Bug#884863: Support for Radeon R7 3rd generation (Merlin Falcon) in AMD A8-9600
On 2017-12-20 04:50 PM, Karsten wrote:
> Package: x11-common
> Version: 1:7.7+19
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello,
>
> i have the problem that this GPU is not supported fully.
> http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-A8-Series%20A8-9600.html
>
> It is not possible to get more display resolution then 1024x768.
>
> I discussed the problem already here:
> https://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=167981
I'm afraid you got some bad advice there; your GPU is only supported by
the amdgpu driver, not by radeon.
The best advice you got there was from rendegast, have you tried the
kernel and firmware from backports? If the problem persists with those,
please provide the full dmesg output and Xorg log file with them.
>From the Xorg log file there, it looks like the drivers don't get the
EDID from the monitor. Since you say it's a "VGA-TFT" monitor, but the
drivers only detect a DisplayPort connection, are you using some kind of
DisplayPort-to-other converter? Can you try connecting the monitor to an
HDMI output instead?
> It seems that AMD is not interested to support the newer GPU's in
> Linux anymore.
Speaking as somebody working for AMD on open source GPU driver support,
that's a demonstrably false statement. If you're interested, take a look
at articles this year on Phoronix and other sites about our drivers.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer
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