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Outdated. See [[AMD: Installing Linux Mint 19]]
 
== Prepare installation media ==
 
== Prepare installation media ==
 
* A USB DVD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 2GB should be used as installation media
 
* A USB DVD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 2GB should be used as installation media
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* RadeonSI exceed the ATI Catalyst video driver in many benchmark tests
 
* RadeonSI exceed the ATI Catalyst video driver in many benchmark tests
 
* RadeonSI provides HW video acceleration for wider range of video codecs
 
* RadeonSI provides HW video acceleration for wider range of video codecs
  $ apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers-lts-vivid vdpau-va-driver vainfo vdpauinfo
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  sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers-lts-vivid vdpau-va-driver vainfo vdpauinfo
  $ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
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  cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
  $ ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so radeonsi_drv_video.so
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  sudo ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so radeonsi_drv_video.so
 
* Run vainfo and vdpauinfo commands to view list of supported accelerated profiles
 
* Run vainfo and vdpauinfo commands to view list of supported accelerated profiles
  
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* Both of them use HW accelerated video decoding and give excellent playback quality
 
* Both of them use HW accelerated video decoding and give excellent playback quality
 
* Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
 
* Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
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  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
  $ sudo apt-get update
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  sudo apt-get update
  $ sudo apt-get install kodi vlc
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  sudo apt-get install kodi vlc
 
* Kodi will support HW video acceleration out of the box
 
* Kodi will support HW video acceleration out of the box
 
* In VLC you need to select Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Hardware-accelerated decoding->Video Acceleration (VA) API
 
* In VLC you need to select Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Hardware-accelerated decoding->Video Acceleration (VA) API
  
== Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) ==
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== See also ==
* It's a mechanism where a SATA controller can put the disk into a very low power mode during periods of zero I/O activity and into an active power state when work needs to be done. Tests show that this can save some power and decrease mSATA average temperature.
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* [[AHCI Link Power Management]]
* Create text file /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
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* [[Fitlet Watchdog | Watchdog]]
#!/bin/sh
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* [[Fitlet_GPIO_SDK_for_Linux | GPIO]]
for i in /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy; do
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echo min_power > $i
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done
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* Make it executable
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$ sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
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* Reboot, SATA power management policy has been changed
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$ cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy
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min_power
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min_power
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 27 September 2018

Outdated. See AMD: Installing Linux Mint 19

Prepare installation media

Base installation of Linux Mint

  • Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
  • Disconnect the installation media and reboot.
  • Login using previously selected username and password.

ATI Catalyst video driver

  • fglrx is a proprietary ATI Catalyst video driver for Linux
  • fglrx drivers above the version 13.350 aren't compatible to fitlet. Don't use it!

RadeonSI open-source video driver

  • RadeonSI exceed the ATI Catalyst video driver in many benchmark tests
  • RadeonSI provides HW video acceleration for wider range of video codecs
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers-lts-vivid vdpau-va-driver vainfo vdpauinfo
cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
sudo ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so radeonsi_drv_video.so
  • Run vainfo and vdpauinfo commands to view list of supported accelerated profiles

Kodi and VLC

  • Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) and VLC are well known free and open-source multimedia players
  • Both of them use HW accelerated video decoding and give excellent playback quality
  • Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi vlc
  • Kodi will support HW video acceleration out of the box
  • In VLC you need to select Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Hardware-accelerated decoding->Video Acceleration (VA) API

See also