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Siduction Forum => Upgrade Warnings => Topic started by: vayu on 2013/07/18, 20:03:45
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I want to install Firestarter on a computer with an AMD Radeon HD6870 video card that I would like to use fglrx/catalyst.
Does anyone know specifically if this will work or will not work both as a fresh install from Firestarter and also if it is working or not working from a current dist-upgrade?
In the past I've had to get the right combination of Xorg, Kernel and fglrx versions and I don't want to go through installing only to find it can't currently work.
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I am told that it works at the current time. Good luck!
Tim
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My setup works fine
orinoco@jake:~$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 6770]
orinoco@jake:~$ uname -a
Linux jake 3.10-0.towo-siduction-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 3 10:08:02 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
orinoco@jake:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i fglrx-driver
ii fglrx-driver 1:13.4-2.c0.siduction.2 amd64 non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver
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Orinoco, thanks that listing is just what I need. Would you mind also showing what version of xorg you're using? apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
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hi vayu,
in the meantime fglrx-driver 1:13.4-3 is available in unstable.
It suits the 3.10 kernel.
cheers
musca
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Musca, what repository is that in, mine only shows 1.12:
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core:
Installed: 2:1.12.4-6
Candidate: 2:1.12.4-6.1
Version table:
2:1.12.4-6.1 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
*** 2:1.12.4-6 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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apt-get update
apt-cache policy fglrx-driver
...Installationskandidat: 1:13.4-3
Versionstabelle:
1:13.4-3 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
greets ayla
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fglrx-driver
greets ayla[/quote]
Thanks, sometimes one needs a little boldface.
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I have a dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 but now I'm using the free (as freedom) xorg-radeon driver. Is the fglrx-driver from experimental compatible with this twin headed dinosaur?
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The result from terminal
oscar@sidx-box:~$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]
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^You would need to use the fglrx-legacy-driver package.
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hello vayu,
today new firmware packages for Kernel 3.10 have been uploaded in debian unstable. Kernel, firmware, xorg and even fglrx have now lined up for full functionality. But I don't own a radeon card, so please give feedback.
I suggest to replace the word "current" by "[solved]" in the title and set the green checkmark as symbol.
greetings
musca
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I hope he tries it, too. I was wondering if a Radeon HD 6570 card (used) for $20 is a good deal (and how it'd be in Debian sid).
I read that running fglrxinfo is a good test (sometimes?) since it could reveal some useful info?
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hello vayu,
today new firmware packages for Kernel 3.10 have been uploaded in debian unstable. Kernel, firmware, xorg and even fglrx have now lined up for full functionality. But I don't own a radeon card, so please give feedback.
I suggest to replace the word "current" by "[solved]" in the title and set the green checkmark as symbol.
greetings
musca
Musca thanks. This is what I was looking for. I hope it stays like this for the next week. I won't have time to test for a while, but will try to report back when I do.
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Its works for me. But I downgraded xorg. While installing the fglrx-driver I also had to install the dkms package and fglrx-modules-dkms.
I am using kernel-3.10. The card is amd turks pro [radeon hd 6570/7750] as reported by lspci.