ASUS M3A-H/HDMI

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Usage Information

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/ati-driver-installer-9-5-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

We have to do:

* $ sh ati-driver-installer-9-4-x86.x86_64.run --extract ati-driver
* $ cd ati-driver
* $ sh ati-installer.sh 8.602 --buildpkg Ubuntu/gutsy

As root to install all the packages created from the dir that contains the create packages run:

* sudo sh -c "export VERSION=8.612; dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_${VERSION}* xorg-driver-fglrx_${VERSION}* fglrx-amdcccle_${VERSION}* fglrx-modaliases_${VERSION}* libamdxvba1_${VERSION}*"

* 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

To remove everything:

* dpkg -r libamdxvba1 fglrx-modaliases fglrx-amdcccle xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx-kernel-source

To (as root) install a certain version of which you already created the packages:

* sudo sh -c "export VERSION=8.493.1; dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_${VERSION}* xorg-driver-fglrx_${VERSION}* fglrx-amdcccle_${VERSION}* fglrx-modaliases_${VERSION}* libamdxvba1_${VERSION}*"