I'm using 64bit Debian Jessie and followed these instruction to install fglrx for Radeon HD 7000 series: https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary However GNOME doesn't work after it. I installed different desktop environments and it worked. With GNOME, GDM doesn't start, and launching GNOME with startx crashes. What is the problem?

Well, my problem is very complicated, I've an old machine (Dell Vostro 1000) where I'm using Debian 8 with XFCE. This machine have an integrated video card (ATI MOBILITY RADEON XPRESS 200 - Model: 1150), and it doesn't work with Debian default configuration. Let's see what I already have tried: - To turn on my laptop without it shows the notorious colored stripes I need use the "nomodeset" code on grub.cfg. - The Debian 8 appears don't have the xorg.conf (???), I made a Xorg.conf following the instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo , without success. - I tried already tried follow the procedures in the page above, cause the current proprietary driver is not compatible with my old video card. and the older version (legacy) can't be installed and shows some conflicts with "X". This way I have to use the generic linux driver. - I tried set the display resolution using XRANDR, but it fails and when I made the insertion of another resolution, I just can't select this. - Thinking about modules, maybe I can see a little ligth in the end of tunnel. I find a blacklist file into "/etc/modprobe.d" and removed the module "radeonfb" of blacklist, but when I tried to restart, the machine only shows a black screen with the mouse pointer only. to fix this I changed the "quiet" entry of boot line and changed it with "single" to show the command line and I can see that when the module "radeonfb" is loaded, the letters of command line become small (like it have made a resolution adjustment) but I need understand why only a black screen and the mouse pointer is showed. **NOTE:** The xorgs and firmware-linux are installed but doesn't work. I really don't need 3d acceleration, but I need to resize my screen. Actually it's 1024x768 but the hardware can show 1280x800.

I want to change gamma settings after installing ATI driver. But I noticed that I have no fglrx_xgamma tool. I installed the drivers from the ATI website. How to correct gamma without the tool, or change it in the other way?

I'm on an old laptop with AMD ATI Radeon 6490 M. With default kernel parameters any Linux [freezes](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/716790/debian-opensuse-freeze-dead-on-boot-with-an-ati-gpu) on booting, which I fixed by disabling the discrete AMD gpu completely:

radeon.modeset=0 amdgpu.runpm=0 acpi_backlight=intel_blacklight

It makes it boot, but I want the GPU to work (mainly because I want to unload the CPU and perhaps the battery will last longer?). This

radeon.si_support=0 radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 amdgpu.cik_support=1 amdgpu.dc=1

doesn't help either: it still freezes exactly the same way. [This](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ATI#Installation) arch wiki suggestion to install mesa didn't change anything either, still freezes. I also tried pulling the driver from [my exact GPU official webpage](https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/amd-radeon-hd/amd-radeon-hd-6000m-series/amd-radeon-hd-6490m) , but it gives error something like "the driver only supports X server versions 6.9 to 1.10, yours is 1.20". Any idea how to make it actually work?

The time has come for me to upgrade my aging gpu (9800 gt). The AMD 7950 has caught my attention because of the attractive price with pleasing benchmarks. But it is common knowledge that AMD GPUs have poor support on Linux. What sort of performance can I expect, with say, the latest version of Ubuntu? Will I have issues starting X. Will I have issues with a dual monitor setup? Will basic games such as minecraft or neverball play as expected without problems? Will there be any issues with video playback or flash? I tried doing some research with how this card performs on Linux, but google lacks any usable resources. If the 7950 is completely useless when paired with a Linux system, can someone suggest a comparable nvidia gpu for the same price range with similar performance?

Just installed Debian buster and Xfce. After booting, Xorg is hanged, screen black and cursor blinking eternally. I really appreciate a hand, because I have missed something or did something wrong. My current kernel version and graphic card

Linux 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 Debian
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev c1)

I have followed this steps: Fresh Debian buster netinst without any x11 enviroment. Just console mode. Graphic card and model 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso (rev c1) Updated the repositories adding non-free contrib and installed the packages:

firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-realtek firmware-amd-graphics libgl1-mesa-dri libglx-mesa0 mesa-vulkan-drivers xserver-xorg-video-all

Also copied the file picasso_ta.bin to /usr/lib/firmware/amdgpu/ like here Executed tasksel and selected xfce. Tried a new xorg.conf running

Xorg -configure
X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

Current logs ### Short Xorg.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 4.710] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 4.710] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 4.710] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file. [ 4.710] (EE) [ 4.710] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 4.710] (EE) [ 4.710] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 4.710] (EE) [ 4.711] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. ### Xorg.0.log [ 4.701] X.Org X Server 1.20.4 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 4.701] Build Operating System: Linux 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 Debian [ 4.701] Current Operating System: Linux opos 4.19.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64 [ 4.701] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-14-amd64 root=UUID=712affb5-f108-43a7-bbf8-48a9ca023656 ro quiet [ 4.702] Build Date: 01 December 2020 05:59:57PM [ 4.702] xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u2 (https://www.debian.org/support) [ 4.702] Current version of pixman: 0.36.0 [ 4.702] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. [ 4.702] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 4.702] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 8 18:51:11 2021 [ 4.702] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [ 4.702] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 4.702] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured" [ 4.702] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) [ 4.702] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" [ 4.703] (**) | |-->Device "Card0" [ 4.703] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1) [ 4.703] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor1" [ 4.703] (**) | |-->Device "Card1" [ 4.703] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" [ 4.703] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" [ 4.703] (==) Automatically adding devices [ 4.703] (==) Automatically enabling devices [ 4.703] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices [ 4.703] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff [ 4.703] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. [ 4.703] Entry deleted from font path. [ 4.703] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. [ 4.703] Entry deleted from font path. [ 4.703] (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, built-ins, /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, built-ins [ 4.703] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [ 4.703] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled. [ 4.703] (WW) Disabling Mouse0 [ 4.703] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 [ 4.703] (II) Loader magic: 0x55bee4dbce20 [ 4.703] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 4.703] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 4.703] X.Org Video Driver: 24.0 [ 4.703] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1 [ 4.703] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0 [ 4.704] (++) using VT number 7 [ 4.704] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration [ 4.707] (--) PCI:*(4@0:0:0) 1002:15d8:1043:12f2 rev 193, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/2097152, 0xfcc00000/524288, I/O @ 0x0000e000/256 [ 4.708] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. [ 4.708] (II) LoadModule: "glx" [ 4.708] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [ 4.709] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 4.709] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0 [ 4.709] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0 [ 4.709] (II) LoadModule: "amdgpu" [ 4.709] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amdgpu_drv.so [ 4.709] (II) Module amdgpu: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 4.709] compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 18.1.99 [ 4.709] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 4.709] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0 [ 4.709] (II) AMDGPU: Driver for AMD Radeon: All GPUs supported by the amdgpu kernel driver [ 4.710] (II) AMDGPU(0): [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. [ 4.710] (II) AMDGPU(1): [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. [ 4.710] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 4.710] (II) UnloadModule: "amdgpu" [ 4.710] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 4.710] (II) UnloadModule: "amdgpu" [ 4.710] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file. [ 4.710] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 4.710] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 4.710] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 4.710] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 4.710] (EE) [ 4.711] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

I have a ubuntu 14.04 server that connects to a A/V Amplifier via HDMI. The problem is, if the amp has a source selected other than the Ubuntu during boot up of the ubuntu m/c, then when the ubu server source is selected there is no output. This is the output of xrandr when the m/c IS selected as the A/V source during bootup: xrandr -d :0 Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 16384 x 16384 DFP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP5 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm 1920x1080 60.0*+ 50.0 59.9 60.1 50.0 30.0 25.0 24.0 60.0 30.0 24.0 1776x1000 50.0 59.9 50.0 25.0 24.0 60.0 30.0 DFP6 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) CRT1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) I have tried executing a xrandr script with CRON during boot, however that does not work: @reboot /usr/bin/xrandr -d :0 --addmode DFP5 1920x1080; /usr/bin/xrandr -d :0 --output DFP5 --mode 1920x1080; I also tried modifying the kernel params in /etc/default/grub.conf: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080D" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="video=HDMI-A:1920x1080D" I tried both HDMI-A and HDMI-A-1 as I see that others have used that ID, but neither work. After rebooting with the server NOT selected as the A/V source, and running xrandr it appears that CRT is enabled, but not the HDMI Source: # xrandr -d :0 Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 16384 x 16384 DFP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP6 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) CRT1 connected 1600x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1600x1200 60.0*+ 1400x1050 60.0 How can I force the HDMI to be enabled and connected during boot, irregardless of whether or not it detects a monitor ?

I was wondering if Unix systems use the GPU for the startup splash/loading screen because I've been having some trouble with an overheating Mac with graphics issues. Unix-type systems (such as MacOS 10.6, 10.10 and different versions of Ubuntu) show the splash screen, but never actually boot into the GUI (typically just a plain black/blue/white screen after the startup splash). Windows, however, starts up (I assume this is what's happening as I can hear hard drive activity) and only shows a black screen (no splash or loading screen). This just made me curious as I have a cursed 2008 ATI iMac. I plan later to try reapplying thermal paste to see if that does any good, and then try a reflow (I know this'll only be a very temporary solution but I just want to see if anything will work), but if all else fails, it'll probably go into the bin.

When I try to install AMD Catalyst to my Kali Linux 2.0 detailed as below root@blackbox:~/Downloads/fglrx-15.302# uname -a Linux blackbox 4.9.0-kali3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.13-1kali3 (2017-03-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux I get this following error. error: Detected X Server version 'XServer 1.19.2_64a' is not supported. Supported versions are X.Org 6.9 or later, up to XServer 1.10 (default:v2:x86_64:lib32:XServer 1.19.2_64a:none:4.9.0-kali3-amd64:) Installation will not proceed. And no new updated drivers were found in AMD's website. So I would like to downgrade my XServer to supported version. How do I do this? Details on my dedicated graphics card as below 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series] (rev ff) (prog-if ff) !!! Unknown header type 7f Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon And is there a way to find out that the current generic driver supports automatic switchable graphics? And is there a way to find it? P.S I am relatively new to Linux. So please go easy on me.Thank You.

I have a Dell Inspiron 15r laptop with Intel CoreI7 4500u and an AMD Radeon 8600 HD and recently I have installed a Debian Jessie Linux with XFCE desktop. My problem is this: I try to install Fglrx AMD Driver, but when I enable it XServer won't work, the log contains the following message : [ 226.609] X.Org X Server 1.16.4 Release Date: 2014-12-20 [ 226.612] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 226.613] Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian [ 226.614] Current Operating System: Linux localhost 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt7-1 (2015-03-01) x86_64 [ 226.614] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 root=UUID=5aa12b5b-ac46-4da0-8d99-4b981388ce53 ro quiet [ 226.616] Build Date: 11 February 2015 12:32:02AM [ 226.617] xorg-server 2:1.16.4-1 (http://www.debian.org/support) [ 226.618] Current version of pixman: 0.32.6 [ 226.620] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. [ 226.620] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 226.624] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 3 02:41:21 2015 [ 226.625] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [ 226.626] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 226.626] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout" [ 226.626] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen-0" (0) [ 226.626] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor-0" [ 226.626] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device-0" [ 226.626] (==) Automatically adding devices [ 226.626] (==) Automatically enabling devices [ 226.626] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices [ 226.627] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. [ 226.627] Entry deleted from font path. [ 226.627] (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, built-ins [ 226.627] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [ 226.627] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices. [ 226.627] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f3350a68d80 [ 226.627] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 226.627] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 226.627] X.Org Video Driver: 18.0 [ 226.627] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0 [ 226.627] X.Org Server Extension : 8.0 [ 226.627] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0) [ 226.628] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0a16:1028:05ea rev 9, Mem @ 0xc0000000/4194304, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00005000/64 [ 226.628] (--) PCI: (0:3:0:0) 1002:6660:1028:05ea rev 0, Mem @ 0xa0000000/268435456, 0xc0500000/262144, I/O @ 0x00003000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 [ 226.628] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default. [ 226.628] (II) LoadModule: "glx" [ 226.628] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libglx.so [ 226.628] (II) Module glx: vendor="Advanced Micro Devices, Inc." [ 226.628] compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 [ 226.628] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx" [ 226.629] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so [ 226.648] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc." [ 226.648] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 14.20.7 [ 226.648] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 226.649] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm" [ 226.649] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm" [ 226.649] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so [ 226.649] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc." [ 226.649] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 14.20.7 [ 226.649] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:14.20.7 [ 226.649] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-14.201.1006.1002 [ 226.649] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Sep 2 2014 10:14:55 [ 226.649] (++) using VT number 1 [ 226.649] (--) controlling tty is VT number 1, auto-enabling KeepTty [ 226.649] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx [ 226.652] (II) Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default [ 226.653] ukiDynamicMajor: failed to open /proc/ati/major [ 226.653] ukiDynamicMajor: failed to open /proc/ati/major [ 226.653] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x6660) found [ 226.653] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x7f33527cb380 [ 226.653] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs116_atiddxPreInit] === begin [ 226.654] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 226.654] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps) [ 226.654] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 226.654] (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true" [ 226.654] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888 [ 226.654] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB [ 226.654] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON [ 226.654] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm" [ 226.654] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm" [ 226.654] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so [ 226.654] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc." [ 226.654] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 14.20.7 [ 226.654] ukiDynamicMajor: failed to open /proc/ati/major [ 226.654] ukiDynamicMajor: failed to open /proc/ati/major [ 226.654] (**) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO [ 226.654] (**) fglrx(0): AMD 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled [ 226.654] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "EXO XT (6660)" (Chipset = 0x6660) [ 226.654] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1028, PciSubDevice = 0x05ea) [ 226.654] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original AMD [ 226.655] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xa0000000 [ 226.655] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xc0500000 [ 226.655] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x00003000 [ 226.655] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000 [ 226.658] (II) fglrx(0): Invalid ATI BIOS from int10, the adapter is not VGA-enabled [ 226.658] (EE) fglrx(0): Invalid video BIOS signature! [ 226.658] (EE) fglrx(0): GetBIOSParameter failed [ 226.658] (EE) fglrx(0): PreInitAdapter failed [ 226.658] (EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed [ 226.658] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs116_atiddxPreInit] === end [ 226.659] (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx" [ 226.659] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fglrxdrm" [ 226.659] (II) Unloading fglrxdrm [ 226.659] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fglrxdrm" [ 226.659] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. [ 226.659] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 226.659] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 226.659] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 226.659] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 226.659] (EE) [ 226.661] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. So I delete the xorg.conf file generated by aticonfig tool in order to get to the desktop. Using lshw -C Display I get this: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:64 memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:5000(size=64) *-display UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:c0500000-c053ffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:c0540000-c055ffff Is my problem hardware or software specific ? and is it solvable ?

I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro. It has an integrated Intel video card and a discrete ATI video card. Ideally, I'd like my Xorg to use the ATI card with the free driver (no Catalyst). Here's the problem: kernel modesetting hangs my boot (verified by adding nomodeset to kernel parameters), and I can't figure out why. However, the ATI driver _requires_ KMS, as does the Intel driver. What are my options for getting graphics with the desired setup as described above? I'm on kernel 3.13.8, Arch GNU/Linux. I've also tried it with kernel 3.10.35, AKA the LTS kernel. No luck. As suggested in comments, I've tried to ping the affected machine after it locks up. I can't tell for sure, but it appears that it's completely frozen, not just the display. I've also tried booting into Mac OS X and using gfxCardStatus to force using the Intel card. This did nothing. In order to try to get more information, I've booted the MacBook with the following kernel parameters appended to my normal kernel line (the regular kernel, not the LTS kernel, and with quiet removed), and with gfxCardStatus set to on-the-fly switching (this seemed to revert automatically on a reboot of OS X): rootwait ignore_loglevel debug debug_locks_verbose=1 sched_debug initcall_debug mminit_loglevel=4 udev.log_priority=8 loglevel=8 earlyprintk=vga,keep log_buf_len=10M print_fatal_signals=1 apm.debug=Y i8042.debug=Y drm.debug=1 scsi_logging_level=1 usbserial.debug=Y option.debug=Y pl2303.debug=Y firewire_ohci.debug=1 hid.debug=1 pci_hotplug.debug=Y pci_hotplug.debug_acpi=Y shpchp.shpchp_debug=Y apic=debug show_lapic=all hpet=verbose lmb=debug pause_on_oops=5 panic=10 sysrq_always_enabled When I try to start GDM using either the ATI or Intel drivers, booted without KMS, Xorg fails with a message about not finding a suitable driver (expected, since the Intel/AMD drivers need KMS). I've also tried using the xf86-video-vesa package, but that fails with a message about having a suitable driver but not having a suitable configuration - something about the BIOS not being right. I've tried using PRIME , but since I can't get Xorg to come up even without acceleration or anything fancy, xrandr doesn't work and I can't even get past the first step. I've thought about using vgaswitcheroo or something related, but I don't think that will do anything due to the fact that the underlying issue is, I believe, the fact that KMS is hanging. The final thing I've tried is using the proprietary Catalyst driver, due to the fact that it has it's own KMS implementation, but I couldn't get it to install due to an Xorg server version mismatch. And honestly, I have less than zero desire to use a proprietary driver if I can help it, so I didn't try very hard. I've sent the Linux Kernel Mailing List an email about this, and hopefully someone will get back to me. Is it possible that I've run into a kernel bug or an Xorg bug worth reporting? I've Googled, but nothing helpful's come up.

Previously installed amd-gpu-pro and solved the problem with the fact that the firewood on Ubuntu was not installed on my Mint, giving an error about the wrong OS. With that question, I figured it out. In amd-gpu-pro install, I changed OS check from Ubuntu to LinuxMint in the “launcher”. After these manipulations, the download went, but the problem is as follows: When installing drivers, an error occurs: Errors occurred while processing the following packages: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-1aU6FT/00-amdgpu-core_18.50-756341_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) When I try to install again, I get this: mesa-amdgpu-vdpau-drivers: Depends: amdgpu-core but it will not be installed wsa-amdgpu: Depends: amdgpu-core but it will not be installed wsa-amdgpu: i386: Depends: amdgpu-core: i386 xserver-xorg-amdgpu-video-amdgpu: Depends: amdgpu-core but it will not be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try running “apt --fix-broken install” without specifying the package name, (or find another solution). And if you run sudo apt-get --fix-broken install , then I get the same as when you first install: Errors occurred while processing the following packages: /var/opt/amdgpu-pro-local/./amdgpu-core_18.50-756341_all.deb E: Sub-process / usr / bin / dpkg returned an error code (1) How to solve this problem?

I would like to setup the dual monitor settings where I can use two monitors as a single Desktop with single panel, single launcher and when some programs are maximized then it should span both the monitors (i.e fullscreen over both the monitors). I have ATI Raedon graphics cards and after searching it in the internet I found that by configuring the xorg.conf file I can setup the settings that I want. I have tried several ways to do it i.e using gksu amdcccle And setting MultiDisplay settings, but my requirement has not yet been met. ***NOTE:*** I have done this using Nvidia graphics but its seem that it doesn't work with ATI graphics card. After searching for a while I found the link which gave me hope that it can be done in ATI as well, According to this [link](http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?18553-Ubuntu-9-04-amp-Catalyst-9-7-%28fglrx%29) . xrandr must be disabled and AMD catalyst center will give the extra option of Big Desktop, to set it I used sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-str="DDX,EnableRandR12,FALSE" Then I restart X as per that [link](http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?18553-Ubuntu-9-04-amp-Catalyst-9-7-%28fglrx%29) . But this command gives this output to the stdout: > SetPcsStr is exclusive, other options will not be used. And I didn't find any extra configuration in my xorg.conf file. And I didn't even get the Big Desktop option in the AMD Catalyst center's Display manager. There is still three options i.e: Single Desktop Cloned Display Multiple Display

Well i think i can't be more clear. I've tried this guide: http://ilevex.eu/post/106904892091/how-to-use-fglrx-amd-catalyst-on-fedora-21 I've tried to just download the amd driver from support.amd.com and take all possible options: generate a distro package and install directly. The problem is always the same: **No supported adapters detected** Here is my lspci: bash-4.3$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #2 (rev d5) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun PRO [Radeon HD 8570A/8570M] (rev ff) 08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10) As you can see, the Display Controller is: 01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun PRO [Radeon HD 8570A/8570M] (rev ff) And lshw show this: id: generic description: Unassigned class product: Illegal Vendor ID vendor: Illegal Vendor ID physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: ff width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bus_master vga_palette cap_list rom configuration: driver = radeon latency = 255 maxlatency = 255 mingnt = 255 resources: irq : 27 memory : b0000000-b7ffffff memory : b8000000-b803ffff ioport : 4000(size=256) memory : b8040000-b805ffff

I am using Linux Mint 17.2 Cinamon. Everything is on the picture but I try to explain. When I run some linux applications windows are fully transparent. I can see only borders of those windows. There is also strange problem with icons near clock in the bottom-right corner. For example the terminal is fully transparent and I can't use it but I know that it works because when I use the terminal from RubyMine it works. The same thing is when I start virtual terminal by Ctrl+Alt+F1. External applications installed works fine but some apps strictly from Linux Mint got this problem. http://prntscr.com/8gqf8z

Update: see comment below, https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/469995/switching-radeon-3450-tv-out-mode-between-component-and-svideo#comment857531_470007 I have this card that works in Windows, and in Grub it has color and looks fine, but in xorg I just get black and white from the component (RGB) cables. I have tried changing tv format with xrandr, but no change. I can change the res though. I suspect maybe its in composite mode instead of component mode. The card has a DVI and a DIN plug, that adapts to svideo or component (rgb) These are the outputs of some commands: lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 980 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31 Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at f7d20000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: Power Management version 3 Capabilities: Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon xrandr --verbose: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 DIN connected primary 1024x768+0+0 (0x55) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm Identifier: 0x51 Timestamp: 29475 Subpixel: no subpixels Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0 Brightness: 1.0 Clones: CRTC: 0 CRTCs: 0 1 Transform: 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 filter: _MUTTER_PRESENTATION_OUTPUT: 0 tv standard: ntsc supported: ntsc, pal, pal-m, pal-60, ntsc-j, scart-pal, pal-cn, secam load detection: 1 range: (0, 1) 1024x768 (0x55) 63.500MHz -HSync +VSync *current h: width 1024 start 1072 end 1176 total 1328 skew 0 clock 47.82KHz v: height 768 start 771 end 775 total 798 clock 59.92Hz 800x600 (0x56) 38.250MHz -HSync +VSync h: width 800 start 832 end 912 total 1024 skew 0 clock 37.35KHz v: height 600 start 603 end 607 total 624 clock 59.86Hz 848x480 (0x57) 31.500MHz -HSync +VSync h: width 848 start 872 end 952 total 1056 skew 0 clock 29.83KHz v: height 480 start 483 end 493 total 500 clock 59.66Hz 720x480 (0x58) 26.750MHz -HSync +VSync h: width 720 start 744 end 808 total 896 skew 0 clock 29.85KHz v: height 480 start 483 end 493 total 500 clock 59.71Hz 640x480 (0x59) 23.750MHz -HSync +VSync h: width 640 start 664 end 720 total 800 skew 0 clock 29.69KHz v: height 480 start 483 end 487 total 500 clock 59.38Hz

I have a laptop with hybrid graphics: Intel + AMD Radeon. I am trying to enable Radeon card, however without success. I have installed drivers according to the AtiHowTo - Debian Wiki : xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu firmware-linux-nonfree Command lspci -nn gives the following output: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) 09:00.0 Display controller : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 / M440/M445] [1002:6900] (rev ff) ... (other equipment not involved) Command dmesg | grep -E 'drm|radeon' | grep -iE 'firmware|microcode' gives no output. Command xrandr --listproviders gives the following output: Providers: number : 2 Provider 0: id: 0x75 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 3 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting Provider 1: id: 0x4f cap: 0xd, Source Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 0 outputs: 0 associated providers: 0 name:TOPAZ @ pci:0000:09:00.0

I'm at my wit's end trying to figure this one out. I have an ATI Radeon X1600 (DMS-59 connector with DMS-59 to dual-DVI adapter). I'm trying to get dual monitors working properly. So far, I've tried a few different Debian-based distributions. The only one I can get to properly display on both monitors is Backtrack 5 R3. The problem: both monitors are detected by xrandr, and all settings look exactly the same. However, one monitor will not come out of standby. It doesn't appear to ever receive a signal. I've even changed the display layout in the System Settings. The screen size is correct, and the positioning is correct. I can even move the mouse to the second monitor, but it just stays in standby mode. Any ideas? ***EDIT***
Output of xrandr follows:
~# xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2880 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-0 connected 1440x900+1440+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 408mm x 255mm 1440x900 59.9*+ 75.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1280x960 60.0 1366x768 60.0 1360x768 60.0 1280x800 74.9 59.9 1152x864 75.0 1280x768 74.9 60.0 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 1024x576 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 720x400 70.1 S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI-1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 408mm x 255mm 1440x900 59.9*+ 75.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1280x960 60.0 1366x768 60.0 1360x768 60.0 1280x800 74.9 59.8 1152x864 75.0 1280x768 74.9 59.9 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 1024x576 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 720x400 70.1 And the monitor is a Dell SE198WFPv.

After a new installation on my old hardware, I noticed considerably worse performance, although the hardware was not altered. Overall operation seems fine. But if I start a youtube video and put it in full screen, I get horrible performance -- even several seconds of freeze. Also, running e.g. wesnoth is quite slow. I used to be able to run wesnoth on the big monitor while running a video on the second monitor simultaneously with no problem at all. My Graphics Card: $ sudo lspci|grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770] My Screen Resolution(s): (output cropped a bit by some lower resolutions) $ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3200 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 DFP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 521mm x 293mm 1920x1080 60.0*+ 50.0 59.9 60.1 50.0 60.0 1600x1200 60.0 [...] DFP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DFP4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) CRT1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) CRT2 connected 1280x1024+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 1280x960 60.0 [...] My Kernel and ATI drivers: sys-kernel/linux-sabayon-3.12.14 x11-drivers/ati-drivers-13.12#3.12.0-sabayon Direct rendering is enabled: $ glxinfo | grep rendering direct rendering: Yes When measuring performance with glxgears: $ glxgears 15868 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3173.469 FPS This is my xorg.conf, presumable generated by amdcccle (which I used for configuration) Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Main Layout" Screen 0 "amdcccle-Screen-0" 0 0 EndSection Section "Module" SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection Load "i2c" Load "ddc" Load "vbe" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "synaptics" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 28.0 - 80.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 60.0 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "0-DFP2" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" Option "TargetRefresh" "60" Option "Position" "0 0" Option "Rotate" "normal" Option "Disable" "false" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "0-CRT2" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" Option "TargetRefresh" "60" Option "Position" "1920 0" Option "Rotate" "normal" Option "Disable" "false" EndSection Section "Device" #BusID "PCI:01:00" #Option "RenderAccel" "on" #Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" #Option "BusType" "PCI" #Option "ColorTiling" "on" #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" # UseEvents is causing segmentation faults with # NVIDIA 6xxx, 7xxx and >=275.xx.xx drivers #Option "UseEvents" "True" Identifier "SabayonVga0" Driver "fglrx" Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "amdcccle-Device-0" Driver "fglrx" Option "Monitor-DFP2" "0-DFP2" Option "Monitor-CRT2" "0-CRT2" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" #Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" #Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1" Identifier "Screen 0" Device "SabayonVga0" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" #Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" #Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" #Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "amdcccle-Screen-0" Device "amdcccle-Device-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection

I've been researching on problems with ATI catalyst drivers and there is no fix as far as I can see. I have an ATI Radeon 7470m (HP Pavilion dm4). And I haven't managed to have a properly working distro. Is there any Linux distro that behaves well with this card and allows me to have GNOME3 without burning my laptop? If there is not a solution yet this question should help new users to get a quick update :)