2017-02-22, 19:23
Hey there!
Yeah, good luck to me! ;-)
So you're using AMD's drivers? I used to use them a while back, but have been running on the open source drivers for at least two years without any hiccups, so I stuck with those. (I mean, as long as Kodi works fine, I'm happy—and I'm surely not pushing the envelope on what the GPU could do…)
I did try and select the proprietary drivers, but Mint didn't seem happy about it, and I switched back immediately. Maybe I should give the beta drivers you're talking about a try? You don't happen to have a link at hand, do you?
The more I read, the more I'm disillusioned by the fact that my issue is probably due to some unexpected side-effect of changing up one thing or another in some obscure, non-identifiable function of the code that got tweaked and made it into the codebase during the transition from Jarvis to Krypton. :-( That doesn't really give me much hope for a quick or easy fix.
Still, thanks for your insight!
(2017-02-22, 17:33)PatK Wrote: Overclocking was the culprit for me, seems that stressing the gpu changing the 'clocks' interferes with the page display. This looks like a timing issue with that graphic card, not sure how to sync it up unless you want to bring out the calculator and figure out speed of the frames, speed of the chips and try and match the display refresh and cross your fingers the software included has the ability to make these kind of minor adjustments.
Yeah, good luck to me! ;-)
Quote:I'd be more inclined to go after the card manufacturer and accuse him of taking shortcuts in the design. This is a support site for AMD cards http://www.rage3d.com/ the AMD guys haunt the forums here.
My Radeon HD 5770 is not far off your Radeon HD 6450, I had some issues with a mint install, but found some beta drivers, that settled out my acceleration issues.
So you're using AMD's drivers? I used to use them a while back, but have been running on the open source drivers for at least two years without any hiccups, so I stuck with those. (I mean, as long as Kodi works fine, I'm happy—and I'm surely not pushing the envelope on what the GPU could do…)
I did try and select the proprietary drivers, but Mint didn't seem happy about it, and I switched back immediately. Maybe I should give the beta drivers you're talking about a try? You don't happen to have a link at hand, do you?
The more I read, the more I'm disillusioned by the fact that my issue is probably due to some unexpected side-effect of changing up one thing or another in some obscure, non-identifiable function of the code that got tweaked and made it into the codebase during the transition from Jarvis to Krypton. :-( That doesn't really give me much hope for a quick or easy fix.
Still, thanks for your insight!