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pequi

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Registered: 2020-10-01

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[SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

Updated to daedalus. Opened a video with VLC - no image. Only sound.
Checked dmesg ... a pile of error messages:

[drm:radeon_cs_ioctl [radeon]] *ERROR* Invalid command stream !

[drm:radeon_uvd_cs_parse [radeon]] *ERROR*
out of 256MB segment!

Thought to myself - Oh <beep>, Radeon/AMD hell again.

Then opened the videos with the other media players and they worked fine.
So  .. it was just VLC, the drivers were OK.

Then checked VLC settings. The new version on "automatic" defaults to "Hardware accelerated decoding" which the drivers don't support.

Fix:
VLC --> Tools --> Preferences --> Input/Codecs --> change the setting from automatic to disabled.
Done.

No idea why Chaemera worked fine on "automatic" and daedalus does not.

ralph.ronnquist

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From: Battery Point, Tasmania, AUS

Registered: 2016-11-30

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

When configuring for upgrade, did you include the new section non-free-firmware (whihc is in addition to non-free) ?

pequi

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Registered: 2020-10-01

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

Nope.
Didn't have it in Chimaera either, and everything worked.
If it doesn't risk anything(I've been through nvidia hell),I'll add it to my sources.list.
Thanks for the suggestion.

golinux

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

Nope.
Didn't have it in Chimaera either, and everything worked..

Things change from release to release. It is always a good idea to read the Release Notes and also this page to make sure that your sources.list is configured correctly.

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boughtonp

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Registered: 2023-01-19

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

... also this page...

The relevant information on that page is hidden under the "Access via Tor" heading - it should be more prominent (would be good to have a link to an more-detailed explanation so people that don't know what it is can get information on how to determine if its required).

Given this is new to Daedalus, there should also be a specific note under "Devuan 5.0 Daedalus (stable)" section - along the lines of "if you currently have non-free, you should add the new non-free-firmware before upgrading".

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pequi

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Registered: 2020-10-01

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Re: [SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

Nope.
Didn't have it in Chimaera either, and everything worked..

Things change from release to release. It is always a good idea to read the Release Notes and also this page to make sure that your sources.list is configured correctly.

I did read the install instructions. Since the drivers were in non-free in Chimaera, I assumed they'd be there in Daedalus. As boughtonp pointed out, they should have emphasized that was not the case.

So added this line to sources.list

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus non-free-firmware.

apt-get update and apt-get upgrade

My previously installed drivers were all updated.

The following packages will be upgraded:
  amd64-microcode firmware-amd-graphics firmware-linux-nonfree
  firmware-misc-nonfree firmware-realtek intel-microcode
6 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

(y)

Put VLC on automatic. No video. dmesg loaded with errors.

Re-booted hoping the kernel would recognize the updated driver modules, and nothing.

Back to "disabled".

Am I missing something? Do I need to modprobe like in the old days?

Note: This is just a minor annoyance. I don't do games or anything video-heavy. Just the occasional video.
TIA

ralph.ronnquist

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From: Battery Point, Tasmania, AUS

Registered: 2016-11-30

Posts: 1,341  

Re: [SOLVED] VLC not working with [AMD/ATI] RS780L [Radeon 3000] - a Fix

If you upgrade you should read "upgrade instructions".

The kernel does not install anything when it starts.

Probably you can reconfirm the distribution installation with

apt-get dist-upgrade

but it is up to you to decide whether that is the right thing for you to do. As always you /take responsibility for anything you do.