<div dir="ltr">well.... because I run a derivative of ubuntu I asked on the OSes support page and was told to run:<br>[code]<br>sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati<br>sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon<br>
[/code]<br>But the response the computer gave was:<br>[code]<br>Unpacking fglrx (from ...fglrx?2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...<br>/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh:32 /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh:cannot create /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log:Directory nonexistent.<br>
<br>[Warning] Uninstall: inst_path_default or inst_path_override<br>does not exist on /etc/ati. This suggests that the AMD driver<br>is not installed, the AMD driver is only partially installed,<br>or the current AMD driver installed is an older version than the <br>
one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are <br>required for determining where installed files are located.<br>to force unistallation of the driver by guessing where the<br>unistallation files are located, set the force option<br>
re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).<br><br>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx?2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):<br> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1<br>
Errors encountered while processing:<br> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx?2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_i386.deb<br>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)<br>[/code]<br>I do appologize for any typos in the code.... I had to type it in.<br>
Any suggestions now?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Michael Butash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div>
<a href="http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Precise_Installation_Guide" target="_blank">http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Precise_Installation_Guide</a><br>
<br>
rtfm. :)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
-mb</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/26/2013 05:21 PM, Michael Butash wrote:<br>
</div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>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>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<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>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 4:32 PM,
Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<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>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<div>
<div> <br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at
4:11 PM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<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 href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<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>
<div>
<div><br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/26/2013 03:56 PM,
Michael Havens wrote:<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<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:
<div>
<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>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br 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 href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" 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>
<div>
<div><br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/26/2013
12:13 PM,
Michael Havens
wrote:<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<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>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
fglrx
<a href="tel:4325524%20%C2%A0223" value="+14325524223" target="_blank">4325524
223</a> <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<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 clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
</div>
<div 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>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
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</div>
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</blockquote>
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