Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-05-03 Thread lina
aticonfig --initial aticonfig: No supported adapters detected. sorry I just followed up this email but met above issue. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Andrew Wood wrote: > Thanks. Presumably that aticonfig --initial command makes an alteration to > the xorg.conf file to tell it to use the ne

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-05-02 Thread Andrew Wood
Thanks. Presumably that aticonfig --initial command makes an alteration to the xorg.conf file to tell it to use the new driver? On 30/04/11 19:25, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 30 apr 11, 17:43:12, Andrew Wood wrote: OK Ive installed the firmware and its better but not perfect. Full screen vide

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-04-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 30 apr 11, 17:43:12, Andrew Wood wrote: > OK Ive installed the firmware and its better but not perfect. Full > screen video is still too choppy to watch. > > How do I install the closed source ATI driver? From memory this should do it (all commands need root privileges): apt-get install f

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-04-30 Thread Andrew Wood
OK Ive installed the firmware and its better but not perfect. Full screen video is still too choppy to watch. How do I install the closed source ATI driver? On 11/04/11 15:59, Paul van der Vlis wrote: The firmware for the radeon HD is in the package firmware-linux-nonfree. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-04-14 Thread Andrew Wood
Thats got it. root@andrew-debian-pc:/home/andrew# dmesg | grep firmware [ 15.017339] rt61pci :02:05.0: firmware: requesting rt2561s.bin [ 20.434307] platform r600_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/RV730_pfp.bin [ 20.442403] r600_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/RV730_pfp.bin" [ 20.

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-04-11 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 11-04-11 16:22, Andrew Wood schreef: > On 26/03/11 08:52, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> Do you mean no output or no problems? You should see at least the >> messages stating the firmware has been loaded. Hint pass -i to grep ;) >> >> Regards, >> Andrei > No output from the grep command: > > > root@

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-04-11 Thread Andrew Wood
On 26/03/11 08:52, Andrei Popescu wrote: Do you mean no output or no problems? You should see at least the messages stating the firmware has been loaded. Hint pass -i to grep ;) Regards, Andrei No output from the grep command: root@debian:/home/andrew# grep -i 'firmware' /var/log/syslog root@

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-03-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 25 mar 11, 17:20:58, Andrew Wood wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2011, at 14:09, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > If you grep /var/log/syslog for 'firmware' you should see what firmware > > is requested and what is missing, if any. > > Absolutely nothing. Do you mean no output or no problems? You should

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-03-25 Thread Andrew Wood
On 20 Mar 2011, at 14:09, Liam O'Toole wrote: > If you grep /var/log/syslog for 'firmware' you should see what firmware > is requested and what is missing, if any. Absolutely nothing. Would I be better switching to AMDs proprietory driver? Whats with having to edit the /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-

Re: ATI/AMD graphics cards

2011-03-20 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-03-20, Andrew Wood wrote: > Why does Debian (Squeeze) not work well with ATI /AMD Radeon HD cards? > > I had to edit the /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf in order to prevent the > fideo output being turned off during bootup but even then the graphics > performance is unusable. > > Im not