Questions related to the ATI graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.
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What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx)?
I am planning on doing a fresh install of 12.04 LTS 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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Is my ATI graphics card supported in Ubuntu?
I have an ATI graphics card and I want to know if it is supported and what kind of drivers should I be running to get the best features out of it.
Is my card supported in Ubuntu and what drivers will ...
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Difference between the i386 download and the amd64?
What is the difference between standard i386 download and the amd64 download of Ubuntu 11.04? I am currently running the i386 on an amd machine, would my system work better with the amd64 download ...
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How do I get AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics drivers to work?
On Ubuntu 12.04 my Sony Vaio VPCSE with Intel® HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M worked fine with the Catalyst Control Center version 12.6. Also the switching between integrated and discrete ...
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Can't install ATI proprietary drivers in 12.10
I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 6770M HD Hybrid graphics card. In Ubuntu 12.04, I installed the fglrx driver through "additional drivers" and it worked. (I can even switch GPUs). But in the new Ubuntu ...
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How do I remove the propretary ATI drivers?
I've installed 11.10 and the proprietary ATI drivers using "additional drivers" The performance of my system is absolutely awful and it shouldn't be. I tried to remove the proprietary drivers using ...
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Performance being really choppy with ATI drivers
I just updated to the latest version (11.04) yesterday, and ever since then, the system has been really choppy.
I used to have 10.10 installed, and that was running smooth.
Anyone also experiencing ...
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Ati incompatible with Gnome-shell?
Gnome shell installed through software centre does not display top toolbar panel properly (missing text and icons), and when one of the icons on it eg user's name is clicked the menu popup has missing ...
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Unity does not start after installing the fglrx drivers
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and at first when I go to check the system information I used to have (unknown) on the graphic card section, I used the synaptic manager and downloaded the fglrx, after that I ...
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How do I fix my installation of ATI Catalyst Video Driver in 12.04 LTS?
My graphic card is a Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series.
I tried these 2 answers from What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers in 12.04 LTS?
But unfortunately, it does not work for ...
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ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics install fails, how can I resolve the problem?
I want to activate ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release update), but there is a problem during installation. It says:
Sorry, installation of this driver failed.
Please ...
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How can I speed up Unity with an ATI card?
I've been using Unity for two days... but all the apps and Unity itself runs very slowly i've installed Catalyst 11.4 (Ati Radeon HD 4350, 2GB RAM, Core 2 Duo @1.86 Ghz, 12 Gb Partition, 1 Gb to Swap) ...
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Unity does not start in Ubuntu 13.04
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 and I cannot use Unity. I have tried the proprietary driver, both from the official sources and from AMD's website. I have also tried using the open source x.org ...
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Radeon HD 2000, 3000, 4000 on 12.10 Quantal: fglrx (legacy) 12.6 unsupported, what to do?
After upgrading to 12.10 quantal, the packaged version of fglrx no longer works. I discovered that this is because there is a separate 'legacy' fglrx driver for the HD 2k-4k series cards, but it is ...
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How can I enable hardware acceleration for an ATI Radeon HD?
When playing high definition video (720p and 1080p) the CPU reaches 100% and freezes the image at regular intervals.
According to the manufacturer this accelerator is capable of hardware acceleration ...
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How to fix error with ATI driver “Error of failed request”?
I installed the fglrx catalyst proprietary driver via this link : http://cisight.com/install-amd-radeon-hd-6470m-and-solve-overheat-on-ubuntu-1110-oneiric/
Running fglrxinfo or glxinfo | grep render ...
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Two ATI radeon cards on 10.04
I would like to use two different cards from ATI on my desktop.
One card is integrated with the mainboard and second is bought as a standalone VGA.
Does it have any possilibity to succeed?
Thanks,
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How-to remove “amd unsupported hardware” without reinstalling the driver? [duplicate]
I installed driver from Additional drivers.... AMD Radeon HD 6450
My resolution is at maximum and Catalist Control Center is working but I have AMD Unsupported hardware image on the right bottom of ...
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How to remove the “AMD Testing use only” watermark?
I've installed the latest catalyst driver (beta) following the step in this guide for Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal.
My system is 64 bit and my graphic card is an ATI RadeonHD 6670, this g.c. is Officially ...
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How to Install AMD ATI Radeon Graphics HD 6770M on Ubuntu 13.04 64bit
It has been many days now and I tried almost all the methods provided on the internet but I have had no success.
Please help me install my AMD ATI Radeon Graphics HD 6770M on Ubuntu 13.04 64bit.
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ATI 6470m & intel HD graphics 3000 drivers?
I have a Dell 15R 2nd Gen with an ATI 6470m GPU and Intel HD graphics 3000 (form the i5 processor). I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 and can't get the graphics card to install. In system information it ...
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At Present Which is the best choice for a Ubuntu graphics card, AMD or nVidia?
I've been using nVidia cards in Ubuntu boxes for years. The closed source drivers have been great and I've even found my way around the nvidia-settings program when I've needed to. I'm now in the ...
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Differences between the 2 FGLRX graphics drivers
I currently installed Ubuntu 11.10 and when I am prompted to install Additional Drivers, I get confused on which to use between the 2 FGLRX graphics drivers:
ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics ...
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FGLRX (Catalyst 11.6) is it compatible with kernel 2.6.39?
I have recently Installed kernel 2.6.39 and also updated the AMD driver to version 11.6, however seems like it's not working. I was hoping that with this new driver AMD had support for the new kernel, ...
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Gnome 3.2 problems in the shell
Does anyone experienced some problems in gnome 3.2 environment, like problems in the shell?
How can i fix it?
I have made a test, if there was some problem on graphics, but everything seems fine:
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How do I turn off the Radeon GPU ono my HP Pavilion DM4?
I have a HP DM4 Beats Edition running Ubuntu 11.10. The HP Pavillion runs on-board Intel graphics as well as Radeon GPU.
From what I have read it appears that the Radeon GPU is draining my battery ...
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ATI graphics card, with gnome shell, screen flickers
After installing gnome shell, without any problem, after log in the fonts are missing and it looks like crap...nothing is readable.
Don't want to make it a double post, because my issue is similar to ...
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System doesn't boot after amd 11.9 driver install
Im having a bit of a problem with ubuntu. I just installed amd 11.9 driver from the amd website.
Now the boot is stuck at this image.
How do I resolve the issue without reinstalling Ubuntu?
The ...
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Support on HP Pavillion g4-1004tx with Intel-AMD Hybrid Graphics
I've got a laptop with Sandy Bridge + Hybrid Graphics and I want to use linux in it. I've tried fedora 15 with no luck (the Radeon not detected but always on and runs with max performance, introducing ...
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"Your system is running in low-graphics mode'' on an Acer Aspire 5552 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
I own a Acer Aspire 5552 laptop, which has Ubuntu on it. And now i updated it to 12.04 LTS from 11.10.
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Unity top bar, side bar, and window decorations missing after upgrade to 12.10
I upgraded from 12.04.1 to 12.10 via the Update Manager and the upgrade said it completed successfully, however after rebooting the Unity task bar was missing along with the launch bar and the window ...
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How to install Radeon Open Source Driver?
I have an MSI Radeon HD 7850 card. MSI provide no Linux support, and the AMD driver gives me an Unsupported Hardware watermark that does not show up in screenshots.
I uninstalled the proprietary ...
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Set ATI/AMD GPU Fan speed with MESA Driver
My video card's (Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 3650) temperature reaches 150°C in 5 minutes and then it stops working.
I installed fglrx and it works now. I can even play 3D games for 5-30 minutes.
If I use ...
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no sound through hdmi out, 13.04
HI I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my media pc, and i successfully installed catalyst 13.4 and everything works great except I get no sound out of HDMI out, in the sound dash there are 3 options but ...
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Bad 3D Performance in Ubuntu 12.04
I already posted a question before but I didn't really get any advice/help. I'll be a bit more brief/general in hope it'll help.
I have an MSI HD 7850 with the Catalyst 12.4 drivers installed. I've ...
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How does the fglrx package's version relate to AMD's version numbers, like Catalyst 12.3?
When I learn about a new version of AMD's graphics driver, I usually see something like "Catalyst 12.3." However, the fglrx package in Ubuntu has a version like 2:8.960-0.
Are these two version ...
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Brightness not working on an HP Pavilion Dv6 with a ATI Radeon HD6770M
I am new to Ubuntu, but so far I am loving it.
I was always unable to change my brightness since I installed Ubuntu, but I figured that installing the latest ATI driver for my graphics card would ...
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What Packages/How Do I Uninstall Propriety AMD Catalyst Driver [duplicate]
How do I go back to the open source driver?
I installed AMD driver following on screen instructions but have a little shaded square in bottom right hand corner that says "AMD Unsupported hardware".
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How do I fix “Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode?” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
First off, I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a 30gb partition, the rest of my hdd is for a vista partition. The ...
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How can I force fullscreen on my right screen?
I have 2 screens: 17" on left and 22" screen on right side.
When I watch a movie with VLC and want to watch on full-screen on my 22" screen (the right one), I move my VLC window in right screen and ...
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Unable to boot 11.10 due to graphic driver problem with ati Radeon HD6470M o Amd A8 quad core
I have been trying to find a solution for a graphics bug with little luck so far so my question is
Has anybody found the solution to the ati radeon graphics problem?
I have a laptop with Amd A8 with ...
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How to re-configure graphics from Intel integrated to Intel / ATI switchable?
Minimum goal: Ability to switch between the graphic cards without drivers re-installation. Restarting computer in the process is fine.
There are lots of 'how to get switchable graphics to work' ...
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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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How do I output audio through HDMI?
having a bit of an issue with getting audio to go through HDMI. Here are the base specs:
OS: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04.1 x64
CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8G 4M FM2 R
Mobo: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35
OS: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
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Low graphics mode after upgrade to 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
I have an ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card.
I just upgraded to 12.04 and I get the System running low ...
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ATI Catalyst Control Center gives error (Radeon HD 6470M)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Radeon HD 6xxx cards are not currently supported. To avoid a wrong purchase (like I did) be aware of this. Also read Switchable_Graphic_Chips_Warning.
The issue is summarized in the ...
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WebGL on Google Chrome with AMD card
When I try to use Cooliris for Google Chrome it shows the following message
WebGL did not initialize properly. Make sure you are running the latest version of Chrome.
I have an AMD/ATI video ...
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How to reduce the tearing while watching videos?
I'm using the Ubuntu 10.10 with both VLC player and MPlayer and already installed the ATI drivers. I watched the same videos on Windows 7 and Ubuntu. But on Ubuntu the images have a lot of tearing. I ...
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How do I remove the FGLRX drivers after I've installed them by hand?
I installed ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run downloaded from the ATI Website.
However I installed the generic version instead of building a distribution specific installer.
Now I have the ...
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Fglrx causes serious bug-black screen!
I downloaded newest driver from Ati site and installed it...
Now at start-up I see a black screen and message:
"Your screen,graphics card,and input device settings could not be
detected ...
