LinuxQuestions.org
Review your favorite Linux distribution.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 01-13-2020, 10:05 AM   #1
StefanP
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2007
Distribution: Debian 4
Posts: 147

Rep: Reputation: 15
Trying to find and install drivers for ATI RADEON HD 4850 for Linux Debian 8


Trying to find and install drivers for ATI RADEON HD 4850 for Linux 8. The video card is recognized but has limited resolutions with Max 1024x768 without drivers installed. This video card is capable of up to 2560x1600. Can anyone give me clear simple instructions of where to find drivers and how to install them in Linux Debian 8?

Last edited by StefanP; 01-13-2020 at 10:51 AM.
 
Old 01-13-2020, 03:20 PM   #3
Timothy Miller
Moderator
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Arizona, USA
Distribution: Debian, EndeavourOS, OpenSUSE, KDE Neon
Posts: 4,005
Blog Entries: 26

Rep: Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521Reputation: 1521
If you're on Jessie, good luck. You're stuck either trying to get fglrx to work (which has been discontinued for something like 5 years at this point), or hoping and praying that the open source radeon drivers will work with that.

End result, Jessie is utterly EOL in 5 months, the kernel is ancient, and when that OS was around ATI/AMD graphics + linux were absolute junk.

IE - upgrade to buster (or at LEAST stretch) and use amdgpu.

Last edited by Timothy Miller; 01-13-2020 at 03:22 PM.
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Trying to find and install drivers for ATI RADEON HD 4850 for Linux 8 StefanP Linux - Hardware 4 01-13-2020 10:34 AM
How to Install ATI 4850 graphics card drivers on Ubuntu 9.04? Panks103 Linux - Newbie 4 08-27-2009 11:56 AM
ATI Radeon 4850 HD. Drivers not installing correctly. jus71n742 Linux - Hardware 17 02-11-2009 03:26 AM
Can't find ATI video drivers package (Fedora 10 64, HD 4850)/ sound card drivers too mothergoose729 Linux - Hardware 9 01-19-2009 02:08 PM
LXer: ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB LXer Syndicated Linux News 0 06-27-2008 01:40 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:09 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration