@lok1
Good to know that there is hope of getting this running at reasonable speeds on linux. I may just install the latest version of Ubuntu since I've never had problems with the proprietary drivers on that distro.
@degasus
Yes, I'm using the one with -git. When I install the Catalyst drivers in Arch I'm forced to downgrade Xorg to 1.16 (I'm using Vi0l0's repos as suggested in the arch wiki). I blacklist radeon, generate a new xorg.conf file, remove mesa-libgl, disable kernel modeset, etc. etc. The system boots fine, but it freezes for no apparent reason. It is a new install of arch so I don't have the 3.16 kernel package to downgrade to. Regarding your name... You didn't. I figured that was your name because when I was troubleshooting this I read all about your contributions to the project in the driver hall of fame/shame article so I figured you were Markus, my bad it I got that wrong. Thanks for your help. I think my next step might be to try to compile the catalyst driver for xorg 1.17 and kernel 3.18. I remember the arch wiki saying that there is a AUR package but that I'd have to recompile whenever I update.
Good to know that there is hope of getting this running at reasonable speeds on linux. I may just install the latest version of Ubuntu since I've never had problems with the proprietary drivers on that distro.
@degasus
Yes, I'm using the one with -git. When I install the Catalyst drivers in Arch I'm forced to downgrade Xorg to 1.16 (I'm using Vi0l0's repos as suggested in the arch wiki). I blacklist radeon, generate a new xorg.conf file, remove mesa-libgl, disable kernel modeset, etc. etc. The system boots fine, but it freezes for no apparent reason. It is a new install of arch so I don't have the 3.16 kernel package to downgrade to. Regarding your name... You didn't. I figured that was your name because when I was troubleshooting this I read all about your contributions to the project in the driver hall of fame/shame article so I figured you were Markus, my bad it I got that wrong. Thanks for your help. I think my next step might be to try to compile the catalyst driver for xorg 1.17 and kernel 3.18. I remember the arch wiki saying that there is a AUR package but that I'd have to recompile whenever I update.