On 08/22/2014 10:31 PM, Joseph Loo wrote:
On 08/22/2014 06:04 AM, Simon Heimbach wrote:
Hi Joseph, first, I take you have the new Athlon 5350. AFAIK there's no 8350 Athlon, but only FX. Tell me if I'm wrong. Then, I haven't got any experiences with the Athlon, but only AMD graphics in general (6xxx and 8xxx) . I know it's AMD's new GCN-architecture, so you have basically 2 choices: 1. Use the proprietary driver. You can get a nice howto and script here: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AMD_fglrx#Building_the_rpm_yourself But it seems it hasn't worked for you 2. you opt for the by default included open-source driver. You'd need to uninstall the Catalyst. This is also possible with the script you get from the link above. You then need a newer kernel. This is pretty easy. Here's a good step-by-step- guide: http://sellingfreesoftwareforaliving.blogspot.de/2013/01/my-opensuse-12-jour... After having updated the kernel in Yast's Software Management, reboot the computer. In case you don't have a GUI, follow these steps: a) Add new repo: "zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Kernel:/stable/ Kernel:Stable" b) refresh "zypper refresh" c) install "zypper in kernel-3.13" (make sure you get at least 3.13 or higher (which is most of the times better) d) reboot In case it's not working, log in into a terminal (Strg+Alt+F1) and type "uname -a". This will output the currently running kernel. In any case, please let us know if you ran into problems or had success. Best regards Simon
Am Donnerstag, 21. August 2014, 19:40:05 schrieb Joseph Loo:
I am having a problem with the Athalon 8350 process with APU. The default Linux drivers seem to blackout for about 10 seconds, freeze the screen, 100% CPU utilization (Xorg process) etc.
I tried the ioda radeon drivers but the graphical system or X11. According to the log I get
[ 46.231] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "AMD Radeon HD 8400 / R3 Series" (Chipset = 0x9830) [ 46.231] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1043, PciSubDevice = 0x8623) [ 46.231] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original AMD [ 46.231] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000 [ 46.231] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xfeb00000 [ 46.231] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x0000f000 [ 46.231] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000 [ 46.259] (II) fglrx(0): Invalid ATI BIOS from int10, the adapter is not VGA-enabled [ 46.259] (EE) fglrx(0): Invalid video BIOS signature! [ 46.259] (EE) fglrx(0): GetBIOSParameter failed [ 46.259] (EE) fglrx(0): PreInitAdapter failed [ 46.259] (EE) fglrx(0): PreInit failed [ 46.259] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_xs114_atiddxPreInit] === end [ 46.262] (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx" [ 46.262] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fglrxdrm" [ 46.262] (II) Unloading fglrxdrm [ 46.262] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fglrxdrm" [ 46.262] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. [ 46.262] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 46.262] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 46.262] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 46.262] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.3.log" for additional information. [ 46.262] (EE) [ 46.285] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
I am running openssuse 13.1 with all the updates implemented.
I can't think what to do at this stage. Fingers were too fast. I did download the amd catalysis driver and ran it. How different is the building_the_rpm_yourself?
I will try the new kernel to see if its a bit more stable. By the way, the Athlon 5350 has the 8400 graphics hardware.
Thanks
I just loaded the new stable kernel. At this time. the computer seems to be operating a lot better. I don't see as many full cpu runs or high memory usage. I accidentally loaded the new stable kernel. Will see over the next couple of days how it runs -- Joseph Loo jloo@acm.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org