install amd radeon hd driver

crow · Post by **crow** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:32 pm

hi everyone
just installed mint and i would like please your help for installing radeon hd 7450 (hp laptop) , in driver manager i dont see no options for graphic cards, inixi -gx output :

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inxi -Gx
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@59.99hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:15 pm

that makes no sense. Radeon isn't for intel video chips.

Hoser Rob · Post by **Hoser Rob** » Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:25 am

As mentioned, you have dual graphics. And the card that's being used is the Intel one, as you can see in the line:

GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile

ANd you don't say which Mint release you have. If it's 18.x you are not going to see AMD drivers there because AMD doesn't support closed binary drivers for any Linux release that new. They're redoing their whole Linux graphics stack, and AFAIK they're moving to open source drivers.

WHich is what Intel does ... you aren't going to see any Intel video drivers in driver manager.

If it's Mint 17.x you should be able to get the AMD closed driver because it's supported for that release. But it seems you didn't so I suspect you're running 18.x.

There are 3rd party binary drivers for AMD cards in newer releases but they're 3rd party and not supported. Those type of drivers aren't generally well maintained and they're buggy. I wouldn't touch them.

In the meantime you should provide a complete system report:

inxi -Fxz

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 12:58 pm

thanks a lot for your reply, here is the output :
simo@simo-pc ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: simo-pc Kernel: 4.8.0-56-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: g6-1322se v: 0695130000204210000610100
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1670 v: 09.4C
Bios: Insyde v: F.66 date: 01/24/2013
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-2450M (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9978
clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 897 MHz 2: 900 MHz 3: 859 MHz
4: 991 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@59.99hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.8.0-56-generic
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
driver: wl bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (4.6% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST500LM000 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 19G used: 6.4G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: /home size: 155G used: 774M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-3: swap-1 size: 16.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 202 Uptime: 13 min Memory: 1361.3/7930.2MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:18 pm

there is no graphics drivers options at all in driver manager :

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:21 pm

Spearmint2 wrote:that makes no sense. Radeon isn't for intel video chips.

Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:48 pm

You could use the Package Manager with search on "radeon" and find the AMD ATI drivers you want to install, perhaps. I see almost 50 packages to be used with AMD, ATI and Radeon of various types. Latest version is 3.6 upgrade from Ubuntu precise to trusty. There's also some for xenial versions if you search on
"amd xenial video" without using the quotes.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/Rel ... nd_Display

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 3:21 pm

digging more, i think i have radeon drivers installed but not loaded, found an interesting thread in askubuntu :

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simo@simo-pc ~ $ find /dev -group video
/dev/video0
/dev/fb0
/dev/dri/card0
/dev/dri/renderD128
/dev/dri/controlD64
simo@simo-pc ~ $ glxinfo | grep -i vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
    Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center (0x8086)
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
simo@simo-pc ~ $ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]
simo@simo-pc ~ $ lspci | grep VGA ; lsmod | grep "kms\|drm" ; find /dev -group video ; \
> cat /proc/cmdline ; find /etc/modprobe.d/; cat /etc/modprobe.d/*kms* ; \
> ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf ; glxinfo | grep -i "vendor\|rendering" ; \
> grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]
drm_kms_helper        167936  2 radeon,i915
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
drm                   368640  7 radeon,i915,ttm,drm_kms_helper
/dev/video0
/dev/fb0
/dev/dri/card0
/dev/dri/renderD128
/dev/dri/controlD64
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-56-generic root=UUID=eaf03eeb-7b6e-445e-bac3-b3ee0c4bac09 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
/etc/modprobe.d/
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/vmwgfx-fbdev.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/intel-microcode-blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf
# modprobe information used for DKMS modules
#
# This is a stub file, should be edited when needed,
# used by default by DKMS.
ls: cannot access '/etc/X11/xorg.conf': No such file or directory
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
    Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center (0x8086)
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
[    22.012] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    22.133] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    22.157] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    22.157] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    22.157] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    22.172] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    22.200] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    22.200] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[    22.385] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[    22.474] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 3:31 pm

what does xrandr show and are you using VGA to connect to each monitor?

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 3:35 pm

Spearmint2 wrote:what does xrandr show and are you using VGA to connect to each monitor?

thanks for your help, this is xandr output :

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simo-pc ~ $ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
   1366x768      59.99*+  39.94  
   1360x768      59.80    59.96  
   1280x720      60.00  
   1024x768      60.00  
   1024x576      60.00  
   960x540       60.00  
   800x600       60.32    56.25  
   864x486       60.00  
   640x480       59.94  
   720x405       60.00  
   680x384       60.00  
   640x360       60.00  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

what do you mean by vga for each monitor please ?

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 3:53 pm

No VGA connections.

here's info on xrandr and using two video cards "multi-head".

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/multihead

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Extreme_Multihead

If you want to see if this will work for you, then install it.

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aptitude show xdmx
Package: xdmx                            
New: yes
State: not installed
Version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubuntu-x@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Uncompressed Size: 2,127 k
Depends: xserver-common (>= 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt11 (>= 1.5.1), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0),
         libselinux1 (>= 2.0.82), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.6.0), libxau6, libxdmcp6, libxext6, libxfixes3, libxfont1 (>= 1:1.4.2), libxi6, libxmuu1,
         libxrender1
Description: distributed multihead X server
 Xdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display device(s). It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that
 might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to a set of back-end X servers. All of the
 visible rendering is passed to the back-end X servers. Clients connect to the Xdmx front-end, and everything appears as it would in a regular
 multi-head configuration. If Xinerama is enabled (e.g., with +xinerama on the command line), the clients see a single large screen. 
 
 More information about X.Org can be found at: <URL:http://www.X.org> 
 
 This package is built from the X.org xserver module.

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:06 pm

xrandr is an official configuration utility to the RandR X Window System extension. It can be used to set the size, orientation or reflection of the outputs for a screen. For configuring multiple monitors see the Multihead page.
Multi-head, multi-screen, multi-display or multi-monitor represent a setup when multiple display devices are attached to a computer. This article provides general description of multiple multi-head setup methods, and provides some examples of configuration.

i just wanna install and enable amd ati radeon driver to use the more powerful video adapter

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:09 pm

i just wanna install and enable amd ati radeon driver to use the more powerful video adapter

Oh, now you say so. I thought you wanted a two monitor system. Load the Radeon drivers and then plug into that card instead of the Intel.

crow · Post by **crow** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:15 pm

Spearmint2 wrote:
i just wanna install and enable amd ati radeon driver to use the more powerful video adapter
Oh, now you say so. I thought you wanted a two monitor system. Load the Radeon drivers and then plug into that card instead of the Intel.

how please

i dont have no graphics options in driver manager

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:00 pm

viewtopic.php?f=90&t=248120#p1333982

crow · Post by **crow** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:24 am

Spearmint2 wrote:viewtopic.php?f=90&t=248120#p1333982

i think they are already installed, but not loaded, how to make them the loaded video working driver? please see :

Spearmint2 · Post by **Spearmint2** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 6:45 am

Have you even tried it with a monitor plugged to the video card? You may also need to enter the BIOS and tell it to use that AMD card instead of the onboard Intel video.
fglrx seems to be the driver you need for hybrid graphics system.

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php ... 50&page=86

Re: AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics works

So, after days of screwing around with varying instructions, I finally got my Samsung Chronos 7 video working. This laptop uses an intel/AMD hybrid graphics:

Code:

$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] (rev ff)

As described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/HybridGraphics , All I had to do was remove all fglrx related packages, remove the xorg.conf (I never had one before anyway, move yours somewhere safe if you want a backup), purge packages from other xorg PPAs, and install fglrx and fglrx-pxpress:

Code:

sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers
sudo rm -rf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo aptitude install fglrx fglrx-pxpress

After that, my AMD graphics was working for the first time (e.g. I could run glxgears, and fglrxinfo). But the AMD card was causing really glitchy graphics, so I used AMDCCLE to switch to the internal car (intel), which works well.

The computer now runs about 10-15 degrees hotter than it did before. I'm not sure why that is - the link above mentions that this will happen for nvidia, but not for AMD, but maybe it's something similar. If anyone knows how to cool it back down on the intel GPU, or stop the glitching on the AMD GPU, let me know.

For info, but a bit outdated in application, instead best to use package manager or mint update.
https://xpressrazor.wordpress.com/2013/ ... ux-ubuntu/

Explains hybrid graphics.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/HybridGraphics

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