Mobility Radeon 3450 Black Screen with cursor after Login

[Haui111]

Hi folks!

I'm back with my super old notebook from this post https://www.linux.org/threads/which-version-of-mint-for-asus-x59sr-notebook.47467/.

The Problem
I'm using Mint Mate (current version) and it is making me wanna throw the thing out. After Login the screen turns black and I only see the cursor (which I can move), no wallpaper.

Steps to remedy
From former research I found that the Chip does not to be supported in the current kernels anymore? I have recently installed arch in a VM so I now kinda understand what Window Managers, X Server and Co do but I don't get why old hardware would just be abandoned by the kernel devs.

Question
Is there any way to solve this? Do I need to write my own driver (learning opportunity?) to make this work?

If you need more input, let me know what you need.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Brickwizard]

Legacy driver... try this one

https://www2.ati.com/drivers/legacy/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64.zip

sorry AMD do not allow links from 3rd party sites


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try last 2 on list, one should work

 

[Haui111]

Thank you very much! I really need to set up notifications for this forum.

I managed to get it working using lubuntu. I tried multiple systems and the only one not blackscreening on me was that one. I chose is specifically for the qt framework since the cursor was visible but the rest didnt render. And voila, it works.