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Revision as of 00:36, October 15, 2014
AMD Catalyst Video Drivers
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Introduction
x11-drivers/ati-drivers (often referred to as "fglrx", the name of its kernel module) is the proprietary, accelerated driver for AMD (ATI) graphics cards.
Preparing to Install
Configuring the kernel
[*] Enable loadable module support
Processor type and features --->
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
Bus options (PCI etc.) --->
[*] PCI Express Port Bus Support
[*] Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X)
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
< > Direct Rendering Manager (xFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) --->
If you need support for AGP cards, enable the following kernel options:
Device Drivers --->
Graphics support --->
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) --->
Select an appropriate AGP driver:
<*> AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support
Editing make.conf
Add the following to your /etc/make.conf:
root # nano /etc/make.conf VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
Editing package.use
Then, add the following to /etc/portage/package.use:
root # nano /etc/portage/package.use x11-drivers/ati-drivers qt4
Feel free to add or remove use flags as you see fit. For example, if you do not want amdcccle support, remove the qt4 use flag.
Installing
Emerging the package
To emerge the drivers, run the following command:
root # emerge -av --changed-use --deep @world
Configuring
Next, set ati-drivers to manage the system's OpenGL implementation:
root # eselect opengl set ati
Afterwards, run aticonfig to modify the X-server configuration file to work with the ati-drivers:
root # aticonfig --initial
If you would like to have a full-resolution framebuffer with ati-drivers, check out uvesafb
Troubleshooting
I am using a HDMI connection, and my monitor's display has a black border around it.
Disable overscan using the following command, as root:
root # aticonfig --set-pcs-val=MCIL,DigitalHDTVDefaultUnderscan,0
You may need to restart your X session.
GNOME 3 windows only refresh when I drag them.
This is a known issue, reported in Funtoo Bug 1130. This issue has been fixed by addressing a bug in cogl -- upgrade to cogl-1.12.2-r2 to fix it.
Compton with backend glx does not work well with ati-drivers
Try running compton with the following switches:
root # compton --backend glx --vsync none --paint-on-overlay