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MadDawg

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Registered: 2011-07-04

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[SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

I've recently installed Arch and I've been having constant issues with this card.

When I installed the catalyst driver (via catalyst-hook), there would be tearing while I try to drag windows, yet the card would somehow be strained. I've tried every setting in the GUI to fix this, but nothing has worked.

I've uninstalled the catalyst driver and tried the xf86-video-ati driver, and it performs much better (as far as basic GUI functions go), but now I'm having this issue where the desktop and the console sizes both exceed the display size, i.e. the sides are cut off.

I've also noticed that no xorg.conf was ever auto-generated (except for the one created by the catalyst driver, which I've renamed but haven't looked at).

Pertinent specs:

GPU: XFX Radeon HD 5770
Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E
Display: Emerson LC195EMX 19" HDTV hooked up via HDMI

Desktop Environment: KDE

By the way, I plan on gaming and compositing.

Any suggestions?

Last edited by MadDawg (2011-07-07 23:43:23)

jorel1981

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Registered: 2011-06-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

Hi MadDawg, have u tried this guide for installation?: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst

Pay special attention to this section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AT … positories

I have the same video as u and after struggled a lot i've followed that guide.. installed driver from the catalyst repo and everything works like charm.

Good luck!

Last edited by jorel1981 (2011-07-06 04:59:24)

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MadDawg

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Registered: 2011-07-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

Thanks for the reply.

I did follow that guide, but when I ran through it the first time, I had to use catalyst-hook instead of catalyst, because of this error (that I should have posted in my first post... my bad):

# pacman -S catalyst
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "kernel26>=2.6.39", a dependency of "catalyst"

omitted...

I ran through the guide again, and I got the same result.

I should mention that I've literally just figured out (about 30 mins before typing this) what the "cannot resolve" warnings mean; so, maybe a downgrade of the driver would help?

Last edited by MadDawg (2011-07-06 07:25:48)

jorel1981

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

Which kernel do you have?

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MadDawg

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

I'm running 2.6.34-ARCH.

jorel1981

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Registered: 2011-06-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

You are running on an old kernel, why don't u update your system? we are on 2.6.39-ARCH.. is the first thing u have to do.

You can update your entire system running:

sudo pacman -Syu

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MadDawg

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Registered: 2011-07-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

#pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
catalyst is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do

#uname -a
Linux ArchBox 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 22:12:11 CEST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

I've installed this OS no more than 4 days ago (at time of this post), following the manual almost exactly. Am I missing something? Maybe a repo?

EDIT: Alright, I see that we are indeed on kernel 2.6.39. I wonder why my OS won't pick up the new kernel...

Last edited by MadDawg (2011-07-07 10:06:19)

measure

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Registered: 2009-07-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

The issue is the server you've chosen is horribly out of sync.  Use http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ to choose an up-to-date mirror which is close to you in origin.  It is a good idea to try a few out to see which gives you the best speeds.  I get 1-2MB/s with http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/.  Once you've decided on a server, appropriately edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

The mirror you're using now might even be old enough to actually think catalyst is in the extra repository

Thanks,
Ryan

MadDawg

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Registered: 2011-07-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Radeon HD 5770 issues

Alright, I've fixed the mirrorlist, fully upgraded the system and reinstalled catalyst, and I am pleased to announce that ALL issues have been resolved! My desktop environment is running smooth, and my card is cool and quiet. I look forward to using this OS a lot more.

Thanks for the assistance jorel1981 and measure.

(Post edited to fix grammar error)

Last edited by MadDawg (2011-07-08 02:45:34)