[Solved] Apu drivers for ubuntu
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I'm new to Linux, and I have recently installed it onto my newly built htpc. Everything works fine except for, a video driver problem. I have an amd apu
A4-3300 Llano. I installed a driver using the additional drivers, in the system options..
It installed a driver called ATI/Amd proprietary FGLRX graphics driver
the driver has many graphical errors upon start up, until I change the resolution of the scree (to anything, even back to the original resolution), after which the driver works perfectly
so I'm wondering how (if ) i can go about getting the original drivers. (will the drivers disk work... i currently don't have a cd drive installed).
to try to fix:
Code :
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if not, get latest from AMD website...
or instead of ubuntu, checkout OpenELEC. Runs on my amd fusion e350 with hardware acceleration out of the box (suggest latest dev/daily build). 0 configuration needed.
http://www.openelec.tv/
for a htpc you will want FGLRX driver, only way to get accelerated video playback. what distrobution are you running? should not be getting those errors...
Message edited by skittle on 01-21-2012 at 09:51:02 PM
The easy way is to reinstall. The default drivers aren't bad!
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I am using Ubuntu. I plan on configuring it to directly boot into xbmc, once i get everything working properly.
I've had better luck with the default drivers as well, personally. Especially when it comes to AMD/ATI.
Also, in the bottom right corner, it says amd unsupported hardware. So is there no way to get the right drivers?
And as for the default driver, the reason I downloaded this driver, is because the original driver wouldn't let me change the resolution in the options.
- Was I doing something wrong?
maybe ubuntu is using older driver that does not support apu...
to try to fix:
Code :
|
if not, get latest from AMD website...
or instead of ubuntu, checkout OpenELEC. Runs on my amd fusion e350 with hardware acceleration out of the box (suggest latest dev/daily build). 0 configuration needed.
http://www.openelec.tv/
Message edited by skittle on 01-22-2012 at 09:37:37 PM
| amdfangirl wrote : The easy way is to reinstall. The default drivers aren't bad! |
of course default radeon driver is not "bad", but it does not support hardware acceleration... which is the entire reason to get APU for htpc.
Message edited by skittle on 01-22-2012 at 09:22:31 PM
Thanks, I found the drivers on the amd website (couldn't find a4-3300, so i got the 3400 drivers, but they work fine nonetheless)!
Also, I think the frame rate (when I'm watching 720 mkv vids) seams a bit off, So does anyone know hoe to check this. Or else is there a better codec that someone would recommend?
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