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What is the correct way to install proprietary ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx) directly from AMD?

I am planning on doing a fresh install of Ubuntu and want to know what is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Driver? There are multiple valid answers for this question spanning over ...
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How do I install the latest ATI Catalyst Video Drivers in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal?

There are other threads related to this question for Ubuntu 12.04, however THEY DO NOT APPLY TO 12.10. This is not a duplicate of another thread if the referenced thread doesn't answer the question ...
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FLGRX (AMD Catalyst) driver issues in Ubuntu 12.04

I just finished installing Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit on my laptop and I'm having a hard time getting my graphic card drivers to work. Jockey (the GUI for installing additional proprietary graphic drivers) ...
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X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to fix error with ATI driver “Error of failed request”? Though this question is asked before for 11.10, it's still unanswered. I am using ubuntu 12.04 (on Dell Inspiron ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - default Radeon driver does not work at all

I've recently upgraded to 12.04 LTS and I have an ATI Radeon HD5670. I've heard that the open source 'Radeon' driver is used by default. However, it wasn't showing anything for me. What I did was I ...
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AMD Catalyst Control Center crashes silently when I click 'apply' after changing dual monitor settings, unless run from terminal window

AMD CCC crashes when I hit 'apply' after changing dual monitor settings Procedure: I open AMD Catalyst Control Center I select 'Display Manager' on the left I choose the 'Multi-display desktop' ...
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Unity 3d not available on Ubuntu 12.04 with ATI Radeon 4570 card

I have a Dell Studio 1555 with ATI Radeon HD 4570 card in it. Upon running Unity Support Test, it says Unity 3D is not supported. shantanu@GreenHead:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL ...
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why is my ATI graphics driver not working?

i just installed ubuntu day ago and im total newb in this system. after installation and ubuntu update i found out in "System Info-"Graphics": Driver-Unknown, Expirience-Standard after that i found ...
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How to install drivers for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200?

I followed a guide to install drivers for my graphic card, However when I restart, Ubuntu merely shows a blank screen. I can get a terminal through CTRL+ALT+F1, but that's about it. Where exactly am I ...
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installing my Graphic Card on ubuntu12.04

I have a HP Pavillion G6 series 1225, i5 laptop with Radeon HD 6470M switchable VGA. i installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but the VGA drivers don't work properly. I want to install drivers into the Ubuntu. ...
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How to install an ati hd 4200 driver and make it work good?

I keep wanting to use Ubuntu 12.04 because it looks nice, but it sucks at running my graphics card, under Windows 7 it works fine but under Ubuntu my windows move laggy. I've tried the compiz fix by ...
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Why won't my graphics work in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

I'm very new to Ubuntu and to Linux in general, and took the leap and formatted my PC to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS very recently :) I seem to be having some trouble getting my graphics card to run properly, I ...
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ati catalyst 13.1 driver on 12.04 LTS w/ 3.5.0-25 kernel

I followed this HotTo and changed the package to the newest one AMD offers. It all loaded correctly, but in the end the driver wouldn't run. I see others have success, but as I looked through the ...
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Error when trying to activate FGLRX graphic propietary control ATI/AMD

I'm new to Ubuntu. I still don't understand a lot of features. As far as I know, I can install the ATI drivers through the Additional drivers When I press 'Activate' in the FGLRX graphic propietary ...
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I am experiencing slow performance on my system. How do I diagnose and fix it?

I am using ubuntu 12.04 in my laptop. This is my first experience in ubuntu. I just installed Ubuntu yesterday. I have dual OS in my laptop. The other OS is Windows 7. Comparing Windows 7 ubuntu ...
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