Kali Linux 64 VGA pixelation on Zenbook Radeon Picasso
by borishguy from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55BCP)
Hello,
I am not quite amateur at Linux. I have Mint and Windows as well, but am trying to learn Kali as well. I've tried a couple different things pertaining to the VGA pixelation in Kali. I cannot seem to understand and am exhausted by reinstalling Kali so many times. Finally troubleshooted the aurio, don't know how i did that lol
Anyway about the VGA pixelation:
lspci -nn | grep VGA
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso [1002:15d8] (rev c1)
Follow this to try to install driver for Radeon, its unstable but covers Picasso:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-amd-graphics
There are three files: 'control' 'md5sums' 'postinst'
./md5sums
permission denied I don't know what maintainer scripts are yet or where to look in which amdgpu directory
What is the next step?
I am guessing I have to build the debian package and its dependencies?
Problem Solved:
It had nothing to do with that, no new driver necessary, its a problem with xorg configuration. The configuration instructions are here:
lspci -nnk | grep -i -EA3 "3d|display|vga"
ls -l /etc/X11
mkdir ~/xorg-backup
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf ~/xorg-backup/
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ~/xorg-backup/
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
Option "TearFree" "on"
EndSection
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "AMD"
Driver "amdgpu"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
Courtesy per Neon Cipher on Youtube
I am not quite amateur at Linux. I have Mint and Windows as well, but am trying to learn Kali as well. I've tried a couple different things pertaining to the VGA pixelation in Kali. I cannot seem to understand and am exhausted by reinstalling Kali so many times. Finally troubleshooted the aurio, don't know how i did that lol
Anyway about the VGA pixelation:
lspci -nn | grep VGA
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso [1002:15d8] (rev c1)
Follow this to try to install driver for Radeon, its unstable but covers Picasso:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-amd-graphics
There are three files: 'control' 'md5sums' 'postinst'
./md5sums
permission denied I don't know what maintainer scripts are yet or where to look in which amdgpu directory
What is the next step?
I am guessing I have to build the debian package and its dependencies?
Problem Solved:
It had nothing to do with that, no new driver necessary, its a problem with xorg configuration. The configuration instructions are here:
lspci -nnk | grep -i -EA3 "3d|display|vga"
ls -l /etc/X11
mkdir ~/xorg-backup
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf ~/xorg-backup/
sudo mv -v /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ~/xorg-backup/
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
Option "TearFree" "on"
EndSection
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "AMD"
Driver "amdgpu"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
Courtesy per Neon Cipher on Youtube