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Title: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: Tereska on July 29, 2011, 10:29:02 PM how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu?
i have only ssh access to machine Title: Re: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: jh1523 on July 29, 2011, 10:42:24 PM dmesg | grep fglrx
Will give you a ton of information including the date of the driver, e.g: Code: [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.86.5 [May 24 2011] Title: Re: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: Tereska on July 29, 2011, 11:15:58 PM thank you.i've got:
fglrx 8.80.5 [Nov 25 2010] how can i tell it is catalyst 11.X version? Title: Re: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: jh1523 on July 29, 2011, 11:20:02 PM There should be somewhere a list of dates when various catalyst versions were released.
(edit) http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/previous/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx Looks like 10.11 or 10.12 by the date. Title: Re: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: Tereska on July 29, 2011, 11:27:23 PM wow. my drivers are very old....
do i get better MH/s rate with newer drivers on 5830 cards? Title: Re: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: jh1523 on July 29, 2011, 11:31:34 PM Dunno, but I am getting terrific hash rates on my 5870 & 5850 with the driver version I posted above... should be catalyst 11.6
Title: Re: how to check ATI CATALYST driver version on linux/ubuntu Post by: Tereska on July 29, 2011, 11:35:39 PM thank you for helping me with all this stuff. bye
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