I am having an incredibly difficult time getting this card to work in any linux distro with the proprietary drivers.
I have gotten reports that other people are getting this card to work with fglrx 9.11 and 9.12, as well as 10.1 in Ubuntu 9.10.
So, just to test it out, because I didn't see why it would work in Ubuntu and not Slackware, I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 9.10.
I went to AMD's website, and I downloaded Catalyst 9.11, 9.12, and 10.1.
I installed 10.1. Reboot. Same hardlock. No error in /var/log/Xorg.0.log as the hardlock is preventing a disc sync -- which is the same behavior I got trying to use fglrx with this card in slackware. I ran
Reboot. Now, I get a flickering tty7, a numlock LED that flickers, and still no X.
I -could- start frantically trying all sorts of different combinations, BUT, I wanted to make sure some of you didn't know some secret to getting this to work as I have seen people on this forum say they have fglrx working with this card in Ubuntu 9.10.
The card works fine in Windows 7, flawlessly, so I know it's not a hardware issue.
What I'd like to do, is document this as well as I can so that other people who run into this problem don't just assume the card is bad like I did. Unfortunately I'm a slackware user, not an ubuntu user-- so I'm going to need a little bump in the right direction to get this going. So, Ubuntu 9.10 users, how did you get your HD 5770 working with fglrx?
I have gotten reports that other people are getting this card to work with fglrx 9.11 and 9.12, as well as 10.1 in Ubuntu 9.10.
So, just to test it out, because I didn't see why it would work in Ubuntu and not Slackware, I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 9.10.
I went to AMD's website, and I downloaded Catalyst 9.11, 9.12, and 10.1.
I installed 10.1. Reboot. Same hardlock. No error in /var/log/Xorg.0.log as the hardlock is preventing a disc sync -- which is the same behavior I got trying to use fglrx with this card in slackware. I ran
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aticonfig --initial -f
I -could- start frantically trying all sorts of different combinations, BUT, I wanted to make sure some of you didn't know some secret to getting this to work as I have seen people on this forum say they have fglrx working with this card in Ubuntu 9.10.
The card works fine in Windows 7, flawlessly, so I know it's not a hardware issue.
What I'd like to do, is document this as well as I can so that other people who run into this problem don't just assume the card is bad like I did. Unfortunately I'm a slackware user, not an ubuntu user-- so I'm going to need a little bump in the right direction to get this going. So, Ubuntu 9.10 users, how did you get your HD 5770 working with fglrx?
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