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AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:54 am
by pierreluc102
Hi,

Is there any problem with the AMD Radeon HD 6800 series? I am having problems with most of the 3D games I am trying to play, including plat games on Wine, such as World of Warcraft, or Warcraft III.

I have yet to try other games, but here are my issues:

WoW: Screen goes black, with millions of little cubes, looking like graphic card relics

WC3: Lags, makes it about 15 FPS.

Is there anything I'm missing?

I am currently on LM13, with the proprietary drives installed

Thank you.

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:11 pm
by AlbertP
Please run inxi -Gx in terminal and post the output.

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:32 pm
by pierreluc102
# inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,fglrx (unloaded: vesa,fbdev,radeon) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root

Something I noticed, in the system details, I have VESA: BARTS as graphics

ALSO: # lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series]

xorg.conf files has those


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection


AND this is my lshw

plmint
description: Desktop Computer
product: GA-990XA-UD3 ()
vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=35304535-3439-3541-3842-4543FFFFFFFF
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: GA-990XA-UD3
vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
version: x.x
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: F3
date: 05/19/2011
size: 128KiB
capacity: 4032KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
slot: Socket M2
size: 800MHz
capacity: 3200MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt cpb npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L3 cache
physical id: c
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-cache
description: L1 cache
physical id: b
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 29
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 8GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: A0
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: A1
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:2
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) [empty]
physical id: 2
slot: A2
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) [empty]
physical id: 3
slot: A3
width: 64 bits
clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:0-1fffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port B)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:18 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fd500000-fd5fffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series]
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:44 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fd5c0000-fd5dffff ioport:ce00(size=256) memory:fd500000-fd51ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Barts HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:43 memory:fd5fc000-fd5fffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fd400000-fd4fffff ioport:fde00000(size=1048576)
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
vendor: Etron Technology, Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:40 memory:fd4f8000-fd4fffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port H)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:17 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff ioport:fdc00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 06
serial: 50:e5:49:5a:8b:ec
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:ee00(size=256) memory:fdcff000-fdcfffff memory:fdcf8000-fdcfbfff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx1 port A)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fdb00000-fdbfffff ioport:fd800000(size=1048576)
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
vendor: Etron Technology, Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:41 memory:fdbf8000-fdbfffff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi3
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=32
resources: irq:19 ioport:ff00(size=8) ioport:fe00(size=4) ioport:fd00(size=8) ioport:fc00(size=4) ioport:fb00(size=16) memory:fdfff000-fdfff3ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD1002FAEX-0
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 05.0
serial: WD-WCAW32626517
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000df1c1
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 7ecdd66b-87c5-4b19-a130-661a7b84e387
size: 923GiB
capacity: 923GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-11-20 16:22:13 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-11-20 16:28:34 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-11-21 10:59:29 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 8188MiB
capacity: 8188MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 8188MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH22NS70
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: EX00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:fdffe000-fdffefff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 12.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:17 memory:fdffd000-fdffd0ff
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:fdffc000-fdffcfff
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:17 memory:fdffb000-fdffb0ff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 42
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1
logical name: scsi5
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=32
resources: irq:17 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:fa00(size=16)
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST31000524AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: JC45
serial: 5VP82PSY
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00075e20
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@5:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /media/DATA
version: 3.1
serial: 2a4c52cf-0c20-8743-a29a-caf52bf3f841
size: 931GiB
capacity: 931GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2012-11-19 13:45:30 filesystem=ntfs label=DATA mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 40
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
resources: irq:16 memory:fdff4000-fdff7fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette
resources: ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:fda00000-fdafffff memory:fd900000-fd9fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5416 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5008 802.11(a)bgn]
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:05:06.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: f8:d1:11:93:cc:8f
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.2.0-23-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.101 latency=168 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:20 memory:fdae0000-fdaeffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: e
bus info: pci@0000:05:0e.0
version: c0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=32
resources: irq:22 memory:fdaff000-fdaff7ff ioport:af00(size=128)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:fdffa000-fdffafff
*-pci:5
description: PCI bridge
product: SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 15
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:17 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:fd700000-fd7fffff ioport:fd600000(size=1048576)
*-usb:5
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:fdff9000-fdff9fff
*-usb:6
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 16.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
resources: irq:17 memory:fdff8000-fdff80ff
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Address Map
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Link Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:5
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sde
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sdf


this is my monitor: http://www.asus.com/Display/LCD_Monitors/VE247H/

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:27 pm
by AlbertP
Please post inxi -Gx output as normal user instead of root.

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:53 pm
by pierreluc102
My bad!

There it is.

~ $ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Barts XT [ATI Radeon HD 6800 Series] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,fglrx (unloaded: vesa,fbdev,radeon) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series GLX Version: 4.2.11627 - CPC Direct Rendering: Yes

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:12 pm
by AlbertP
Maybe you can try installing a newer driver (after deactivating the one from Additional Drivers): http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/l ... linux.aspx

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:26 pm
by pierreluc102
Installed it, and it's even worst.

Now WC3 asks me for a CDkey..

And WoW has a blank screen.

edit:1- had to --force the install

2- I have re-formated my system, brand clean. What should I do now to test things?

3- OK, so after a load of tests, I have been able to install the driver correctly (The one from AMD) Game launch, but still is very slow. WoW has MANY relics, see picture below. I'd have to try with other games.

Image

Anyone have any suggestions?

Re: AMD Radeon HD 6800 issues

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:41 pm
by justy39
That is strange.

I am running a 7990 devil 13 card on mate 14 with no game issues. When you install catalyst 12.10, it deletes fglrx. So once you install the video drivers, you need to go into package manager and reinstall fglrx and everything is fixed. I also play World of warcraft.

Does your video card do that with other games? Sometimes when the screen is like your picture, sometimes there is bad memory either motherboard or video card.

I run wow in opengl.. Better fps.