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had proprietary AMD binary drivers (Catalyst), and wanted to test open source drivers, and did this:

sudo /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh  # (if it exists)
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

And restarted comp.. Everything looks good, but I don't think comp is using Radeon card (have 2 cards on laptop, Intel integrated and Radeon one):

$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] [1002:6760]

$ glxinfo | grep "renderer string"
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT

What I did wrong? How to activate Radeon card?

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You have a hybrid GPU solution, can you disable the Intel card in your BIOS? – Bruno Pereira♦ Oct 24 '11 at 21:41
What version of Ubuntu? – david6 Nov 21 '11 at 23:19
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When dealing with device drivers you should use the 'Additional Drivers' software, you can run it by executing jockey-gtk. If you do not have a graphical user-interface available try jockey-text.

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His system has a hybrid GPU solution, installing he ATI driver can leave him not being able to boot. – Bruno Pereira♦ Oct 24 '11 at 23:28

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