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how to install 3d graphics for asus ah3450 card

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how to install 3d graphics for asus ah3450 card

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How to install the accelerated graphics driver in debian 9 using asus ah3450 card? Do I need to compile the source code?

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That's about a 15 year old card, based on ATI Radeon HD 3450 DDR2 AGP. I doubt it would support accelerated graphics in some of the latest software, like Gnome 3.
For which applications do you want accelerated graphics?

I'm sure someone else can advise what the best driver is for that card. IDK.
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#3 Post by CwF »

It will use the default radeon for X. It is of the R600 variety. General desktop should be ok and hdmi audio might work.
https://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/
* Radeon R600-family RLC microcode (radeon/R600_rlc.bin)

is included in firmware-amd-graphics.

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The card is good for 2-d graphics. Some games that run in x-window like extreme tux racer will not open so i am assuming it is the lack of 3d driver. I know with nvidia cards, I have compiled the driver. Is there a kernel module in Debian for an ati card 3d? Is it compiled? In the boot screen I read 'radeon mode setting requires firmware and graphics', if I got that right. I am running 9.4 stretch 32bit. In your post, 'default radeon for x' means the 2-d driver is installed? How can I see the ati card status?

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algorithm! wrote: 2023-03-29 00:08 In the boot screen I read 'radeon mode setting requires firmware and graphics', if I got that right.
So did you install firmware-amd-graphics? It's in the non-free section of the repo so you may need to add that to your sources.
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No, I was not aware of that. I do not have the repository listed in synaptic. Can you list the url?


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algorithm! wrote: 2023-03-29 00:21 No, I was not aware of that. I do not have the repository listed in synaptic. Can you list the url?
In synaptic the menu option choose Settings>Repositories and a dialog box should pop up. Highlight your current repository and it will populate the lower section with the details. In the 'Section(s)' box add to make read 'main contrib non-free'.
Reload, choose the newly available firmware-amd-graphics package and install.

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The burning question is why install a dead version of Debian at all, when Debian 11 will be fine for you.
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I use what will install on what I have. I just had a setback when the box locked up and a reboot went to recovery mode. Thinking my install disk was bad I downloaded a cd iso and a net install iso. Each disk complained at exactly 6% just like my original. Using gparted did not help. So tested drive in another computer and net install iso worked no problem. So disk good, drive good. Must be hardware on the other one. Thinking it’s bad ram. I guess this is for another thread. Now drive is working, I will try the non free install. Any ideas to test ram?

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I use 32 gig compact flash with cf to ide adapter. Never had a problem. One Debian box never failed after 10 years.

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#12 Post by stevepusser »

I won't help you to install a dead release--not only dead, but very dead. Debian 11 will install and run fine on your machine.
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I pulled out the ram and noticed one ram stick was pc133, so I had a mismatch. Switching all to pc133, the box would not pass the splash screen. Switching all to pc100 and pulling out the asus card I was able to install the Debian 11 distro, so everyone can rest easy that the box is running the newest distro.

Side note, I can not seem to boot into the bios screen. I was able to before I did the ram changes. The box is a Gateway pentium III board. It is F2 as I recall for bios during boot.

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I posted on the repaired box.

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#15 Post by stevepusser »

On Debian 11, can you install inxi and then cut and paste the output of the terminal command:

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inxi -Gxx
Which will provide us a good idea of the GPU and how it's running via drivers.
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