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Sorry if this has already been answered I did search first but couldnt find :

Why will my AMD driver not install from Quickpet or Setup?

Dont know if it's the machine or my graphics card but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner, it's much much quieter in that other OS.

Computer brand and model?

Which puppy version?

Did you see your driver available in quickpet?

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perdido wrote:Computer brand and model?

Which puppy version?

Did you see your driver available in quickpet?

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Dell Studio XPS 7100

Latest TahrPup64

Yes, but fails when I try to install.

Video card drivers are kernel specific.
Also they are 32-bit or 64-bit specific.

Will you please check kernel version?
You can type uname -r in terminal to find the kernel version then post it here

With kernel version and knowing it is 64-bit we can search for a driver.

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Minimum driver version required Kernel version is ?


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perdido wrote:Minimum driver version required

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Driver version 8.66 (Catalyst 9.10) or above 

Kernel version is ?


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#uname --all
Linux puppypc12984 3.14.54 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 1 17:54:26 GMT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

BrianXYZ wrote:Dont know if it's the machine or my graphics card but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner, it's much much quieter in that other OS.

Your processor might be constantly running at full speed. Unlike Windows, Puppy usually doesn't enable frequency scaling (adjusting the CPU frequency based on the workload) by default. Use Menu > System > CPU Frequency Scaling Tool to turn it on.

mostly_lurking wrote:

BrianXYZ wrote:Dont know if it's the machine or my graphics card but it sounds like a vacuum cleaner, it's much much quieter in that other OS.

Your processor might be constantly running at full speed. Unlike Windows, Puppy usually doesn't enable frequency scaling (adjusting the CPU frequency based on the workload) by default. Use Menu > System > CPU Frequency Scaling Tool to turn it on.

Oh, I asked about frequency scaling elsewhere. I just tried %80 and %50... not much difference, if any. Thanks anyway.

#uname --all
Linux puppypc12984 3.14.54 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 1 17:54:26 GMT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

kernel 3.14.54
This pet package should work. Please note that it is a 114MB download.
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... _6.0.5.pet

That should be the same package offered by quickpet unless the graphics card was somehow misidentified.
Make sure you have room in the save file if running a frugal install.


Skami driver repo has a lot of drivers archived for many puppy versions
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... river_Repo
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perdido wrote:

#uname --all
Linux puppypc12984 3.14.54 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 1 17:54:26 GMT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

kernel 3.14.54
This pet package should work. Please note that it is a 114MB download.
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... _6.0.5.pet

That should be the same package offered by quickpet unless the graphics card was somehow misidentified.
Make sure you have room in the save file if running a frugal install.


Skami driver repo has a lot of drivers archived for many puppy versions
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... river_Repo
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Full install on an 6core amd, 16g ram, 250g SSD, no problems.

Thanks I'll give that pet a whirl.

perdido wrote:

#uname --all
Linux puppypc12984 3.14.54 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Dec 1 17:54:26 GMT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

kernel 3.14.54
This pet package should work. Please note that it is a 114MB download.
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... _6.0.5.pet

That should be the same package offered by quickpet unless the graphics card was somehow misidentified.
Make sure you have room in the save file if running a frugal install.


Skami driver repo has a lot of drivers archived for many puppy versions
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... river_Repo
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Didn't work unfortunately. Same report as from QuickPet "driver failed to install".