Graphical Trouble with recent card AMD Radeon HD 8240

[Alex Deucher]

On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Quentin Garnier
<quentin.garnier71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all ,
>
> I want to report some problems with my new computer . I am using Fedora 20
> alpha 64 bits .
>
> When il lauched the X server my icon mouse is scrambled , and all object are
> very slow (Window and other .. )
>
> Probably radeon doesn't support my radeon HD8240? Or not completely ?
>
> unfortunely we can't see my icon mouse when i make a print screen..
>
> this is my command back :
>
> cat /proc/bus/pci/devices | grep VGA || lspci | grep VGA | colrm 1 4 ; cat
> /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "model name|MHz" ; xdpyinfo -display :0 | egrep
> "version:|dimensions|depth of" ; glxinfo -display :0 | egrep -A2
> "rendering|OpenGL"
> 1.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini
> [Radeon HD 8240]
> model name : AMD E1-2500 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics
> cpu MHz : 800.000
> model name : AMD E1-2500 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics
> cpu MHz : 900.000
>   dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
>   depth of root window:    24 planes
> direct rendering: Yes
> server glx vendor string: SGI
> server glx version string: 1.4
> --
> OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
> OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.3, 128 bits)
> OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0
> OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
> OpenGL extensions:
>     GL_AMD_conservative_depth, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend,
>     GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object,
>
> [root at localhost ~]# uname -r
> 3.11.3-301.fc20.x86_64
>
>
>
> Reproducible: Always
>
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.When X is launched
> 2.
> 3.
> Actual Results:
> My mouse icon is scrambled, the graphical object is moving slow
>
> Expected Results:
> A good size for the mouse icon and no scrambled , i thing i have no
> acceleration card too..
>
> i use thise mesa package :
>
> yum list installed mesa*
> Modules complémentaires chargés : langpacks, refresh-packagekit
> Paquets installés
> mesa-demos.x86_64                          8.1.0-4.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-dri-drivers.x86_64                    9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-filesystem.x86_64                     9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libEGL.x86_64                         9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libEGL-devel.x86_64                   9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGL.x86_64                          9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGL-devel.x86_64                    9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGLES.x86_64                        9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGLES-devel.x86_64                  9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGLU.x86_64                         9.0.0-3.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGLU-devel.x86_64                   9.0.0-3.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGLw.x86_64                         8.0.0-3.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libGLw-devel.x86_64                   8.0.0-3.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libOSMesa.x86_64                      9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libOSMesa-devel.x86_64                9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libgbm.x86_64                         9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libgbm-devel.x86_64                   9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libglapi.x86_64                       9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libwayland-egl.x86_64                 9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libwayland-egl-devel.x86_64           9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libxatracker.x86_64                   9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-libxatracker-devel.x86_64             9.2-1.20130919.fc20
> @fedora
> mesa-vdpau-drivers.x86_64
>
> NB : With fedora 19 , i can't start the X server , but with my fedora 20
> alpha it's ok with a good resolution 1920X1080 . But i think i have no
> acceleration 3d and some bug with the icon mouse.

I don't think F19 has full support for your chip.  You need kernel
3.11 or newer and a recent xf86-video-ati, glamor, and mesa.

Alex