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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Just literally run "<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Remove all the fglrx packages before you do this!<br>
<br>
-mb<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 12/27/2013 11:34 AM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAFRvun+cN2-jW5PHWD7j+7MXnRTYr=D1eMvs+ziaksZoMNSqXw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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<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>
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<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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com"
target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
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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
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>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>
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</div>
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<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
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank">michael@butash.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote
class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0
0 0
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#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>
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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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:4325524%20%C2%A0223" value="+14325524223" target="_blank">4325524
223</a> <br>
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<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>
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