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aticonfig/fglrx error on Debian with card Radeon HD 6870

So i tried setting up fglrx driver for my card using the steps outlined here:

wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary

but when I get to the step where it tells me to use aticonfig i get this error:

Code:

aticonfig: No supported adapters detected

I tried to make xorg.conf myself by doing what it says and making this the xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section "Device"

    Identifier  "ATI"

    Driver      "fglrx"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

    Identifier "Default Screen"

    DefaultDepth     24

EndSection

but X won't start if I do that (delete xorg.conf and it goes back to it's fglrx-less state)

However, I was successfully able to install the drivers on my Ubuntu install (different partition on the same machine) but not my Debian install.

Anyone know how to fix this?

This is because the catalyst 10.9 ( which, I believe is what you installed in Debian ) does not support the 6870.

http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary#Supported_Devices

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_109_linux.pdf

ATI Desktop Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI
desktop products:
AMD Desktop Product Family Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 5900 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5600 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5500 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 5400 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 X2 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4700 Series ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series

While your version of Ubuntu, on the other hand, must use a newer version than 10.9 that does support the 6870.

if I switch from Debian stable to testing (and how do you do that exactly?), will the testing non-free repo have >10.9 ?

Sid/Unstable has 11-6-2

Wheezy/Testing 11-4-2

The testing driver will support your card.

Read about the testing distribution

http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/

and

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting

To upgrade: edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file from "stable" or whatever you have to "Wheezy"

Code:

aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade

You should also read the unofficial ATI wiki

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Deb...F7.0_and_Later

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewthomas (Post 4396991)

You should also read the unofficial ATI wiki

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Deb...F7.0_and_Later

that did the trick. Thanks!

You're welcome.

Glad to be of help.