ATI drivers fix

[huffman]

HI i am new to linux mint and looking for help getting my driver installed here are my specs
graphics card:
ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
sound:
ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio
ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)

[Hoser Rob]

Depends on your Mint release, which you don't specify ... you should post some more useful info, copy/paste this in to the terminal and copy/paste the text output here:

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inxi -Fxz

Not sure about the audio but if you have Mint 18.x installed you should be using the open source video driver (radeon). And you likely are. There's no other driver for that card in 18.x because AMD dropped support for the closed video driver for ubuntu 16.04 and mint 18 and any other Linux distro that current.

If you have mint 17.3 you should be able to go to Driver Manager and install the closed driver (called fglrx).

Don't bother going to AMD's site for drivers. Catalyst in Linux has been out of support for some time.

Actually, though you may not want to hear this, if you have an AMD card that fglrx supports you'd be much better off with mint 17.3.

[huffman]

Thanks for your quick reply.
How do i get or where installed you should be using the open source video driver (radeon) I am using linux mint 18 64 bit.

cpu:
AMD E-350 Processor, 1600 MHz
AMD E-350 Processor, 1600 MHz
keyboard:
/dev/input/event3 AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
mouse:
Logitech Unifying Receiver
/dev/input/mice SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
monitor:
LG Display LCD Monitor
graphics card:
ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
sound:
ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio
ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
storage:
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
network:
enp6s0 Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
wlp2s0 Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
network interface:
lo Loopback network interface
enp6s0 Ethernet network interface
wlp2s0 Ethernet network interface
disk:
/dev/sda WDC WD10JPVX-22J
partition:
/dev/sda1 Partition
/dev/sda2 Partition
/dev/sda5 Partition
cdrom:
/dev/sr0 TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633F
usb controller:
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
bios:
BIOS
bridge:
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
AMD Family 14h Processor Root Complex
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
ATI SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
AMD Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
hub:
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
memory:
Main Memory
unknown:
FPU
DMA controller
PIC
Keyboard controller
ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller
/dev/input/event12 Alcor Micro TOSHIBA Web Camera - MP
Logitech Unifying Receiver

[Hoser Rob]

That wan't an inxi report and isn't very useful. Read my first post.

Also, you already have the radeon driver installed. There is no other video driver for that card in Mint 18 or any other Linux distro that's as new.

If I were using an AMD card that has proper closed driver support I would not touch mint 18 or its ubuntu 16.04 base with a 10 foot pole.

So what I'm going to suggest is that you back up your data and do a clean reinstall of Mint 17.3 so you can get a decent driver. And I don't have the patience for users who don't read posts anymore so I'm done here.

[huffman]

If i said some thing are done something then i,m sorry. I did read your post and had taken your suggestion in consideration. I am still learning mint and it,s consul codes or number.

I will rephrase my questing How do i get or where do get the open source driver. I am using linux mint 18 64 bit.

Here the info i request. And may i ask where i says my amd driver is installed because in driver manager it dose not show up. If their is now other way to work around and I have to go back then so be it.

System: Host: Adamspc Kernel: 4.10.0-27-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.4 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine: System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite L750D v: PSK4YC-00W00J
Mobo: AMD model: Inagua Bios: Insyde v: 1.30 date: 07/19/2011
CPU: Dual core AMD E-350 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 6386
clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 1280 MHz 2: 1280 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
bus-ID: 00:01.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.0-27-generic, LLVM 3.8.0)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 12.0.6 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler HDMI Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-27-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
driver: rtl8192ce port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
driver: atl1c v: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (1.5% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10JPVX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 914G used: 11G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 3.86GB used: 0.23GB (6%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 60.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 170 Uptime: 21:28 Memory: 1531.4/3547.0MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

[Hoser Rob]

You have the open source driver already (radeon). It's the only one available for your AMD card in Mint 18.x. There's another one called AMDGPU but that is only for newer AMD cards.

Open source drivers don't show up in Driver Manager, only closed proprietary binary ones. You don't have one showing in Driver Manager because there are no AMD closed drivers for Mint 18.x or any other newer distro. They dropped support for it because they're rewriting their whole Linux graphics stack. Still.

If you want a proprietary video driver ... and I would ... the only way would to be to back up your data and do a clean reinstall of Mint 17.3. No workarounds here AFAIK. If you had an AMD card older than the 5xx series I'd suggest leaving things the way they are because AMD doesn't support binary drivers for cards that old. But if I was still using AMD and it was new enough I wouldn't touch 18.x.

[huffman]

OK thanks for the response.
Lately have been using Linux native. Noticing it dose pretty good and planning to install the Linux 17.3. Thank you for your help on the matter and have a great day.