Check your /etc/apt/sources.list. If it’s anything
different to the following, you need to fix it. You can follow this
guide toadd official Kali Linux Repositories if you’re
not too sure on how to do it. For the sake of clarity I will keep
things simple here.
leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list
Remove or comment out existing lines and add the following:
## Kali Regular repositories
deb /kali kali main non-free contrib
deb /kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Kali Source repositories
deb-src /kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src /kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
Step 2 (update with apt-get)
Now we need to update and make sure we get the latest list from
Kali Linux official repositories. So perform an apt-get update.
apt-get update
STOP:
NVIDIA users after driver installation and cuda/pyrit related
issues go here: How to Install Nvidia Kernel Module Cuda and Pyrit
in Kali Linux
Also those who would like to use Graphics card processing power
to crunch data (such as cracking wii password faster) see the
following posts:
Step 3 (install Linux headers and recommended softwares)
Now that we have the correct repositories we can add these
following recommended apps. The most important part is to add the
correct headers.
apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree
apt-get install amd-opencl-icd
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
NOTE: You
should be able to get all these from Kali Linux repositories as
added/updated from Step 1 above. When this guide was written, all
these were available in the Kali Repositories.
Step 4 (change repositories to Debian Jessie).
So far so good.
This part I wouldn’t usually recommend, but we will only add few
specific software’s from Debian Jessie Repositories and quickly
remove them once we’re done. I have added this myself and removed
them once the following steps are completed. I went in and checked
as many software’s I could, but it seems only updating a few
packages doesn’t break anything. (So far!! You are most welcome to
try it).
Now comment out Kali Repositories in your
/etc/apt/sources.list and add Debian Jessie (Another
name for Debian Jessie is Debian testing) repositories.
You should be able to use leafpad to do it quickly.
leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list
Remove or comment out existing lines and add the following:
## Kali Regular repositories
#deb /kali kali main non-free contrib
#deb /kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Kali Source repositories
#deb-src /kali kali main non-free contrib
#deb-src /kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Debian Main
deb /debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src /debian testing main contrib non-free
## Debian Updates
deb /debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src /debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
## Debian Security
deb / jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src / jessie/updates main contrib non-free
Step 5 (update with apt-get)
Now we need to update and make sure we get the latest list from
Debian Jessie repositories. So perform an apt-get update.
apt-get update
Step 6 (install fglrx drivers and control)
Almost done, just install fglrx drivers and control. The best
part is that it’s all you need to do. Debian Jessie fixed the
issues with fglrx and latest driver, so once you install these
drivers, everything just works.
apt-get install fglrx-atieventsd fglrx-driver fglrx-control fglrx-modules-dkms -y
NOTE: At
this point, you will see bunch of popups (we see those hardly in
Linux, but aptitude pops up with request to update some
libraries(opencl and glx) and restart services such as network
etc., I have chosen YES to all
of them. My installation of Kali is still working and I am yet to
find a problem. Your experience might be different.
Once the installation if finished, we need to test if it was all
good.
Step 7 (testing your installation and generate xorg.conf
file)
Now that our installation is all good and went without an error,
we need to test fglrx drivers. You can test fglrx using the
following two commands:
fglrxinfo
fgl_glxgears
But I would like to go a bit far and test glx as well. Use the
following commands to test GLX. (The reason I tested this is
because original AMD Drivers broke them previously.
glxinfo
glxgears
If everything worked well, you can generate
xorg.conf file using the following
command
aticonfig --initial -f
xorg.conf file will be located at
/etc/X11 folder.
Step 8 (update grub.cfg file and reboot)
Almost there. AMD cards needs the following parameters passed
into grub.cfg during boot. Let’s do that:
Edit thegrub.cfg file:
leafpad /boot/grub/grub.cfg
you see this:
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.12-kali1-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 129deb3c-0edc-473b-b8e8-507f0f2dc3f9
echo'Loading Linux 3.12-kali1-amd64 ...'
linux/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=129deb3c-0edc-473b-b8e8-507f0f2dc3f9 ro initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz quiet
echo'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd/boot/initrd.img-3.12-kali1-amd64
}
add radeon.modeset=0 in the end
of the following line
linux/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=129deb3c-0edc-473b-b8e8-507f0f2dc3f9 ro initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz quiet radeon.modeset=0
So the line above becomes this:
linux/boot/vmlinuz-3.12-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=129deb3c-0edc-473b-b8e8-507f0f2dc3f9 ro initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz quiet radeon.modeset=0
Note:
129deb3c-0edc-473b-b8e8-507f0f2dc3f9
UUID would be different for every PC. Use your one here.
Save and exit. Then reboot.
reboot
Once you reboot, your should be able to login in GUI and enjoy
your AMD ATI proprietary driver (fglrx) in Kali Linux 1.0.6 running
Kernel version 3.12.6.
