On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 07:36:36PM +0800, tan...@hushmail.com wrote: > > > On 8/2/2015 at 5:53 PM, "Chris Edwards" <cedwards.deb...@cedwards.geek.nz> > wrote: > > > >Hi Chris (ha, maybe I should have posted directly to the DunLUG > >list!)... > > > >On 02/08/15 18:39, Chris Bannister wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 05:55:11PM +1200, Chris Edwards wrote: > >>> I've recently installed Debian Jessie 64-bit on my (admittedly > >rather old) > >>> dual Opteron workstation, and I'm experiencing pretty bad > >performance in > >>> X11. > >>> [snip] > >> > >> I'm guessing it's a driver issue. > >> > >> What is the output of: > >> > >> apt-cache policy firmware-linux-nonfree > > > >firmware-linux-nonfree: > > Installed: (none) > > Candidate: 0.43 > > Version table: > > 0.43 0 > > 500 http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ jessie/non-free > >amd64 Packages > > > > > >Should I set things up for installing the firmware-linux-nonfree > >package? I do already see this in the kernel messages: > > > >[ 14.145030] radeon 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading > >firmware > >radeon/R420_cp.bin > > > >and /lib/firmware/radeon/R420_cp.bin exists. > > > > > >... > > If /lib/firmware/radeon/R420_cp.bin exists then you've installed > firmware-linux-nonfree, as you can see from > > https://packages.debian.org/jessie/firmware-linux-free > > and > > https://packages.debian.org/jessie/firmware-linux-nonfree
In that case I wonder why the output from apt-cache policy indicates it's not installed. I wonder what's the output of: dpkg -S /lib/firmware/radeon/R420_cp.bin Is that the correct firmware for the chipset on the graphics's card? IOW seeing the output of 'lspci | grep -i vga' would be useful. and also 'lsmod | grep video' just for interest. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20150802133315.GA8746@tal