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aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Radeon HD 6450 drivers

Hello
I have problem with my video card in Q4OS_64bit_Trinity gemmini
I cannot set proper resolution for my monitor which is 1280x1024
In application download center i only found Install NVidia drivers
so my question is where i can found proper driver for my card
AMD Radeon HD 6450
thanks in advance

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 519

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

Search engines are your friends.

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Q4OS machine: Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

Yes search engines...
but my card refuse to work with propriaty amd radeon drivers
telling me that are not compatibile..
is there a FOSS version of this?

hchiper

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2020-07-28

Posts: 519

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

I have an ATI Radeon too, although of a different model, and I have the xserver-xorg-video-radeon package installed (at Q4OS install time). Everything is working fine. If it is not already installed on your system, try it.

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Q4OS machine: Samsung R519 - Pentium T4200 2.0 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB SSD

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

I found one video on you tube and try this in terminal

lspci -nnk | grep -i -EA3 "3d|display|vga"

xrandr

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu

so do i need to type :

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon

xrandr
show that i have dvi 1280x1024 but i constantly can only 1024x768 screen resolution?

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

i tried
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon

and still same just 1024x768

Humming Owl

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From: Venezuela

Registered: 2022-01-22

Posts: 25

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

i tried
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeon

and still same just 1024x768

@aurel

Which computer model are you using? In case it is a desktop computer, can you share the name of the monitor?

Cheers.

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

It is desktop computer dual core pentium 64bit processor
monitor ..hmm that is some strange name YuSmart 17'' VGA 1280x1024 max resolution
i try to change resolution with xrandr

  $ xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1280x1024

and work ...but screen is streched out of monitor size then on next boot
i get black screen ..ouff

so i gues i need to go into recovery mode ?
or reinstall ..oh such a nightmare

Last edited by aurel (2022-04-27 07:36)

Humming Owl

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From: Venezuela

Registered: 2022-01-22

Posts: 25

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

@aurel

For the black screen try doing the following:

When you hit the black screen try pressing "Ctrl+Alt+F1" (or another F key) to get a terminal to log in. Fill your username and password and execute the following to reset xrandr configurations:

xrandr -s 0

Then type:

sudo reboot

You should get rid of the black screen when booting.

Cheers.

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

yes i do that
and get same thing after reboot

Humming Owl

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From: Venezuela

Registered: 2022-01-22

Posts: 25

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

The same black screen or the same incorrect screen resolution for your monitor?

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

the same black screen

Humming Owl

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From: Venezuela

Registered: 2022-01-22

Posts: 25

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

Try setting up the bad resolution to see if you get rid of the black screen.

xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1024x768
sudo reboot

If nothing happens after reboot try pressing again "Ctrl+Alt+F1" (fill username and password) and type:

startx

To see if graphical interface starts up.

aurel

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 9

Re: Radeon HD 6450 drivers

hello
just to let you know ..and maybe someone have similar problem
for setting resolution to 1280x1024 on older monitor you need :

xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1280x1024
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x1024

even i am using DVI output from my card any debian/ubuntu distro recognize it
like a VGA...my guess because is VGA monitor