On 17/04/2015, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:16:41 +0800 > Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 17/04/2015, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: >> > Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com): >> >> In going to the Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit option, as such packages are >> >> usually .deb packages, and so, tend to work on Debian (which is >> >> how I got Seamonkey installed and working on this system, from an >> >> old version of Seamonkey.deb, that I had obtained), I downloaded >> >> and tried to install the package. >> > >> > I'm not sure I can tell what package you mean here. >> > >> >> fglrx_14.501-0ubuntu1_amd64_UB_14.01.deb > > On > http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Ubuntu%20x86%2064 > > you will find several packages. Among these are > fglrx-core_14.501-0ubuntu1_amd64_UB_14.01.deb > > that you mentioned you lacked earlier. It is a driver without X > support, but it seems the X driver depends on it. You probably also > want fglrx-amdcccle_14.501-0ubuntu1_amd64_UB_14.01.deb, which is the > graphical setup utility. There is also a development package for > OpenGL, which you may or may not want. >
Thank you for that. It is unfortunate that the AMD web page that linked to the download for the package that depended on that package, di not include a link to the package, with some information like "the package needs this package to be installed, which can be downloaded form..." I=- > But. These packages are for *Ubuntu*. Ubuntu is not Debian. Yes, they > both use .deb packages, but that does not mean that the Ubuntu packages > will work well (or at all) on Debian. Personally, I have no idea, as I > haven't tried, but I would take a backup first, as they may hose things > considerably. > I am well aware that Ubuntu is not Debian, although, from what I understand, it may still be derived from, and, based on Debian. As I had said, the Seamonkey package for Ubuntu, installed and runs okay on Debian 7, and is the only source that I found, of a .deb package for Seamonkey, so as to allow Seamonkey to be installed using a Debian package manager, such as (I think it is) gdebi. > Here: > http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux%20x86_64 > > You will find a .zip file of all the drivers and the setup utility for > all Linux x64 systems - that is an alternative way of installing them. > Maybe that is a better approach on Debian, I really don't know for > sure. I am sure Google has some insight on this, I would also check the > Debian wiki. > > First, read this page; > http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Debian > > It contains instructions for how to use these drivers on a Debian > system. There is even a section there on multiple screens. > >> >> I got a dependency problem; >> >> "Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: fglrx-core" >> >> >> >> So, I seached in Synaptic, for fglrx, and found >> >> >> >> fglrx-driver; >> > >> > But that isn't fglrx-core is it? Don't you need something like >> > fglrx-core_14.201-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb >> > >> >> >From whence do I get that? > > See above. > >> >> So, I searched within Synaptic, for xserver-xorg-video-radeon . >> >> >> >> I found that xserver-xorg-video-ati and xserver-xorg-video-radeon, >> >> are already installed. >> > >> > I take it that's on your wheezy system. >> > >> >> If wheezy is Debian 7 ( - this is on one of my Debian 7 installations >> - one has this AMD graphics thing, and the other has the nVidia thing, >> and, after about 16-18 months, I am still trying to get the other >> installation to work) > > By "the other", you mean the AMD one? Or do you have problems with the > nVidia thing too? No, by "the other", I meant the Acer V3-772G, with the nVidia GT720M (I think it is) graphics adaptor. > >> > But we were expecting that weren't we? I thought the problem was >> > that you have this nice new hardware. >> > >> >> It is not "nice" new hardware. This partivular computer was bought to >> try to determine whether Debian 7 could run an external monitor - it >> has a different graphics hardware configuration. So far, it is not >> "nice", as I can't get Debian 7 to run the external monitor, from it. > > Many people run Debian on laptops with external monitors, so it should > be possible to get it to work. The problem in your case seems to be > that the GPU is only supported by AMD's driver. If you can install > that you should have better luck. > > It is also *possible* that your GPU would be supported by a newer > version of the "radeon" (open-source) driver, I do not know. Maybe one > is available in backports. > > Petter > > -- > "I'm ionized" > "Are you sure?" > "I'm positive." > -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8NPQ=mYK1dzuw=kyhm4qfyajfz-qpqhteocylkc8yy...@mail.gmail.com