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[ 103.211] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1) I wonder how the items get into the log. It is kind of puzzling that if I have two linux distros, ubuntu and debian, and one is working automatically and detecting and using both screens (ubuntu) and the other only uses 1 screen (debian). I would think isn't there a way to see what is different in some config file or something and then make the debian one look like the ubuntu one to fix this. Or do the two distros work so much different from each other that it is not that simple? |
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That is why https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian |
ok, If I understand the directions correctly it says here I will try...
https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo I added the below to source.list Code:
# Debian 8 "Jessie" Code:
# apt-get update Code:
# apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-video-ati So I Restarted. (Still only 1 screen) Now Troubleshooting it says use dmesg.. this is what I get... Code:
pawn57@debian:~$ dmesg | grep -E 'drm|radeon' | grep -iE 'firmware|microcode' In most cases, manual configuration for the open source display drivers is not required, as the Xorg X server automatically detects and configures available hardware. I have jessie so not sure if I should do wht it says under debian Strech (testing) This code looks safe to do though... Code:
Check if both the cards are getting listed : Code:
pawn57@debian:~$ xrandr --listproviders |
This is the old way it was (copy from previous post)
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pawn57@debian:~$ xvidtune -show https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo Code:
pawn57@debian:~$ glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering" And below is a copy of what it looked like on ubuntu (both screens worked)... Code:
pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ xvidtune -show |
Well I went to reboot again to see if that would help (no. still only one screen.) Now when shutdown or reboot from debian. It takes a long time to shutdown, like it hangs, then if I push ctrl alt delete several times it finnish shutting down.
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This is what I get if I use the dmesg command in ubuntu (both screens working)
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pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ dmesg | grep -E 'drm|radeon' | grep -iE 'firmware|microcode' |
And this is from xrandr --listproviders in ubuntu (both screens working)
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pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ xrandr --listproviders |
ok after flowing the instruction for open source at https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
I still only have one monitor. so I tried followng instructions of proprietary here https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary Then I reboot to black screen. So I had to reinstall debian. Now I am back to square one. |
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I would have proceeded with using arandr in debian to enable both screens. Using the radeon driver. https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ http://screenshots.debian.net/package/arandr |
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pawn57@debian:~$ su root |
Rebooted, installing arander
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pawn57@debian:~$ su root |
My outputs available in the dropdown menu are
HDMI2 VGA2 DP1 HDMI2 is active. VGA2 and DP1 are gray and unclickable. Looks like HDMI1 (possibly) is missing? I got some errors in the terminal when I ran the program arandr. Code:
root@debian:/home/pawn57# arandr |
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Oh here is the screen shot I meant to add to the above post. Now I will reboot.
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I didn't reboot yet. I closed and reopen arandr this time no error in the terminal but everything is the same. I did notice that in properties script said...
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#!/bin/sh I made another screen shot. Will reboot now. |
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