I've been trying to install these OSS drivers to replace the crappy proprietary ones for various reasons, but I've failed every time. Here's a record of my latest attempt.
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 with the oibaf PPA enabled. I've got the proprietary AMD drivers installed, version 14.6. Things "work" but I want to switch to the OSS drivers. Here's the system info before my latest attempt: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108095/
Here is my latest attempt. The notes are abridged but describe everything I've done:
apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
Installed kernel 3.16
Removed nomodeset kernel option
update-grub
apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Confirmed no xorg.conf present
Confirmed no /etc/ati dir present
Rebooted
"The system is running in low graphics mode
Your screen, graphics cards, and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself."
uname -a:
Linux gandalf 3.16.0-031600-generic #201408031935 SMP Sun Aug 3 23:36:11 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
inxi -G
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R7 200 Series]
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-d682ebe 2014-08-21 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine)
vainfo:
libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null)
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
fglrxinfo: command not found (of course)
glxinfo: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108133/
dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108096/
Xorg.0.log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108006/
Can anyone point me to further troubleshooting steps or a possible fix?
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 with the oibaf PPA enabled. I've got the proprietary AMD drivers installed, version 14.6. Things "work" but I want to switch to the OSS drivers. Here's the system info before my latest attempt: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108095/
Here is my latest attempt. The notes are abridged but describe everything I've done:
apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
Installed kernel 3.16
Removed nomodeset kernel option
update-grub
apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
Confirmed no xorg.conf present
Confirmed no /etc/ati dir present
Code:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===================================-======================-======================-=========================================================================== un fglrx-glx <none> <none> (no description available) ii libegl1-mesa-drivers:amd64 10.3~git1408210730.d68 amd64 free implementation of the EGL API -- hardware drivers un libgl1-mesa-dev <none> <none> (no description available) ii libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 10.3~git1408210730.d68 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules ii libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 10.3~git1408210730.d68 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules un libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental <none> <none> (no description available) ii libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 10.3~git1408210730.d68 amd64 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime ii libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 10.3~git1408210730.d68 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime un libgl1-mesa-glx-no-multiarch <none> <none> (no description available) un libgl1-mesa-swx11-dev <none> <none> (no description available) ii mesa-common-dev 10.3~git1408111930.904 amd64 Developer documentation for Mesa ii mesa-utils 8.2.0-1~gd~t amd64 Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities ii mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 10.3~git1408210730.d68 amd64 Mesa VDPAU video acceleration drivers un xlibmesa-dri <none> <none> (no description available) un xlibmesa-gl-dev <none> <none> (no description available) un xlibosmesa-dev <none> <none> (no description available) ii xserver-xorg-dev 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 amd64 Xorg X server - development files ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.99+git1408121930 amd64 X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI display driver wrapper
"The system is running in low graphics mode
Your screen, graphics cards, and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself."
uname -a:
Linux gandalf 3.16.0-031600-generic #201408031935 SMP Sun Aug 3 23:36:11 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
inxi -G
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R7 200 Series]
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-d682ebe 2014-08-21 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine)
vainfo:
libva info: VA-API version 0.35.1
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null)
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
fglrxinfo: command not found (of course)
glxinfo: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108133/
dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108096/
Xorg.0.log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8108006/
Can anyone point me to further troubleshooting steps or a possible fix?
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