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  How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-30 15:30 +0200
    Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-05-30 15:50 +0200
    Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-05-30 17:10 +0200
      Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-05-31 13:20 +0200
        Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 13:30 +0200
          Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-05-31 14:30 +0200
            Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 18:30 +0200
          Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-05-31 15:10 +0200
            Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 18:40 +0200
          Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-05-31 15:10 +0200
            Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 18:30 +0200
      Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-06-02 14:40 +0200
        Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-02 15:50 +0200
          Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-06-02 16:40 +0200
            Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-02 19:00 +0200
              Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-06-02 20:50 +0200
              Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-06-04 08:20 +0200
                Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-06-04 13:10 +0200
                  Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-06-04 17:10 +0200
    Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-05-30 21:50 +0200
      Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 12:50 +0200
        Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 13:00 +0200
          Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 18:50 +0200
            Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 19:10 +0200
              Re: buntu kybosh (was: How to properly install...) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-01 01:20 +0200
                Re: buntu kybosh (was: How to properly install...) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 01:50 +0200
                  Re: buntu kybosh Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-01 02:40 +0200
                    Re: buntu kybosh Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 09:50 +0200
                      Re: buntu kybosh Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 11:00 +0200
        Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 21:10 +0200
    Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2016-05-31 10:30 +0200
      Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-05-31 13:10 +0200
        Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> - 2016-05-31 18:00 +0200
    Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-05-31 11:40 +0200
      Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-05-31 15:40 +0200
    Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-03 06:00 +0200
      Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-06-04 07:50 +0200
        Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-04 08:50 +0200
          Re: How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid Mostafa Shahverdy <mostafa@mostafa.info> - 2016-06-04 21:20 +0200

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#168314 — How to properly install Radeon drivers for Sid

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Hi everyone.

I have an ultra wide monitor that supports 2560x1080. 
While I have a Radeon 5450 graphic card, running Debian Sid, I only can get 1920x1080. 
I installed firmware-linux-nonfree to get it running. So why isn't my complete resolution listed?
Also I experience some glitches while watching videos.

I have to mention that I can't install the proprietary driver from AMD website because of the following error:

<code>
    make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.5.0-2-amd64'
      CC [M]  /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
    /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘firegl_major_proc_read’:
    /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:634:9: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
         len = seq_printf(m, "%d\n", major);
             ^
    /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function ‘KCL_fpu_save_init’:
    /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:6458:49: error: ‘XSTATE_FP’ undeclared (first use in this function)
           if (!(fpu->state.xsave.header.xfeatures & XSTATE_FP))
</code>

-- 
Regards,
Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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#168315

Hi,

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 05/30/16 15:23:
> Hi everyone.
> 
> I have an ultra wide monitor that supports 2560x1080. 
> While I have a Radeon 5450 graphic card, running Debian Sid, I only can get 1920x1080. 
> I installed firmware-linux-nonfree to get it running. So why isn't my complete resolution listed?
> Also I experience some glitches while watching videos.
> 

which package for the graphic adapter did you install.
Could you show us the contents of your Xorg.0.log (either
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log)?

How is the monitor connected to the computer (VGA, HDMI, Display Port, ..)?

Regards,
jvp.

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#168316

[ I'm sending this also to the debian user list if you don't mind. ]

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 05/30/16 15:52:
>> which package for the graphic adapter did you install.
> I only installed firmware-linux-nonfree.
> I tried installing xserver-xorg-video-radeon, but It couldn't load X
> windows after rebooting, so I had to remove it.

But xserver-xorg-video-radeon would be the right driver to use. Now you're using
the much simpler vesa driver.

The Xorg.0.log file shows that X is searching for the ati driver (package
xserver-xorg-video-ati) which will then use the radeon driver from the
xserver-xorg-video-radeon package.
Try the ati package and if it fails or not, let's look into the contents of the
Xorg.0.log file of that again.


>> Could you show us the contents of your Xorg.0.log (either
>> ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log)?
> I'm attaching the file, as it has more than 1000 rows.
>>
>> How is the monitor connected to the computer (VGA, HDMI, Display Port, ..)?
> Currently I am using an HDMI cable, but I also can use DVI, which
> currently gives me glitchy screen. When I use DVI cable I can see
> 20560x1080 listed, but when I switch to it, I experience very pool
> quality of screen (something like old analogue TVs)
>
Let's look at this further after trying xserver-xorg-video-ati.

Regards,
jvp.

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#168336

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 05/30/16 21:28:
>> Try the ati package and if it fails or not, let's look into the contents of the
>> Xorg.0.log file of that again.
> Sorry for the late reply, just got stuck into command line for a while,
> because of some dependancy issues.
> Again I used the xserver-xorg-video-ati package, It only gave me a black
> screen. 
> 
> I attached the log file.
> 

Here I'm clueless :-(

The log shows that the radeon driver is used, although also drivers are accessed
but unloaded later.
The radeon driver seems to work, even direct rendering.

There are no further warnings (WW) or errors (EE) in the log.

Do you see the mousepointer on the black screen? Maybe it's a problem with the
backlight? (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight)

Did your setup work before?

Maybe, to test your setup you could use a Linux live CD.

Regards,
jvp.

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 01:15:39PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Here I'm clueless :-(
> 
> The log shows that the radeon driver is used, although also drivers are accessed
> but unloaded later.
> The radeon driver seems to work, even direct rendering.
Well let me tell you what happens at that time.
First I see a screen with resolution of something like 1280x960 (or
whatever) in my grub menu. Then I see something like 800x600 after
choosing Debian. Then after some loadings, the screen resolution changes
to something like 1920x1080. Then it starts blinking, and I can't type
anything there, even I can't use tty2 nor tty3. After about 60 seconds,
I can log into tty2 to use apt.
> 
> There are no further warnings (WW) or errors (EE) in the log.
> 
> Do you see the mousepointer on the black screen? Maybe it's a problem with the
> backlight? (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight)
No.
> 
> Did your setup work before?
Yes, while I was using Gforce.
> 
> Maybe, to test your setup you could use a Linux live CD.
> 

-- 
Regards,
Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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#168338

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 05/31/16 13:25:
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 01:15:39PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
>> Here I'm clueless :-(
>>
>> The log shows that the radeon driver is used, although also drivers are accessed
>> but unloaded later.
>> The radeon driver seems to work, even direct rendering.
> Well let me tell you what happens at that time.
> First I see a screen with resolution of something like 1280x960 (or
> whatever) in my grub menu. Then I see something like 800x600 after
> choosing Debian. Then after some loadings, the screen resolution changes
> to something like 1920x1080. Then it starts blinking, and I can't type
> anything there, even I can't use tty2 nor tty3. After about 60 seconds,
> I can log into tty2 to use apt.

Does the monitor enter some energy saving mode (indicated by some led light)
after the screen turns black?

Do you have some other monitor to test the computer setup?

>> There are no further warnings (WW) or errors (EE) in the log.
>>
>> Do you see the mousepointer on the black screen? Maybe it's a problem with the
>> backlight? (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight)
> No.
>>
>> Did your setup work before?
> Yes, while I was using Gforce.

Did you insert the AMD grahic card recently into your computer?

I suppose you checked the cabling etc.

Regards,
jvp.

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 02:22:01PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Does the monitor enter some energy saving mode (indicated by some led light)
> after the screen turns black?
No it doesn't, it just stays still. 
> Do you have some other monitor to test the computer setup?
I have a CRT Samsung monitor. Not that I can get 1920x1080 on my current
monitor, if I use that monitor I can get it running too. But if I use
any drivers other than firmware-linux-nonfree, then the screen will be
black too (just tty)
> 
> >> There are no further warnings (WW) or errors (EE) in the log.
> >>
> >> Do you see the mousepointer on the black screen? Maybe it's a problem with the
> >> backlight? (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight)
> > No.
> >>
> >> Did your setup work before?
> > Yes, while I was using Gforce.
> 
> Did you insert the AMD grahic card recently into your computer?
> I suppose you checked the cabling etc.
Those are correct. But I have to mention that when the screen turns
black, before I hit Alt+CTRL+F2 to get tty2, I see this error on the
screen:
Invalid PCI ROM header signature: expecting SOMEHEX got 0xfffff
> 
> Regards,
> jvp.
> 

-- 
Regards,
Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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On 2016-05-31 at 07:25, Mostafa Shahverdy wrote:

> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 01:15:39PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:

>> Did your setup work before?
> 
> Yes, while I was using Gforce.

What GLX implementation are you using? If you still have e.g. the NVIDIA
GLX alternative selected, it wouldn't surprise me if you got results
like this.

To figure this out, look at the glx-alternative-* packages, and at the
output of 'update-alternatives --list glx'.

I use the Radeon drivers myself (open, not FGLRX), and I have
glx-alternative-mesa active (under the alternative name
'mesa-diverted').

I _think_ this should be handled automatically by the relevant driver
packages nowadays, but I can't swear to that, and if it's not then it
might be your problem.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 09:00:10AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
> What GLX implementation are you using? If you still have e.g. the NVIDIA
> GLX alternative selected, it wouldn't surprise me if you got results
> like this.
> 
> To figure this out, look at the glx-alternative-* packages, and at the
> output of 'update-alternatives --list glx'.
> 
> I use the Radeon drivers myself (open, not FGLRX), and I have
> glx-alternative-mesa active (under the alternative name
> 'mesa-diverted').
Running that command gave me this output:
/usr/lib/mesa-diverted
> 
> I _think_ this should be handled automatically by the relevant driver
> packages nowadays, but I can't swear to that, and if it's not then it
> might be your problem.
> 
Does it have anything to do with my previous GPU which was GForce? 



-- 
Regards,
Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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#168340

Another question: could there still be some packages related to fglrx on your
computer?
Try
  dpkg -l | grep '^ii.*fglrx'

Regards,
jvp.

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 02:59:49PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Another question: could there still be some packages related to fglrx on your
> computer?
> Try
>   dpkg -l | grep '^ii.*fglrx'
> 
Right now NO.

-- 
Regards,
Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 09:38:20AM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 06/01/16 21:02:
> > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 05:04:48PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> >>
> >> But xserver-xorg-video-radeon would be the right driver to use. Now you're using
> >> the much simpler vesa driver.
> >>
> >> The Xorg.0.log file shows that X is searching for the ati driver (package
> >> xserver-xorg-video-ati) which will then use the radeon driver from the
> >> xserver-xorg-video-radeon package.
> >> Try the ati package and if it fails or not, let's look into the contents of the
> >> Xorg.0.log file of that again.
> >>
> > Well, after some struglings I could make it load Radeon driver, and I
> > can only get 1920x1080 though. Have a look at my xorg.log again please. 
> > 
> 
> Hi Mostafa,
> 
> your log file shows that your card ("Chipset") is detected as Radeon HD 5450
> (driver r600) with VRAM of 921355K and three outputs (HDMI-0, DVI-0, VGA-0).
> It supports the "detailed timing":
>  clock: 185.6 MHz   Image Size:  677 x 290 mm
>  h_active: 2560  h_sync: 2624  h_sync_end 2688 h_blank_end 2784 h_border: 0
>  v_active: 1080  v_sync: 1083  v_sync_end 1093 v_blanking: 1111 v_border: 0
> 
> But then it lists "probed modes for output HDMI-0"
> with maximum "1920x1080"x60.0.
> 
> The monitor screen resolutions via DDC is supporting "2560x1080 @ 66.7 kHz".
> 
> Then it says "Allocate new frame buffer 1920x1080 stride 1920".
> 
> This is somehow confusing for me.
> 
> 
> What is the output of the command "xrandr" when X is running?

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 677mm x 290mm
   1920x1080     60.00*   50.00    59.94    30.00    29.97  
   1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1680x1050     59.88  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1024x768      75.08    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   640x480       75.00    60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

> 
> Which kernel packages ("linux-image*") are installed?
linux-image-amd64
linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64
linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64
linux-headers-4.5.0-2-amd64
linux-headers-4.4.0-1-grsec-amd64
> 
> Is there another GPU in your computer (integrated in the CPU or chipset)?
No, Just this one. But as I already mentioned in the thread, I was using a
GForce gpu before this one.
> 
> How did you achieve the 1920x1080 setup?
Just Gnome settings using display option. Also arandr doesn't show a
better resolution.
> 
> Side notes:
> For the moment I would remove every irrelevant xserver-xorg-video package from
> the computer with these commands:
>   apt-mark manual xserver-xorg-video-ati
>   apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-all
> 
> Do you have aptitude installed?
I've tried to remove every possible drivers. Currently I only have
radeon driver. I have aptitude, but I mostly use apt-get (can it cause
problems?)
> 
> Regards,
> jvp.
> 

-- 
Regards,
Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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#168435

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 06/02/16 14:37:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 09:38:20AM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
>> Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 06/01/16 21:02:
>>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 05:04:48PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> But xserver-xorg-video-radeon would be the right driver to use. Now you're
using
>>>> the much simpler vesa driver.
>>>>
>>>> The Xorg.0.log file shows that X is searching for the ati driver (package
>>>> xserver-xorg-video-ati) which will then use the radeon driver from the
>>>> xserver-xorg-video-radeon package.
>>>> Try the ati package and if it fails or not, let's look into the contents of the
>>>> Xorg.0.log file of that again.
>>>>
>>> Well, after some struglings I could make it load Radeon driver, and I
>>> can only get 1920x1080 though. Have a look at my xorg.log again please.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Mostafa,
>>
>> your log file shows that your card ("Chipset") is detected as Radeon HD 5450
>> (driver r600) with VRAM of 921355K and three outputs (HDMI-0, DVI-0, VGA-0).
>> It supports the "detailed timing":
>>  clock: 185.6 MHz   Image Size:  677 x 290 mm
>>  h_active: 2560  h_sync: 2624  h_sync_end 2688 h_blank_end 2784 h_border: 0
>>  v_active: 1080  v_sync: 1083  v_sync_end 1093 v_blanking: 1111 v_border: 0
>>
>> But then it lists "probed modes for output HDMI-0"
>> with maximum "1920x1080"x60.0.
>>
>> The monitor screen resolutions via DDC is supporting "2560x1080 @ 66.7 kHz".
>>
>> Then it says "Allocate new frame buffer 1920x1080 stride 1920".
>>
>> This is somehow confusing for me.
>>
>>
>> What is the output of the command "xrandr" when X is running?
>
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
> HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
axis) 677mm x 290mm
>    1920x1080     60.00*   50.00    59.94    30.00    29.97
>    1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94
>    1680x1050     59.88
>    1600x900      60.00
>    1280x1024     75.02    60.02
>    1152x864      75.00
>    1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94
>    1024x768      75.08    60.00
>    800x600       75.00    60.32
>    720x576       50.00
>    720x480       60.00    59.94
>    640x480       75.00    60.00    59.94
>    720x400       70.08
> DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>

Yes, this is strange. Did you try to fiddle with the setup of the monitor using
the buttons at the monitor? Something like scaling options?
I have no idea why xrandr doesn't show the native resolution.
The wiki of archlinux is a good documention. See "Adding undetected resolutions" on
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr#Adding_undetected_resolutions

something like

  xrandr --newmode "2569x1080_66.7" 185.6 2560 2624 2688 2784  1080 1083 1093
1111 -hsync -vsync
  xrandr --addmode "2569x1080_66.7"
  xrandr --output HDMI-0 "2569x1080_66.7"

using information from your Xorg.0.log

>> Which kernel packages ("linux-image*") are installed?
> linux-image-amd64
> linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64
> linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64
> linux-headers-4.5.0-2-amd64
> linux-headers-4.4.0-1-grsec-amd64

Which one is running?
  uname -a

>>
>> Is there another GPU in your computer (integrated in the CPU or chipset)?
> No, Just this one. But as I already mentioned in the thread, I was using a
> GForce gpu before this one.

May I ask, which CPU you have?

>> How did you achieve the 1920x1080 setup?
> Just Gnome settings using display option. Also arandr doesn't show a
> better resolution.
>>
>> Side notes:
>> For the moment I would remove every irrelevant xserver-xorg-video package from
>> the computer with these commands:
>>   apt-mark manual xserver-xorg-video-ati
>>   apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-all
>>
>> Do you have aptitude installed?
> I've tried to remove every possible drivers. Currently I only have
> radeon driver. I have aptitude, but I mostly use apt-get (can it cause
> problems?)

No. It's just that I#m more familiar with aptitude CLI for package management,
then I would have commanded
  aptitude unmarkauto xserver-xorg-video-ati
  aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-all
  aptitude purge '~c'

The last command purges remains of removed packages.

Regards,
jvp.

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On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 03:40:31PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> >
> > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
> > HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 677mm x 290mm
> >    1920x1080     60.00*   50.00    59.94    30.00    29.97
> >    1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94
> >    1680x1050     59.88
> >    1600x900      60.00
> >    1280x1024     75.02    60.02
> >    1152x864      75.00
> >    1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94
> >    1024x768      75.08    60.00
> >    800x600       75.00    60.32
> >    720x576       50.00
> >    720x480       60.00    59.94
> >    640x480       75.00    60.00    59.94
> >    720x400       70.08
> > DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> > VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> >
> 
> Yes, this is strange. Did you try to fiddle with the setup of the monitor using
> the buttons at the monitor? Something like scaling options?
> I have no idea why xrandr doesn't show the native resolution.
> The wiki of archlinux is a good documention. See "Adding undetected resolutions" on
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr#Adding_undetected_resolutions
> 
> something like
> 
>   xrandr --newmode "2569x1080_66.7" 185.6 2560 2624 2688 2784  1080 1083 1093
> 1111 -hsync -vsync
>   xrandr --addmode "2569x1080_66.7"
>   xrandr --output HDMI-0 "2569x1080_66.7"
> 
> using information from your Xorg.0.log
I've already tried this. Now that I can load the proper driver, I tried
it again, and after choosing the created mode using Gnome Display, I
faced a black screen saying "No Signal". 
> 
> >> Which kernel packages ("linux-image*") are installed?
> > linux-image-amd64
> > linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64
> > linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64
> > linux-headers-4.5.0-2-amd64
> > linux-headers-4.4.0-1-grsec-amd64
> 
> Which one is running?
>   uname -a
Linux debian 4.5.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.5.4-1 (2016-05-16) x86_64
GNU/Linux
> 
> >>
> >> Is there another GPU in your computer (integrated in the CPU or chipset)?
> > No, Just this one. But as I already mentioned in the thread, I was using a
> > GForce gpu before this one.
> 
> May I ask, which CPU you have?
I hope this in not something related to my CPU. 

$ lscpu 
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:   0,1
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 23
Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7300  @ 2.66GHz
Stepping:              6
CPU MHz:               1870.000
CPU max MHz:           2670.0000
CPU min MHz:           1603.0000
BogoMIPS:              5332.64
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              3072K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0,1
Flags:                 fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm dtherm

>   aptitude unmarkauto xserver-xorg-video-ati
>   aptitude purge xserver-xorg-video-all
>   aptitude purge '~c'
> 
> The last command purges remains of removed packages.
Still the same.

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#168439

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote on 06/02/16 16:34:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 03:40:31PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
>>>
>>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
>>> HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
>> axis) 677mm x 290mm
>>>    1920x1080     60.00*   50.00    59.94    30.00    29.97
>>>    1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94
>>>    1680x1050     59.88
>>>    1600x900      60.00
>>>    1280x1024     75.02    60.02
>>>    1152x864      75.00
>>>    1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94
>>>    1024x768      75.08    60.00
>>>    800x600       75.00    60.32
>>>    720x576       50.00
>>>    720x480       60.00    59.94
>>>    640x480       75.00    60.00    59.94
>>>    720x400       70.08
>>> DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>> VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>
>>
>> Yes, this is strange. Did you try to fiddle with the setup of the monitor using
>> the buttons at the monitor? Something like scaling options?
>> I have no idea why xrandr doesn't show the native resolution.
>> The wiki of archlinux is a good documention. See "Adding undetected resolutions" on
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr#Adding_undetected_resolutions
>>
>> something like
>>
>>   xrandr --newmode "2569x1080_66.7" 185.6 2560 2624 2688 2784  1080 1083 1093
>> 1111 -hsync -vsync
>>   xrandr --addmode "2569x1080_66.7"
>>   xrandr --output HDMI-0 "2569x1080_66.7"
>>
>> using information from your Xorg.0.log
> I've already tried this. Now that I can load the proper driver, I tried
> it again, and after choosing the created mode using Gnome Display, I
> faced a black screen saying "No Signal".

Are there some relevant messages in dmesg or .xsession-errors ?

That I interpret as switching off of the GPU.
What are the specifications of the graphic card regarding maximal electric
energy consumption? On the web I found something like around 160 Watts.
Can your power supply unit in the computer deliver that?

You said in another e-mail that your computer worked with Windows but maybe the
driver is better with energy saving.

I use the kernel parameter "radeon.dpm=1" for saving some energy with my GPU.
In the file /var/log/dmesg there appears then a lot of output regarding dpm
(lines containing [drm]).

>>
>>>> Which kernel packages ("linux-image*") are installed?
>>> linux-image-amd64
>>> linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64
>>> linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64
>>> linux-headers-4.5.0-2-amd64
>>> linux-headers-4.4.0-1-grsec-amd64
>>
>> Which one is running?
>>   uname -a
> Linux debian 4.5.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.5.4-1 (2016-05-16) x86_64
> GNU/Linux

That is uptodate.

>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there another GPU in your computer (integrated in the CPU or chipset)?
>>> No, Just this one. But as I already mentioned in the thread, I was using a
>>> GForce gpu before this one.
>>
>> May I ask, which CPU you have?
> I hope this in not something related to my CPU. 

No, I just asked because some CPUs have builtin GPUs.

Regards,
jvp.

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On Thu, 2016-06-02 at 18:49 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> I use the kernel parameter "radeon.dpm=1" for saving some energy with
> my GPU.

That shouldn't be necessary with an up to date kernel. Power management
is automatic.

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On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 06:49:51PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Are there some relevant messages in dmesg or .xsession-errors ?
I could find these lines in my dmesg:

[   20.761805] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[   22.045156] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Invalid PCI ROM header signature: expecting 0xaa55, got 0xffff
[   22.045273] radeon 0000:01:00.0: VRAM: 1024M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000003FFFFFFF (1024M used)
[   22.045276] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GTT: 1024M 0x0000000040000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF
[   22.045365] [drm] radeon: 1024M of VRAM memory ready
[   22.045366] [drm] radeon: 1024M of GTT memory ready.
[   22.155126] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/CEDAR_pfp.bin
[   22.229089] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/CEDAR_me.bin
[   22.246054] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/CEDAR_rlc.bin
[   22.588369] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/CEDAR_smc.bin
[   22.606661] [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
[   23.206287] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/CYPRESS_uvd.bin
[   23.207570] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 2 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[   23.221016] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[   23.221020] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800d8773c00
[   23.221022] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800d8773c0c
[   23.221766] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x000000000005c418 and cpu addr 0xffffc90000c1c418
[   23.221771] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon: MSI limited to 32-bit
[   23.221806] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon: using MSI.
[   23.221835] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[   24.148893] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[   24.239967] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[   24.252077] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.43.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 2701.713031] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 2 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[ 2701.716292] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[ 2701.716295] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800d8773c00
[ 2701.716296] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800d8773c0c
[ 2701.717057] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x000000000005c418 and cpu addr 0xffffc90000c1c418
[29345.357054] [drm] enabling PCIE gen 2 link speeds, disable with radeon.pcie_gen2=0
[29345.360248] radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled
[29345.360251] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800d8773c00
[29345.360252] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000040000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800d8773c0c
[29345.361071] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x000000000005c418 and cpu addr 0xffffc90000c1c418


I don't know why, but I can't find .xession-errors or I don't have such file in my system.
> 
> That I interpret as switching off of the GPU.
> What are the specifications of the graphic card regarding maximal electric
> energy consumption? On the web I found something like around 160 Watts.
> Can your power supply unit in the computer deliver that?
I think it can, It can deliver 800 watts. 
As I mentioned in the other email, I can get 2560x1080 using DVI cable,
but with very very poor quality. Can this all be related to cable? 

When I use DVI cable I see thi error on my _monitor_:

    The screen is not currently set to the recommended resolution.
    A DVI Dual-Link cable is provided.
    Other DVI cables may be used, but they must be Dual-Link DVI cables.
    Otherwise the video will not display or have poor quality.


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Mostafa Shahverdy <http://www.mostafa.info/pgp>

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#168526

I'm clueless.
The suggestion of Felix Miata to ask on a specialized list is the best to do, I
think.

Regards,
jvp.

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On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 01:08:50PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> I'm clueless.
> The suggestion of Felix Miata to ask on a specialized list is the best to do, I
> think.
Yeah I think I'd better do that.
Thanks everyone for your helps.

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#168322

Mostafa Shahverdy wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> 
> I have an ultra wide monitor that supports 2560x1080.
> While I have a Radeon 5450 graphic card, running Debian Sid, I only can
> get 1920x1080. I installed firmware-linux-nonfree to get it running. So
> why isn't my complete resolution listed? Also I experience some glitches
> while watching videos.
> 
> I have to mention that I can't install the proprietary driver from AMD
> website because of the following error:
> 
> <code>
>     make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.5.0-2-amd64'
>       CC [M]  /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o
>     /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function
>     ‘firegl_major_proc_read’:
>     /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:634:9: error: void
>     value not ignored as it ought to be
>          len = seq_printf(m, "%d\n", major);
>              ^
>     /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c: In function
>     ‘KCL_fpu_save_init’:
>     /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.c:6458:49: error:
>     ‘XSTATE_FP’ undeclared (first use in this function)
>            if (!(fpu->state.xsave.header.xfeatures & XSTATE_FP))
> </code>
> 

Why not try with older kernel that works with the driver?

regards

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