Thank you for the instructions: will document what I did/do here.
test rig:
6950 slot 1
7970 slot 3
monitor and keyboard and mouse directly
create new linuxcoin usb stick with 500 persistence
boot, gdm does not load
followed instruction for removing gdm and adding 'su - user -c startx &' to rc.local
coldboot
during boot, cannot find startx, ctrl c to stop
sudo find / -name startx (nothing)
shutdown, put new 'live-rw' on stick to start over
my plan now is to install the driver without the 7970 in rig... rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, put 7970 in rig and boot.. crossing fingers
remove 7970 from test rig
boot into linuxcoin GUI
open root console to execute 'download and install driver'
download driver
execute downloaded file....... no space left on device
shutdown
create new linuxcoin with 1000 persistence
boot, download driver, chmod +x, execute driver...
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
shutdown
install 7970 reboot
black screen......
shutdown, remove 7970
boot into linuxcoin GUI
attemp to execute the following:
$ sudo su
# cd /opt
# wget http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# tar -xvzf /home/ubuntu/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz
# cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64/
# cp -pv lib/x86_64/* /usr/lib/
# rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/
# tar -xvzf icd-registration.tgz
# rsync -avl etc/OpenCL/ /etc/OpenCL/
after extracting AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64.tgz there is no directory AMD-APP-SDK-v2.6-lnx64
the tar -xvzf should have created the include and amd directories...was it successful? where you in the /opt directory when you ran tar?
executed the Install-AMD-APP.sh per the README
execute the 'rsync -avl include/CL/ /usr/include/CL/' there is no directory /opt/include/CL
sync
coldreboot
booted into linuxcoin GUI ( I can tell by the display that it is definitely diff drivers)
usually if I want to add or remove cards in linuxcoin, all is needed is : rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf, shutdown, change cards, reboot
after reboot you need to run sudo aticonfig --adapter=all -f --initial which creates the xorg.conf file...then sync and reboot
but now there is no xorg.conf file....
adding 7970 and booting now.
rig booted to command prompt.. attempted aticonfig init all, command hung
attempted aticonfig listall, command hung...
huh, I have not seen this was it as sudo or root? if it still doesn't boot the gui, does it give a blue error page? That is what I always get and therefore installed $ sudo apt-get install xinit and removed gdm with the rc.local change
reboot.. black screen........ shutdown, boot to windoz. mine
lol...if it works for you, who's to judge
as you can see i have no idea what I am doing with X and such.. I have now learned how to install the new drivers but I am still at the point that I cannot get the GUI to load if the 7970 is in the rig. that is the hump i need to jump.
yeah, sorry it's not working out better for you, try those suggestions and let me know if it still fails.
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Well, I knew it was 1500 then I saw 2000 on the GBLSE listing and second-guessed myself...then I revised my bid down to reflect my estimated buy line. So I missed it. Live and learn. Congrats to all who got some and the cartel underwriting this thing. Cool stuff.
