9100 IGP TVOut problem FIXED!!!!

anonbeat · Sep 14, 2004, 01:44 PM

Hi,
i have dealing with the 3.12.0 drivers trying to get TVOut working and finally got it working patching the driver. The problem is how the PLL registers are programmed wich is incorrect for the IGP card in this driver. To fix it open with a Hex Editor like biew or hexeditor the fglrx_drv.o file and change at offset 13B2F and 13BE4 the 2C with 19 and it will be fine. This is of course for the IGP cards and I only tested it with my 9100 IGP card.
If anybody else can test it let me know how behaves. For me using PAL its working great <img><img><img><img>.

greetz
anonbeat

Exirion_ · Sep 15, 2004, 01:04 PM

This is great news! I will try it in a minute. One question though: how did you find out?! And maybe you could contribute to the GATOS project to make them support the 9100 IGP :P

UPDATE: It doesn't work for me

This is weird because we both have the Pundit-R?!

I'm sure I made the right patch:

Comparing files fglrx_drv.o and FGLRX_DRV.O_PATCHED
00013B2F: 2C 19
00013BE4: 2C 19

Also I made sure that the horizontal range for my TV display is set to 31.5-37.9. Still: Only if I add the 0x4144 ID it works

anonbeat · Sep 17, 2004, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by

I'm sure I made the right patch:

[i

Comparing files fglrx_drv.o and FGLRX_DRV.O_PATCHED
00013B2F: 2C 19
00013BE4: 2C 19
[/i]
Also I made sure that the horizontal range for my TV display is set to 31.5-37.9. Still: Only if I add the 0x4144 ID it works

Make sure you select in MonitorLayout "CTV, NONE" or whatever as for me the TV is not recogniced when used AUTO. And be sure you dont use ChipID as will cause stability problems.

For me is working fine and very stable for my mythtv box.

Exirion_ · Sep 17, 2004, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonbeat

Make sure you select in MonitorLayout "CTV, NONE" or whatever as for me the TV is not recogniced when used AUTO. And be sure you dont use ChipID as will cause stability problems.

For me is working fine and very stable for my mythtv box.

"STV, NONE" did the trick. It works great now, thanks

Btw, I'm running MythTV too here

With a PVR350.

jefke · Sep 23, 2004, 03:31 AM

anyone who got this working on a Pundit-R care to say what kernel and x11 they are using. I'm currently using 2.4.26 and xorg 6.7.
Everything looks ok in the Xorg logfile but my screen stays blank.
Even if I set to just use the monitor the screen is blank.
CTRL-ALT_BACKSPACE doesn't bring back the console either but the machine isn't hanging (can still ssh to it and CTRL-ALT-DEL shuts down the machine properly).

X works fine when I use the opensource ATI driver.

Anything I am missing?

anonbeat · Sep 23, 2004, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefke

anyone who got this working on a Pundit-R care to say what kernel and x11 they are using. I'm currently using 2.4.26 and xorg 6.7.
Everything looks ok in the Xorg logfile but my screen stays blank.
Even if I set to just use the monitor the screen is blank.
CTRL-ALT_BACKSPACE doesn't bring back the console either but the machine isn't hanging (can still ssh to it and CTRL-ALT-DEL shuts down the machine properly).

X works fine when I use the opensource ATI driver.

Anything I am missing?

Do you have the TV Connected when you boot the machine? Did you force the STV or CTV on MonitorLayout entry? did you use any ChipID entry? maybe you can post your XF86Config-4 file so we can help you...

greets
anonbeat

knurf · Sep 17, 2004, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonbeat

The problem is how the PLL registers are programmed wich is incorrect for the IGP card in this driver. To fix it open with a Hex Editor like biew or hexeditor the fglrx_drv.o file and change at offset 13B2F and 13BE4 the 2C with 19 and it will be fine. This is of course for the IGP cards and I only tested it with my 9100 IGP card.
If anybody else can test it let me know how behaves. For me using PAL its working great.

greetz
anonbeat

Worked like a charm for me, thanks! Changing the ChipId didn't seem to affect anything though. I'm also using PAL btw.
--
Knurf

linuxxed · Sep 27, 2004, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonbeat

Hi,
i have dealing with the 3.12.0 drivers trying to get TVOut working and finally got it working patching the driver. The problem is how the PLL registers are programmed wich is incorrect for the IGP card in this driver. To fix it open with a Hex Editor like biew or hexeditor the fglrx_drv.o file and change at offset 13B2F and 13BE4 the 2C with 19 and it will be fine. This is of course for the IGP cards and I only tested it with my 9100 IGP card.
If anybody else can test it let me know how behaves. For me using PAL its working great <img><img><img><img>.

greetz
anonbeat

oh man it works! I would kiss you but I'm a bloke ;-)

Thanks a lot.

anonbeat · Sep 27, 2004, 06:13 PM

the only difference i find is that you have not disabled DRI wich i have in line
Option "NoDRI" "yes"

and of course i have
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization disabled! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************
in my log. the rest look almost the same as mine.

I think this is your problem. 3D Acceleration is not working on this card as the driver doc explains... only 2D and as you know without TVOut

greets
anonbeat

jefke · Oct 2, 2004, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonbeat

the only difference i find is that you have not disabled DRI wich i have in line
Option "NoDRI" "yes"

and of course i have
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization disabled! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************
in my log. the rest look almost the same as mine.

I think this is your problem. 3D Acceleration is not working on this card as the driver doc explains... only 2D and as you know without TVOut

greets
anonbeat

Nope disabling DRI didn't help... but switching from 2.4.26 to 2.6.8.1 kernel did the trick. Was probably something I was missing in my 2.4.26 config. Working great now.

Thanks

linuxxed · Oct 3, 2004, 08:32 AM

anonbeat - any luck with the latest 3.14.1 drivers? I've tried without the hex edit and tvout works but it flickers like mad.
3.12 worked great with the hex edit.

anonbeat · Oct 4, 2004, 01:41 AM

linuxxed: as 3.12 is working fine for me i was not going to try 3.14.1 drivers. Im happy right now with the 3.12 TVOut quality and dont expect to change it till ATI makes a good driver and I dont think 3.14.1 is ever close to be it.

greets
anonbeat

t0p0 · Apr 12, 2005, 03:52 PM

I have made the binary patch for version 8.12.10, exactly for fglrx_4_3_0-8.12.10-1.i386.rpm.
You have to change 0x2c at offset 0x15788 with 0x19
With this patch the TV out is stable.

greets

ScoundrelLV · Apr 13, 2005, 12:56 PM

t0p0:
Can you explain all the steps you took?
I'm new and still going through all the how-to's
I've downloaded fglrx_6_8_0_8-12.10-1.i386.rpm

then ran
rpm -Uvh --replacefiles fglrx_8_0_8-12.10-1.i386.rpm

What do I do next ?

Thanks for your help.

t0p0 · Apr 13, 2005, 02:57 PM

TablesYou have to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o with a hex editor and change at offset 0x15788 the 2C with 19 as noted in the first post of this thread.
Anyway this offset is for fglrx_drv.o in fglrx-4.3.0-3.12.0.i386.rpm... ...oops error in previous post, the file is fglrx_4_3_0-8.12.10-1.i386.rpm, which is the driver for XFree86 4.3.0, the rpm you have downloaded and installed is for X.org 6.8 and i don't think the files will be the same

, anyway you can try if it doesn't work i could look up the file in fglrx_6_8_0_8-12.10-1.i386.rpm and try to find the correct offset, but i couldn't try it because I'm not using x.org 6.8

good luck

philthompson · Apr 14, 2005, 04:01 PM

Just to confirm that the offset is the same for the X.org version.

Thanks.

anonbeat · Apr 15, 2005, 01:50 AM

Hello,
Im still using the ati driver using my patch with xfree 4.3 but i plan to move to fedora core 3 as soon as I can get my sat card to be recogniced. Can anyone tell me if the problem with sync clock is still present in the latest ati driver ? If so I will try to make a new patch for this issue.

thanks in advance
anonbeat

dorinlazar · Apr 28, 2005, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonbeat

If anybody else can test it let me know how behaves. For me using PAL its working great.

I did this trick for the 8.12.10-1 with XOrg driver, and the PAL output looks ok - except for some interference that becomes annoying after some time. Did you have some similar problems? Should I downgrade to an older driver? How does your PAL output work?
Thanks,
Dorin

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anonbeat Radeon HD 5570 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 41	9100 IGP TVOut problem FIXED!!!! Hi, i have dealing with the 3.12.0 drivers trying to get TVOut working and finally got it working patching the driver. The problem is how the PLL registers are programmed wich is incorrect for the IGP card in this driver. To fix it open with a Hex Editor like biew or hexeditor the fglrx_drv.o file and change at offset 13B2F and 13BE4 the 2C with 19 and it will be fine. This is of course for the IGP cards and I only tested it with my 9100 IGP card. If anybody else can test it let me know how behaves. For me using PAL its working great <img><img><img><img>. greetz anonbeat

Sep 15, 2004, 01:04 PM	#2
Exirion_ Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6	This is great news! I will try it in a minute. One question though: how did you find out?! And maybe you could contribute to the GATOS project to make them support the 9100 IGP :P UPDATE: It doesn't work for me This is weird because we both have the Pundit-R?! I'm sure I made the right patch: Comparing files fglrx_drv.o and FGLRX_DRV.O_PATCHED 00013B2F: 2C 19 00013BE4: 2C 19 Also I made sure that the horizontal range for my TV display is set to 31.5-37.9. Still: Only if I add the 0x4144 ID it works Last edited by Exirion_ : Sep 15, 2004 at 01:41 PM.

Apr 12, 2005, 03:52 PM	#13
t0p0 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3	I have made the binary patch for version 8.12.10, exactly for fglrx_4_3_0-8.12.10-1.i386.rpm. You have to change 0x2c at offset 0x15788 with 0x19 With this patch the TV out is stable. greets Last edited by t0p0 : Apr 13, 2005 at 03:00 PM. Reason: Incorrect filename

Apr 13, 2005, 12:56 PM	#14
ScoundrelLV Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	Then what did you do ? t0p0: Can you explain all the steps you took? I'm new and still going through all the how-to's I've downloaded fglrx_6_8_0_8-12.10-1.i386.rpm then ran rpm -Uvh --replacefiles fglrx_8_0_8-12.10-1.i386.rpm What do I do next ? Thanks for your help.

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Sep 23, 2004, 03:31 AM	#5
jefke Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5	anyone who got this working on a Pundit-R care to say what kernel and x11 they are using. I'm currently using 2.4.26 and xorg 6.7. Everything looks ok in the Xorg logfile but my screen stays blank. Even if I set to just use the monitor the screen is blank. CTRL-ALT_BACKSPACE doesn't bring back the console either but the machine isn't hanging (can still ssh to it and CTRL-ALT-DEL shuts down the machine properly). X works fine when I use the opensource ATI driver. Anything I am missing?

Sep 27, 2004, 06:13 PM	#9
anonbeat Radeon HD 5570 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 41	the only difference i find is that you have not disabled DRI wich i have in line Option "NoDRI" "yes" and of course i have (WW) fglrx(0): *********************************** (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization disabled! * (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) * (WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available * (WW) fglrx(0): *********************************** in my log. the rest look almost the same as mine. I think this is your problem. 3D Acceleration is not working on this card as the driver doc explains... only 2D and as you know without TVOut greets anonbeat

Oct 3, 2004, 08:32 AM	#11
linuxxed Radeon HD 5570 Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25	anonbeat - any luck with the latest 3.14.1 drivers? I've tried without the hex edit and tvout works but it flickers like mad. 3.12 worked great with the hex edit.

Oct 4, 2004, 01:41 AM	#12
anonbeat Radeon HD 5570 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 41	linuxxed: as 3.12 is working fine for me i was not going to try 3.14.1 drivers. Im happy right now with the 3.12 TVOut quality and dont expect to change it till ATI makes a good driver and I dont think 3.14.1 is ever close to be it. greets anonbeat

Apr 13, 2005, 02:57 PM	#15
t0p0 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3	TablesYou have to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o with a hex editor and change at offset 0x15788 the 2C with 19 as noted in the first post of this thread. Anyway this offset is for fglrx_drv.o in fglrx-4.3.0-3.12.0.i386.rpm... ...oops error in previous post, the file is fglrx_4_3_0-8.12.10-1.i386.rpm, which is the driver for XFree86 4.3.0, the rpm you have downloaded and installed is for X.org 6.8 and i don't think the files will be the same , anyway you can try if it doesn't work i could look up the file in fglrx_6_8_0_8-12.10-1.i386.rpm and try to find the correct offset, but i couldn't try it because I'm not using x.org 6.8 good luck

Apr 14, 2005, 04:01 PM	#16
philthompson Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	Just to confirm that the offset is the same for the X.org version. Thanks.

Apr 15, 2005, 01:50 AM	#17
anonbeat Radeon HD 5570 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 41	Hello, Im still using the ati driver using my patch with xfree 4.3 but i plan to move to fedora core 3 as soon as I can get my sat card to be recogniced. Can anyone tell me if the problem with sync clock is still present in the latest ati driver ? If so I will try to make a new patch for this issue. thanks in advance anonbeat

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