vlc media player
Michael Butash
michael at butash.net
Thu Dec 26 17:21:09 MST 2013
sudo apt-get remove fglrx*
How are you installing the driver, making the deb's or forcing the lib
install? I'd recommend the packages as that won't be catastrophic with
kernel updates. Packages allow for dkms to recompile the module for
kernel upgrades.
sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-12-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg
Ubuntu/precise
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
Make sure to replace the distribution (precise) with whatever you're on,
and the filename.
Other than that, look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues, but you're not
installing the packages clean.
-mb
On 12/26/2013 05:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> uh-ohhhhhh
> I installed 13.12 with the force option and it installed. then the
> machine said it needed a reboot. so I did and now X doesn't work. so
> this is way deeper than I had hoped it would be but it is too late to
> go back now! so I had read that you need to reinstall X after an FGLRX
> upgrade. I need to go to work now but if you could tell me how to do
> this it would be great. After we get done with this I am going to have
> a bunch of instructional files. that is what I do now.... I copy the
> instructuions into a file and put that into a folder entitle 'computer
> instructions so I don't have to bug anyone about my little problems
> and so I can help someone with the same problem.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> figured out the installation (sh <file>) but now it is telling me
> to uninstall the previous installation of fglrx (which I am doing
> with apt-get remove). But to remove it it is installing a package
> called :
>
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> fglrx-amdcccle-updates fglrx-updates
>
> SO should I continue with the installation of 13.12 after the
> updates are installed?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> okay.... is installed but they are up to version 13.12 . Time
> for an upgrade. I d/l the new driver butdon't know how to
> install it. The file is a .run file . './<file name> isn't
> working and the release notes don't give any indication. So
> what do I do?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Michael Butash
> <michael at butash.net <mailto:michael at butash.net>> wrote:
>
> mb at host:~$ sudo dpkg -l fglrx
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
> +++-==============-============-============-=================================
> ii fglrx 2:13.200-0ub amd64 Video driver
> for the AMD graphics
>
> Compare that against the active driver sets from AMD's site.
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On 12/26/2013 03:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>> Hey Mike..... how do I see what the current version of
>> fglrx is? I tried locate and I think it is 9 or 10 as
>> there are a coupke of files.... one is:
>> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/10fglrx
>> and the other
>> /usr/lib/pxpress/lib/10fglrx
>> or
>> /usr/src/fglrx-9.000
>> and then a bunch of files built off of that directory.
>> .... then I just noticed:
>>
>> /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko
>>
>>
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Michael Butash
>> <michael at butash.net <mailto:michael at butash.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I think the problem is likely with the format of
>> the video, it doesn't sound like they're being
>> hardware decoded, as I don't even see a blip on the
>> cpu when the gpu is doing the decode. Basically you
>> don't have enough processing that it's dragging your
>> system down with it. If VLC, Totem, or whatever all
>> behave the same, it's a system resource issue.
>>
>> I'd make sure you upgrade your drivers from actual
>> AMD/ATI site, as the ones in repo tend to be old, you
>> might just have some rendering challenges. They've
>> also steadily added codecs over time for what they
>> can decode, so it might be fixed. Don't install the
>> radeon driver, just upgrade the fglrx proprietary
>> blob driver.
>>
>> The other option is change your recording format to
>> something that doesn't kill your cpu. You can also
>> transcode or reencode the existing videos. I'd
>> recommend just using straight h.264 as it's all but
>> standard and supported by most gpu's for decode now.
>> Plenty of info and apps out there to do this, but not
>> my forte to point you at any one. I never make
>> videos, I just download straight h.264 or xvid videos
>> that give me no grief.
>>
>> What format *are* these in? Not just the container
>> (ie. mkv), but the actual codec in use. VLC will
>> tell you if you look under Tool menu, and Codec
>> Properties when the file is loaded.
>>
>> Reply to all for the list too, might help someone
>> else out here without me having readd them back in
>> disjointed thread fashion. :)
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/26/2013 12:13 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>> I'm not sure if I need to say this but xbmc videos
>>> play with no problem; the problem is with home
>>> recorded videos. If I upload the videos to you tube
>>> they will play fine. As for the output of: lsmod |
>>> egrep 'fgl|rade'
>>>
>>> fglrx 4325524 223 <tel:4325524%20%C2%A0223>
>>>
>>> I do not seem to have a radeon driver. I did
>>> apt-cache search to see I could figure out what to
>>> install.... and out of the list that printed up of
>>> interest (i think) is:
>>> fglrx-updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics
>>> accelerators
>>> and
>>> rovclock - utility to control frequency rates of
>>> your Radeon card
>>>
>>> htop just showed vlc at the top of the list when I
>>> started it with cpu usage between 10% and 80%.
>>>
>>> I also just tried it with totem (slow video and no
>>> sound) and gnome-mplayer (slow video, normal sound
>>> which rushes ahead)
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> $ apt-cache search radeon
>>> libdrm-radeon1 - Userspace interface to
>>> radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
>>> libdrm-radeon1-dbg - Userspace interface to
>>> radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- debugging symbols
>>> radeontool - utility to control ATI Radeon backlight
>>> functions on laptops
>>> xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI
>>> display driver wrapper
>>> xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg - X.Org X server --
>>> AMD/ATI display driver wrapper (debugging symbols)
>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon - X.Org X server --
>>> AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon-dbg - X.Org X server --
>>> AMD/ATI Radeon display driver (debugging symbols)
>>> xvba-va-driver - XvBA-based backend for VA API (AMD
>>> fglrx implementation)
>>> fglrx - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
>>> fglrx-amdcccle - Catalyst Control Center for the AMD
>>> graphics accelerators
>>> fglrx-amdcccle-updates - Catalyst Control Center for
>>> the AMD graphics accelerators
>>> fglrx-dev - Video driver for the AMD graphics
>>> accelerators (devel files)
>>> fglrx-updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics
>>> accelerators
>>> fglrx-updates-dev - Video driver for the AMD
>>> graphics accelerators (devel files)
>>> mplayer2 - next generation movie player for
>>> Unix-like systems
>>> rovclock - utility to control frequency rates of
>>> your Radeon card
>>> atitvout - ATI TV Out Support Program
>>> gatos - ATI All-in-Wonder TV capture software
>>>
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