The proper command to install the ATI fglrx drivers on Linux Mint Debian Edition.

This is the proper command to install the accelerated ATI drivers on Linux Mint Debian Edition. The fglrx-driver package allowed me to use higher resolutions after enabling the driver with this command: sudo aticontrol –initial but the driver did not allow acceleration. After using this command to install all of the required ATI packages, I … Read more

I managed to compile the 14.4 ATI drivers on Linux Mint 16 against the 3.15 kernel.

I have managed to get the 14.4 ATI drivers to compile against the new 3.15 kernel on Linux Mint 16. I followed this guide: http://bluehatrecord.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/amd-catalyst-14-4-for-linux-loses-support-for-linux-kernel-versions-above-3-11/ and I used the commands on this page as well as this linked patch. This is how I managed to do it. I am now running a 3.15 kernel with … Read more

How I got the ATI graphics working again with the 3.13 kernel on Fedora 20.

I recently updated to the 3.13 kernel on Fedora Core 20 and the 12.1 ATI drivers stopped working. I fixed this by downloading the 14.1 beta drivers which support that kernel. Download this here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Latest-LINUX-Beta-Driver.aspx. This works perfectly for those Fedora 20 users like me who are also affected by this update. Just uninstall the … Read more

How to re-build the ATI drivers on Fedora 20 after upgrading the kernel.

I recently updated to a new kernel version and the ATI drivers were not loaded as they had not been built for that kernel. I had to re-compile the ATI drivers, so I switched to the root user and navigated to this folder. [root@localhost homer]# cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/[root@localhost homer]# cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/ Then I ran this command … Read more

Another way to remove the Testing Only watermark for ATI drivers on Linux.

If the ATI drivers for Linux have the Testing Only watermark; you may remove it by performing this small edit. echo “9777c589791007f4aeef06c922ad54a2:ae59f5b9572136d99fdd36f0109d358fa643f2bd4a2644d9efbb4fe91a9f6590a145:f612f0b01f2565cd9bd834f8119b309bae11a1ed4a2661c49fdf3fad11986cc4f641f1ba1f2265909a8e34ff1699309bf211a7eb4d7662cd9f8e3faf14986d92f646f1bc” > /etc/ati/signature Just run this command to add this long line to the /etc/ati/signature file; removing the UNSIGNED text. This works perfectly if you want to get rid of that annoying watermark. Then … Read more

How to install the ATI beta 13.6 drivers on Fedora 19 x86_64 with the command-line.

How to install the ATI proprietary drivers on Fedora 19. I have just installed the DVD release of the Fedora 19 x86_64 Linux distribution, this took quite a while, but I installed the MATE desktop instead of the default. gnome 3.8 desktop environment. That is why downloading the 4.3 gigabyte DVD ISO is a good … Read more

Ubuntu distribution moving to the new MIR display server. Is this a good move?

The Ubuntu Linux distribution is moving to the MIR display server to replace the ageing Xorg display server. This is intended to allow the development of the next-generation Unity desktop. This means that you will be able to use the one Unity desktop on a television; PC monitor and a phone with the one interface. … Read more

How to remove the ATI unsupported hardware watermark in Linux Mint 15.

The ATI “unsupported hardware” watermark is a very annoying sight in Linux Mint 15. Here is how to remove it. This tip is for anyone who has installed the ATI drivers by typing sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle. Firstly; download the ATI drivers from the website. http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-linux-x86.x86_64.zip. Then move the downloaded file into a new … Read more

Playstation 4 console to be running the FreeBSD UNIX operating system.

The new Playstation 4 console will have the FreeBSD operating system running on it. This will provide a solid UNIX base for the gaming platform. The actual name of the operating system that will power the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a Sony spin of FreeBSD 9.0. It’s not a huge surprise FreeBSD … Read more

The OpenSUSE 12.3 installer still does not work very well for me.

I was just using an old iMac not long ago and I managed to get the kernel version and the output of the ps command. Here is the information below. The output of the uname -a command. Darwin users-Computer.local 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpcDarwin users-Computer.local … Read more

The OpenSUSE installer will not work with ATI graphics cards in graphical mode.

The OpenSUSE 12.3 distribution I have downloaded does not seem to work with my ATI hardware very well at all. I used the nomodeset parameter on the boot screen and it still refuses to load the graphical interface. Even though the Linux Mint 14 and Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome distributions work perfectly well with this parameter … Read more

Running old games in Virtualbox and thoughts on Windows ‘Security’ versus Linux.

The ATI Radeon graphics card I have is working rather well when I have the drivers installed; but the open-source drivers leave a lot to be desired. I will probably be using the Fedora 17 Linux distribution in the future; I just need to chroot into the Fedora installation and install the fglrx proprietary drivers. … Read more

Getting AMD Catalyst drivers working with the Linux desktop. The saga continues with a solution.

I had a hell of a time getting my Radeon HD6670 card to work with my Linux Mint 13 installation; eventually I tried the fglrx packages from the Linux Mint repositories instead of the drivers from the ATI website. The actual driver module will not compile and I will have to try and edit the … Read more