second monitor not working. Debian GNU/Linux 8.2 (jessie) ( Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250 AND Xeon E3-1200 )

1redto · 01-18-2016, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NGIB

If Ubuntu works - stick with it. Debian has an aversion to proprietary stuff and can be a PITA - especially with unique hardware setups.

Learn what you're doing with Ubuntu and when you gain some experience and knowledge then maybe branch out...

a·ver·sion
əˈvərZHən/Submit
noun
a strong dislike or disinclination.
"he had a deep-seated aversion to most forms of exercise"
synonyms: dislike of, antipathy for, distaste for, abhorrence of, hatred of, odium of, loathing of, detestation of, hostility toward; More
someone or something that arouses strong feelings of dislike.

Yhea ok. well yes I am sticking to ubuntu/mate, it is working on both screens, uhmm any way I am trying to solve this problem. I wont give up I wont just say oh well uhm i geuess its to hard to use debian so um screw it. NO!! I wont do that!! sorry. I will get this to work. PLEASE HELP ME EVERYONE WHO READS THIS!!!

oldtechaa · 01-18-2016, 08:10 AM

For one, try to stay calm. Take a step back, wait for a while, look through the stages of your driver initialization. Unfortunately, there's a lot to wade through here. I'll look when I have time.

1redto · 01-18-2016, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

For one, try to stay calm. Take a step back, wait for a while, look through the stages of your driver initialization. Unfortunately, there's a lot to wade through here. I'll look when I have time.

Thank you. I will stay calm as you suggest. I don't understand how to look through the stages of my driver initialization. Anyway thank you , thank you!

NGIB · 01-18-2016, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1redto

aversion
vrZHn/Submit
noun
a strong dislike or disinclination.
"he had a deep-seated aversion to most forms of exercise"
synonyms: dislike of, antipathy for, distaste for, abhorrence of, hatred of, odium of, loathing of, detestation of, hostility toward; More
someone or something that arouses strong feelings of dislike.

Yhea ok. well yes I am sticking to ubuntu/mate, it is working on both screens, uhmm any way I am trying to solve this problem. I wont give up I wont just say oh well uhm i geuess its to hard to use debian so um screw it. NO!! I wont do that!! sorry. I will get this to work. PLEASE HELP ME EVERYONE WHO READS THIS!!!

A noob with an attitude that loves to point other posts to this thread so they can shout, whine and beg. Are you like 12 years old?

1redto · 01-18-2016, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NGIB

A noob with an attitude

A noob with an attitude i guess that's a good thing. It means he has some backbone! Thank you!
Now help me get my monitors working in debian...

NGIB · 01-18-2016, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1redto

A noob with an attitude i guess that's a good thing. It means he has some backbone! Thank you!
Now help me get my monitors working in debian...

Nope, rather not...

1redto · 01-18-2016, 09:09 AM

Ignore NGIB, I need help and I dont need a people trying to make this harder than it is. thanks..

1redto · 01-18-2016, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NGIB

Nope, rather not...

I apologize.

rokytnji · 01-18-2016, 11:40 PM

Code:

[   104.310] (II) RADEON(G0): [DRI2] Setup complete

No mention of radeon in your Debian readout.

See?

Code:

pawn57@debian:~$ xvidtune -show
"1920x1080"   148.50   1920 2008 2052 2200   1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync

pawn57@debian:~$ glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering"
bash: glxinfo: command not found
pawn57@debian:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i "dri" | grep -v -i "driver"
[    11.951] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    12.329] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    12.329] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    12.329] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    12.329] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    12.332] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
[    12.506] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
pawn57@debian:~$

My

Code:

lspci | grep VGA

readout (you run the command on yours) will help you look for how to install the radeon proprietary driver in Debian Jessie with googles help.

1redto · 01-18-2016, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

My

Code:

lspci | grep VGA

readout (you run the command on yours) will help you look for how to install the radeon proprietary driver in Debian Jessie with googles help.

Ok. This is in ubuntu/mate (Both monitors working good.)

Code:

pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland XT [Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250/350]
pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$

1redto · 01-18-2016, 11:50 PM

This is in debian (only 1 monitor works)

Code:

pawn57@debian:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland XT [Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250]
pawn57@debian:~$

descendant_command · 01-19-2016, 12:13 AM

You appear to have a hybrid graphics setup with both AMD/intel.
The bumblebee project helps with the Nvidia/intel combo but no clue about the AMD version.
PITA and better avoided...

1redto · 01-19-2016, 12:14 AM

In ubuntu/mate i took screen shot of additional drivers.

The AMD Radeon is using the open source, not the fglrx ... both monitors are working.

1redto · 01-19-2016, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

Code:

[   104.310] (II) RADEON(G0): [DRI2] Setup complete

No mention of radeon in your Debian readout.

See?

[code]pawn57@debian:~$ xvidtune -show
"1920x1080" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync

yes i see. and also i notice the ubuntu adds 2 drm devices (card1 and card0) ...

Code:

[   103.211] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[   103.211] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)

I wonder why since it is listing RADEON(G0), as seen above, but as seen in the screenshot it shows it's using the open source driver??

oldtechaa · 01-19-2016, 06:09 AM

Radeon is the name of the open-source driver, so it tells you its name when it reports things, and a DRM device means Direct Rendering Manager, in other words a graphics device.