Overdrive not working

[briggadire]

You need to run the installation script as a command, which is done by


More importantly, though, you should look up a tutorial for how to do it all properly. A good starting place, since you're using Mint, would be here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

Thank you very much! And I will definitely check out that link!

Cheers!

[briggadire]

Do either of you fine people know the cause of the overdrive fail?

[Melcar]

Apparently aticonfig thinks the module is not loaded. After you install the driver you need to perform:

aticonfig --initial

.. as root. That writes all the necessary sections to your xorg.conf, which is what aticonfig looks for when it performs certain operations.

[briggadire]

Apparently aticonfig thinks the module is not loaded. After you install the driver you need to perform:

aticonfig --initial

.. as root. That writes all the necessary sections to your xorg.conf, which is what aticonfig looks for when it performs certain operations.

I have run aticonfig:
adam@adam-desktop ~ $ sudo aticonfig --initial
Found fglrx primary device section
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-1
adam@adam-desktop ~ $ sudo aticonfig --initial --od-enable
Found fglrx primary device section
ATI Overdrive(TM) enabled


And then...
adam@adam-desktop ~ $ aticonfig --odgc

Default Adapter - ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
Core (MHz) Memory (MHz)
Current Clocks : 300 400
Current Peak : 725 400
Configurable Peak Range : [725-750] [400-500]
GPU load : 0%
adam@adam-desktop ~ $ aticonfig --odsc=300,400
ERROR - Set clocks failed for Default Adapter - ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
Please check that input values were valid

any ideas? (I used the current clock values & no luck, same for other settings 750,500 etc)

it is a clean install of LinuxMint 7 main & catalyst 10.1 (just installed from AMD/ATI website)