LMDE - What video drivers should I use?

[Feldrok]

Hello everyone, so I just updated to LMDE from Linux Mint 16 xfce... I want to know what video drivers I should install now, because I installed fglrx drivers one time and it got me Xorg problem. So I did a fresh install now and im not sure what drivers I should use, because my computer fans are running really fast and its really hot =(

In 16 xfce I had installed the non-free drivers and this helped a lot, but I dont want to get the Xorg problem again, because even though I tried lots of fixs I could not do it.

[austin.texas]

Please post the results of this command in a terminal, so that we know what sort of system you have -

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inxi -Fx

[Feldrok]

Here it is...

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feldrok@matias-pc ~ $ inxi -fx
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-4600M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB bmips: 18364.4 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz
           CPU Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov cmp_legacy 
           constant_tsc cpb cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid 
           fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx 
           mmxext monitor msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter 
           pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp 
           rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext 
           tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme wdt xop xsave 

[austin.texas]

The correct command is inxi -Fx
not inxi -fx

[moorsb]

My system has been locking up actually 2 PC that I have installed Mint AMD 64 on. I changed my browser to chrome and it seems more stable on one of the PCs. The video goes nuts and the system locks up. On the PC that has been stable I ran the above command and it locks up shortly after the command. The other system just seems to be non responsive or take forever to load a program

[Feldrok]

The correct command is inxi -Fx
not inxi -fx

Oh sorry, and sorry for the late response... here it is:

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feldrok@matias-pc ~ $ inxi -Fx
System:    Host: matias-pc Kernel: 3.11-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.1) 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14  Distro: LinuxMint 1 debian
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC version: 088B120000305910000610100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1848 version: 57.35 Bios: Insyde version: F.27 date: 04/12/2013
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-4600M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 18366.2 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Device 9900 bus-ID: 00:01.0 
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.14.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.1hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.11-2-amd64
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci ver: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 1c:3e:84:6b:c7:49
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: d4:c9:ef:64:a5:f5
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (8.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS541010A9 size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 93G used: 4.2G (5%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 810G used: 71G (10%) fs: ext4 
           ID: swap-1 size: 16.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.8C mobo: N/A gpu: 38.0,34.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 150 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 349.4/7405.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.45) inxi: 1.9.14 

[Previous1]

radeon if you don't need 3D and have no crashes/freezes. fglrx otherwise - preferably from AMD.com or Debian Sid to get the latest version. As to xorg, you've probably forgot to

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sudo aticonfig --initial -v

[austin.texas]

My system has been locking up actually 2 PC that I have installed Mint AMD 64 on. I changed my browser to chrome and it seems more stable on one of the PCs. The video goes nuts and the system locks up. On the PC that has been stable I ran the above command and it locks up shortly after the command. The other system just seems to be non responsive or take forever to load a program

You will probably get some help if you create a new thread. Be sure to include info on your hardware.

[Feldrok]

radeon if you don't need 3D and have no crashes/freezes. fglrx otherwise - preferably from AMD.com or Debian Sid to get the latest version. As to xorg, you've probably forgot to

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sudo aticonfig --initial -v

I think I did this, I really dont want to get this error again =(... Anyway I'll try again