Xbuntu driver issue for ATI Sapphire R9 280x

kirshchereza · 01-10-2014, 06:45 AM

Hi guys,

I'm in desperate need of help. I am trying to install the drivers for my ATI Sapphire R9 280x onto Xbuntu to use as a litecoin rig and am having major issues installing the drivers. I need assistance urgently and am willing to pay a generous BTC donation or cash donation to anyone who is genuinely interested in assisting.

druuna · 01-10-2014, 07:08 AM

Hi and welcome to LQ.

Your start here at LQ isn't too good:
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About your problem: We need more detailed information. What have you tried, where are you stuck, which errors/warnings are you getting.

onebuck · 01-10-2014, 07:50 AM

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

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Originally Posted by kirshchereza

Hi guys,

I'm in desperate need of help. I am trying to install the drivers for my ATI Sapphire R9 280x onto Xbuntu to use as a litecoin rig and am having major issues installing the drivers. I need assistance urgently and am willing to pay a generous BTC donation or cash donation to anyone who is genuinely interested in assisting.

As 'druuna' stated the need for more information pertaining to your issue(s) is necessary. So;

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I suggest that you look at 'How to Ask Questions the Smart Way' so in the future your queries provide information that will aid us in diagnosis of the problem/query.  

We will help once the whole picture is available.

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TobiSGD · 01-10-2014, 07:54 AM

The R9 280x is a fairly new videocard that does not work reliably with any of the drivers in Ubuntu's repositories. You will need to use the latest Beta driver from AMD's website (yes, AMD, this is not an ATI card) to get that running, but even with that driver support from AMD for this card on Linux is sub-par.