Aspeed GPU driver?

[hixie]

Hi everyone, first post here and i'm quite new to linux in general.

I have a 1U server that i've installed Mint on, but Mint doesn't seem to recognize the Aspeed 2050 GPU, and has turn itself to software rendering mode, which in normal cases i think it is fine, but because i run CPU intensive applications the 10-15% of of cpu while idle does add up to a noticeable effect.

I've search on google and found "packages" which claim will work after just running the Install.sh however, it doesn't seem to work for me.

If anyone can guide me through the process or direct me to a guide that would be great.

Thanks!

System
Dual Intel E5520
Aspeed 2050
Linux Mint 16 64-bit Cinnamon

[downhillschrott]

Same here. I have a Supermicro Board with Aspeed 2400 and Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64bit says "software Rendering Mode" which is a little bit annoying because this computer is used as a desktop (too).

Linux Mint 17 "Quiana" Cinnamon 64-bit
Below some informations which I know are asked if problems with graphics occur:

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# inxi -Gx
Graphics:  Card: ASPEED ASPEED Graphics Family bus-ID: 02:00.0
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1680x1050@59.9hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 128 bits) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1920 x 2048
VGA-0 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 526mm x 296mm
   1680x1050      59.9*+
   1280x1024      75.0     72.0     70.0     60.0 
   1440x900       59.9 
   1280x960       60.0 
   1152x864       75.0 
   1024x768       75.1     72.0     70.1     60.0 
   832x624        74.6 
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2 
   640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     60.0 
   720x400        70.1 
# lspci | grep -E VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30)
# sudo lspci -v -s 02:00.0
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Device 0811
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
   Memory at f7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
   I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
   Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
   Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/4 Maskable- 64bit+
   Kernel driver in use: ast


Thanks for help.

[ralplpcr]

Hi All,

Similar issue here - - running Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela (Cinnamon), and cannot get the ASPEED GPU to work properly. According to the specs, it's an ASPEED AST2300 GPU. The manufacturer (both of the server *and* the ASPEED site) have drivers listed for Red Hat Enterprise and SUSE Enterprise Linux, but neither one of those seem to be compatible with Linux Mint.

I've found several sites that indicate that "Xorg 71" should work with Ubuntu 10.4, but nothing that appears to work with the Ubuntu 14 base that Mint is based on.

Sorry to bump an old thread, but hoping that someone on here with more experience than me can provide instructions how to either get the existing RHEL/SUSE drivers to work in Mint, or point me in the right direction?

Existing RHEL/SUSE drivers: http://upload.aspeedtech.com/BIOS/v099_whql.zip

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inxi -Gx
Graphics:  Card: ASPEED ASPEED Graphics Family bus-ID: 0b:00.0
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@59.9hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 256 bits) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Direct Rendering: Yes


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lspci | grep VGA
0b:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 21)


[ralplpcr]

Well, I don't know if this'll work for everybody, but I found a driver that seems to work on my system. Figured I'd post it, in case someone else can use this info!

Driver download: https://us.driverscollection.com/?file_ ... 648c8d6d96

The instructions weren't exactly crystal clear, but installation ended up being fairly simple.

1. Download the ZIP file
2. Extract to a temporary location (Downloads worked for me)
3. Navigate to /ASPEED_AST2300_Linux_VER099/Linux/lxdrv via a terminal session(assuming you extracted to ASPEED_AST2300_Linux_VER099)
4. Run sudo ./auto-update.sh
5. Restart X (or reboot)

Drivers shown are now ASPEED.

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#inxi -Gx
Graphics:  Card: ASPEED ASPEED Graphics Family bus-ID: 0b:00.0 X.Org: 1.15.1 driver: N/A Resolution: 1280x1024@59.9hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 256 bits) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Direct Rendering: Yes

#lspci | grep VGA
0b:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 21)



[mabra]

Hello !

I just stumpled over this older thread, looking for a similar issue.
There are three links, which could be useful, even for AST2400:
http://www.t2-project.org/packages/xf86-video-ast.html
ftp://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/opensuse/13.2/x86_64/xf86-video-ast-1.0.1-1.3.x86_64.html
ftp://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/System_X11_Servers_XF86_4.html

May be, this helps someone.

Regards,
Manfred