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 wrote: > figured out the installation (sh ) 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 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 . './ 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 wrote: >> >>> mb@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 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 <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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >