ASUS M3A-H/HDMI
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ASUS M3A-H/HDMI
Below is some info regarding installation. I have it working but it was some trouble to get it working so I hope it is complete.
ASUS M3A-H/HDMI
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=639&l4=0&model=2129&modelmenu=2
I use a LG full hd screen and at startup the screen is just not looking good ;-).
What I did is install the latest ATI drivers:
* ssh to your box * $ sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev debhelper libstdc++5 dkms * get the latest drivers: $wget --no-check-certificate https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/64bit/ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run
* then I killed some processes: * $ sudo killall lmce_launch_manager.sh * $ sudo killall Start_X_Wrapper.sh
* $ sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx
because of a typo the following does not work: sudo sh ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/gutsy
We have to do:
* $ sh ati-driver-installer-8-4-x86.x86_64.run --extract ati-driver * $ cd ati-driver
modify driver.preinst and driver.postrm and fix the dpkg-diverts. Find the lines where there is a divertion from libGL.so.1 to libGL.so.1.2.xlibmesa (should be around line 71 and 74 for driver.preinst and 28, 32 for driver.postrm) and modify it to libGL.so.1.xlibmesa
* $ sudo sh ati-installer.sh 8.476 --buildpkg Ubuntu/gutsy
* $ sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.476-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb * $ sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.476-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb * $ sudo dpkg -i fglrx-amdcccle_8.476-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
* create a modline for your monitor with gtf. In my case I ran (width height refresh): $ gtf 1920 1080 50
which gave me:
# 1920x1080 @ 50.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 55.60 kHz; pclk: 141.45 MHz Modeline "1920x1080_50.00" 141.45 1920 2032 2232 2544 1080 1081 1084 1112 -HSync +Vsync
So I put it as the modeline in the xorg.conf (the modeline in the Monitor section and refer to it in the screen section with the modes option). I also made sure that fglrx was the driver of the video device.
* Important parts of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "42LF75"
Option "DPMS"
# 1920x1080 @ 50.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 55.60 kHz; pclk: 141.45 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_50.00" 141.45 1920 2032 2232 2544 1080 1081 1084 1112 -HSync +Vsync
HorizSync 20-500
VertRefresh 59-61
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc ATI"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc ATI"
Monitor "42LF75"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1920x1080_50.00"
Virtual 1920 1080
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
Option "RENDER" "true"
EndSection
* I seems that a simlink to the dri is needed: $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/ $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/
- sudo reboot
