AMD Radeon HD6470M

[r3lax]

This is only tested on Radeon HD 6470m
the fglrx drivers are know NOT to work in backtrack most people force the i915 drivers instead.
this is from a fresh installed backtrack 5r3

1. apt-get install python-software-properties
2. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver
3. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
4. download the radeon drivers from atis website
5. install them
6. apt-get install xorg-video-radeon
7. edit your /etc/default/grub find the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and change it to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash video=radeon:modeset=1"
8. add "blacklist nouveau" to "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf"
9. update-initramfs -u
10. update-grub
11. reboot

i don't really know if ALL this steps are necessary but for the first time i have the fglrx drivers working, with dualscreen and full resolution

[ShinXero]

This is only tested on Radeon HD 6470m
the fglrx drivers are know NOT to work in backtrack most people force the i915 drivers instead.
this is from a fresh installed backtrack 5r3

1. apt-get install python-software-properties
2. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver
3. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
4. download the radeon drivers from atis website
5. install them
6. apt-get install xorg-video-radeon
7. edit your /etc/default/grub find the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and change it to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash video=radeon:modeset=1"
8. add "blacklist nouveau" to "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf"
9. update-initramfs -u
10. update-grub
11. reboot

i don't really know if ALL this steps are necessary but for the first time i have the fglrx drivers working, with dualscreen and full resolution

Hi there,

I have had a similar problem with my radeonhd 7670m, for which I also spent several months trying to solve it, sadly without success.
When I look through your post though, it seems that you have installed the open source radeon-driver, rather than fglrx.
(Steps 6-7)
Could you paste the output of 'fglrxinfo', 'lsmod' and 'lsmod | grep fglrx' here please?
It would help me out a lot, since I have been practically going crazy over this one, and I want to try WPA cracking with GPU :-)
Thanks a lot in advance!

[ShinXero]

Dude.... It works!! I can't believe it was that simple!

[r3lax]

Hi there,

I have had a similar problem with my radeonhd 7670m, for which I also spent several months trying to solve it, sadly without success.
When I look through your post though, it seems that you have installed the open source radeon-driver, rather than fglrx.
(Steps 6-7)
Could you paste the output of 'fglrxinfo', 'lsmod' and 'lsmod | grep fglrx' here please?
It would help me out a lot, since I have been practically going crazy over this one, and I want to try WPA cracking with GPU :-)
Thanks a lot in advance!

hmm you might be right about that im new to linux in general and this was the only thing that got me dual screen + full resolution
also hardinfo says that the openl render is the amd card before it was intel, the amdccc opens up never seen it before on linux so it only opens when the drivers are in use.
also hashcat ocl works fine now. tbh i dont know what real drivers are used if its i915, radeon or fglrx

heres some output you asked for

root@bt:~# fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11991 Compatibility Profile Context

root@bt:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
fglrx 5190003 67
radeon 813181 0
ttm 68384 1 radeon
i915 452905 2
drm_kms_helper 40041 2 radeon,i915
drm 225891 5 radeon,ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13156 2 radeon,i915
dm_crypt 22668 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31994 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 69962 1
joydev 17457 0
snd_hda_intel 33175 0
snd_hda_codec 110336 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13554 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 92879 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
arc4 12529 2
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 29179 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14436 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 60549 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
rt2800pci 18476 0
rt2800lib 52030 1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt 12573 1 rt2800lib
psmouse 72820 0
hp_accel 25976 0
hp_wmi 18048 0
rt2x00pci 13988 1 rt2800pci
sparse_keymap 13526 1 hp_wmi
rt2x00lib 47902 3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci
mac80211 478885 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
snd_timer 28838 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14129 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
lis3lv02d 19401 1 hp_accel
input_polldev 13646 1 lis3lv02d
snd 64384 10 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_s eq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
uvcvideo 67221 0
videodev 93508 1 uvcvideo
cfg80211 190023 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
serio_raw 13211 0
lp 17789 0
soundcore 12598 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18101 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mei 40623 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 20896 1 videodev
rts_pstor 435118 0
eeprom_93cx6 12616 1 rt2800pci
parport 44368 1 lp
usbhid 46275 0
hid 97618 1 usbhid
dm_mirror 21906 0
dm_region_hash 19667 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18215 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
aufs 183689 0
r8169 56455 0
wmi 18697 1 hp_wmi
video 18858 1 i915
root@bt:~# lsmod | grep fglrx
fglrx 5190003 67
root@bt:~#

video is i915 :/
why dose oclhashcat work then? dident work before.
why dose hardinfo say i use ati card?