Problem on driver

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Mobo - Asus M4A78T-E
CPU - Phenom II X4 955
RAM - DDR3 1333 dualchannel 8G
Display - Samsung 2494
Debian 504 64bit

Hi folks,

Where can I download respective drivers. Linux drivers coming with the mobo can't work. There is no driver for Linux on the CD coming with the display. Fonts becomes very large even selecting "8". The screen can't expand to the full size of the display. However resolution is correct. Please help. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[devils casper]

Which Graphics Card do you have? Have you tried lower DPI for Fonts? Which Desktop Environment are you using?

[satimis]

Which Graphics Card do you have? Have you tried lower DPI for Fonts? Which Desktop Environment are you using?

Onboard video card

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Already tried lower DPI for Fonts down to "8". The main problem is part of window is hidden. Because it is too large. I can't resize it.

satimis

[devils casper]

It has Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 GPU. You have to install Graphics Card driver.
Download Linux86_x64 -- Integrated/Motherboard -- Radeon HD 3300 driver from ATI Website and follow instructions from here to install it.

[satimis]

It has Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 GPU. You have to install Graphics Card driver.
Download Linux86_x64 -- Integrated/Motherboard -- Radeon HD 3300 driver from ATI Website and follow instructions from here to install it.

Hi devils casper,

Thanks for your advice and links.

I'm stuck here;

$ fakeroot sh ati-driver-installer-8-7-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Debian/lenny

........
Generating package: Debian/lenny
Package build failed!
Package build utility output:
dpkg-buildpackage: warning: using a gain-root-command while being root
dpkg-buildpackage: set CFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set CPPFLAGS to default value: 
dpkg-buildpackage: set LDFLAGS to default value: 
dpkg-buildpackage: set FFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set CXXFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: source package fglrx-installer
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 8.512-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by ATI Technologies Inc. <http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html>
 debian/rules build
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture amd64
dh_testdir
# move licenses away from binary dir
if [ ! -d usr/share/doc/fglrx ]; then \
	  mkdir -p usr/share/doc/fglrx; \
	  mv usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.* usr/share/doc/fglrx; \
	fi
# set executable on user apps
find usr/X11R6/bin -type f | xargs chmod a+x
# remove exec bit from files that don't deserve it
find usr/X11R6/include \
	     usr/X11R6/lib \
	     usr/X11R6/lib64 \
	     usr/share usr/src     -type f | xargs chmod -x
find lib -not -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs chmod -x
find lib      -name "*.sh" -type f | xargs chmod +x
# set proper permissions on /etc files
if [ -d etc/ati ]; then			\
		chmod 755 etc/ati ;			\
		chmod 644 etc/ati/* ;		\
		chmod a+x etc/ati/*.sh ;	\
	fi
if [ -f debian/fglrx.default ]; then \
	  mv -v debian/fglrx.default debian/fglrx; \
	fi
`debian/fglrx.default' -> `debian/fglrx'
# remove exec bit from 64-bit libs too
find usr/X11R6/lib64       -type f | xargs chmod -x
 fakeroot debian/rules binary
fakeroot: FAKEROOTKEY set to 1428312474
fakeroot: nested operation not yet supported
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 1
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.KZPvbD

$ apt-cache policy build-essential

build-essential:
  Installed: 11.4
  Candidate: 11.4
  Version table:
 *** 11.4 0
        500 http://ftp.hk.debian.org lenny/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Unable to proceed further. Any advice? TIA


B.R.
satimis


a side question:

minimize a window does not sink it to bottom bar. It disappears. How to get it back?

[devils casper]

I have to look into this. I will let you know tomoro.

minimize a window does not sink it to bottom bar. It disappears. How to get it back?

Windows List applet is missing. Right click on Panel - Add Applet and select Windows List.

* I am not sure about exact applet name. My best guess is, its Windows List only. If its not available in Applets List, try other applets related to Task Bar.

[Heymull]

That monitor is rated at 1920 x 1080. I read recently that Linux defaults to 1920 x 1200, and nothing quite fixes it. I hope I'm wrong about this.

[devils casper]

You can fix resolution easily. Linux detects Hardware and try to use most appropriate drivers for it. Sometime it doesn't work. There could be a lot of reasons.
Unsupported Graphics Card or Display, proprietary driver, wrong selection of drivers etc.

If you correct, supported Refresh Rates for Display and Driver for Graphics Card, you can get required results.

@ Satimis

Could you post the output of this

cat /etc/debian_version

[satimis]

You can fix resolution easily. Linux detects Hardware and try to use most appropriate drivers for it. Sometime it doesn't work. There could be a lot of reasons.
Unsupported Graphics Card or Display, proprietary driver, wrong selection of drivers etc.

If you correct, supported Refresh Rates for Display and Driver for Graphics Card, you can get required results.

@ Satimis

Could you post the output of this

cat /etc/debian_version

Hi devils caspe,

Thanks for your advice.

I found there is a big trouble running Debian 504 64bit using Samsung LCD display. I wiped out Debian and installed Ubuntu 9.10 64bit workstation. Wonderful it works nicely without further work.

$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep radeon

(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

Radeon module loaded.

Gnome
Preferences -> Display
Monitor: SAMSUNG 7"
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
Refresh rate: 60 Hz

xorg.conf NOT created.

# locate xorg.conf

/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz

B.R.
satimis

[devils casper]

Ubuntu uses Generic values and generates xorg.conf file only if Generic values don't work.
If everything is working fine then there is no need to install Graphics Card driver. Driver is necessary if you are planning to enable 3D effects.