That is the easiest tutorial for Ubuntu / Xubuntu 12.04

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gw7YPYgMgNNU42skibULbJJUx_suP_CpjSEdSi8_z9U/edit

if you get some wierd liburl 4 error type:

sudo apt-get install curl

that solves the problem.

I hope that helped.

If it did: 1DoqqekDSuVM3hEet396rjqFypb63SHoS9 is my adress.

I thought I would share this technique I discovered through trail error for forcing the Catalyst 11.11 driver to install on Xubuntu 12.4

First you will need to download the drivers from the AMD archive, you can try to wget it, but for some reason I have problems with that so I just download through a browser.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/11/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?os=Linux%20x86&rev=11.11

Chmod +x the download to make it executable (chmod +x ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run)

Enter super user mode by using sudo before each of the following lines......or make life easy and just use sudo -i to get a root prompt.

(sudo) sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run  --buildpkg Ubuntu/precise

After a couple of dialogs it will finish and you should have three new packages in the directory.

IMPORTANT: It is vital to run this next command and let it error out!!!!!!!!!!!!

(sudo) dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

This step is needed or else the software installer in the next step will just download and install the latest drivers and SDK instead of repairing the dependency cache issue.



Navaigate with the file manager to (fglrx-amdcccle_8.911-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb).

Right click and open the file with the "Ubuntu software manager".

The software manager will indicate the install has a dependency cache error, click the repair button to have the manager repair the cache. Walk away have a soda, beer whatever..it will take a few minutes.

When finished, the manager will indicate it is installed.

You are finished with the install...that is it, everything including the SDK is installed.

Just remember to do (sudo) aticonfig --adapter=all --initial and reboot to get the Xorg configuration set with the ATI drivers.

PS.... Don't forget to export DISPLAY=:0 and export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1, in fact just put those in a script along with your miner start up.


Hope this helps somebody out and avoids hours of frustration...I have personal experience ...

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

Thanks for your Help & Answers but I give up , cant solve this , I'm back to windows until next drivers updates for my 7000 series

Thanks guys !

Hey peoples! 

I need a guide on how to get two 7970s mining under ubuntu/xubuntu...  There are a few guides out right now but they don't really work, or something is missing, they are untested, and I'm having a lot of trouble with it. 

Pleeaaasee point me in the right direction!

That's what I was looking for. So even with a 7xxx series card the new version is still slower? Is this an SDK issue, or you think it's just that current kernels are not written for 2.7?

I also use CGMiner. What kernel was this? Phatk? It was my impression that if you have to use 2.6 on a 58xx card, diablo was better than phatk.

The fact that it doesn't give amazing results on a 58xx cards doesn't surprise me, and it's kinda why I havn't upgraded myself. Anyone with a 7xxx card tried it out?

export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1

./cgminer -n

Same:

ERROR - Get temperature failed for adapter 0 - AMD Radeon HD 7700 series
ERROR - Get temperature failed for adapter 1 - AMD Radeon HD 7700 series

export DISPLAY=:0
export GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS=1

sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt

On Settings > AMD Catalyst Control Center > Information > Software :

Driver Packaging version : 8.96.7
2D Driver version : 8.96.4
Catalyst Control center Version : 2.14
RandR Version: 1.3

Hello !

I test it , and its works but not very well but its better.

1 Question , what i need to do in the xorg.conf on :

IV.Config AMD Driver

Check if all your cards can be detected and then write configuration to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

And

On terminal last step :

sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --odgt

I get :

ERROR - Get temperature failed for adapter 0 - AMD Radeon HD 7700 series
ERROR - Get temperature failed for adapter 1 - AMD Radeon HD 7700 series

I Have Two cards ( 7770 )

And every time I move the mouse I get a line on the screen ( its annoying )

If you can tell me something or someone else ! Thanks @lueo

Hello !

I need help installing my video drivers

I have two AMD ATI Radeon 7770 HD First time I use the default additional drivers then i reebot and give me a black screen

then I use this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI and happen the same thing

and heard that the 7000 series not supported yet ( but that was on Feb 2012 ) and i found this :
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pa ... pport.aspx ( so i use it on the guide that i show before )

what can i do ? please

Linux mind 12
Dual core
4 gb ram

Sweet guide! 

I posted the link on BitcoinTrading.com, hope you don't mind!

http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/index.php?topic=590.0

Found an error.

That's what I said, I think, lol.

It would be cool if miners had their own personal graphs and JSON.
Like: http://poolnode.com:9332/graphs/{minerID/btcAddress}.html

Are you mining to a different address by setting your miner's username to a Bitcoin address? The "current payout" graph only displays bitcoins going to the default address. Did you maybe change your miner's username to a Bitcoin address about 24 hours ago..?

2012-03-25 21:12:28.718609  Local: 3538MH/s in last 10.0 minutes Local dead on arrival: ~1.4% (0-3%) Expected time to share: 14.6 minutes
2012-03-25 21:12:28.718762  Shares: 6 (0 orphan, 0 dead) Stale rate: ~0.0% (0-35%) Efficiency: ~108.1% (70-109%) Current payout: 0.0453 BTC
2012-03-25 21:12:28.718837  Pool: 347GH/s Stale rate: 7.5% Expected time to block: 5.1 hours

had a similar issue, after updating and restarting everything works well again.