BAMT comes with driver version 11.6 and SDK 2.4.  I honestly don't know what drivers/sdk/etc are required for 7xxx cards, but I think you need something newer than what we supply.

Installing a new driver is very easy, simply download and run the .sh file from ATI's website.   New SDK is a bit more involved, but any guide to "how to set up mining" for debian or ubuntu should suffice.

I'm also not sure if phoenix has kernels for the 7xxx series, or if you need something special there, or what else might be required.

Long story short: I'm sure it can be done, but it will take some work.

Whatever. My rantings.. heh.  I'm trying to a) get answers that will b) eventually lead to an improved BAMT.  Screw you.

Go on being a dick, I don't need this shit, got enough of my own to deal with.  Have fun with whatever you're doing.  I'll check it out again when it matures to the point of being usable for larger installations, instead of disabling every feature that makes it worth while.  I'm sure it's great for people who need a lot of hand holding to install linux, though.  I know that apt-get can be daunting  to use.

What the hell do you mean what do I want?  I want BAMT to work properly.  Seriously, how hard is that to understand?  I thought that was clear from the first post.  

As for what I will provide, it depends on what's required.  Look, you can be a dick all you want.  You can try to talk down to me all you want.  I was the first mother fucker on these forums to basically write a comprehensive Linux guide for mining with GPUs, I wrote my entire pool from scratch... I would say I know what the hell I'm doing.  The questions I ask and the comments I make are not idle or ill informed.  If you choose to take them as such, that's on you.  This is your project, you can run it as you see fit, if that includes being asshole to the people who come here looking for assistance, fine.  I wouldn't expect your project to advance as fast or as widely as it could if you were actually helpful and non-dismissive of suggestions.

Plain and simple, since you don't seem to understand:

BAMT does not work properly out of the box with my particular setup.  Why is this? I don't know, that's why I'm here asking.
I have several rigs with 6 - 7 GPUs.

People have piped up saying "Hey it works great with my 2 cards" - guess what? I don't care.  I have exactly zero rigs with 2 cards or even 3 cards.  The least amount of cards I have in a rig is 4, the most 6.  Every single one of them have problems running BAMT out of the box without disabling everything that's already been mentioned.  Even AFTER I have stated this, I get the completely useless "Well, your cards are unstable/overclocked/blahblahblah."  But magically, if I setup the cards manually, they are rock stable. Magically, if I run them under my typical Linux install, they run rock stable.  Somehow, it's my hardware, though, when I use a bone stock BAMT install  Whatever.  

Then, when I state all this, I get snarky non-answers from people like you and abracadabra that somehow it's my fault that BAMT isn't stable.  Again... whatever.  Then I detail exactly WHY supporting 8 GPUs should be a major focus going forward, since the reasons for NOT supporting it are completely invalid, and I get more snark.  I ask a simple question: "Which large mining farms don't want 64 bit support?  Which large mining farms are running less than 8 GPUs?" and I get no answer.  The simple fact of the matter is, any large mining farm that isn't already running 8 GPUs or working towards that is going to fail as FPGAs start taking over.  Completely ignoring that is ludicrous.

What do I want?  How about stop being assholes for a start?

Why should I bother?  If you don't want to help, why should I bother to help you?

If I'm going to put my time and effort into a project, it's not going to be one led by an ass who doesn't even want to put forth a little effort to solve anything but the least complex problems.

INABA, in this thread, if i had to choose...only in this thread...i would 100% choose you as the bigger asshole. I am sure outside this thread your a nice guy.

Just out of curiosity, how come you are not running 8 cards per rig?

also, before trying the newer version of bamt seriously try the old one first.

1 - Please point me to the "regular repos" where we can get updates for mining software.  I will gladly start using them immediately.  Failing that, please let me know what other alternative there is, and how to implement it.  I currently provide updates for this software because I simply know of no other way.  I am very interested to know how you propose we improve this situation so no one has to worry about relying on me for updates any more.

2 - Why exactly can you not compile any software you'd like to on BAMT?  Have I forgotten to include some critical tool you need?  Perhaps it is available via debian's apt package manager (which is fully functional in BAMT).  Is there some reason it is more difficult to compile software on BAMT than on other systems?  How can I remove these hoops you mention jumping through? 

I am very interested to address these issues that you bring up.  Please provide details so that I can understand what needs to be done.

Inaba and lodcrappo,

I hope you guys can call a truce and work together to fix whatever might be wrong with BAMT. I'm not sure what it is about forums that brings out the best in people. I KNOW both of you are smart and can improve BAMT.

Thanks,
gigavps

I made some syntax mistake in the bamt.conf file and the gpumon doesn't start (I get that funny error message), so I wanted to edit the file at etc/bamt/bamt.conf but.. why do I have writing permission disabled? I'm logged as a root and did not change any permissions, only thing I did was set a password. Any ideas?

yep, unfortunately this is right. 

there is no process in bamt that ever writes to or changes your bamt.conf in any way. 

if you can't edit it...  sounds like bad key.