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.
I am told that it works at the current time. Good luck!
Tim
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
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
hi vayu,
in the meantime fglrx-driver 1:13.4-3 is available in unstable.
It suits the 3.10 kernel.
cheers
musca
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
Quoteapt-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
Quote from: "ayla"fglrx-driver
greets ayla[/quote]
Thanks, sometimes one needs a little boldface.
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?
The result from terminal
Quoteoscar@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]
^You would need to use the fglrx-legacy-driver package.
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
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?
Quote from: "musca"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.
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.