Device Driver Manager - Help needed

[Schoelje]

I see you have a ATI card:
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450]

Please install:

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sudo apt-get install fglrx-driver fglrx-amdcccle debconf-utils

Reboot and (this is very important) type this in a terminal:

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sudo debconf-get-selections | grep fglrx > debconf-fglrx.seed

Post the generated file debconf-fglrx.seed here.
I need to add what's in it to my code (to catch any questions by the driver's install program).

[dcihon]

That fixed worked.
See file attached.
Glad I could help.

[zerozero]

and this time it installs fine http://pastebin.com/fnn3iRpA
well done again

sorry my mistake but it doesn't work.
shouldn't be this driver afaik

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zerozero@zerozero-at-nadia:~$ inxi -N
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge
           Card-2: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
           Card-3: NetGear WNA1100 Wireless-N 150 [Atheros AR9271] driver: ath9k_htc


[Schoelje]

shouldn't be this driver afaik

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zerozero@zerozero-at-nadia:~$ inxi -N
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge
           Card-2: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
           Card-3: NetGear WNA1100 Wireless-N 150 [Atheros AR9271] driver: ath9k_htc


In the log I see it's installing firmware-b43-lpphy-installer, which should be the correct driver for chipset 4315.
But that doesn't seem to work?
What if you switch to the STA drivers?

[zerozero]

But that doesn't seem to work?

it works right after ddm finishes installing it: i get a nice NM pop-up with both cards connected; the problem is that after reboot it's gone

[Schoelje]

the problem is that after reboot it's gone

I've heard many problems with that chipset. Did you try the STA drivers?

[Schoelje]

the problem is that after reboot it's gone

I've heard many problems with that chipset.
could you:

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modprobe b43

Do you get a connection?
Did you try the STA drivers?

[zerozero]

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sudo modprobe b43

gives me connection right away but i lose it again after reboot

but this way

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sudo su

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echo b43 >> /etc/modules

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exit

looks like this fixes it


but i though this modprobe was already done in ddm

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DEBUG modprobe b44, b43, b43legacy, ssb, brcmsmac

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DEBUG modprobe b43 22-12-2012 12:26:47 broadcom.installBroadcom INFO Done installing Broadcome drivers

[Schoelje]

but i though this modprobe was already done in ddm

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DEBUG modprobe b44, b43, b43legacy, ssb, brcmsmac

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DEBUG modprobe b43 22-12-2012 12:26:47 broadcom.installBroadcom INFO Done installing Broadcome drivers

It is!
I don't understand why this isn't working for you.
If only there were more people with Broadcom chipsets trying this out.
The two of us testing cannot be regarded as thorough testing.

[Schoelje]

@zerozero
Perhaps it's this (and if it is, you found a new DDM bug).
Do you have this file:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf
It's the blacklist that's being generated if you install STA drivers.

[zerozero]

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blacklist b43 brcmsmac bcma ssb

this inside that file (/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf)

you found a new DDM bug

feel so proud

[Schoelje]

Now this is agile development!
It should now be fixed:
http://schoelje.nl/lmdekde/packages/ddm_0.5.0_alpha3_all.deb

[Niks]

After not having any desktop and major fight with drivers I managed to get the most resent ATI/AMD drivers in.....since I'm still having issues with the LMDE update 6 I would like to have that solved first before I change drivers again.

[zerozero]

ok solved.
uninstalled everything, removed b43 from /etc/modules and then ran again the latest ddm
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zerozero@zerozero-at-nadia:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf
cat: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf: No such file or directory
zerozero@zerozero-at-nadia:~$


was removed

[Niks]

Hummm update here .

I noticed that ddm does not show any activated driver !

Don't think that's right is it ?

[Schoelje]

Hummm update here .

I noticed that ddm does not show any activated driver !

Don't think that's right is it ?

Could you please be more specific?
If you run

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ddm -d

You can post the generated log file

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$HOME/ddm.log

[Niks]

The log you requested and a snap shot of DDM

ddm.doc

NIks LOG

(10.31 KiB) Downloaded 5 times

Niks DDM screen

DDM.png (62.16 KiB) Viewed 219 times

[Schoelje]

According to your log, you have the fglrx drivers loaded.
This should have been listed in the Activated driver section and fglrx-driver should have been selected in the list below.

You just found a bug

I'll be looking into it...after Christmas.

[Schoelje]

I couldn't help it, so I checked if I could reproduce your issue, and I couldn't.
A tell tale in the log file is this:

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24-12-2012 00:16:59 XorgConf.getUsedModule        INFO      Used graphics driver: fglrx

later followed by:

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24-12-2012 00:17:04 drivers.getPackageStatus      DEBUG     Package not installed: fglrx-driver

It seems that you have the fglrx drivers loaded, but not with the fglrx-driver in the repositories.
Did you, by chance, install the ATI drivers from the AMD site?

Could you also post the result of:

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dpkg -S fglrx_drv

This will show the installed package that loads the fglrx module.

[Niks]

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dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern *fglrx_drv*


And yes I did install the most resent Catalyst package from ATI/AMD but I had tried try to fglrx driver via DDM which failed due to not being able to input Y / N to questions.
This left me with a mess and the ATI refused so I had to purge fglrx and even then I had to force the ATI to install.
This could be why there are things left lying around.?

Maybe not anything to do with any of this but my screen capture only shows the opening screen as if the memory has got jammed. Again ( just in case zero zero reads this ) something I have been stuck with from day one of this repo but I thought was fixed with update 6 ...
.I think I have a bit of a graphic card driver mess and as yet not got it right!

Anyway Merry Christmas