I have HP ProBook 4530s laptop with AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics card. After installing Ubuntu it runs on Intel Sandybridge graphics.
The Ubuntu community page says: "By default Ubuntu will use the open source ATI or Radeon driver for cards manufactured by AMD/ATI."
I already have installed the required driver packages: xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-all
, but it uses Intel driver anyway.
When I'm uninstalling the Intel driver (xserver-xorg-video-intel
) and rebooting, Radeon graphics works, it uses Gallium driver, but only 2D session loads.
This page says: "No configuration is necessary for ATI driver in the modern versions of Ubuntu." and I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
What's wrong?
P.S. I don't want the proprietary FGLRX driver, it's really buggy on my system.
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Do you by chance have hybrid graphics?– Uri HerreraSep 8, 2012 at 18:28
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Yes, I have hybrid graphics.– Giorgi GzirishviliSep 8, 2012 at 19:53
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Can you disable the Intel GPU from the BIOS?– Uri HerreraSep 8, 2012 at 20:01
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Unfortunately I can't.– Giorgi GzirishviliSep 8, 2012 at 20:02
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2 Answers
Have you tried this?
sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx*
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri fglrx-modaliases
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core
This should make your system use the opensource driver. It worked for me. I have a different computer but it has a Radeon HD 4000 series
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Nah! It runs on Intel GPU :( People are having a lot of problems caused by their AMD graphics card. Nov 5, 2012 at 0:53
Definetily the issue that I faced. I wrote this article as a solution that worked for me.
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You are much appreciated for trying to help a person. But you must give context for links ie explain whatever is in the link you are providing. See here :- askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer under "Provide context for links" heading. This is not intended to offend you but just to make your answer better and useful for the community. Apr 12, 2014 at 18:43