards.
>>> And finally with latest drivers I can use switcheroo to switch to one or
>>> other card.
>>>
>>> But unfortunately even with fglrx some things do not work (gnome-shell
>>> task bar colours turn psychedelic :)
>>>
>>> And I can't get hardware accelerated WebGL at all no matter what
>>> configuration.
>>> In fact on my computer (ATI 5470 + Intel i5) WebGL only works with
>>> software rendering and if run like that it is fastest with open-source
>>> Intel card on.
>>>
>>> So test is:
>>> Open Chromium browser and Start
>>> http://webglsamples.googlecode.com/hg/aquarium/aquarium.html
>>> click Change view to see external view (out of the aquarium)
>>> click Options and enable everything
>>>
>>> So with Ubuntu 11.04 open-source radeon drivers: (echo DDIS>
>>> /sys/...../switch  and logoout ->  login)
>>> 4 FPS
>>>
>>> With Ubuntu 11.04 open-source intel driver (  echo DIGD>
>>> /sys/...../switch  and logoout ->  login)
>>> 22 FPS
>>>
>>> WIth FGLRX installed
>>> less htan 1 FPS
>>>
>>> If I try with Firefox and disable mesa and software rendering of webgl,
>>> it does not work at all.
>>>
>>> Also I have some basic OpenGL examples that use GLUT and basic graphics
>>> - blending, stencils and fog, they run much slower with radeon open
>>> source than with intel opensource, and speed with fglrx is similar to
>>> intel
>>>
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