Re: X problems in Stretch with AMD APU?

From	Zoltán Herman <zoltanhbz@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: X problems in Stretch with AMD APU?
Date	2017-08-20 12:50 +0200
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Hi Alle,

the 4.9 kernel already has amd graphics support, but it needs firmware,
others do not have to(perhaps mesa, opengl, opencl). The X window must be
on the radeon driver.

If I were upgrading then I would always install a new one and switch
off the old(or will be secondary hdd :)
(Even if I sacrifice three days)

systemctl status bluetooth ?

Greetings
Zoltán

2017-08-20 11:14 GMT+02:00 Alle Meije Wink <a.m.wink@gmail.com>:

> I'm running 4.11
>
> Got a bit further by removing the MESA libraries for GLX support. That
> removed many graphics applications and libraries. Then added
> xserver-xorg-core again and now X starts again.
>
> Some work to do because my (wireless USB) keyboard is not recognised in
> the x session but that should be doable. So it looks like it's OK again but
> not sure what the crucial step was...
>
> On 20 Aug 2017 00:54, "Zoltán Herman" <zoltanhbz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And what kind of kernel is installed 4.9 or 4.11?
>> Check the kernel log to see if the firmware has been loaded.
>>
>> >>
>> I have a home theatre PC with an AMD A6-3500 APU. Bit of an oldie but
>> still plays everything fine. The drivers supplied by the Jessie
>> repositories (including fglrx for hardware acceleration) worked fine.
>>
>> But then I upgraded to Stretch and suddenly started without X. The debian
>> supplied drivers don't seem to support the A6 any more?
>>
>> I got everything working again 3 weeks ago by installing the proprietary
>> drivers (catalyst 15.9). But now X has gone again and the same catalyst
>> package refuses to install.
>>
>> The error message that the installer gives is that the X version is too
>> low for catalyst?
>>
>> Then I removed (--purge) xserver-xorg-core and reinstalled it. But when I
>> now start X it says 'no screens found'..
>>
>> Is there a way to get the AMD APUs off that generation working in Stretch
>> working again?
>>
>> Or to at least start X again (with a very low resolution, assuming basic
>> hardware)?
>> <<
>> Add non-free to sources.list
>> update
>> install firmware-amd-graphics
>> etc.
>> <<.
>>
>

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X problems in Stretch with AMD APU? Zoltán Herman <zoltanhbz@gmail.com> - 2017-08-20 01:00 +0200
  Re: X problems in Stretch with AMD APU? Alle Meije Wink <a.m.wink@gmail.com> - 2017-08-20 11:40 +0200
    Re: X problems in Stretch with AMD APU? Zoltán Herman <zoltanhbz@gmail.com> - 2017-08-20 12:50 +0200

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