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Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has? How to install graphic drivers!? [SOLVED]

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Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has? How to install graphic drivers!? [SOLVED]

#1 Post by jazbar »

Have a problem with my monitor's extra resolution which is 1680 x 1050 at 60 Hz (aspect ratio of 1.6:1 or 16:10), and isn't Debian 10 supported.
root@ABC:/home/jazbar# cvt 1680 1050 60
# 1680x1050 59.95 Hz (CVT 1.76MA) hsync: 65.29 kHz; pclk: 146.25 MHz
Modeline "1680x1050_60.00" 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync
root@ABC:/home/jazbar# xrandr --newmode "1680x1050_60.00" 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
root@ABC:/home/jazbar#
So I downloaded the run file Linux driver Ati Radeon HD 3300 which is my PC on board graphic, from official AMD server.
With the note: "Automated installer and Display Drivers for Xorg 6.9 to Xserver 1.12 and Kernel version up to 3.4"
Debian 10 has higher kernel which is: "Linux version 4.19.0-17-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-6)) #1 SMP Debian 4.19.194-3 (2021-07-18)"

Will this driver work? Or Debian must be downgraded with requested kernel?
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My PC: MB MSI 790GX-G65, AMD Phenom II X3, 6 GB RAM, onboard graphic HD3300 DirectX 10, (AMD 790GX chipset)

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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#2 Post by p.H »

No it won't work. It is outdated. Do not even try to install it.
Also, do not run X commands as root. It is unnecessary and may not work properly.
Is the package firmware-amd-graphics installed (reboot needed) ?
If yes, what is the output of

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lspci -nnk
cat /proc/cmdline
dmesg | egrep "radeon|drm" # as root
and the contents of the most recent /var/log/Xorg.*.log file ?

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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#3 Post by jazbar »

No, I did not installed package of AMD drivers in Debian only did it in the Windows!
MSI official page only have Windows support and AMD official page for old Linux kernel.Is those from here OK? No any note for which kernel they are? https://drivers.eu/Video/ATI/Radeon%20H ... inux%20x86
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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#4 Post by p.H »

Looks like you did not understand my question. Please post the output of the following command :

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apt-cache policy firmware-amd-graphics

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#5 Post by jazbar »

^^^
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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#6 Post by p.H »

Not installed, and the non-free section is not even enabled.
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list as root and add "non-free" at the end of lines which start with "deb http".
Run as root

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apt-get update
apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics
Reboot.

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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#7 Post by jazbar »

Fist command: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Like that?

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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#8 Post by p.H »

Yes.

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#9 Post by jazbar »

Done!

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#10 Post by jazbar »

Reboot... and work great! Now I have window all over the monitor and many resolutions to choose.
Thank you very much p.H.
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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has?

#11 Post by p.H »

Now the non-free section is enabled you can also install firmware-realtek if you want to suppress the warnings about missing (optional) firmware for module r8169.

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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has? How to install graphic drivers!? [SOLVED]

#12 Post by jazbar »

Is this command OK or must be w/o "-r8169"?

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apt-get install firmware-realtek-r8169
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Re: Graphic driver for lower kernel than Debian 10 has? How to install graphic drivers!? [SOLVED]

#13 Post by p.H »

Only "firmware-realtek".

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