Ubuntu 11.04 Natty with fglrx and 2.6.39
Natty (11.04) users can finally get fglrx playing nicely together with X.org 1.10. We can also make the latest driver work well with the 2.6.39 kernel.
Custom build procedure:
- Install the latest 2.6.39 kernel revision from Ubuntu Mainline or install the PPA.
- Download 64-bit 11.4.
- Extract the files from the package:
sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-4-x86.x86_64.run --extract ati - For 2.6.39 support, download this extra patch: 2.6.39_bkl.patch
- Check for Big Kernel Lock usage:
cat /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/.config | grep -c CONFIG_BKL=y
If the result of this command is 0, then download no_bkl.patch as well. - then apply them:
cd ati; for i in ../*.patch; do patch -p1 < $i; done - Build your new ati/fglrx deb packages:
./ati-installer.sh 8.841 --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty - Install our newly created deb packages:
sudo dpkg -i ../fglrx*.deb - If your /etc/X11/xorg.conf is missing you will need to run:
sudo aticonfig --initial
and then reboot.
That newly created package should work for the entire 2.6.39 series.
Ubuntu 2.6.39 kernel and fglrx 8.831
For those 10.10 Maverick users with 2.6.38 or 2.6.39 (64-bit) kernels, you can get fglrx playing nicely together with X.org 1.9.
Unfortunately this new driver does not support X.org 1.10 and that leaves 11.4 users to use the open-source drivers.
Custom build procedure:
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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick with 2.6.38 kernel and fglrx 8.812
X-Swat has not updated their ati packages in a long time which means that Natty users and Maverick users with 2.6.38 (64-bit) cannot run with fglrx video drivers.
In order to get the latest 2.6.38 kernel and fglrx playing nicely together you will need to build these packages yourself.
Custom build procedure:
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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick with 2.6.37 kernel
If you want the latest (read bleeding edge) kernel that the Ubuntu developers are working, then have a look here:
Be sure to download the 3 files matching your architecture and install.
I am currently using 2.6.37-rc3-natty which will be the kernel that Natty Narwhal (11.04) will be based on. It just works, everything is detected and there is a noticeable increase in responsiveness.
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xorg 1.9 versus fglrx
With the release of Ubuntu (Meerkat) 10.10 just 10 days away, the ubuntu x-swat people have been busy getting fglrx ready for release. The fglrx now compiles against latest Meerkat kernel and finally resolves the unknown symbol issue.
In the laptop is a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 and with the latest fglrx driver usability is awful. There is horrible tearing when using “Appearance -> Visual Effects -> Normal”, which had to be set back to “None” just to be usable. Even on “None”, scrolling down in documents, chrome, firefox and Skype all give blurred or stuttered graphics.
These are for me “do not use” releases.
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