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insciwetrust

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Registered: 2019-10-19

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[SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

I am trying to download AMD's proprietary drivers for my Radeon R7 265 graphics card, but I encounter the following error:

'/home/insciencewetrust/Downloads/fglrx-15.302/amd-driver-installer-15.302-x86.x86_64.run' 
Created directory fglrx-install.boSgPY
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing AMD Proprietary Driver-15.302...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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 AMD  Proprietary Driver Installer/Packager 
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error: Detected X Server version 'XServer _64a' is not supported. Supported versions are X.Org 6.9 or later, up to XServer 1.10 (default:v2:x86_64:lib32:XServer _64a:none:5.4.1-arch1-1:)
Installation will not proceed.

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.boSgPY

Last edited by insciwetrust (2019-12-06 15:37:48)

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

The error is pretty clear, it only works with xorg server 1.10 and below, which became obsolete in 2011.

Might want to read the AMD wiki page.

insciwetrust

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

The error is pretty clear, it only works with xorg server 1.10 and below, which became obsolete in 2011.

Might want to read the AMD wiki page.

Is there anything I can do about this then?

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

What problem are you trying to resolve by using the fglrx driver?  What can the open source driver not accomplish?

insciwetrust

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

What problem are you trying to resolve by using the fglrx driver?  What can the open source driver not accomplish?

Random freezes that make the whole system crash while playing EU4 or HOI4.

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

Try switching from radeon to amdgpu instead: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AM … K)_support

insciwetrust

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

Try switching from radeon to amdgpu instead: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AM … K)_support

I am not sure how to proceed with "Set required module parameters" and "Set module parameters in kernel command line" steps. Should I edit the grub config file? If so, where exactly should I place these commands?

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … eters#GRUB you could also do the modprobe.d adjustment instead, mostly a matter of preference

Last edited by V1del (2019-12-06 13:54:20)

insciwetrust

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … eters#GRUB you could also do the modprobe.d adjustment instead, mostly a matter of preference

Would it make a difference if I did both? And how do I know whether my graphics card is SI or CIK?

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

It wouldn't but it's just unnecessary, FWIW kernel parameter is "more guaranteed" if you've added the module to your mkinitcpio.conf as well. As for knowing which either google, or read dmesg as outlined in the amdgpu article, or just set all of them.

insciwetrust

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

It wouldn't but it's just unnecessary, FWIW kernel parameter is "more guaranteed" if you've added the module to your mkinitcpio.conf as well. As for knowing which either google, or read dmesg as outlined in the amdgpu article, or just set all of them.

Gentoo wiki tells that it is SI. Would enabling the support of both hurt though?

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

No... You are too afraid of breaking things, nothing of this is irreversible nor permanently so, just do it

insciwetrust

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Re: [SOLVED] Error during proprietary driver installation attempt

No... You are too afraid of breaking things, nothing of this is irreversible nor permanently so, just do it

Yeah, I'm a bit cautious, sorry. I did as you said and it seems like I can play EU4 without freezes now, so I guess it worked. Thank you a lot for your patience with me and help, I marked the topic as solved.

Last edited by insciwetrust (2019-12-06 15:39:07)

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