#1 2017-08-06 22:07:09

woof

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[SOLVED]Installed amd gfx driver now blinking screen at boot

Hi, I installed the amd fglrx proprietry driver using smxi script, now my netbook (acer aspire one 522) boots to blinking cursor after grub selection.

After reading around the forum it seems using the proprietry driver is not recommended so would like to go back to the bunsenlabs supplied driver.

I need help to fix the non booting issue and install the original gfx driver, I can get to the tty screen but im not too clued up with command line. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Last edited by woof (2017-08-07 04:13:59)

woof

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Re: [SOLVED]Installed amd gfx driver now blinking screen at boot

Solved by reinstalling.

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Re: [SOLVED]Installed amd gfx driver now blinking screen at boot

I installed the amd fglrx proprietry driver using smxi script

Please don't do that — installing fglrx is *very* simple in Debian and using a 10,000+ line script to accomplish that is just ridiculous and also hinders user understanding.

See https://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary

If you understand what was done to install the driver (by following the above method) then removing the driver becomes *much* easier 

using the proprietry driver is not recommended

No, it's rubbish — buggy as hell and a memory hog to boot with no discernible performance gain over the open drivers.

so would like to go back to the bunsenlabs supplied driver

That's easy — just remove the Xorg configuration file that forces the fglrx driver 

You *do* know where that pesky 10,000 line sxmi script placed that file, don't you?   8o

Hopefully this example will illustrate why it may be better to undertake such configuration manually.

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woof

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Re: [SOLVED]Installed amd gfx driver now blinking screen at boot

Thanks hoas I will try without smxi next time I am installing proprietry drivers (my desktop has nvidia).
smxi typically has no problems with the nvidia drivers but in an effort to learn I will manually install.

Does anyone know ifs its still the case you must use proprietry drivers to install steam for linux?

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Re: [SOLVED]Installed amd gfx driver now blinking screen at boot

its still the case you must use proprietry drivers to install steam for linux?

No, you don't need non-free drivers to use steam, I didn't realise that was ever the case.

For Helium/stretch the open-source amdgpu driver out-performs the proprietary version in every respect and should always be preferred.

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