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ATI Proprietary Driver (fglrx)

This page describes how to install fglrx on Debian systems.

fglrx stands for FireGL and Radeon for X, the proprietary (non-free) display driver made available by ATI Technologies (now AMD). This driver provides 2D and 3D acceleration for AMD/ATI video card chipsets.

For 3D acceleration, fglrx requires an associated kernel module, its compilation can be automated via module-assistant.

<!> As of fglrx-driver 1:9-4-1, support of chipsets prior to the r600 series has been dropped.1

{i} For Radeon chipsets prior to the r600 series (ie. models up to and including the X1950), they are supported by the "radeon" open source driver, which also provides 3D acceleration via DRI. The "radeonhd" driver packaged in xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd also provides support for the Radeon r5xx and r6xx chipset series.

Installation

Lenny, Squeeze

Using Etch? Skip to the Etch section.

  1. Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list for your Debian version, for example:

    # Debian Lenny/5.0
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free

    or

    # Debian Squeeze (testing)
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
  2. Update the list of available packages. Install the fglrx-control, fglrx-driver and module-assistant packages:

    # aptitude update
    # aptitude install fglrx-control fglrx-driver module-assistant
  3. Build and install a fglrx-kernel-* package within your system:

    # m-a a-i fglrx 

    In case if you encounter an exception when installing fglrx-kernel-* package, you may have to install fglrx sources manually and then re try installing fglrx-kernel-* package

    # apt-get install fglrx-source 
  4. If the X Window System is running, exit your desktop environment or window manager. If a display manager is in operation, switch to a virtual console and stop it. For example:

    # invoke-rc.d gdm stop

    or

    # invoke-rc.d kdm stop
  5. Unload the radeon and drm modules:

    # modprobe -r radeon drm
  6. Load the fglrx module:

    # modprobe fglrx
  7. Add fglrx to the list of kernel modules to load at boot:

    # echo fglrx >> /etc/modules
  8. Amend your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to include a Device section and request use of the fglrx driver:

    # sensible-editor /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    A minimal /etc/X11/xorg.conf example is shown below:

    Section "Device"
        Identifier  "ATI"
        Driver      "fglrx"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        DefaultDepth     24
    EndSection
    Save the file and exit the editor before continuing.
  9. Start the X Window System (startx) as a regular user, or start your display manager. For example:

    # invoke-rc.d gdm start

    or

    # invoke-rc.d kdm start

Etch

  1. Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

    # Debian Etch/4.0
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
  2. Update the list of available packages. Install the fglrx-driver, fglrx-control, fglrx-kernel-src and module-assistant packages:

    # aptitude update
    # aptitude install fglrx-driver fglrx-control fglrx-kernel-src module-assistant
  3. Build and install a fglrx-kernel-* package within your system::

    # m-a a-i fglrx
  4. If the X Window System is running, exit your desktop environment or window manager. If a display manager is in operation, switch to a virtual console and stop it. For example:

    # invoke-rc.d gdm stop

    or

    # invoke-rc.d kdm stop
  5. Unload the radeon and drm modules:

    # modprobe -r radeon drm
  6. Load the fglrx module:

    # modprobe fglrx
  7. Add fglrx to the list of kernel modules to load at boot:

    # echo fglrx >> /etc/modules
  8. Reconfigure the X server:

    # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org

    Select fglrx as the display driver to be used when prompted.

  9. Start the X Window System (startx) as a regular user, or start your display manager. For example:

    # invoke-rc.d gdm start

    or

    # invoke-rc.d kdm start

See Also

{X} Be aware that upgrading from packages created by the ATI installer is and will most probably NEVER be supported by the Debian maintainer of the fglrx-driver package(s)!