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

1redto · 01-24-2016, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

Is firmware-linux-nonfree installed?

I believe so. I did this to ensure it. does this confirm it?

Code:

pawn57@deb:~$ su root
Password: 
root@deb:/home/pawn57# apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
firmware-linux-nonfree is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@deb:/home/pawn57#

in ubuntu/mate with both screens working I get this...

Code:

pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i "dri" | grep -v -i "driver"
[    29.978] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    29.978] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[    30.064] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    30.064] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    30.064] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    30.064] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    30.064] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    30.064] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    30.395] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[    30.540] (II) RADEON(G0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    30.541] (==) RADEON(G0): DRI3 disabled
[    30.630] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    30.630] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled
[    30.638] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Oland XT [Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250/350]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 drivers: ati,radeon,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Desktop GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2
pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1600mm x 900mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  60.00    59.94    30.00    24.00    29.97    23.98  
   1920x1080i    60.00    59.94  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1360x768      60.02  
   1152x864      59.97  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   640x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
VGA2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1-0 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 1600mm x 900mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  60.00    59.94    30.00    24.00    29.97    23.98  
   1920x1080i    60.00    59.94  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1360x768      60.02  
   1152x864      59.97  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   640x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
DVI-1-0 disconnected
VGA-1-0 disconnected
  1920x1080 (0x45) 148.500MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  67.50KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125           clock  60.00Hz
  1920x1080 (0x46) 148.500MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  67.50KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1096 end 1116 total 1125           clock  60.00Hz
  1920x1080 (0x47) 148.352MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  67.43KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125           clock  59.94Hz
  1920x1080i (0x48) 74.250MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  33.75KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1094 total 1125           clock  60.00Hz
  1920x1080 (0x49) 74.250MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  33.75KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125           clock  30.00Hz
  1920x1080 (0x4a) 74.250MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2558 end 2602 total 2750 skew    0 clock  27.00KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125           clock  24.00Hz
  1920x1080i (0x4b) 74.176MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  33.72KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1094 total 1125           clock  59.94Hz
  1920x1080 (0x4c) 74.176MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2008 end 2052 total 2200 skew    0 clock  33.72KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125           clock  29.97Hz
  1920x1080 (0x4d) 74.176MHz
        h: width  1920 start 2558 end 2602 total 2750 skew    0 clock  26.97KHz
        v: height 1080 start 1084 end 1089 total 1125           clock  23.98Hz
  1280x1024 (0x4e) 108.000MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew    0 clock  63.98KHz
        v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066           clock  60.02Hz
  1360x768 (0x4f) 85.500MHz
        h: width  1360 start 1424 end 1536 total 1792 skew    0 clock  47.71KHz
        v: height  768 start  771 end  777 total  795           clock  60.02Hz
  1152x864 (0x50) 81.579MHz
        h: width  1152 start 1216 end 1336 total 1520 skew    0 clock  53.67KHz
        v: height  864 start  865 end  868 total  895           clock  59.97Hz
  1280x720 (0x51) 74.250MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew    0 clock  45.00KHz
        v: height  720 start  725 end  730 total  750           clock  60.00Hz
  1280x720 (0x52) 74.176MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1390 end 1430 total 1650 skew    0 clock  44.96KHz
        v: height  720 start  725 end  730 total  750           clock  59.94Hz
  1024x768 (0x53) 65.000MHz
        h: width  1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew    0 clock  48.36KHz
        v: height  768 start  771 end  777 total  806           clock  60.00Hz
  800x600 (0x54) 40.000MHz
        h: width   800 start  840 end  968 total 1056 skew    0 clock  37.88KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  605 total  628           clock  60.32Hz
  720x480 (0x55) 27.027MHz
        h: width   720 start  736 end  798 total  858 skew    0 clock  31.50KHz
        v: height  480 start  489 end  495 total  525           clock  60.00Hz
  720x480 (0x56) 27.000MHz
        h: width   720 start  736 end  798 total  858 skew    0 clock  31.47KHz
        v: height  480 start  489 end  495 total  525           clock  59.94Hz
  640x480 (0x57) 25.200MHz
        h: width   640 start  656 end  752 total  800 skew    0 clock  31.50KHz
        v: height  480 start  490 end  492 total  525           clock  60.00Hz
  640x480 (0x58) 25.175MHz
        h: width   640 start  656 end  752 total  800 skew    0 clock  31.47KHz
        v: height  480 start  490 end  492 total  525           clock  59.94Hz
  720x400 (0x59) 28.320MHz
        h: width   720 start  738 end  846 total  900 skew    0 clock  31.47KHz
        v: height  400 start  412 end  414 total  449           clock  70.08Hz
pawn57@pawn57-Inspiron-660:~$

in debian with ONLY ONE screen working I get this...

Code:

pawn57@deb:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i "dri" | grep -v -i "driver"
[    11.767] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[    11.767] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    12.309] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    12.309] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    12.309] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    12.309] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    12.309] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    12.309] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    13.230] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[    13.442] (II) RADEON(G0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    13.536] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    13.537] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
[    13.662] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
pawn57@deb:~$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Oland XT [Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: ati,radeon,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Desktop GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
pawn57@deb:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1600mm x 900mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  60.00    59.94    30.00    24.00    29.97    23.98  
   1920x1080i    60.00    59.94  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1360x768      60.02  
   1152x864      59.97  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   640x480       60.00    59.94    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
pawn57@deb:~$

oldtechaa · 01-24-2016, 07:00 AM

X.org is a little newer on Ubuntu. How would you feel about doing a separate install of Stretch/Testing?

1redto · 01-24-2016, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

X.org is a little newer on Ubuntu. How would you feel about doing a separate install of Stretch/Testing?

OK. I will try that and see how it works. Thanks for the suggestion.

oldtechaa · 01-24-2016, 07:53 PM

So your problem appears to be here:

Quote:

[ 103.041] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 103.050] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 103.137] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 103.137] compiled for 1.17.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 103.137] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0
[ 103.137] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 103.137] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 103.137] (==) Matched fglrx as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 103.137] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 103.137] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 103.137] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 103.137] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 5
[ 103.137] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 6
[ 103.137] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout

Quote:

[ 11.757] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 11.781] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 11.860] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 11.860] compiled for 1.16.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 11.860] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 8.0
[ 11.860] (==) AIGLX enabled
[ 11.860] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 11.860] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 11.860] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 11.860] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 11.860] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 11.860] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout

As you can see, the Debian glx driver does not show any autoconfigured drivers for the Radeon, thus it doesn't load them. First, since Testing has newer X.org and drivers, if you try the Testing install, we can see how that does. After that, if it still doesn't work, if you could post the output of:

Code:

lsmod

in both (or all, including Testing) systems, that would be helpful. If it still doesn't work, you may be able to force the module to load, but that's a last resort.

1redto · 01-24-2016, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

So your problem appears to be here:.

ok I made usb stick for debian stretch and installed it.
As always I get this error...

Code:

[drm:intel_set_pch_fifo_underrun_reporting [i915]] *ERROR* uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A 

[drm:cpt_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun

Then I did ...

Add "contrib" and "non-free" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
# Debian 8 "Jessie" deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
Update the list of available packages:
# apt-get update
Install the firmware-linux-nonfree, libgl1-mesa-dri and xserver-xorg-video-ati packages:
# apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-video-ati
Restart your system to load GPU device firmware.

Still don't work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

After that, if it still doesn't work, if you could post the output of:

Code:
lsmod

ok. here it is...

Code:

root@debian:/home/pawn57# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
isofs                  40960  0
uas                    24576  0
usb_storage            69632  1 uas
cpufreq_stats          16384  0
cpufreq_powersave      16384  0
cpufreq_userspace      16384  0
cpufreq_conservative    16384  0
nls_utf8               16384  1
nls_cp437              20480  1
vfat                   20480  1
fat                    69632  1 vfat
ax88179_178a           24576  0
usbnet                 40960  1 ax88179_178a
mii                    16384  2 usbnet,ax88179_178a
intel_rapl             20480  0
iosf_mbi               16384  1 intel_rapl
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    16384  0
intel_powerclamp       16384  0
coretemp               16384  0
kvm_intel             163840  0
kvm                   507904  1 kvm_intel
arc4                   16384  2
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
ath9k                  94208  0
ath9k_common           32768  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              446464  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath                    32768  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211              626688  1 ath9k
amdkfd                122880  1
sha256_ssse3           28672  1
sha256_generic         24576  1 sha256_ssse3
radeon               1490944  1
hmac                   16384  1
snd_hda_codec_conexant    24576  1
cfg80211              540672  4 ath,ath9k_common,ath9k,mac80211
drbg                   24576  1
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_codec_generic    73728  1 snd_hda_codec_conexant
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     49152  2
ansi_cprng             16384  0
snd_hda_intel          36864  5
evdev                  20480  9
dcdbas                 16384  0
dell_smm_hwmon         16384  0
rfkill                 24576  3 cfg80211
snd_hda_codec         135168  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
aesni_intel           167936  0
usblp                  20480  0
ttm                    94208  1 radeon
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    16384  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               16384  1 lrw
snd_hda_core           65536  5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 20480  2 aesni_intel,ablk_helper
snd_pcm               102400  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
psmouse               126976  0
efi_pstore             16384  1
serio_raw              16384  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
snd_timer              32768  1 snd_pcm
i915                 1122304  3
drm_kms_helper        131072  2 i915,radeon
drm                   348160  8 ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper,radeon
efivars                20480  1 efi_pstore
ie31200_edac           16384  0
shpchp                 36864  0
sg                     32768  0
snd                    81920  18 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
button                 16384  1 i915
battery                16384  0
mei_me                 28672  0
lpc_ich                24576  0
mei                    94208  1 mei_me
video                  36864  1 i915
tpm_tis                20480  0
tpm                    40960  1 tpm_tis
soundcore              16384  1 snd
edac_core              57344  1 ie31200_edac
i2c_algo_bit           16384  2 i915,radeon
i2c_i801               20480  0
mfd_core               16384  1 lpc_ich
processor              36864  0
parport_pc             28672  0
ppdev                  20480  0
lp                     20480  0
parport                49152  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
efivarfs               16384  1
autofs4                40960  2
ext4                  577536  1
crc16                  16384  1 ext4
mbcache                20480  1 ext4
jbd2                  106496  1 ext4
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 49152  0
hid                   118784  2 hid_generic,usbhid
sr_mod                 24576  0
sd_mod                 40960  4
cdrom                  57344  1 sr_mod
crc32c_intel           24576  0
ahci                   36864  3
libahci                32768  1 ahci
libata                233472  2 ahci,libahci
xhci_pci               16384  0
ehci_pci               16384  0
xhci_hcd              172032  1 xhci_pci
ehci_hcd               77824  1 ehci_pci
scsi_mod              229376  6 sg,uas,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
usbcore               233472  10 uas,usblp,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,usbnet,ax88179_178a,xhci_hcd,xhci_pci
usb_common             16384  1 usbcore
fan                    16384  0
thermal                20480  0
root@debian:/home/pawn57#

and here is output of

Code:

dmesg | grep -E 'drm|radeon' | grep -iE 'firmware|microcode'

Code:

root@debian:/home/pawn57# dmesg | grep -E 'drm|radeon' | grep -iE 'firmware|microcode'
[    8.176796] [drm] Loading oland Microcode
[    8.178727] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/oland_pfp.bin (-2)
[    8.178768] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/oland_pfp.bin failed with error -2
[    8.201453] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/OLAND_pfp.bin
[    8.201480] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/oland_me.bin (-2)
[    8.201523] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/oland_me.bin failed with error -2
[    8.229116] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/OLAND_me.bin
[    8.229365] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/oland_ce.bin (-2)
[    8.229406] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/oland_ce.bin failed with error -2
[    8.270349] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/OLAND_ce.bin
[    8.270383] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/oland_rlc.bin (-2)
[    8.270424] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/oland_rlc.bin failed with error -2
[    8.295465] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/OLAND_rlc.bin
[    8.295493] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/oland_mc.bin (-2)
[    8.295541] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/oland_mc.bin failed with error -2
[    8.347913] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/OLAND_mc2.bin
[    8.347943] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/oland_smc.bin (-2)
[    8.347987] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/oland_smc.bin failed with error -2
[    8.349111] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/OLAND_smc.bin
[    8.421838] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware radeon/TAHITI_uvd.bin
[    8.421899] radeon 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load radeon/TAHITI_vce.bin (-2)
[    8.421946] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for radeon/TAHITI_vce.bin failed with error -2
[    8.421949] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon_vce: Can't load firmware "radeon/TAHITI_vce.bin"
root@debian:/home/pawn57#

I see alot of errors above that weren't in the previous (jessie) debian

oldtechaa · 01-25-2016, 07:18 AM

For one thing, you have to remember that this is Stretch, so you'll want to use Stretch repositories, not jessie ones. I'm not sure if that could be the problem, but replace "jessie" with "stretch", then update.

oldtechaa · 01-25-2016, 07:34 AM

After that, please post your Xorg.0.log from Stretch if you've got everything configured correctly. (That is, not including your second monitor.)

1redto · 01-26-2016, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

For one thing, you have to remember that this is Stretch, so you'll want to use Stretch repositories, not jessie ones. I'm not sure if that could be the problem, but replace "jessie" with "stretch", then update.

Thank you for trying to help me. I initially jumped on the idea to try to use stretch because I seem to be running into so many dead ends. After installing it and having even more and new issues, I realized that it is not worth it, especially when my goal is to get this issue resolved using debian (jessie). I have decided to go back to clean debian/jessie and proceed form there.

oldtechaa · 01-26-2016, 07:29 AM

That's true, but if you test in Stretch, then you will have better insight into how actually to get it working in Jessie.

1redto · 01-27-2016, 01:14 AM

Amazing! I reinstalled debian and firmware-linux-nonfree package. https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
Then I was reading at http://superuser.com/questions/94592...and-3-monitors
Then I entered this command (from that page)...

Code:

xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0

Then in "Monitor Preferences" I was able to select my other screen! (and click the "On" button)
I know have BOTH monitors working in debian!!! but will probly have to run that command each time I boot until I set it auto some how as the page I copied it from says ..

Quote:

Since it's only temporary, refer to your distribution, display manager or desktop environment documentation to run it automatically each time you start the graphical interface..

ALSO although the second screen is working it seems a little buggy so far. like some times the pointer leaves a trail or moving a window the screen doesnt repaint properly or immediately, but clicking the desktop or window usually fixes it to look proper again. I hope to get that fixed now and get it set to auto come on too.
Thanks to everyone who has been trying to help me!

This is my install below...

Code:

root@debian:/home/pawn57# lsb_release -irc
Distributor ID:	Debian
Release:	8.3
Codename:	jessie
root@debian:/home/pawn57#

I was going to attach two screen shots one with it good and the other showing the way it looks when it is having the errors I described above but I realized when I do screen capture, the resulting pic shows correctly. the error doesn't show in the screen shot, so I may take a real picture with a camera and post that later. Anyway I am attaching a screen shot of it at least working the way it is so far!

oldtechaa · 01-27-2016, 06:59 AM

Probably the easiest way is to make an autostart in MATE that runs that same command. It would be nice to know a) what xrandr is doing here, and b) why Debian doesn't do it automatically.

1redto · 01-27-2016, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldtechaa

Probably the easiest way is to make an autostart in MATE that runs that same command. It would be nice to know a) what xrandr is doing here, and b) why Debian doesn't do it automatically.

Thanks the autostart method worked but still have to go in "Monitor Preferences" and turn it on each time. No big deal, and think will find a way to resolve that soon.

My main concern now is getting the display to behave normal or properly. It has errors. It is not working like it should as I explained a few posts ago. (I remember there was a few distros that it came on automatically in, but had some problems simmiler to this but slightly different. I think MINT was one.) It is capable of working properly, as it does in windows and ubuntu/mate as proof.

I have attatched an actual photograph below to show the abnormal behavior, as it doesn't show up in screen shots.
This is the display on the right connected to the (Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250) that is having problems as seen in the attatched photograph.

1redto · 01-27-2016, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by oldtechaa

That's true, but if you test in Stretch, then you will have better insight into how actually to get it working in Jessie.

Thanks. I am a little confused about how to use stretch and testing. Is it stretch/ normal vs stretch/ testing? I know it says that stretch is a testing version of debian. so it confuses me alot. and also if I did it what my sources.list should look like.

rokytnji · 01-27-2016, 02:07 PM

Recent warning about Debian Unstable that applies to what you are testing.

http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=6032.0

I know you are not messing with Sid. Just posting recent info in case someone suggests it.

oldtechaa · 01-27-2016, 04:43 PM

Stretch is Testing. Stretch is the next release of Debian after Jessie. In a few months, Stretch will become Stable, and Jessie will be bumped to Oldstable. But it's currently being tested, thus the name. Packages are being updated because bugs and security problems are being found. So your sources.list would have every instance of "jessie" replaced with "stretch" or "testing" which are one and the same.