Questions related to the ATI graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.
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Xorg - Resolution does not fit into screen
I have an 19-inch monitor with a 1366 x 768 native resolution and I'm using an ATI HD Radeon 5670. It does not detect my native resolution automatically, so I've put something like this on my ...
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No GUI, No internet, Using wifi, NEED HELP
I LOOKED in:
No GUI and no internet
No GUI, No internet connection, please help 12.04
How to add applications and GUI to the minimal Ubuntu?
After Installing 12.04.1 I Have No GUI?
How do I get the ...
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What is the VESA:WRESTLER driver and why am I using it?
I just installed the proprietary fglrx-updates driver:
However, when I check the Graphics, it's shown to be VESA:WRESTLER:
What is this VESA:WRESTLER driver and why am I using it? Is it just ...
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series drivers for Ubuntu 12.10
I tried to install ATI binary X.Org driver for my graphic card(ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series) in Ubuntu 12.10 but it didn't work. After some googling I found that the latest drivers are not ...
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Amd catalyst drivers increases screen contrast if laptop is on battery power
How to prevent catalyst drivers from increasing contrast if I switch from power supply to battery power? One oddity about this is that increase in contrast isn't shown in the drivers settings, e.g. if ...
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I can't install video driver for ATI RadeonHD 2400
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and can't install driver for ATI RadeonHD 2400. I tried different ways:
Additional driver can't find nothing
I downloaded the driver from here.
After run in terminal sudo sh ./. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 flickering with AMD Radeon HD 6625M
I let my the software update update the kernel. but when it restarted, it started to flicker and flash the screen. I can only hear the login screen sound. I can restore this by selecting the old ...
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Dual monitor Ubuntu 12.04 - only one monitor works at a time
Let me preface this by saying I've been searching and hacking at this for a week. I've tried everything that I've ready (that I understand) on the site here and plenty of other sites. I've been a ...
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Grapich Card Problem after update
semary@SemarY-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory ...
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External monitor blanks (as if cable broken) with ati open-source drivers
This seem to be exactly the same question as Laptop VGA monitor (ati card) blanks ~every 30 seconds, but since that question is closed, I have to ask it again and hope for the better.
My HP 8510p has ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 cannot boot at HP Compaq laptop
My laptop is HP Compaq 6820s (radeon x1350)
I have tried to to boot from live cd Ubuntu 12.10 x32. While loading, system freezes on this line " [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query." ...
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HowTo: Configure Xorg to support tri monitor setup with an Intel 4000 onboard graphics and a Radeon HD7570
I'm trying to configure Xorg to support my tri monitor setup with an intel 4000 onboard video and AMD Radeon HD 7570.
The autoconfiguration does not detect the Radeon card, and installing fglrx ...
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fglrx vs fglrx-updates and Ubuntu (Quantal) vs AMD's driver?
When trying to decide which proprietary driver I want, I was always a bit confused as to whether to choose fglrx or fglrx-updates. Both appear to contain the proprietary driver, but I don't know ...
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X.Org X Server driver or AMD proprietary driver?
I see that my machine (Radeon HD 6290) has the option to choose either the X.Org X Server driver or the AMD proprietary driver:
I want to know which one is the recommended one in term of ...
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Hardware compatibility?
I am running Windows 7 on my HP Pavilion g6-1225sm (2nd generation Intel Core i5-2450M processor 2.4GHz, Radeon HD6470M graphics, Intel HM65 Express Chipset...). I am also using Focusrite Saffire 6 ...
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Ubuntu consistenly restarts at gui interaction
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Gnome. I recently swapped out my AMD gfx card for an Nvidia card and then back again. In the process i have ended up here - a rebooting system.
I have thus far used ...
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Ubuntu doesnt shutdown properly with Intel HD VGA (proprietary driver)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Vostro 3550 notebook with a AMD Radeon 6630M/Intel HD 3000 hybrid-graphics card.
I recently installed the latest proprietary drivers from the AMD website. Everything ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.02 x64 - from kernel 3.2 to 3.5? Does fglrx 13.1 drivers work?
I have ubuntu 64 bit 12.04.02 and I want to upgrade to kernel 3.5 from 3.2. But I have fglrx ati drivers installed (from amd site) v13.1.
How do I have to proceed to upgrade? I had problems in past ...
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How to install an ATI driver for ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
i have an unbuntu 12.10 with a graphic card 4300 HD and i tried the (Additional Drivers) way and it did not work any other ways to install its diver ??
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How to enable switching Hybrid Intel/ATi with mux on Ubuntu 12.04?
I have notebook with hybrid intel/ati HD5650 graphic (with mux). I want to install previous kernel 2.6.35 like on ubuntu 10.10 because on that kernel a can switch my graphic without any problem with ...
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Google Chrome “Flickering”
I am having a problem with Google Chrome on Ubuntu 12.10 64.
On about 20-30% of web sites the page comes up and starts "flickering". It seems like there is a different or partial rendering of the ...
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Flickering only on VGA output on Lenovo T400 (ATI Radeon HD3400) [closed]
Just now installed Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 and upgrade to latest GNOME 3.8 version. On GNOME Classic when I'm opening applications it's FLICKERING on VGA 1920x1080.
Display settings:
*-display ...
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AMD catalyst inatall failed, 12.04 LTS, followed instructions everything not working [duplicate]
I have tried everything on the forums about AMD driver installation, but whatever I type DOES NOT WORK. I am using a clean install of 12.04 LTS. Please Help!
This is my log:
kevin@kevin-MS-7641:~$ ...
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Dual monitor extended desktop setup randomly falling back to mirror mode
I just have this strange behavior and couldn't find out what is wrong. Anyone ever saw this kind of error? I checked the xorg log, but wasn't able to identify any obvious error.
My setup:
Notebook ...
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"“The system is running in low-graphics mode” Acer 3820tg, Ubuntu doesnt boot :(
i'm Linux Newby and im using Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit) on Acer timeline 3820tg. Everything worked fine until I unplugged the power adaptor. Well In Batterymode everything was still okay, but when i tried ...
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AMD Graphic installition error
i got this error when i try to install the amd grapich
Supported adapter detected.
Check if system has the tools required for installation.
fglrx installation requires that the system have ...
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kubuntu x64 - can I install kernel 3.4 with fglrx 13.1 ati drivers already installed?
As my title I'd like to know if I can upgrade from 3.2 kernel to 3.4 without removing fglrx driver 13.1 (they are compatible with kernel up to 3.5).
I ask that because I tried doing this:
removed ...
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AMD Driver failure problem 12.11 13.11 all not working [duplicate]
I am new to the forums and I have trouble installing AMD drivers for my HD 7770. I tried everything, different versions of Ubuntu and different versions of the Linux driver, but it just does not seem ...
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video/display is dark on HDMI out
I plugged HDMI cable in to Samsung tv to watch the video. I can see the video and hear the sound, however the video is very dark. Too dark to watch. I've tried using the default video player and VLC ...
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Problem installing fglrx drivers 13.1 with kernel 3.4 on ubuntu 12.04.02 x64
I have tried to upgrade from kernel 3.2 to kernel 3.4 (here) and after that installing fglrx drivers 13.1 (compatible up to kernel 3.5). Here are the steps I followed:
Removing (purging) existing ...
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Set default GPU for switchable ATI/Intel graphics
I am running Quantal using the Catalyst 13.3 ATI driver for Intel HD 4000/ATI HD 7670M setup. I can switch between integrated and dedicated GPU with amdconfig --px-igpu or amdconfig --px-dgpu. Upon ...
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Ati - Problems with open drivers after fglrx remove
I have ubuntu 12.04 and kde 4.10.1.
I have removed fglrx drivers 13.1 doing this:
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*
I have also removed xorg.conf (it was in a ...
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Widgets Look ugly after installing AMD/ATI drivers
I installed video drivers for my ATI card and now (some of) my windows have ugly widgets. Mainly, Firefox looks ugly but natuilus looks find.
Also, my media keyboard buttons stopped working. I can no ...
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unity broken :(
So I updated my computer a while ago... bad choice. Now my desktop is all screwed up. Without unity running it runs just fine... but unity controls everything so its hard to do anything without it. ...
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fglrx vs open drivers - informations and temperature control
I have ubuntu 12.04.2 and kde. I have fglrx 13.1 latest drivers. Sometimes I have freezes at starup, it's very annoying, and I discovered it's bug : http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691
So maybe ...
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How to install driver for ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF?
This is the driver in question, it promises to be the end of my graphics troubles with my old Rage 128 card.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA5Mzk
The only trouble is, I'm ...
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AMD Driver update (one from amd.com)
Hi guys what is the BEST way to update driver from AMD.com Right now I am on latest 13.3 Beta 3 and just for future how do I update. On installation tut. you guys saying remove any old drivers before ...
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How to install AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT proprietary driver on ubuntu 12.10? [duplicate]
I'm new to ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my [HP Pavilion Dv6-6c02tx]: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c03135759 .
But can/t install my graphics ...
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Problem with driver of ATI graphic card
I followed the instructions here
What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx)?
in the second part of the subject they said Installing the ATI Catalyst Drivers for 12.10
...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Multimonitor - Office Use - Update AMD drivers?
I am on a triple monitor 12.04.2 64-bit (and will stay till the next LTS). I have an ATI 5850 with the AMD catalyst drivers installed (fglrx), version 12.10. I do not play games. The only thing I ...
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Voltage Situation
I have recently installed an AMD video card to my hardware setup, and I'm getting this when I run the sensors command:
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +62.0°C (high = +76.0°C, ...
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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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How to disable ATI 6490m and only use Intel HD
I have a Probook 4530s and just installed Ubuntu a week ago.
The ATI seems to overheat the system, got lacks and freezes. How can I disable the ATI and use the integrated Intel HD 3000 instead? I dont ...
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Upgrading to catalyst legacy 13.1 in Ubuntu 12.04
I have a bit of problem how to do it. So far I have added a repo with the driver (ppa:makson96/fglrx) I've run update and upgrade and installed the package. In jockey I can see the new driver, but ...
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Problem with Games on Flash and Wine
I started using Ubuntu 4 days ago and I really like it since I got bored with Windows.
But as always, I am playing a game via the internet like Backyard Monsters on Facebook or Moba like League of ...
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How to keep Gallium 0.4 ATI drivers from Live USB?
For some reason, my ATI Radeon HD 6850 (Known as AMD BARTS) only seems to work fine when I'm in a Live USB test environment. The driver's named "Gallium 0.4 on AMD BARTS", and whenever I finish ...
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Disable ATI graphics card help
I'm using the latest ubuntu release and the latest drivers for my ATI Radeon 4000 Series graphics card, but the Ubuntu UI still does not work properly. I have tried switching from unity to gnome ...
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How to keep the Xorg settings from the Live CD/USB?
For some reason no matter what I do in regards to getting proper ATI Drivers, nothing works. However, testing out the OS in a Live USB is actually perfect. Full-screen flash works, 3D graphics work, ...
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ATI drivers “break” in between installing/updating Ubuntu for the first time. What can I do?
This might sound odd, but I have a very peculiar graphics driver issue. Basically, I pop the Live CD in, and "try Ubuntu". Everything works fine from GUI animation, to fullscreen flash, to even ...
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Where to find good, stable drivers for a Radeon HD 6850? [closed]
Some info in advance....
OS - Elementary OS Luna (Derivative of Ubuntu 12.04, x64)
CPU - 3.3GHz Intel i5 (Sandy Bridge)
RAM - 8GB DDR3
GFX - ATI Radeon HD 6850 (1GB, PCI-E)
RES - 1920x1080 (16:9 ...
