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2007-11, see http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
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As of November 2005, ATI's drivers are in the non-free area of Debian. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains "contrib non-free" as well as main. You will, however, have to build your own kernel modules.
As of November 2005, ATI's drivers are in the non-free area of Debian. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains "contrib non-free" as well as main. You will, however, have to build your own kernel modules.


== Which install method? ==
''Warning: do not mix the non-free packages with the packages created by the installer as they will conflict in non-obvious waysBefore switching from one method to another, completely remove all fglrx-related packages.  Never do upgrade from one method to another directly!''
There are two methods that can be used to install the fglrx driver in Debian.  The first, and recommended way is to use the native Debian packages directly from the non-free repositoryThe second, which may be required for newly release drivers, is to generate the Debian packages directly from the ATI installerBoth methods are documented here.  After the packages are installed, the remaining steps are common, regardless of the install method chosen.


=== Method 1: Installing from Debian non-free ===
The buildpackage will fail on Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). They're quite broken.


==== Install the driver ====
In addition, the generic installer will fail if your / partition has less space available than it wants, even if all of the files would be placed on a different partition (such as /usr).
== Update the xorg.conf file (Configuration) ==
<pre>
<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo aticonfig --initial
sudo apt-get install module-assistant fglrx-driver fglrx-kernel-src
</pre>
</pre>
Now restart X, or reboot for the driver changes to take effect.


=== Method 2: Generating/Installing Debian packages from the ATI installer ===
== Confirm that it worked ==
==== Download the ATI driver installer ====
<pre>
Download the driver packages directly from [http://www.ati.com ATI]. You need to download the ATI installer, not the RPM packages for this method to work.
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)
</pre>


==== Build the Debian packages ====
If it didn't work, you may need to run:
Change to the download directory.
<pre>
<pre>
sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debconf
# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.19.10-i386.run --buildpkg Debian/sarge (or sid, etch, etc.)
# ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
</pre>
</pre>
This should create 5 .deb packages in the current directory.  If this step succeeded without any errors but there are no packages, check the /tmp directory.


==== Install the driver ====
Thanks to Maciej Matysiak for the clear debug [http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00217.html here] and solution [http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00311.html here].
You might get some errors regarding dependencies during the dpkg process.  You can ignore them since they should be resolved when you run the ''upgrade'' step.
 
If it's still not working, try:
<pre>
<pre>
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.24.8-1_i386.deb
# rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.24.8-1_i386.deb
# rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*
sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.24.8-1_i386.deb
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib
sudo apt-get -f upgrade
# cp /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/lib/libGL.so.1.2 .
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
# ldconfig
</pre>
</pre>
and confirm that 'ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo' is pointing to the right one.


== Compile the kernel driver ==
 
People seem to be experiencing a broken libGL.so.1 after installing 8.41 on Debian/etch.  If `amdcccle` complains that libGL.so.1 does't exist, DONT DELETE /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 LIKE IT SAYS ABOVE.  Make symbolic link to libGL.so.1.2 (which is included in fglrx package - 14 megs in size):
<pre>
<pre>
sudo module-assistant prepare
# cd /usr/lib
sudo module-assistant update
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
sudo module-assistant a-i fglrx
</pre>
</pre>


== Update the xorg.conf file ==
 
[[Category:Installation Documentation]]
 
This work fine for ATI mobility radeon 1400
 
(make backup the olds xorg.* files in your folder)
 
<pre>
<pre>
sudo aticonfig --initial
$ cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/username/xorg.conf.old
$ cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log /home/username/Xorg.0.log.old
</pre>
 
(add contrib non-free in repositories)
 
<pre>
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debconf bzip2
</pre>
 
(from www.amd.com download the current version of driver for your ATI)
 
<pre>
$ sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Debian/lenny
</pre>                       
 
<pre>
$ apt-get install fglrx-amdcccle_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-driver-_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-driver-dev_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-kernel-src_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get -f upgrade
$ apt-get update
</pre>
 
 
 
<pre>
$ module-assistant prepare
$ module-assistant update
$ module-assistant a-i fglrx
</pre>
 
<pre>
$ aticonfig --initial
</pre>
</pre>


Now restart X, or reboot for the driver changes to take effect.
(reboot computer)


== Confirm that it worked ==
<pre>
<pre>
$ fglrxinfo
$ fglrxinfo
</pre>
<pre>
display: :0.0  screen: 0
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
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OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)
</pre>
</pre>
[[Category:Installation Documentation]]

Latest revision as of 22:25, 28 February 2013

2007-11, see http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo


As of November 2005, ATI's drivers are in the non-free area of Debian. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains "contrib non-free" as well as main. You will, however, have to build your own kernel modules.

Warning: do not mix the non-free packages with the packages created by the installer as they will conflict in non-obvious ways. Before switching from one method to another, completely remove all fglrx-related packages. Never do upgrade from one method to another directly!

The buildpackage will fail on Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). They're quite broken.

In addition, the generic installer will fail if your / partition has less space available than it wants, even if all of the files would be placed on a different partition (such as /usr).

Update the xorg.conf file (Configuration)

sudo aticonfig --initial

Now restart X, or reboot for the driver changes to take effect.

Confirm that it worked

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)

If it didn't work, you may need to run:

# mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri
# ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri

Thanks to Maciej Matysiak for the clear debug here and solution here.

If it's still not working, try:

# rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*
# rm /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so*
# cd /usr/X11R6/lib
# cp /usr/lib/fglrx/diversions/lib/libGL.so.1.2 .
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
# ldconfig

and confirm that 'ldd /usr/bin/fglrxinfo' is pointing to the right one.


People seem to be experiencing a broken libGL.so.1 after installing 8.41 on Debian/etch. If `amdcccle` complains that libGL.so.1 does't exist, DONT DELETE /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 LIKE IT SAYS ABOVE. Make symbolic link to libGL.so.1.2 (which is included in fglrx package - 14 megs in size):

# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1

This work fine for ATI mobility radeon 1400

(make backup the olds xorg.* files in your folder)

$ cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/username/xorg.conf.old
$ cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log /home/username/Xorg.0.log.old

(add contrib non-free in repositories)

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debconf bzip2

(from www.amd.com download the current version of driver for your ATI)

$ sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Debian/lenny
$ apt-get install fglrx-amdcccle_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-driver-_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-driver-dev_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get install fglrx-kernel-src_8.40.4-1_i386.deb
$ apt-get -f upgrade
$ apt-get update


$ module-assistant prepare
$ module-assistant update
$ module-assistant a-i fglrx
$ aticonfig --initial

(reboot computer)

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.19.10)