Setting up Radeon R7 360

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paul_chany · Post by **paul_chany** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:06 pm

Hi,

I just bought this video card.

I'm following https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Amdgpu.
In Xorg.0.log I found these lines:

[ 50.215] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 50.215] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 50.215] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 50.276] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 50.276] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 50.276] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 50.276] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[ 50.984] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[ 50.984] EGL_MESA_drm_image required.
[ 50.984] (EE) modeset(0): glamor initialization failed
...
[ 51.108] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
[ 51.108] (II) Unloading radeon

so it seems that that my settings are wrong.

I tried to follow https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon too,
but again, I found in Xorg.0.log these lines:

[ 50.215] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 50.215] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 50.215] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 50.276] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 50.276] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 50.276] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 50.276] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[ 50.984] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[ 50.984] EGL_MESA_drm_image required.
[ 50.984] (EE) modeset(0): glamor initialization failed
I tried to compile support for ATI Radeon into kernel then as a kernel module, but get always message:
glamor initialization failed.

I have installed followings:
x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.17
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati
x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu
media-libs/mesa

What can I do to set up my video card properly?

Atomic Beef · Post by **Atomic Beef** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:57 am

Hello paul_chany,

I would recommend carefully reading the wiki link. Build amdgpu as a kernel module and be sure to enable the "Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts" option. Next, install sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode with the legacy USE flag and set VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" in your make.conf. Finally, execute

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emerge --changed-use --deep @world

to pull in the correct drivers.

paul_chany · Post by **paul_chany** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:24 am

Atomic Beef wrote:Hello paul_chany,

I would recommend carefully reading the wiki link. Build amdgpu as a kernel module and be sure to enable the "Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts" option. Next, install sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode with the legacy USE flag and set VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" in your make.conf. Finally, execute
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emerge --changed-use --deep @world
to pull in the correct drivers.

All right.
I'm reading carefully Amdgpu wiki site.
At Kernel header there is a kernel option

Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
<*/M> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
<*/M> AMD GPU
[ /*] Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts
(only needed if you want to use Sea Islands GPUs with the amdgpu driver)

In my kernel's menuconfig the option

<*/M> AMD GPU
[ /*] Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts
(only needed if you want to use Sea Islands GPUs with the amdgpu driver)

[/quote]
is not shown:

.config - Linux/x86 4.1.12-gentoo Kernel Configuration
> Device Drivers > Graphics support > Direct Rendering Manager
Direct Rendering Manager
Arrow keys navigate the menu. <Enter> selects submenus ---> (or empty submenus ----). Highlighted
letters are hotkeys. Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes, <M> modularizes features. Press <Esc><Esc>
to exit, <?> for Help, </> for Search. Legend: [*] built-in [ ] excluded <M> module < > module
capable

<M> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) --->
< > DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU
< > Intel GMA5/600 KMS Framebuffer
< > DisplayLink
< > AST server chips
<M> Kernel modesetting driver for MGA G200 server engines
< > Cirrus driver for QEMU emulated device
< > QXL virtual GPU
< > DRM Support for bochs dispi vga interface (qemu stdvga)

As one can see, my kernel version is: 4.1.12-gentoo.
Should I install newer kernel source?

paul_chany · Post by **paul_chany** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:20 pm

Atomic Beef wrote:Hello paul_chany,

I would recommend carefully reading the wiki link. Build amdgpu as a kernel module and be sure to enable the "Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts" option. Next, install sys-firmware/amdgpu-ucode with the legacy USE flag and set VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" in your make.conf. Finally, execute
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emerge --changed-use --deep @world
to pull in the correct drivers.

OK
I just installed the new kernel 4.4.1-gentoo and there in menuconfig I found "Enable amdgpu support for CIK parts" option.
I did all as you advices and now I have in Xorg.0.log followings:

[ 38.871] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 38.954] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 39.200] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 39.200] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 39.200] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0
[ 39.200] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 39.200] (II) Applying OutputClass "AMDgpu" to /dev/dri/card0
[ 39.200] loading driver: amdgpu
[ 39.200] (==) Matched amdgpu as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 39.200] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 39.200] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 39.200] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 39.200] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 39.200] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 5
[ 39.200] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 39.200] (II) LoadModule: "amdgpu"
[ 39.200] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so
[ 39.271] (II) Module amdgpu: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 39.271] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 0.0.1
[ 39.271] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 39.271] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 39.271] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 39.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 39.305] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 39.305] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 7.5.0
[ 39.305] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 39.305] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 39.305] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[ 39.305] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 39.336] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 39.336] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 7.5.0
[ 39.336] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 39.336] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 39.336] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 39.336] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 39.365] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 39.365] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.17.4
[ 39.365] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 39.365] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0
[ 39.365] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 39.379] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 39.379] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 39.379] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 39.379] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 39.379] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 39.379] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 39.379] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 39.379] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 39.379] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 39.379] (II) AMDGPU: Driver for AMD Radeon chipsets: BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE,
BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, KABINI, KABINI,
KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI,
KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KAVERI, KAVERI,
KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI,
KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI,
KAVERI, KAVERI, KAVERI, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII,
HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, HAWAII, TOPAZ, TOPAZ,
TOPAZ, TOPAZ, TOPAZ, TONGA, TONGA, TONGA, TONGA, TONGA, TONGA, TONGA,
TONGA, TONGA, CARRIZO, CARRIZO, CARRIZO, CARRIZO, CARRIZO, FIJI
[ 39.379] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
...
[ 39.385] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 39.385] (++) using VT number 1

[ 39.385] (--) controlling tty is VT number 1, auto-enabling KeepTty
[ 39.385] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 226:0
[ 39.400] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 39.400] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 39.400] (II) AMDGPU(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 39.400] (==) AMDGPU(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 39.400] (II) AMDGPU(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 39.400] (==) AMDGPU(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 39.400] (==) AMDGPU(0): RGB weight 888
[ 39.400] (II) AMDGPU(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[ 39.400] (--) AMDGPU(0): Chipset: "BONAIRE" (ChipID = 0x665f)
[ 39.400] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 39.400] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 39.401] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 40.099] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 40.099] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 40.099] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 40.147] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 40.148] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 40.148] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 40.148] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[ 40.171] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[ 40.271] (II) AMDGPU(0): glamor detected, initialising EGL layer.
[ 40.271] (II) AMDGPU(0): KMS Pageflipping: enabled
[ 40.274] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-0 has no monitor section
[ 40.275] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output HDMI-A-0 has no monitor section
[ 40.282] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-I-0 has no monitor section
[ 40.316] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-D-0 has no monitor section
[ 40.319] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID for output DisplayPort-0
[ 40.320] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID for output HDMI-A-0
[ 40.327] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID for output DVI-I-0
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID for output DVI-D-0
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Manufacturer: GSM Model: 567e Serial#: 221144
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Year: 2008 Week: 6
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Digital Display Input
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 49 vert.: 32
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): redX: 0.635 redY: 0.342 greenX: 0.292 greenY: 0.611
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): blueX: 0.147 blueY: 0.070 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
[ 40.361] (II) AMDGPU(0): Supported established timings:
...
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DisplayPort-0 disconnected
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output HDMI-A-0 disconnected
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-I-0 disconnected
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-D-0 connected
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Output DVI-D-0 using initial mode 1680x1050
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
[ 40.362] (II) AMDGPU(0): mem size init: gart size :7f563000 vram size: s:80000000 visible:f1e2000
[ 40.362] (==) AMDGPU(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 40.362] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 40.362] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 40.362] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 40.373] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 40.373] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 40.373] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 40.373] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 40.373] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 40.373] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 40.373] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
[ 40.373] (II) Unloading radeon
[ 40.373] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 40.373] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 40.373] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 40.385] (II) AMDGPU(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 40.385] (II) AMDGPU(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: radeonsi
[ 40.385] (II) AMDGPU(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: radeonsi
[ 40.385] (II) AMDGPU(0): Front buffer pitch: 6912 bytes
[ 40.386] (==) AMDGPU(0): DRI3 disabled
[ 40.386] (==) AMDGPU(0): Backing store enabled
[ 40.386] (II) AMDGPU(0): Direct rendering enabled
[ 40.513] (II) AMDGPU(0): Use GLAMOR acceleration.
[ 40.513] (II) AMDGPU(0): Acceleration enabled
[ 40.513] (==) AMDGPU(0): DPMS enabled
[ 40.513] (==) AMDGPU(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 40.513] (II) AMDGPU(0): Set up textured video (glamor)
[ 40.514] (II) AMDGPU(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[ 40.548] (--) RandR disabled
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[ 40.550] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
[ 40.552] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized radeonsi
[ 40.552] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[ 40.962] (II) AMDGPU(0): Setting screen physical size to 444 x 277
...
[ 60.008] (II) AMDGPU(0): EDID vendor "GSM", prod id 22142
[ 60.008] (II) AMDGPU(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
[ 60.008] (II) AMDGPU(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
[ 60.008] (II) AMDGPU(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 60.008] (II) AMDGPU(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync
-vsync (64.7 kHz eP)
etc.

It seems to me that that it is good, right?
Thanks!

Atomic Beef · Post by **Atomic Beef** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:24 pm

Glad you got everything working. I can't see any errors in the log, so everything looks good. The only thing left to do is test if the card works, which you can do with x11-apps/mesa-progs.

EDIT: Changed performs to works, thanks chithanh!

paul_chany · Post by **paul_chany** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:40 pm

Atomic Beef wrote:Glad you got everything working. I can't see any errors in the log, so everything looks good. The only thing left to do is test how the card performs, which you can do with x11-apps/mesa-progs.

I have it installed, but can't figure out which commands can one run to test the card performances with it?

chithanh · Post by **chithanh** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:33 pm

You can't test performance with mesa-progs. glxgears and glxinfo will tell you whether OpenGL works, not more.

If you want to test performance, use the Unigine Valley or Heaven benchmarks or something similar (available from overlays).

Atomic Beef · Post by **Atomic Beef** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:10 pm

When I originally said that you can use mesa-progs to test how if a card performs well, I meant to say you can use mesa-progs to test if 3D hardware acceleration was working or not. The reason for this is that oftentimes with the open source drivers, newer cards aren't fully supported (for example it took almost three years for my Radeon HD 7970 to have 3D acceleration) and usually have worse performance with newer cards than the closed source Catalyst driver. If you plan on doing anything graphically intensive on your machine, you might want to look into the Catalyst driver.

On another note, if you want to test the performance of your card, please do check out one of the benchmarking tools chithanh talked about as glxgears is extremely basic OpenGL and will not provide you with any useful information about how your card performs in real scenarios.

paul_chany · Post by **paul_chany** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:46 am

Atomic Beef wrote:When I originally said that you can use mesa-progs to test how if a card performs well, I meant to say you can use mesa-progs to test if 3D hardware acceleration was working or not. The reason for this is that oftentimes with the open source drivers, newer cards aren't fully supported (for example it took almost three years for my Radeon HD 7970 to have 3D acceleration) and usually have worse performance with newer cards than the closed source Catalyst driver. If you plan on doing anything graphically intensive on your machine, you might want to look into the Catalyst driver.

I found that that mesa-progs provides two demo programs: glxgears and glxinfo.
When I run glxgears I can see that that gears easily rotates out there.
When I run glxinfo I get bunch of informations out there.
I found informations of glxinfo's basic usage here.
I can see now videos in full screen smootly.