vlc media player
Michael Butash
michael at butash.net
Fri Dec 27 13:30:40 MST 2013
Hmm, I've not had to deal with Mint, as I still can't do the things I
need to with it (install raid/encrption/lvm at install, but neither can
ubuntu now...), so really don't know.
Worst case, you can force the binary installer to run against the kernel
itself, which breaks automagical kernel upgrade around dkms, but
*should* work as I'd done that for years prior to the pkgbuild process.
Just literally run "
sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-12-x86.x86_64.run" without
the buildpkg flags and let it try. Might be a work-around until you can
figure out a cleaner way to get a new driver on Mint. I'm sure someone
has figured it out, as at the end of the day I think it's still ubuntu
kernels and packages beneath, you just need to figure out the
$ubu-dist==$mint-dist mapping.
Remove all the fglrx packages before you do this!
-mb
On 12/27/2013 11:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
> well.... because I run a derivative of ubuntu I asked on the OSes
> support page and was told to run:
> [code]
> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> [/code]
> But the response the computer gave was:
> [code]
> Unpacking fglrx (from ...fglrx?2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
> /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh:32
> /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh:cannot create
> /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log:Directory nonexistent.
>
> [Warning] Uninstall: inst_path_default or inst_path_override
> does not exist on /etc/ati. This suggests that the AMD driver
> is not installed, the AMD driver is only partially installed,
> or the current AMD driver installed is an older version than the
> one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
> required for determining where installed files are located.
> to force unistallation of the driver by guessing where the
> unistallation files are located, set the force option
> re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).
>
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx?2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx?2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)
> [/code]
> I do appologize for any typos in the code.... I had to type it in.
> Any suggestions now?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net
> <mailto:michael at butash.net>> wrote:
>
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Precise_Installation_Guide
>
> rtfm. :)
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On 12/26/2013 05:21 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
>> 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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