Amd driver installation - Salix

[petrherynk]

I was not successfull with installation of amd driver in Slackel. I tried to install amd driver in salix. Installation was successfull, but after restart I have black screen. Boot is normal nearly till the end. Thank for your help.

[witek]

I assume you did aticonfig --initial. If you have black screen try add nomodeset to lilo.

[petrherynk]

No, sorry. The same letters are till darkstar, maybe boot is better but at the end is dark.

[gapan]

You need to tell us exactly what you did. My guess is that you need to disable modesetting, but it's only a guess with that little information.

[petrherynk]

I have installed salix 14 kde x86_64 from dvd to my notebook on hard disk with independent partition for /home. Than I install amd driver. I downloaded driver from amd driver pages, extracted it, used command bash amd... Slackware/Slackware etc from http://www.pages, aticonfig --initial. Then rebooted and black screen. No modeset is in grub2 menu.

[gapan]

No modeset is in grub2 menu.

What does this mean?

[petrherynk]

You write, that this problem is probably due to missing disabling modeseting. What do you meant?

[mimosa]

You need to pass the nomodeset option to the kernel; maybe it's in "boot options", or maybe you have to edit the command (e to edit I think). In that case, I'm not sure how exactly it needs to be, but just

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nomodeset

on the end of the existing command is a likely bet.

EDIT

Sorry, I assumed you were using Live. So you installed Salix with Grub instead of Lilo? Afraid I'm not much use with Grub. Someone here should be able to tell you how to try gapan's suggestion though.

[petrherynk]

Thank you, I know, where command nomodeset should be located, but no success. I tried to install Slackel on this notebook, installation amd driver crashed. I tried to install Salix, installation amd driver successfull, then black screen. I have bought a bad notebook for Slackware. Other distros working OK.

[mimosa]

Well, the problem may well be soluble - "nomodeset" is just one obvious thing to try. What did you do to try it? You may know where it should be located, but not everyone reading this thread will know where you think that is

In general, to solve problems like this, it is helpful if you can give a detailed description of what you did and what happened, even if it seems obvious to you.

On another note, one thing to try might be Slackel (Openbox or KDE). This has a more recent kernel and may work fine for you.

Note that the website is available in English or Greek:

http://www.slackel.gr