[LINUX] HOW-TO use VAAPI HW Acceleration on AMD Zacate (Fusion) platform

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##DO A CLEAN INSTALLATION FROM A MINIMAL UBUNTU 11.04

##USED CLI METHOD

##LEAVES ME ON A BLACK SCREEN, I CONTINUE FROM CTRL-ALT-F1

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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y ssh python-software-properties

sudo reboot



##ACCESSED FROM WINDOWS WITH PUTTY (OR LINUX WITH ssh -l xbmc my.IP.address)



sudo apt-get install -y udisks usbmount ntfs-3g upower acpi-support xorg alsa-utils mesa-utils

sudo usermod --group adm,sudo,cdrom,floppy,audio,video,plugdev,fuse xbmc #,netdev,powerdev,polkituser

#THIS LAST PERHAPS IS NOT REQUIRED. XBMC DOES IT.





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sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

##ENSURE LINES FROM UNIVERSE, MULTIVERSE AND RESTRICTED ARE UNCOMMENTED. ALSO PARTNERS



sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade



##VAAPIVAAPIVAAPIVAAPIVAAPIVAAPI##########################

## RECOMMENDED OPTION:



cd ~/; mkdir vaapi; cd vaapi/

wget http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/libva/pkgs/amd64/libva1_0.32.0-1+sds2_amd64.deb

wget http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/libva/pkgs/amd64/libva-dev_0.32.0-1+sds2_amd64.deb



sudo apt-get install -y libkms1 libdrm-dev pkg-config

sudo dpkg -i libva1_0.32.0-1+sds2_amd64.deb libva-dev_0.32.0-1+sds2_amd64.deb



wget http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/xvba-video_0.8.0-1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i xvba-video_0.8.0-1_amd64.deb



## SUPPOSED CORRECTION TO DRI AND VERSIONS PROBLEMS. DOES NOT WORK INCOMPATIBLE.

#sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rexbron/bugfixes

#sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

#cd ~/vaapi

#wget https://launchpad.net/~rexbron/+archive/bugfixes/+files/xvba-va-driver_0.7.8-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

#sudo dpkg -i xvba-va-driver_0.7.8-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb



## SUPPOSED CORRECTION TO ACCELERATION. DOES NOT WORK INCOMPATIBLE.

## http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1677477&page=2

## http://forum.xbmc.org/printthread.php?t=81286&pp=40&page=5

#sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dtl131/catalysthacks

#sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade





## UBUNTU OPTION ------------------------------------------------------

#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

#sudo apt-get install -y libva1 libva-dev libva-glx1 libva-tpi1 libva-x11-1 vainfo



##THAT INSTALLS:

##libva1 (1.0.8-3) UPD

##libva-x11-1 (1.0.8-3) NEW

##libva-tpi1 (1.0.8-3) NEW

##libva-glx1 (1.0.8-3) NEW

##libva-dev (1.0.8-3) UPD

##-----------------------------------------------------------------------



vainfo

##RESULT: vainfo: Error, can't open display: ''



##DRIVERDRIVERDRIVERDRIVERDRIVERDRIVERDRIVER#################

## PRIVATIVE OPTION

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases

sudo apt-get install -y ia32-libs



cd ~/; mkdir catalyst11.6; cd catalyst11.6/

wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run

chmod +x ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run



sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty

sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb



sudo aticonfig --initial -f ##--adapter=all##

sudo reboot



##ERROR VIDEO.SO ON VAINFO--------------------------------------------

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

## ADD TO [MODULE]:

## Load "dri"

## Change DPMS to false (energy saving)



fglrxinfo

##RESULT: Error: unable to open display (null)

fgl_glxgears

##RESULT: Error: couldn't open display (null)





## OPEN SOURCE OPTION-------------------------------------------------

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install fglrx



sudo aticonfig --initial -f

sudo reboot



glxinfo

glxgears

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## IF REQUIRED-----------------------------------------------------------

??sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-str="DDX,EnableRandR12,FALSE" ##DUAL MONITORS

??sudo aticonfig --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf --tls=1 ##FORCE CHANGES

sudo reboot



##ERRORS FIX===============================================

## UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE WATERMARK

cd ~/catalyst11.5/

#IF NOT PRESENT

sh ati-driver-installer-11-5-x86.x86_64.run --extract driver



sudo mv /etc/ati/control ~/control.bak

sudo cp driver/common/etc/ati/control /etc/ati



## OR

nano fixwatermark.sh



#!/bin/sh

DRIVER=/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so

for x in $(objdump -d $DRIVER|awk '/call/&&/EnableLogo/{print "\\x"$2"\\x"$3"\\x"$4"\\x"$5"\\x"$6}'); do

 sed -i "s/$x/\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90/g" $DRIVER

done



chmod +x fixwatermark.sh

sudo sh fixwatermark.sh



## IF HANGING

sudo aticonfig --tls=0



##XBMCXBMCXBMCXBMCXBMCXBMCXBMC----------------------------------

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lars-opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install -y xbmc



## AUTORUN

sudo apt-get install xbmc-live

## TEST

xinit xbmc-standalone



##ERRORS LOGGED:

grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log

##If you want to boot to a console for repair without starting XBMC,

##hold down the shift key when booting and "grub" will give you a choice of "(recovery mode)". 





## SUPPORT NTFS--------------------------------------------------------

sudo nano /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf

##FILESYSTEMS="ntfs vfat ext2 ext3 ext4 hfsplus"



## PERMIT XBMC POWERDOWN RESTART + AUTOMOUNT + NTFS-------------

sudo nano /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/custom-actions.pkla

##[Actions for xbmc user]

##Identity=unix-user:xbmc

##Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*;org.freedesktop.udisks.*

##ResultActive=yes