AMD Catalyst 7.11 Linux Driver

[sabriah]

Very easy, just execute my script:

http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

Thanks!

Would it support uninstall too?

[d2kx]

Please, AMD, we asked for firing of fglrx developers.

AMD currently asks for new developers. Should be the better idea.

[Kano]

@sabriah

Uninstall is no option to the script,but:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.1st /etc/X11/xorg.conf

apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l|awk '/fglrx/{print $2}')

will remove it.

[Berniyh]

AMD currently asks for new developers. Should be the better idea.

Did they recruit developers?
The recruited someone for the specifications, but that isn't the same.

[d2kx]

They are looking for fglrx developers at the moment. Look around on amd.com's job site to find the description.

[Michael]

Did they recruit developers?
The recruited someone for the specifications, but that isn't the same.

They are also hiring for blob work....

http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=405&ji=2103384&sn=I

[Kano]

"-Solid understanding of standard Software Development Life Cycles."

Thats the best requirement

[sabriah]

@sabriah

Uninstall is no option to the script,but:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.1st /etc/X11/xorg.conf

apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l|awk '/fglrx/{print $2}')

will remove it.

Excellent scripts!

I started my computer in single-user mode (non-X console) and purged the previous version. I ran the install script. Then, "exit" and the startup proceeded and 3D works!

glxgears:

39620 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7923.917 FPS
30950 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6189.878 FPS
30547 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6109.343 FPS
30761 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6152.027 FPS

chromium: 45-50 fps

Nexuiz etc run smooth!

etc



Thanks for a WORKING script!!

Pushing my luck here... You don't happen to know if this setup would work with Compiz?

[piquadrat]

This is really getting ridiculous. There are several showstopper bugs in the driver right now. I mean, the memory leak is a nobrainer - you just don't release software with such a huge, known flaw. Than there's Xvideo which is broken since more than a year. Suspend, for crying out loud! I don't care about AIGLX (not anymore), just give me a driver capable of a bit of 3D, playing movies in acceptable quality and which is not butchering suspend/resume.

I've given up all hope on fglrx. I just hope that the radeon or radeonhd reach a usable state on R500 chipsets in the next few months.

[Kano]

@sabriah

The script does more than you might have thought, you do not need single user mode, it kills kdm/gdm or whatever, uninstalls previous driver, installs new one and patches xorg.conf. After that X is started again. The commands I told you are just to delete the driver if you do not want to use fglrx at all.