Questions tagged [amd-graphics]
For questions related to AMD graphic cards, their drivers and related problems.
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Ubuntu 13.04 won't boot after new AMD catalyst center [duplicate]
I am far from an experienced linux user. I uninstalled the latest catalyst center and installed the new AMD beta driver. The installation seemed to go fine then it said I should restart to avoid ...
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Is my GPU working?
If I boot to Ubuntu and lspci shows drivers for my GPU, does this mean it's working? I have tested performance using Globs and my scores averaged around 58 FPS.
I'm having issues getting it to be ...
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Is the Radeon HD 7650 compatible with ubuntu? [duplicate]
I am planning to buy a new notebook. I found a cheap one with Radeon HD 7650M . Will it be fully supported by Ubuntu? I had problems with my previous ATI card (xpress 1250) and I do not want to have ...
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Pre-upgrade questions about upgrading from ATI 4870 to nVidia GTX650 on 12.04
I'm upgrading my computer's video card. I've been using the open source 'radeon' driver with an AMD HD4870. My new card is a nVidia GTX650 that I'm planning on using the proprietary drivers with.
I ...
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Is Ubuntu using my discreet GPU?
How can I be sure that Ubuntu is using my discreet GPU? Here are my lshw results if you want to check out my specs. In short, I have a laptop with an Intel i5 processor, which of course has its own ...
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2 AMD 7950's do not work in crossfire mode
I have 2 7950 graphics cards. I have tried to get them working in crossfire mode in several different ways all ending the same. The computer boots to the login screen and then just freezes.
In ...
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No Display Variable, Unity not working, Just upgraded to 13.04, have AMD drivers
I just upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04, and now my GUI / Unity is not working. I get a login screen that looks fine, but when I log in, there are no menus or bars or anything, and all the tiles look ...
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'Your system is running in low-graphic mode' after installing AMD fglrx drivers on a 6600M
Looks like I have a problem that has already been debated but non of the solutions provided did not work for me, so I'm asking this question again in hpes that someone can help me.
I'm running 12.04 ...
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How can I be sure to install the latest AMD/ATI graphics driver
I currently have the graphic GPU as follows:
[url]http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/P770/P775D-S7144[/url] no longer being sold but to help you determine the best driver for my system
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how to install AMD Catalyst or AMD Graphic Drivers and other drivers in Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
I recently purchased an HP laptop (Intel-AMD Hybrid). I successfully installed Ubuntu 13.04 on it.
But my battery is draining quite quickly. It hardly works for 30-50 minutes. I guess it might be due ...
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HDMI with opensource drivers (radeon)
My system (E45M1-I Deluxe with AMD onboard graphics with 4GB RAM) running Ubuntu 12.04. My problem is I have no HDMI sound if using the opensource drivers instead of fglrx.
I tried:
to remove and ...
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Will there be Ubuntu compatibility with AMD CPU / Processor: Samsung Exynos 5 Dual soon?
Will there be Ubuntu compatibility with AMD CPU / Processor: Samsung Exynos 5 Dual soon? I realize the Chromebook is recently out, but I would appreciate knowing if it's in the works.
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Ubuntu mirroring two monitors but only detecting one
I have an Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS install that I want to use two monitors with. The monitors are identical Dell U2312HM 23" that I am connecting with a VGA and a DVI cable to a Sapphire Radeon HD6450.
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Why doesn't my system use hardware rendering?
Almost everything which is remotely using my GPU lags horribly, so I decided to dive into the system to check.
chloridecull@SonicRainboom:~$ glxinfo | grep renderer
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0....
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Ubuntu 13,04 AMD processor overheating
Hi I have an Asus Eee PC seashell series 1215B with an AMD E-350 Processor (2CPUs)-1.6GHz, and after installing Ubuntu 13.04 it keeps getting hot to the point that the laptop turns off alone. I do not ...
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How can I get the AMD driver running on Ubuntu 12.10 (AMD Radeon HD 7310& AMD Vision E1-1200 APU)
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on the Lenovo S206 of my brother and already spent hours on trying to get the graphic driver to work.
No matter which solution I used, in the end Unity crashes, after the ...
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My cpu fan makes more noise while running Ubuntu 13.04?
I have
AMD Athlon x3 processor
gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2 motherboard
6gb ddr3 ram
ati 4350 hd 1gb graphics card.
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Ubuntu 13.04 detects only 2 out of 4 cores
I have just installed and updated ubuntu desktop 13.04 64-bit (3.8.0-19-generic
). I have AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor with 4 cores, but the cpuinfo shows only 2 cores avaible. How can I enable ...
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Do I have to upgrade to 13.04 to use latest ATI driver
My question: Must we following the release each time it just comes out, to use latest application and drivers. Firstly I use Ubuntu on an old laptop and happy with it. I understand new release is ...
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switcheroo to discrete turns off backlight on laptop screen
AMD cedar/ Intel ironlake hybrid graphics. Custom kernel 3.8.3. Free radeon xorg drivers.
When I switch from integrated to discrete, I do a killall lightdm and X doesn't automatically respawn like it ...
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a few questions before updating to 13.04
About a month ago I updated my computer through the update manager. It completely broke my system. I decided to remove ubuntu and try again another time. So now I reinstalled ubuntu fresh with 12.04.
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How do I know whether my graphic drivers are installed or not
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my lenovo laptop and found a "chip" image on the top of the screen. It showed me to install 3 drivers
ATI/AMD Proprietary FGLRX graphics drivers (post-release ...
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HD5450 "This driver is actived but currently not in use"
I don't understand why I can't find the answer to the simple question of how to get a driver status changed from "Activated but currently not in use" to in use. Install directions are not what I am ...
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Does Ubuntu 12.04 have video drivers for Nvidia Quadro or AMD Firepro GPU's?
I was building a Workstation for video production and I wanted to use ether a AMD Firepro Or Nvidia Quadro Graphics Card. I am very much a fan of Ubuntu and I was wondering if 12.04 supported any of ...
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Nvidia and ATI on 13.04 step by step
Im have Dual Xeon system for Photogrammetric related stuff and need setup Ubuntu 13.04 with Nvidia 560Ti and AMD 7970 3GB card on 2 monitors. And use BOTH cards with OpenCL drivers. Its possible to ...
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Can I install this driver?
I have an ATI Xpress 200 graphics card, it doesn't have support from AMD anymore so I can't upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10, but I found this driver on their site Driver Download.
I know it doesn't support my ...
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Can I Run Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 on an ATI XPress 200 graphics card?
I have a acer aspire t650 pc with a pentium 4 processor and a ati xpress 200 grafics card.
Does anybody knows if I can update ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10 and to 13.04 and if so which driver do I need ...
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Graphic card drivers
I installed Ubuntu on my HP ProBook 4740s. When I tried to install new graphic card drivers, Unity doesn't start, or worse, I get the low graphic mode(and the screen freezes). I have tried installing ...
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Videos are not playing properly
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my laptop having ati amd radeon graphics card.But in Ubuntu I experience lots of trouble like the videos are not playing flawlessly. sometimes it stucks.
I used every ...
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Unity won't to start after installing proprietary AMD graphics driver
After installing Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit, I installed all the updates, and then I installed the proprietary AMD graphics drivers for my AMD Radeon 7670M 1GB DDR3 graphics card (I have Samsung NP350V5X), ...
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Brightness adjustment crashes 13.04
I'm using ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on a Dell Studio 1558 with a ATI/AMD 5400 series graphics card running the AMD 13.4 graphics drivers and sometimes when I try to adjust the screen brightness, the entire ...
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Setting up dual monitors
Just installed a fresh copy of Maverick, and went from my two monitors working perfectly to broken in seconds.
As usual I configured the monitors in the display applet, this worked fine. I also hit ...
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How to install Intel HD 4000 grapics driver
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my HP laptop with AMD amd Intel graphics card. I want use only Intel card, but there isn't drivers in option (picture).
Should I just install drivers from this page? ...
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How to get AMD graphics card working on kernel 3.10.x?
I'm running Kubuntu 13.04_x64 on my Sony Vaio SVE171E13L. The notebook has an AMD Radeon HD7650M graphics card. Up until now, I've been using the AMD proprietary driver (AMD Catalyst 13.4).
After ...
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VGA Controller is Intel's but graphic card is AMD/ATI, and 3d acceleration is not supported [duplicate]
I typed lspci -nn in the Terminal.
And this is what it says :
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ...
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Which drivers should I install?
i'm currently using Catalyst 13.4 on Dell 1749 i3 (GPU: ATI5650) but last time I saw in the window of "Sotware and Updates", that there are new:
I checked them out.
I used early Catalyst 13.4 and ...
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Why does my HP ProBook 4530s get much hotter?
my laptop details :-
hp probook 4530 s
processor : Intel (R) core (TM) i7-2670 QM - cpu @ 2.20 GHZ (8cpus),~ 2.2 GHZ
memory 8192 MB RAM
about display card (VGA) :
device name : mobile ...
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AMD switchable graphics: integrated outperforms dedicated
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Sony VAIO E14 laptop. I have a AMD switchable GPU Radeon HD 7600M / Intel HD 4000 card. The AMD Catalyst 13.4 driver is installed:
On integrated (IGPU):
fglrxinfo
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Black screen of death after reboot during isntallation of Ubuntu 12.04 - x64 AMD and ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
I have been cracking my head over this for two days now.
My procedure is as follows:
I run the live CD from a pendrive
Choose to install Ubuntu
turn the internet connection ON and OFF during ...
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How to enable hardware acceleration with the Radeon HD 7870?
Any idea on how to do this? The open source driver does not do this, and the 2 propriety drivers (fglrx and fglrx-updates) both cause my computer to refuse to boot up.
The output of /usr/lib/nux/...
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3d support on AMD Radeon HD 7800M series video card with 3 displays (Dell M6700)
On my Dell M6700 laptop with an AMD Radeon HD 7870M video card I am unable to get 3d support with 3 displays on Ubuntu 12.04.02 (LTS)
With the open source Radeon Driver I can get 3 displays working ...
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Graphical interface (UI) wont load on ubuntu 12.04 after install
I have recently installed ubuntu 12.04 in virtual box. I cannot get the graphical interface to load only the terminal. The terminal comes up and i login but it stays on the terminal. I have tried the ...
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How to use Integrated GPU for Hybrid Laptop Intel/ATI?
So here's the problem, I have Lenovo Laptop Y460 equipped with Hybrid GPU that is an Intel Integrated GPU and an ATI Radeon HD 5650 as Discrete GPU. Basically I can switch the GPU either by switching ...
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Why does "AMD testing use only" pop up upon login? [duplicate]
I have just used this website to follow some of the steps to manually create the .deb file from the .zip file that is on the AMD site.
Then I installed them one by one using the Debpackage installer. ...
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Planning on switching to Ubuntu!
I'm planning on taking my HP Envy M6 AMD A10 CPU, with a AMD Radeon HD 7660G discrete-class GPU, and I was wondering if there's any packages I should install to make it run effectively when I first ...
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Display larger than my external screen
I seem to have this problem every time I install Ubuntu. I have a Panasonic Viera Plasma 50" and the display area on it is always cropped I have tried all kinds of configurations with the terminal (ie....
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Why can't I install the fglrx drivers for a RV620 card?
I have done everything correctly from: What is the correct way to install proprietary ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx) directly from AMD?
And after installation i use command:
gilu@gilu-desktop:~/...
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ATI driver installation failed
I tried to install the driver for my ATI Radeon HD 4330 graphics card from the AMD website. I have Ubuntu 13.04 on my HP laptop. After reboot I don't have the launcher and the borders of the windows. ...
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How to install Radeon X600 driver
I am completely new to Ubuntu and now running into so many problems regarding my display.
I will be so grateful to the community to help me out and keep me loving Ubuntu.
When I run
lspci | grep ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 detecting wrong graphics card
I have just done a fresh install of 12.10 on my laptop details are below and it is detecting the wrong graphics cards so now the fan is running very loud.
If any could help me I would be very ...