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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">sudo apt-get remove fglrx*<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-12-x86.x86_64.run
--buildpkg Ubuntu/precise<br>
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb<br>
<br>
Make sure to replace the distribution (precise) with whatever
you're on, and the filename.<br>
<br>
Other than that, look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues, but you're
not installing the packages clean.<br>
<br>
-mb<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/26/2013 05:10 PM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
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<div>uh-ohhhhhh<br>
</div>
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.<br>
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<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:32 PM,
Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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 :
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
<div>The following NEW packages will be installed:</div>
<div> fglrx-amdcccle-updates fglrx-updates</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>SO should I continue with the installation of 13.12
after the updates are installed?</div>
</div>
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<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<div>
<div class="h5">
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:11
PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<div>
<div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 26,
2013 at 4:02 PM, Michael Butash <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:michael@butash.net"
target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>mb@host:~$ sudo dpkg -l fglrx<br>
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold<br>
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend<br>
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required
(Status,Err: uppercase=bad)<br>
||/ Name Version
Architecture Description<br>
+++-==============-============-============-=================================<br>
ii fglrx 2:13.200-0ub
amd64 Video driver for the
AMD graphics<br>
<br>
Compare that against the active
driver sets from AMD's site.<span><font
color="#888888"><br>
<br>
-mb</font></span>
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<div><br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/26/2013 03:56 PM, Michael
Havens wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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:
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<div>/etc/X11/Xsession.d/10fglrx</div>
<div>and the other</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>/usr/lib/pxpress/lib/10fglrx</div>
</div>
<div>or</div>
<div>
<div>/usr/src/fglrx-9.000</div>
</div>
<div>and then a bunch of files
built off of that directory.</div>
<div>.... then I just noticed:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko</div>
</div>
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clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On
Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 1:08
PM, Michael Butash <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:michael@butash.net"
target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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class="gmail_quote"
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solid;padding-left:1ex">
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text="#000000">
<div>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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Reply to all for the
list too, might help
someone else out here
without me having
readd them back in
disjointed thread
fashion. :)<span><font
color="#888888"><br>
<br>
-mb</font></span>
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<div><br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/26/2013
12:13 PM, Michael
Havens wrote:<br>
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<div>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'</div>
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<div> fglrx
<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:4325524%20%C2%A0223" value="+14325524223" target="_blank">4325524
223</a> <br>
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<div> 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: </div>
<div>
fglrx-updates
- Video driver
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators</div>
<div>and<br>
<div>
rovclock -
utility to
control
frequency
rates of your
Radeon card</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>htop just
showed vlc at
the top of the
list when I
started it
with cpu usage
between 10%
and 80%.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">I
also just
tried it with
totem (slow
video and no
sound) and
gnome-mplayer
(slow video,
normal sound
which rushes
ahead)<br
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<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
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class="gmail_extra"><br>
</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">$
apt-cache
search radeon<br>
</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">
<div
class="gmail_extra">libdrm-radeon1
- Userspace
interface to
radeon-specific
kernel DRM
services --
runtime</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">libdrm-radeon1-dbg
- Userspace
interface to
radeon-specific
kernel DRM
services --
debugging
symbols</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">radeontool
- utility to
control ATI
Radeon
backlight
functions on
laptops</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">xserver-xorg-video-ati
- X.Org X
server --
AMD/ATI
display driver
wrapper</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg
- X.Org X
server --
AMD/ATI
display driver
wrapper
(debugging
symbols)</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">xserver-xorg-video-radeon
- X.Org X
server --
AMD/ATI Radeon
display driver</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">xserver-xorg-video-radeon-dbg
- X.Org X
server --
AMD/ATI Radeon
display driver
(debugging
symbols)</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">xvba-va-driver
- XvBA-based
backend for VA
API (AMD fglrx
implementation)</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">fglrx
- Video driver
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">fglrx-amdcccle
- Catalyst
Control Center
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">fglrx-amdcccle-updates
- Catalyst
Control Center
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">fglrx-dev
- Video driver
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators
(devel files)</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">
fglrx-updates
- Video driver
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">fglrx-updates-dev
- Video driver
for the AMD
graphics
accelerators
(devel files)</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">mplayer2
- next
generation
movie player
for Unix-like
systems</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">rovclock
- utility to
control
frequency
rates of your
Radeon card</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">atitvout
- ATI TV Out
Support
Program</div>
<div
class="gmail_extra">gatos
- ATI
All-in-Wonder
TV capture
software</div>
<br>
</div>
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