Where and how do you get the source file of this driver? At the AMD website I am getting a binary file (zipped), (here it is http://support.amd.com/en-us/downloa...inux+x86′)
Please help.
Unfortunately the proprietory driver doesn't work for Gnome (I haven't checked for KDE etc. but supposedly it works for KDE), not the stable veriosn (it doesn't install, gives errors while installing) nor the beta version (it doesn't boot properly).
I have installed KDE also in my laptop, but once I install the driver then it doesn't display the login page at all...so I am unable to choose either KDR or Gnome, when I uninstall the driver (from the xterms) then after rebooting the login page appears again (using the open Gallium driver).
I bought a new laptop and loaded Fedora 20, without ever imagining that the Catalyst driver would have been orphaned. I was using Fedora 18 in my older laptop.
My problem is that the open driver doesn't let me connect the laptop to an external monitor or projector, being a teacher it makes life very difficult, but I have spent days in installing all my softwares etc. so it will be a herculean effort to reinstall any other flavour of linux all over again...
But if I am unable to get a driver working, then perhaps in a couple of weeks I have to move over to Debian or OpenSuse...
hmm ... if you mean the AMD installer (current 14.3 version), it works for me in Fedora 20 in KDE quite fine. Not sure what your card is but I assume a model supported by catalyst?
Lockheed
My card is AMD Radeon HD7660G. And the 14.3 version supports the HD7000G Series. Hence, it should.
The funny part is, in one computer I installed the KDE version and the Catalysts driver after installation worked, but when I added Gnome also to it the computer refused to reboot (the login screen refused to come), and after removing the catalyst driver again the computer rebooted properly... so the 14.3 version has some serious conflict with Gnome, I guess it is the Wayland that is causing the problem...
Well, using KDM I am able to use the KDE. So I have a working laptop in order!
But I will wait for Gnome to and Catalyst to get compatible...
I got the AMD Catalyst fglrx-13.35.1005 driver working:
fglrxinfo
display: :2 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7640G
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12798 Compatibility Profile Context 13.35.1005
sudo yum install redhat-lsb
kernel-headers
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-devel
binutils
make
dkms
gimp-help
XFree86-Mesa-libGL
libstdc++
libgcc
XFree86-libs
fontconfig
freetype
zlib
libXrandr
OR Xinerama (NOT compatible with eachother?)
Get a command line with {^ +ALT + F2 || F5}. after you install and login as root, as the blackscreen is an xauth failure. I think this has something to do with /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc but I am not sure.
I edited /etc/default/grub with 'video.use_native_backlight=1' INSTEAD OF 'achi_backlight=vendor' in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='',
then ran sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
I read that HERE
I have GNOME and KDE installed, with switchdesk set to KDE. I myself need some help with the xauth permissions issue, to login as $USER. All help gratefully accepted. More later.
Do we have any bug reports for the released version of 14.4?
http://support.amd.com/en-us/downloa...p?os=Linux+x86
Is it safe to install?
I have to mention that I still use the January beta, because the March beta caused random X crashes for me.
Hello everyone! I set Fedora 20 to PC with AMD Video card. All works well by default after setting, but as seems to me, It becomes work worse than I used to be with proprietary driver before with Debian OS. The quality of image's colors and speed of moving objects became worse as seems to me.
I'm thinking about setting proprietary drvier from AMD, but I worry about problems after upgrading kernel in the future. Do I use free driver or non-free, what do you think about it?
Last edited by krchat; 28th April 2014 at 04:28 PM.
If anyone wants to test these 14.4 srpm's (you will need to build) I would be willing to push to rpmfusion F19 (and maybe F20 if the gnome issue is corrected).
The kmod srpm is already patched for the 3.14 kernel.
srpm
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...1.fc19.src.rpm
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...1.fc19.src.rpm
patch
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...4_kernel.patch
What does it mean? I have a very strange settings for AMD driver:
$ inxi -G
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750 / R7 250E]
Display Server: Fedora X.org 1.14.4 driver: fglrx
Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
GLX Version: 1.4 (2.1 (4.4.12874 - CPC 14.10.1006))
[stan@localhost ~]$
$ fglrxinfo
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 (4.4.12874 Compatibility Profile Context 14.10.1006))
xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so
но я восстановил Mesa:
yum -y reinstall mesa-libGL
$ glxinfo | grep render
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
$ glxspheres
Polygons in scene: 62464
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
Visual ID of window: 0x29
Context is Indirect
OpenGL Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
1787.123021 frames/sec - 1881.411632 Mpixels/sec
1620.079123 frames/sec - 1705.554497 Mpixels/sec
As I understand it right AMD proprietary driver works with mesa-GL library instead its GL Library.
I have a Fedora 19 install and would be willing to test. I might not be able to get to it right away. I have an HD6570 card.
I tried rpm -ivf to install, but I don't know where the files are. What command do I need to do to extract the source or where does the souce go?
I still have 3.13.9.
Fedora 38 x86_64 on 2 x Inland SSD and Rocket nvme m2 || Gigabyte B450 AORUS M || AMD Ryzen 7 5800X || AORUS Radeon™ RX570 4G || 48 GB DDR4-3200 || Emachines T5452 carcass
Ok.. It's rpmbuild.
This is in my RPMS directory now...
[root@math16-16 x86_64]# ls -l
total 46828
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 5227224 Apr 29 21:39 akmod-catalyst-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 714904 Apr 29 21:39 catalyst-kmod-debuginfo-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 32144 Apr 29 21:39 kmod-catalyst-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 1996136 Apr 29 21:39 kmod-catalyst-3.13.9-100.fc19.x86_64-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 14663464 Apr 29 21:41 xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 663236 Apr 29 21:41 xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-devel-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
-rw-rw-r--. 1 mejh mejh 24642380 Apr 29 21:42 xorg-x11-drv-catalyst-libs-14.4-1.fc19.x86_64.rpm
Fedora 38 x86_64 on 2 x Inland SSD and Rocket nvme m2 || Gigabyte B450 AORUS M || AMD Ryzen 7 5800X || AORUS Radeon™ RX570 4G || 48 GB DDR4-3200 || Emachines T5452 carcass