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How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:27 am
by africanlion
I have an ATI RV370. How do i update this. I tried through Synaptic and get this message
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Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:46 am
by lahirdenganselamat
Make sure you have reload the package list (using reload button on synaptic) before install or upgrade.
You can also provide us with more detail about your system, try post here the result of running this command on terminal:

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inxi -Frx

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:53 am
by catweazel
africanlion wrote:I have an ATI RV370. How do i update this. I tried through Synaptic...
You will need the legacy drivers for that card.

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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy
$ sudo reboot

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:43 am
by africanlion
catweazel wrote:
africanlion wrote:I have an ATI RV370. How do i update this. I tried through Synaptic...
You will need the legacy drivers for that card.

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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy
$ sudo reboot
Do i copy and paste all the above in one go into terminal or do it line by line?

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:45 am
by africanlion
lahirdenganselamat wrote:Make sure you have reload the package list (using reload button on synaptic) before install or upgrade.
You can also provide us with more detail about your system, try post here the result of running this command on terminal:

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inxi -Frx

How do i reload the package list

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System:    Host: africamlion-Dimension-5000 Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) 
           Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine:   System: Dell product: Dimension 5000
           Mobo: Dell model: 0W5363 Bios: Dell version: A07 date: 11/08/2005
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 5985.09 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2992.547 MHz 2: 2992.547 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV370 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Creative Labs SB Audigy driver: snd_emu10k1 port: c8c0 bus-ID: 04:00.0 Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card: Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T driver: b44 ver: 2.0 bus-ID: 04:03.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:11:43:15:cc:c2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 82.0GB (28.0% used) 1: /dev/sda Maxtor_6Y080M0 82.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 76G used: 22G (30%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 0.53GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import romeo backport
           deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import romeo backport #Added by software-properties
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner
           deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free
           deb http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/removed/ubuntu precise-removed apps
           deb-src http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/removed/ubuntu precise-removed apps
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/damnvid-ppa-precise.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/damnvid/ppa/ubuntu precise main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/damnvid/ppa/ubuntu precise main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-repository.list
           deb file:///usr/share/local-repository binary/
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/upubuntu-com-office-precise.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/office/ubuntu precise main
           deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/upubuntu-com/office/ubuntu precise main
Info:      Processes: 132 Uptime: 26 min Memory: 391.3/1505.8MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.6.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:05 pm
by africanlion
catweazel wrote:
africanlion wrote:I have an ATI RV370. How do i update this. I tried through Synaptic...
You will need the legacy drivers for that card.

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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy
$ sudo reboot
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I did the above and rebooted. Does that mean its now updated/upgraded?

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:05 am
by catweazel
africanlion wrote:I did the above and rebooted. Does that mean its now updated/upgraded?
The answer to that question depends on the output of this command:

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$ glxinfo | grep version

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:04 am
by africanlion
catweazel wrote:
africanlion wrote:I did the above and rebooted. Does that mean its now updated/upgraded?
The answer to that question depends on the output of this command:

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$ glxinfo | grep version

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africamlion@africamlion-Dimension-5000 ~ $ glxinfo | grep version
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx version string: 1.4
GLX version: 1.4
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
africamlion@africamlion-Dimension-5000 ~ $

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:13 pm
by catweazel
Hm. Something is missing, could be because the driver is relatively old. Post the output of inxi -Gx.

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$ inxi -Gx

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:16 pm
by africanlion

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africamlion@africamlion-Dimension-5000 ~ $ inxi -Gx
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV370 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
africamlion@africamlion-Dimension-5000 ~ $

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:01 am
by catweazel
Bugger. According to that, you're still using the old driver.

My apologies, but I don't believe I can help you beyond that. The rest I'm not sure of; for example, I think you might need xorg 1.12 but I'm uncertain. It's best I admit my limits than help you brick your Mint by trying to hide from a lack of knowledge. Hopefully someone will come along who knows more about the legacy driver.

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:13 am
by eanfrid
For such an old device I think you should stick to the open-source driver if no software has to use fglrx. Performances would not be amazingly higher or better with fglrx on this kind of hardware. From my own experience, up to the Radeon HD2xxx series, there is now not much performance differences between open-source and AMD/ATI proprietary driver.

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:33 am
by africanlion
Catweazel thanks for trying anyway

@Eanfrid, i am happy to use an open source driver. How do o install one please

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:41 am
by eanfrid
You already do use them :)

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           X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV370 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
It would be even better with the 3.5.x (3.5.0-27 ATM) kernel that you can install from your package manager.

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 4:47 pm
by africanlion
eanfrid wrote:You already do use them :)

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           X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV370 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering: Yes
It would be even better with the 3.5.x (3.5.0-27 ATM) kernel that you can install from your package manager.

I typed in 3.5.0-27 ATM in Synaptic and it didnt show anything. What should i type so install it please

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:36 pm
by eanfrid
ATM means "at the moment" :) Look for "linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic" (and the corresponding linux-headers if you ever have to compile some other modules).

Re: How do i upfate ATI display/graphics driver

Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 1:23 am
by catweazel
eanfrid wrote:...
Thanks for catching my pass.

Cheers.
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