[CentOS] CentOS 7 on Dell Inspiron with ATI Radeon HD 6320 video card

Sun Mar 15 19:09:52 UTC 2015
Jay Leafey <jay.leafey at mindless.com>

On 03/15/2015 05:15 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently installing CentOS 7 on a client's Dell Inspiron laptop.
> Here's the video card:
>
> # lspci | grep -i vga
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6320]
>
> Most of the time, I either have to deal with Intel or NVidia graphic
> chipsets. As far as I understand, I can choose either the free 'radeon'
> driver or the proprietary 'fglrx' driver with this video card.
>
> I'm not too worried about performance, since this will essentially be a
> laptop for office productivity. On the other hand, I do worry about
> driver stability. I vaguely remember having seen freeze problems with
> these cards.
>
> Which driver should I use for a most stable setup?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki
>

It sort of depends on your usage.  For normal desktop usage, the 
provided Radeon driver seems adequate and stable.  If you have any need 
for "reasonable" 3D performance, fglrx is a better proposition.

Like you I've mostly dealt with nVidia or Intel video.  I had some 
painful initial issues with the fglrx driver, but once I became more 
accustomed to the quirks it was quite stable.  The wiki at elrepo was 
helpful.  This was on desktop systems, I know the "portable" chipsets 
used in the laptops are a bit different.

-- 
Jay Leafey - jay.leafey at mindless.com
Memphis, TN