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Dtl131: Remove dead links to a PPA (Maverick is EOL anyway)

2013-02-07T21:06:12Z

Remove dead links to a PPA (Maverick is EOL anyway)

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	An alternative would be to hold down Ctrl+Alt+SysRq (SysRq is usually the same key as PrintScreen) and type very slowly R E I S U B. A way to remember this is by inverting the word: "BUSIER" or remembering a phrase: "Restart Even If System Utterly Broken". This would also safely shutdown the system.		An alternative would be to hold down Ctrl+Alt+SysRq (SysRq is usually the same key as PrintScreen) and type very slowly R E I S U B. A way to remember this is by inverting the word: "BUSIER" or remembering a phrase: "Restart Even If System Utterly Broken". This would also safely shutdown the system.

	~~= Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL) =~~
	This is confirmed to work for newer RadeonHD GPU's (those with UVD2). If you have a RadeonHD 4000 series or newer, you have UVD2. To see the complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder#UVD_enabled_GPUs
	~~If you have an older RadeonHD with UVD, you can use Catalyst 10-7 to get working acceleration, but users have confirmed acceleration broken since then.~~

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	~~'''(EDIT Feb, 06 2013 : urls are dead. The first PPA doesn't have "catalysthack" anymore in repository, the second one is 404)'''~~
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	For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/
	~~With those installed, you can get acceleration from any video player that uses VA-API. A compatible version of VLC is available in the aforementioned PPA.~~

	=Updating Catalyst/fglrx=		=Updating Catalyst/fglrx=

83.113.88.12: /* Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL) */

2013-02-06T09:38:05Z

Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL)

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	~~<span style="color: #f00;>~~(EDIT Feb, 06 2013 : urls are dead. The first PPA doesn't have "catalysthack" anymore in repository, the second one is 404)~~</span>~~		'''(EDIT Feb, 06 2013 : urls are dead. The first PPA doesn't have "catalysthack" anymore in repository, the second one is 404)'''
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	For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/		For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/

83.113.88.12: /* Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL) */

2013-02-06T09:37:10Z

Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL)

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	If you have an older RadeonHD with UVD, you can use Catalyst 10-7 to get working acceleration, but users have confirmed acceleration broken since then.		If you have an older RadeonHD with UVD, you can use Catalyst 10-7 to get working acceleration, but users have confirmed acceleration broken since then.

	<span style="color: ~~red~~;>(EDIT Feb, 06 2013 : urls are dead. The first PPA doesn't have "catalysthack" anymore in repository, the second one is 404)</span>		<br />
			<span style="color: #f00;>(EDIT Feb, 06 2013 : urls are dead. The first PPA doesn't have "catalysthack" anymore in repository, the second one is 404)</span>
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	For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/		For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/
	With those installed, you can get acceleration from any video player that uses VA-API. A compatible version of VLC is available in the aforementioned PPA.		With those installed, you can get acceleration from any video player that uses VA-API. A compatible version of VLC is available in the aforementioned PPA.

83.113.88.12: /* Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL) */

2013-02-06T09:35:37Z

Hardware Video Decode Acceleration (EXPERIMENTAL)

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	This is confirmed to work for newer RadeonHD GPU's (those with UVD2). If you have a RadeonHD 4000 series or newer, you have UVD2. To see the complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder#UVD_enabled_GPUs		This is confirmed to work for newer RadeonHD GPU's (those with UVD2). If you have a RadeonHD 4000 series or newer, you have UVD2. To see the complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Video_Decoder#UVD_enabled_GPUs
	If you have an older RadeonHD with UVD, you can use Catalyst 10-7 to get working acceleration, but users have confirmed acceleration broken since then.		If you have an older RadeonHD with UVD, you can use Catalyst 10-7 to get working acceleration, but users have confirmed acceleration broken since then.

			<span style="color: red;>(EDIT Feb, 06 2013 : urls are dead. The first PPA doesn't have "catalysthack" anymore in repository, the second one is 404)</span>

	For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/		For acceleration to work, you will need libva from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archive/catalysthacks and the xvba va-api backend from: http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/xvba-video/

Mooninite at 05:38, 11 December 2012

2012-12-11T05:38:22Z

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	$ sh amd-driver-installer-{{Catalystdashversion}}-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/maverick		$ sh amd-driver-installer-{{Catalystdashversion}}-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/maverick

	~~For those who wish to install on 64 bit;Download the 32 bit paakcge as described in the tutorialeverything is the same up to the point of installing the paakcges, so extract etc~~. ~~the same as described~~.~~before you install the paakcges make sure you have the 32 bit libs installed; sudo apt-get install ia32-libsThen use the same command to install the debs but with force-architecture~~' ~~added, so the install command will become;~~ sudo dpkg -i ~~force-architecture ~/Desktop/BEA300_m2_native_packed-2_en-US.9301/DEBS/~~*.debI have had no issues so far using OOo3 on 64bit Hardy. In fact the only thing stopping me from replacing 2.4 with 3 is the lack of gnome integration so I can't open network files in openoffice without mounting the shares.The new notes feature is excellent, finally we are catching up with some much needed professional office features.		===''Install .debs.''===
			$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

	===''Generate a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file''===		===''Generate a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file''===

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2012-12-11T02:20:42Z

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Mooninite at 02:19, 11 December 2012

2012-12-11T02:19:31Z

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2012-12-11T01:27:14Z

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159.93.50.101: /* Install .debs. */

2012-12-10T19:30:50Z

Install .debs.

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	$ sh amd-driver-installer-{{Catalystdashversion}}-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/maverick		$ sh amd-driver-installer-{{Catalystdashversion}}-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/maverick

	~~===''Install~~ .debs.'~~'===~~		For those who wish to install on 64 bit;Download the 32 bit paakcge as described in the tutorialeverything is the same up to the point of installing the paakcges, so extract etc. the same as described.before you install the paakcges make sure you have the 32 bit libs installed; sudo apt-get install ia32-libsThen use the same command to install the debs but with force-architecture' added, so the install command will become; sudo dpkg -i force-architecture ~/Desktop/BEA300_m2_native_packed-2_en-US.9301/DEBS/*.debI have had no issues so far using OOo3 on 64bit Hardy. In fact the only thing stopping me from replacing 2.4 with 3 is the lack of gnome integration so I can't open network files in openoffice without mounting the shares.The new notes feature is excellent, finally we are catching up with some much needed professional office features.
	$ sudo dpkg -i ~~fglrx~~*.~~deb~~

	===''Generate a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file''===		===''Generate a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file''===

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