How you got beryl + ati radeon r300 to work - report thread

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Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:12 pm

Due to fact that this thread about the radeon opensource driver is quite complex and mixes with problems getting beryl to work, I think we need this report thread: People running beryl with the r300 driver and latest xorg/mesa packages, please tell us how you got it to work.

*This means attach at least the following config files: (You can use http://rafb.net/paste/ )
-xorg.conf
-xorg.log
*Tell us the exact versions (probably the date of merge too, in case of svn) of packages you are using and from which overlay. Don't forget to post the USE Flags too.
*Any magical tweaks or hacks you did

There are many people (like me

) that just can't get it to work properly, so thanks a lot for your participation here.
I will try to list important bugs or any other special news in this first posting.

Let the cube rotate

Phlogiston

phuber · Post by **phuber** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:04 pm

Set up Xorg, ATI, Beryl

http://www.swisstech.net/xorg-ati-3d-beryl/

I moved it out of the forum because editing in a fullscreen editor is way better than a tiny textarea in the browser.

All feedback is appreciated, just put it in this discussion!!

boniek · Post by **boniek** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:37 pm

Everything is from portage tree except for x11-drm, libdrm, xf86-video-ati (http://sturmartillerie.org/portage/mesa-cvs/) and beryl related ebuilds (xeffects overlay)

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* media-libs/mesa-6.5.1-r4 [R] -debug -doc -hardened -motif nptl -xcb video_cards: -i810 -mach64 -mga -none -r128 radeon -s3virge -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -trident -via <virtual/glu-7.0::installed, virtual/opengl-7.0::installed, 1 more>
* x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 [R] -3dfx aiglx -debug -dmx dri -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal nptl -sdl xorg -xprint input_devices: -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -evdev -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick keyboard -magellan -microtouch mouse -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom video_cards: -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 (-impact) -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128 radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo <x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.1::installed, x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse-1.2.1::installed, 1 more>
* x11-libs/libdrm-9999::mesa-cvs [R] -debug <media-libs/mesa-6.5.1-r4::installed, x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-9999::mesa-cvs>
* x11-base/x11-drm-9999::mesa-cvs [R] -tools video_cards: -i810 -mach64 -mga -nouveau -nv -r128 radeon -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -via
* x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-9999::mesa-cvs [R] -debug dri -patch <x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r4::installed>

My r300 card is radeon 9500. No magical hacks

. It just works everytime I merge it. Issues: it is waaaay too cpu dependant, no pixel shader support in drivers results in non-working water plugin (possibly more in the future as beryl will gain proper pixel shader support for plugins), not stable (X always freezes when I try to close OpenOffice, when running beryl).

n0rbi666 · Post by **n0rbi666** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:02 pm

primozic's overlay (mesa, mesa-progs, libdrm, x11-drm, xf86-video-ati, xorg-server) + xeffects (beryl) - and beryl working here well good, and uses CPU not that much, and ca. 60MB of ram

boniek · Post by **boniek** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:51 pm

See what happens with beryl when your CPU is at 100%. That's what I mean by CPU dependency. But this is driver's fault I guess, not beryl's.

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:57 pm

n0rbi666 wrote:primozic's overlay (mesa, mesa-progs, libdrm, x11-drm, xf86-video-ati, xorg-server) + xeffects (beryl) - and beryl working here well good, and uses CPU not that much, and ca. 60MB of ram

Could you please provide your configs and logs as I suggested. I'm quite interested and furthermore you don't help anybody with such a post you just make some ppl (like me

) a bit jealous.

Thanks a lot!

phuber · Post by **phuber** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:13 pm

Kinda strange... window decorations are missing, not sure why - no success getting them back. Everything else's fine...

solved: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-38 ... ml#3857102

n0rbi666 · Post by **n0rbi666** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:53 pm

Phlogiston : here you go

http://torus.uck.pk.edu.pl/~la017/xorg.conf
http://torus.uck.pk.edu.pl/~la017/Xorg.0.log

Show me, what you got, when you try to start beryl

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emerge -pv mesa mesa-progs libdrm x11-drm xf86-video-ati xorg-server

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/mesa-9999  USE="3dnow mmx motif nptl pic sse -debug -doc -hardened -xcb" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -i810 -mach64 -mga -none -nouveau -r128 -s3virge -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -trident -via" 0 kB [3]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-apps/mesa-progs-9999  0 kB [3]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libdrm-9999  USE="-debug" 0 kB [3]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/x11-drm-9999  USE="tools" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -i810 -mach64 -mga -nouveau -nv -r128 -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -via" 0 kB [3]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-9999  USE="dri patch -debug" 0 kB [3]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.99.999  USE="aiglx beryl dri ipv6 nptl sdl xorg -3dfx -debug -dmx -exa -kdrive -minimal -xprint" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 (-impact) -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nouveau -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128 -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo -xgi" 0 kB [3]

phuber · Post by **phuber** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:03 am

Firefox really is a problem. According to the troubleshooting section in the xeffects wiki (http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Beryl#E ... ecorations) one should NOT export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 in /etc/env.d/99xlib (or whatever file you used for that).

But I guess now that this setting is missing, firefox crashes sometimes. Is there any way to set that property not globally but for firefox only to see if that has an effect?

Does anyone else have (no) problems with firefox? What are your use flags and versions for firefox?

MADevil · Post by **MADevil** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:54 pm

Hello , I've some troubles since few days , and i don't know if it's mesa-cvs or beryl-svn fault.

When i try to use Render Type (in beryl-manger) Automatic or tfp, i've got some errors and transparency and water don't work, and i've some black borders around the windows and the white cube problem after a moment

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XGL Absent, checking for NVIDIA
Nvidia Absent, checking for texture_from_pixmap
texture_from_pixmap Present
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
Reloading options
beryl: water: GL_ARB_fragment_program is missing
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/snowflake2.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/snowflake2.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_14.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_12.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_10.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_08.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_03.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_01.png
No framebuffer_object support! (only simple blur aviable)
No fragment_program support! (only simple blur aviable)
No packed_depth_stencil support! (this may cause some artefacts in fbo mode)
Loading image "/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png"
/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png loaded. w: 1024; h: 1024
Initiating splash
Loading image "/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png"
/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png loaded. w: 1024; h: 1024

But when i use Copy mode , it's ok (except the pixelized skydome).

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XGL Absent, checking for NVIDIA
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
Reloading options
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/snowflake2.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/snowflake2.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_14.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_12.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_10.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_08.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_03.png
[Snow]: Loaded Texture /usr/share/beryl/copo_gbg_01.png
No framebuffer_object support! (only simple blur aviable)
No packed_depth_stencil support! (this may cause some artefacts in fbo mode)
Loading image "/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png"
/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png loaded. w: 1024; h: 1024
Loading image "/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png"
/usr/share/beryl/emboss.png loaded. w: 1024; h: 1024
Try R300_SPAN_DISABLE_LOCKING env var if this hangs.

My Installation

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Initiating splash[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libdrm-9999  USE="-debug" 0 kB [1]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/x11-drm-9999  USE="tools" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -i810 -mach64 -mga -nouveau -nv -r128 -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -via" 0 kB [1]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-9999  USE="dri patch -debug" 0 kB [1]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r4  USE="aiglx dri nptl sdl xorg -3dfx -debug -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal -xprint" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -evdev -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -joystick -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax -penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void -wacom" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 -i810 (-impact) -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -nv -nvidia -r128 -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] media-libs/mesa-9999  USE="3dnow mmx nptl sse -debug -doc -hardened -motif -pic -xcb" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -i810 -mach64 -mga -none -nouveau -r128 -s3virge -savage -sis (-sunffb) -tdfx -trident -via" 0 kB [1]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-apps/mesa-progs-9999  0 kB [1]
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libXcomposite-0.3.1  USE="-debug" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libXdamage-1.0.4  USE="-debug" 0 kB [1]

xorg.conf
Xorg.0.log
emerge --info
glxinfo

Another people have this issue and/or a soluce ?

txboy · Post by **txboy** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:22 pm

Hi everybody to this new thread. I think it was a perfect idea.

Many people wants to get beryl+r300+mergedfb dualhead working with virtual sizes greater than 2048x****, specially those with a laptop.
R300 and higher chips are supposed to support textures of 2560 pixels.
I asked at DRI mailing list and found the way to show GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE with a value of 4096. This is done by changing the MAX_TEXTURE_LEVELS define of src/mesa/main/config.h file to 13, in my case, before compiling mesa.
Now I get textures up to 2560 but a "white cube" (only white background). Windows are all showed right.
Changing other values in the same file, as MAX_TEXTURE_RECT_SIZE to 4096, not solved this. Get a deformed background.

I've read about a "white cube" patch before, but don't know where it is and wish to try.
Could someone post it here, or, perhaps a solution to this issue ?

Thanks in advance.

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:32 am

n0rbi666 wrote:Phlogiston : here you go

http://torus.uck.pk.edu.pl/~la017/xorg.conf
http://torus.uck.pk.edu.pl/~la017/Xorg.0.log

Show me, what you got, when you try to start beryl

Thanks, but I think this won't solve my problem: Beryl, direct rendering and all is working "fine". I just have random loock ups, which is quite annoying.

I filed a bug here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9446

Any help greatly appreciated.

MADevil · Post by **MADevil** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:39 am

Ok , new Xorg-server and it's ok.

Install
xorg.conf
Xorg.log
emerge --info
glxinfo
beryl

The only 'tricks' i made are:

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rm /etc/env.d/09ati

after ati-drivers unmerge

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ln -s /usr/lib/dri/r300_dri.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/r300_dri.so

to have direct rendering yes with glxinfo

now tfp is ok and on automatically in new beryl-svn

upXorg
upberyl

m@tys · Post by **m@tys** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:00 am

One more thing, in xorg-server-1.2.99.999 there's a litlle bug with patches. You need to change location for exa and beryl patches or it will crash (if you use them ofkoz).

MADevil · Post by **MADevil** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:15 pm

Can you paste your xorg-server-1.1.99.999-get-drawable-attributes.patch plz

I've white cube with tfp without this patch , not in copy mode.

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:20 pm

MADevil wrote:Can you paste your xorg-server-1.1.99.999-get-drawable-attributes.patch plz
I've white cube with tfp without this patch , not in copy mode.

That patch is in the r300 overlay. Grab it from there

MADevil · Post by **MADevil** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:51 pm

No , it's not in the actual revision of the overlay , it's why i say you if it's possible to paste it here

EDIT: ok now it's the overlay

n0rbi666 · Post by **n0rbi666** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:05 pm

boniek wrote:See what happens with beryl when your CPU is at 100%. That's what I mean by CPU dependency. But this is driver's fault I guess, not beryl's.

Heh, when I'm compiling something - beryl is unusable

Seems like it's drivers fault - because on friend's i945 it works even if CPU is 100% loaded.
So - we have to wait

vanten · Post by **vanten** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:47 pm

Nice progress!

EzInKy · Post by **EzInKy** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:02 am

I didn't need any overlays...it just works on my ~amd64 system with X850Pro card despite these messages when I execute beryl-manager:

libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
XGL Absent, checking for NVIDIA
Nvidia Absent, checking for texture_from_pixmap
texture_from_pixmap Present
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b

** (process:18838): WARNING **: get_setting_is_integrated not found in backend ini

** (process:18838): WARNING **: get_setting_is_read_only not found in backend ini

** (process:18838): WARNING **: get_setting_is_integrated not found in backend ini

** (process:18838): WARNING **: get_setting_is_read_only not found in backend ini
$ Initiating splash
beryl: water: GL_ARB_fragment_program is missing
$ Reloading all options.

I don't use it much since I'm not that interested in eye candy, but it is pretty. One thing that would irritate me though if I used it all the time is it decreases my virtual desktops from nine to four.

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:09 am

phuber wrote:Set up Xorg, ATI, Beryl
http://www.swisstech.net/xorg-ati-3d-beryl/

I moved it out of the forum because editing in a fullscreen editor is way better than a tiny textarea in the browser.

All feedback is appreciated, just put it in this discussion!!

Thats great work. But wouldn't it be better to put it in the wiki? Just my thought.

MADevil · Post by **MADevil** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:31 am

Good !
But for Beryl now , some keywords (-* replaced by **) have changed and you forget some packages , beryl-plugins-vidcap and beryl-plugins-extra . Just fo the info (we can't modify your guid , it's not a wiki

)

phuber · Post by **phuber** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:58 am

MADevil wrote:Good !
But for Beryl now , some keywords (-* replaced by **) have changed and you forget some packages , beryl-plugins-vidcap and beryl-plugins-extra . Just fo the info (we can't modify your guid , it's not a wiki )

yeah, vidcap doesn't compile here, I'll try it again tonight.

Primozic · Post by **Primozic** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:39 pm

phuber wrote:Set up Xorg, ATI, Beryl
http://www.swisstech.net/xorg-ati-3d-beryl/

I moved it out of the forum because editing in a fullscreen editor is way better than a tiny textarea in the browser.

All feedback is appreciated, just put it in this discussion!!

For the record, both damageproto-1.1.0 and libXdamage-1.1 should be masked when using xorg-server-1.2.0. When using xorg-server-1.2.99.999, damageproto-1.1.0 is required to build, and libXdamage-1.1 should be used.

I filed a bug regarding this, but judging from comment #3, I'm not sure if anything will be done about it.

phuber · Post by **phuber** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:57 pm

MADevil wrote:Good !
But for Beryl now , some keywords (-* replaced by **) have changed and you forget some packages , beryl-plugins-vidcap and beryl-plugins-extra . Just fo the info (we can't modify your guid , it's not a wiki )

just switching from -* to ** won't do what I want. ~* will give some build but with both, -* and **, emerge tells me the -9999 package is masked by missing keyword. overlay is up to date. what am I missing here???