(Guide) Installing fglrx 14.12 (omega) on Kali 1.1.0

Hey guys,

I was asked for a write up on installing the new(ish) omega drivers on Kali linux. There are a couple of ways to do this, the easiest I found was using the Debian experimental repo.

Now, everyone should know just how bad using a non-kali repo is. It's made much, much worse by using an experimental repo. This repo can and will break your install. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Lets get started.

1. Update Kali. If a new kernel is installed, reboot after this command.

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apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade

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2. Install headers

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apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

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3. Add the debian experimental repo

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add the line:

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free

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4. Update

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apt-get update

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5. Install the driver (notice that apt-get is a little different when using an experimetal repo)

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apt-get -t experimental install fglrx-driver fglrx-atieventsd fglrx-control

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6. You're going to see an error, it will fail to build. You would also get this (amoungst others) if you tried to install from the driver on the ATI website.

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Error during install:
Building initial module for 3.18.0-kali3-amd64
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.18.0-kali3-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/14.12/build/make.log for more information.

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7. Lets fix that error

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nano +834 /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/14.12/build/kcl_acpi.c

change the line so it reads what is below. Make sure you keep the leading #

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,12,7) && LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,18,0)

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8. Rebuild the module

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cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/14.12/build

make

cp /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/14.12/build/fglrx.ko /lib/modules/3.18.0-kali3-amd64/kernel/drivers/video/

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9. Update module dependencies and the such

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depmod -a

update-initramfs -u

aticonfig --initial

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10. Remove the debian experimetal repo

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list

remove the line:

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free

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11. Clean up

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apt-get clean && apt-get update

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12. Reboot

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shutdown -r now

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13. If you open the amd control center from the menu, you should see 14.501 (which is omega) loaded on the information screen.

and i try to solve that problem by:

sudo apt-get remove systemsettings
sudo apt-get install systemsettings

with no luck please i need help brother

nice tutorial to install fglrx driver.Thank you:):)
but system settings are not working,if you could provide a fix for that that would be great:(:(
Thumbs up

Hey guys,

I need error messages, screen captures and output of dmesg. I can't really help if all I'm told is that it won't work.

I am new to kali and dont understand advanced stuff(like what you asked for :P).To my knowledge i'am providing screenshots of system-settings
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tell me what to do to get you error messages and get you those screenshots!!

Before I try this, would it matter if I'm on a laptop with a hybrid ATI/Intel GPU set up? I have a full install on an SSD. Its an intel and Radeon 8790M gpu. In case anyone out there is curious. ..don't get a laptop with this set up.

First thank you for the detailed write up. I have a dell Inspiron 15 3000 series that is an AMD A6 box. I have Kali 1.1 up and goign but I have thus far had nothing but issues in trying to get any accerlated driver going.

A few questions. I followed the instructions. In Step 6 I never got an error. The built went through.

Additonally, this concerns me "3.246723] platform microcode: firmware: failed to load amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam16h.bin (-2)"

yes I have gone through apt-get purge fglrx* several times. On boot however I get nothing but a cursor and No X.

I am curious if we are not supposed to unload or blacklist another driver prior to this?

I have tried the Kali rep fglrx set, The offical driver from ATI/AMD and your process. What is interseting is the driver seems to be loaded however again no X and I get errors related to aticonfig --initial that state no supported driver.

So what am really running?

VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9851

From what I can see , as long as I have a clean slate to start with YOUR process should work correctly however oddly it does not.

Cleanup does not remove dkms or libfglrx:i386 so I am not sure if I am in a loop with that or the firmware issue???

Any suggestions?

Hey can you post the same tutorial for Kali 2.0??

Hi, thanks you for this tutorial !

Can you help us with the same tutorial but for the Kali V2.0 ?

I tried to install my GPU but got the problem : '' Your adapter is not supported by this driver ... ''

-A

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Originally Posted by Ezra

Hi, thanks you for this tutorial !

Can you help us with the same tutorial but for the Kali V2.0 ?

I tried to install my GPU but got the problem : '' Your adapter is not supported by this driver ... ''

-A

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use http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...-kali-2-0-sana