Install AMD ATI proprietary fglrx driver in Kali Linux 1.0.6

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Install AMD ATI proprietary fglrx driver in Kali Linux 1.0.6

Final version:

Kali dev team added new version of AMD ATI proprietary fglrx driver which is now available via Kali Linux repositories. That means, those who are following this other guide, Install AMD ATI proprietary driver fglrx in Kali Linux 1.0.6 running Kernel version 3.12.6 can use this new Final version to install fglrx driver in their Kali Linux 1.0.6. This guide is less complicated and everything should work out of the box instead of messing about with Debian Jessie repository.

Step by step guide to install proprietary fglrx driver in Kali Linux

Following instructions were tested on 64-bit Kali Linux 1.0.6 running Kernel version 3.12.6:

lsb_release -a

Output:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux Kali Linux 1.0.6
Release: Kali Linux 1.0.6
Codename: n/a

Step 1 (add official Kali Linux Repositories)

Check your /etc/apt/sources.list. If it’s anything different to the following, you need to fix it. You can follow this guide to add 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 http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Kali Source repositories
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/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:

1. Helpful ATIconfig fglrx commands
2. How to install Pyrit in Kali Linux?
3. How to install CAL++ in Kali Linux?
4. How to install AMD APP SDK in Kali Linux?

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 (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

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