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nox0

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Registered: 2014-08-06

Posts: 1

AMD drivers

Hello, I have managed to "install" Arch on my laptop, however installation of proprietary amd drivers (14.4) fails and arch does not boots after that at all. What I managed to read out from install log is that my xorg is too new ...?!?. Second time I have attempted to use the V0ili0 repository. (I am using Octopi). I can select catalyst, mark it for install but it will not download anything... and after reboot system died again.
It used to work I had Arch on my laptop with working proprietary drivers. I just bought SSD and I am trying to install it again.
Also for some reason I do not have sound, ALSA is there and I can control the volume bar but it does nothing...

I am on new install or Arch, so I cannot post any log now
Thank you.

Its Acer V5-552 with AMD APU 10-5757, 6gb RAM, Samsung 840 SSD...

UPDATE

Just found out that the Catalyst 14.6 need xorg to be <1.15 (I have 1.16), Kernel <3.13 (I have 3.15). I guess that is what is killing my system . Can I donwgrade? Or is there a way to trick it?

Last edited by nox0 (2014-08-06 10:03:26)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,321

Re: AMD drivers

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/catalyst/

Dependencies (7)

    catalyst-utils
    gcc>4.0.0 (make)
    gcc-libs (make)
    linux>=3.0
    linux<3.16
    linux-headers (make)
    make (make)

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/catalyst-test/

    acpid (optional) – acpi event support / atieventsd
    fontconfig
    gcc>4.0.0
    gcc-libs
    libsm
    libxcursor
    libxi
    libxinerama
    libxrandr
    libxxf86vm (optional) – to run ATi Catalyst Control Center (amdcccle)
    linux>=3.0
    linux<3.17
    linux-headers
    linux-lts-headers (optional) – to build the fglrx module for the linux-lts kernel
    make
    mesa>=10.1.0-4
    opencl-headers (optional) – headers necessary for OpenCL development
    patch
    qt4 (optional) – to run ATi Catalyst Control Center (amdcccle)
    xorg-server>=1.7.0
    xorg-server<1.16.0

You can downgrade X, but unless you need catalyst for playing games, I'd stick with the open source drivers in [extra].

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: AMD drivers

Read pacman's manual and the wiki.
Yes, you can and should downgrade. If you're having problems, post your pacman.conf and the exact commands you were running.

As for alsa, unmute the channels first https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Al … e_channels
If it doesn't fix it, post the output of 'amixer'.

clfarron4

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Registered: 2013-06-28

Posts: 2,163

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Re: AMD drivers

Just found out that the Catalyst 14.6 need xorg to be <1.15 (I have 1.16), Kernel <3.13 (I have 3.15). I guess that is what is killing my system . Can I donwgrade? Or is there a way to trick it?

Yes, put the [xorg115] repository above [extra]. Ignore the bit about the kernel < 3.13, Vi0L0 has it sorted all the way up to kernel 3.15 if you use his package.

I'll ignore the bit about using Octopi for now.

Last edited by clfarron4 (2014-08-06 11:39:59)

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jimdaddy

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Registered: 2014-08-05

Posts: 4

Re: AMD drivers

I reverted back to the Linux driver. I was in the same boat. I could get it to work if i started X manually but not from boot. Where is the fun in that?