Questions related to the ATI graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.
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Switchable GPU and Battery drain on an HP ProBook 4530s
I have HP ProBook 4530s. In Windows 7 after installing all HP drivers the 6-Cell battery works perfectly for 2+ hours but in Ubuntu 12.10 and now in 13.04 the battery time is not sufficient. It works ...
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Lubuntu ATI driver trouble
I wanted to install the proprietary drivers for the ATI Radeon 3100 graphics card in the computer (to get higher gaming FPS), but the additional drivers section of Software & Updates is empty. ...
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Should I install amd64-microcode?
This is my system:
AMD Phenom II x4 960T (unlocked to 6 cores)
8GB 1066 DDR2 RAM
Gigabyte Radeon HD6670 1GB DDR3 (AMD Catalyst 13.4 propriety driver)
Ubuntu 13.04 at 1920x1080 60Hz
Dual boot with ...
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Installing “AMD Catalyst™” [duplicate]
I have recently started using Ubuntu, and I do not know how to install my drivers. I have watched a few tutorials on Ubuntu and also read a few, however, non of them seems to work on my machine.
I ...
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Good Tutorial for Installing ATI Proprietary drivers on Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
Title explains it all, I need a tutorial on how to install the ATI proprietary drivers on Ubuntu 13.04. I'm new to linux so specificity works all the better. And I have already checked my graphics ...
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How do i get the sound out of Hdmi output on Tv
my aplay -l command looks like this
** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: ...
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Black screen after login with cursor
I have Ubuntu 13.04 and one day ago I've just installed updates, after I turned off my computer and then when I restarted I just can see a black screen with cursor after login.
Note: I can login.
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Installing proprietary ATI driver bricked my SSD
Today I tried switch back to full Ubuntu, getting rid of Windows for a while again. Was attempting to install 13.04. At first try everything was fine, grabbed the driver from ATI download page, ...
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Hardware Acceleration on HD 7950 Ubuntu 13.04
I have installed a clean install of Ubuntu 13.04, and have attempted several methods of installing the fglrx drivers for the Gigabyte HD 7950 3GB graphics card with no success. Every time the driver ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS only runs with AMD Radeon HD6490 and not Intel HD 3000 [duplicate]
I'm a bit new to Ubuntu 12.04. I have used it for a few months now, but I don't exactly know the commands for Ubuntu.
Also I have been searching for a solution to my problem with my HP ProBook 4730s ...
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Installation of : AMD Radeon™ HD7790 Catalyst™ Performance Driver under Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
Has anyone had success in installation of the drivers mentioned in the title ?
(I was unsuccessful and finally installed AMD Radeon HD77xx driver which works OK).
Thanks for your response.
P.S. I ...
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Major graphical problems after updating to 13.04
This afternoon I updated from 12.10 to 13.04. Ubuntu 12.10 worked entirely fine. However, when I now try to start Ubuntu 13.04, my graphics go completely wrong. And when I mean wrong, I mean really ...
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Proprietary ATI Driver fglrx kills my Video
So, I'll explain the problem, but first I want to cry aloud PLEASE HELP!
I've used Ubuntu 12.04 for more than half an year and everything is set up just the way I want it. But I did a stupid mistake ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 on Gigabyte GA-E350N graphics
I'm thinking of getting this board: Gigabyte GA-E350N
I am intending to run Ubuntu 13.04 on it, using both Unity and Xmbc, play 1080p movies, ssh server, copy files, teamspeak server, samba server, ...
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How can I fix this graphical error?
I have a Radeon HD 4670 and when I log in the first time to my machine after boot / reboot, I always encounter this picture for a few seconds until everything loads up:
I don't think it's my card's ...
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Problem while installing ATI driver for HD6630m/intel hybrid graphical card ！
I have tried to install ati driver 12.4-13.1 on ubuntu 12.04.2 according to the article
What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx)? and many other installation ...
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problem in screen when using ubuntu 13.10 [closed]
When I click the Ubuntu Dash button on the Unity Launcher the screen becomes corrupted and it looks like this: .
In System Info I saw that Ubuntu identified my VGA as Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS690.
In ...
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Error during install of ubuntu. (WUBI 12.04)
After the check of installation files i get this error:
An error occurred:
Error executing command
command=C:\Windows\sysnative\bcdedit.exe /set {148fbf66-bba8-11e2-88b0-bc5ff42bd53b} device ...
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Lost transparency in KDE after installing fglrx video driver
The transparency of KDE panel , Kickoff menu & tooltips were gone just after installing the fglrx display driver
Folder view plasmoid remains transparent (Looks like before).
Kwin animations ...
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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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Water Cooler fan control with Ubuntu 12.04
Phenom X4 965 3.4ghz
4gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 6870 1gb
Water Cooler Corsair
After fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, my water coller was ever enable and run so fast.
I can't disable or control it.
I ...
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Why is there no support for AMD ATI 3200 graphics?
I've got a rather old notebook with an AMD ATI 3200 graphics card inside. Now I use XUbuntu 13.04 on it and found out that there is no support for this chipset anymore, due to some X.org conflicts.
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Pyglet gives only artefacts on Xubuntu 13.04
I am using Pyglet on a Ati HD4250, and it gives me the following result:
The exact same code does run on my other PC, which has aso Xubuntu 13.04 AMD64 in it. The result is the same when running ...
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Updating ubuntu from 10.10 to 13.04 [duplicate]
I just installed ubuntu 10.10 because i had a physical disk of it.
I wasn't able to boot 13.04 because of my graphics card i guess.(AMD Radeon HD7750).
I would like to update my pc from 10.10 to 13.04 ...
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Low brightness: Ubuntu 13.04
I recently dual booted my Windows 8 with Ubuntu 13.04. The first thing that came to my notice was that the brightness was too low. I increased the brightness to maximum from system settings, but ...
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Will the MSI R7770 work on Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm doing my first build and have Ubuntu 12.04 successfully up and running. I've been reading a lot that there are issues trying to use a graphics card, specifically AMD. How do I go about installing ...
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HDMI audio not working on hybrid graphics
I have an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop with Intel Sandybridge HD3000 / Ati Radeon 6490M switchable graphics. I am not very experienced in Ubuntu or Linux in general but I have installed 13.04 64bit, because ...
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fan noise and high battery consumption with AMD hybrid graphics
as described here dell 7520 (inspiron 15R SE), fan on full speed on 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, i still have problems with my energy comsumption and fan noise under ubuntu 13.04.
i could reduce it to a ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 problems with Unity 3d and Ati Radeon Hd 6670
Im running Ubuntu 12.04 in my PC, Intel Dual Core,2.5gb RAM, ATI Radeon HD 6670
I have intalled the driver for my ATI following this tutorial.
The thing is that Unity 3D do not respond, every time ...
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radeon x1550 catalyst 13.4 supported?
I am trying to install a proprietary driver and the AMD web site tells me to use Catalyst driver 9.3. I want the newest version of the driver I can get for this graphics card so will 13.4 work or will ...
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Dual Screen misery, unable to install nvidia without crashing unity and turning machine into brick
I am currently on Ubuntu 12.10 and have tried and FAILED to install a graphics card to run a dual screen. I am currently running the following graphics card, Intel Mobile Series 4. The machine is a ...
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Does installing fglrx driver changes xorg.conf (custom resolutions)?
I use an LCD with 1920x1080 resolution and VGA connection. When I first installed Ubuntu it showed only up to 1360x768 in display settings. I added 1920x1080 resolution by using gft/cvt commands and ...
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Over-heat problem [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu a few months ago and it raises the laptop's temperature very rapidly, unlike Windows, then the laptop started shutting down after 2 or 3 hours maximum because of its very high ...
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Overheating laptop Packardbell LS44HR on Linux (Solved)
I have tried Ubuntu 12.10-13.04, Xubuntu and now installed Lubuntu on my Packardbell LS44-HR laptop. On every Linux system my laptop is overheating too fast. I tried to install AMD ATI HD Radeon 66xxM ...
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Backlight will not dim using function key
Laptop is Samsung R580 with AMD/ATI, running Ubuntu 13.04. The Function Key has no effect on brightness. Screen brightness is OK when operating on mains power, but when mains supply is disconnected ...
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AMD A8-4500 APU with Radeon HD 7640g
I have installed many versions of Linux lately, trying to free myself from windows, I have played with Linux over that past few years, but I was into gaming, and until recently couldn't fully commit ...
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Graphic card driver, Xorg (Open-source) version vs Proprietary (AMD and Nvidia) version, Which is the best?
i would like to ask about the graphic card driver on linux.
from on my experience here is, im having a laptop with a HD6320 from E-450 APU, which is belong to my friend and i install it an Xubuntu ...
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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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Unable to use Ubuntu with recent AMD Radeon HD 6670 [duplicate]
I know how to use a computer, but not really how it works . . .
I've tried to install Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 on my Dell Inpsiron 531 desktop, but here's what happens:
-I load the Live CD, no ...
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Troubleshooting poor performance with ATI HD 5800 GPU
I am attempting again to solve problems between ATI Radeon HD 5800 series (5830) GPU and Ubuntu. Three months ago I posted:
Display difficulties with Ubuntu 12.10, Dual Monitors, and ATI HD 5800
I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 startup freezes (ATI Radeon RV730)
Since I've updated from 12.10 to 13.04, desktop environment freezes on each startup. My GPU is ATI Radeon HD 4670 (RV730), driver fglrx-updates is installed, Linux 3.8.0-19-generic, 64-bit system. ...
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Netbook Fan speed Lenovo x130e
After using Ubuntu 13.04 for about a week I have noticed that my netbook's fan speed seems to be moving faster that it should. In windows I would have moments where the fan would spin slow or shut ...
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After Connection second display window manger/unity fail to start
I am running 13.04. AMD RV710. Dual 1900x1200. I installed on a single display and when I added the new one I got a lot of oddities. One is that one reboot sometimes I just don't get a window ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 and Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250, analog output
I have a HP G62 notebook. Video card is:
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250]
I have a bigger monitor ...
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ATI Mobility Radion 4650 drivers on Ubuntu 13.04
Hi I just updated from 12.04 to 13.1 and the first thing I did was try and install the official ATI drivers from there site. After downloading while installing the drivers I get a message that says ...
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Can't install Unity related applications
Currently running 13.04 (64bit) with dual monitors using an ATI 4850. Legacy drivers did not work with the graphics card so I am using open source drivers. I can run GNOME perfectly fine but cannot ...
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HP ProBook 4540s AMD / Intel Graphics Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
I`ve just installed a fresh version of the new Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. Everything is ok, except that I have to install my AMD / Intel Graphic card driver because my battery consuming very fast, ...
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ATI Driver breaks Unity, Fglrx or Fglrx-updates
Ubuntu starts and runs with the open source driver, but once I go into Additional Drivers and activate the Fglrx or Fglrx-updates proprietary drivers and restart, after I login nothing in Ubuntu shows ...
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installing ati radeon hd driver on ubuntu 13.04
I have a hp Probook 4520s with AMD ATI Radeon Graphic HD 530v graphic card .
when I installed ubuntu 13.04 it recognized a graphic card named : Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV710
and it's working fine , my ...
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Cant uninstall ati drivers after failed install
I have been trying to hammer out the installation of the ati proprietary drivers for Ubuntu/Precise. I have been following the tutorial at ...
