FGLRX (FireGL and Radeon for X) is the proprietary AMD display driver. Use this tag if you have trouble using or installing the FGLRX driver.
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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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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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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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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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Boot screen in low graphics/text mode
My ubuntu boot screen shows up in a strange low resolution, almost text mode, instead the usual and sleek white "ubuntu" over dark background. It's not a big issue because when GDM loads everything ...
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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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Why is Xorg taking up so much memory and CPU?
I recently reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04 Natty after a massive hard drive failure.
Now, for some reason, compiz and Xorg decide it's a fun idea to start eating up my RAM and CPU - GB by GB. Starts out at ...
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I cannot set up dual monitors to work with 11.10 using amdcccle 11.9
I've installed the ati catalyst drivers 11.9 manually because the default ones don't work with gnome-shell. But when that I try to change the settings in amdcccle(adminstrative) to use multi-display, ...
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How can I solve display glitches and poor performance with ATI fglrx driver on my ThinkPad X100e?
I noticed that video performance on my Thinkpad X100e was very poor compared to Windows 7, so I installed the ATI fglrx proprietary drivers by using the "Additional Drivers" dialogue box. The system ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 fail to upgrade to kernel 3.4
Last night i intended to upgrade my kernel from 3.2 0-24 to 3.4...
I followed the instruction on this Can I install Linux kernel 3.4 in Ubuntu and Kubuntu 12.04?.
First i downloaded the kernel deb ...
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Trouble installing additional driver
I tried to enable ATI/AMD FGLRX graphic driver (I'm currently using ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Graphics card.) using System / Administration / Additional Drivers. However, every time I tried, I got ...
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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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Any way to make switching between discrete and integrated graphics from the BIOS work with proprietary drivers?
What I would like to be able to do:
I would like to be able to switch between my dedicated graphics card (AMD) and integrated chip (Intel) from the BIOS, that means:
Restart → BIOS: set to ...
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After removing Fglrx and ati drivers cannot login
I was running kubuntu 10.10 with ati drivers (11-5). For some problems, i re-installed ati-drivers to install lastest version (11-6) but before install the new driver I reinstalled Fglrx as described ...
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ATI Radeon HD 4870: dead end
I have an Radeon HD 4870 video card, and I have just update to Ubuntu 11.04. Before I was using radeon free video driver, and all hardware acceleration I used was to watch movies on my TV. My TV is ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 boots up into terminal (Lightdm & Ati Video card)
I just returned from a two-week vacation and started up my laptop, everything went fine and it installed a lot of updates (including a kernel update. sorry for few details, I didn't really pay ...
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1080p choppy on two different GPUs, what else could it be?
I'm building a HTPC with this ASRock E350M1/USB3 motherboard. The onboard ATI Radeon HD 6310 graphics had a hard time swallowing a 1080p x264 mkv (~10 GB) so I popped in a discrete Nvidia GT 240 ...
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How can I switch between fglrx and ati drivers?
How can I switch between fglrx and ati (open source) drivers without uninstalling fglrx?
The thing is I'm using FGLRX on a daily basis, because it's better for movies--OS driver displays annoying ...
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Dungeon Defenders has choppy video and it crashes [closed]
I've bought the Humble Indie Bundle 7 and I want to play Dungeon Defenders but all I get is choppy video, freezing and, later on, unclickable and window.
I use AMD graphic with fglrx and Intel i5.
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Cant get lm-sensors to load ATI Radeon temp and fan or output all settings
New to Linux and having minor issues :/ . I followed this guide initially but did not recieve the proper output and did not show my ATI Radeon HD 5000 temp or fan speed. Then used this guide, same ...
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What's the difference between ATI FGLRX drivers and the “post release update” driver? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Differences between the 2 FGLRX graphics drivers
So here's the deal: Fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10, got some basic applications like Code::Blocks, Wine, and such. I go ...
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ATI driver re-install fail
I know this is a common topic, I myself have even helped others with ATI issues. Unfortunately now I find myself in the position of having ATI driver issues. The 12.1 driver is out, and I heard some ...
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How to install old AMD Catalyst 12.4 drivers on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have an ATi Radeon HD 3650 AGP, which does not support 12.8 and 12.9 drivers. The latest supported version is 12.4, but Catalyst 12.4 does not support Ubuntu 12.10. How can I downgrade to 12.4 or ...
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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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ATI Catalyst doesn't retain changes after reboot when setting extended display
I have Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm trying to set up extended display for my two displays.
I have an AMD 6870.
fglrx and fglrx-updates are installed.
When I launch amdcccle trough the terminal (using ...
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Any hope for Unity using ATI Radeon?
I am currently running Kubuntu 10.04 on a Lenovo T500 laptop with ATI Radeon HD 3650.
I want to switch to Gnome with Unity, but encountered the following impossible situation:
As reported in this ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 fails to boot after sudo apt-get upgrade
Yesterday I upgraded my system with sudo apt-get upgrade. I upgrade on a regular basis so not a lot of packages were installed and i don't know which ones this time. But after that i booted my ...
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Enable Wi-Fi in Recovery Terminal
How do I enable WiFi from the Ubuntu 11.10 netroot recovery terminal?
After just 12 hours with Ubuntu, I managed to destroy my ATI fglrx drivers and now I can't repair them without Internet access.
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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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random hangups since upgrade to 11.10 [closed]
I randomly have mouse/unity/system hang-ups since the upgrade to 11.10. I did't have any issues with 11.04 though.
The mouse just freezes and the system is no longer responsive at all. No keystrokes ...
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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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Selecting “single display desktop (multidesktop)” with ATI Catalyst 11.11 doesn't work as expected
Ok so I looked everywhere and I'm still not been able to find a solution for my problem.
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10, with Unity 3D and ATI Catalyst 11.11, I have an ATI Radeon HD 6870 and I have a ...
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Boot problems after upgrading to 11.04
After updating from Maverick to Natty (complete reinstalling, without saving personal information), i had issues with booting.
I'll try to describe:
First reboot after installation of Natty, system ...
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Wrong window focus behaviour in Unity, but not GNOME Shell
I just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10, and I'm noticing a strange window behaviour that I can't seem to fix. Basically it seems like all windows have focus, as shown in this screenshot:
It happens ...
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Confusion regarding fglrx in ubuntu 12.10
I have an ubuntu 12.04 system with an amd radeon hd 4670 graphics card running beautifully. I am interested in upgrading to 12.10 but unsure about catalyst (fglrx) support for the card. the latest ...
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How to Dual-Monitor in 12.04 with fglrx?
Just installed ubuntu 12.04 and wanted to get my dual monitor setup working.
Installing fglrx-updates with jockey didn't work so i installed it in the terminal.
Then i setup up my screens in ...
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Slow GUI performance using a Radeon HD5770
I'm fresh Ubuntu user.
My PC is pretty fast (Phenom x4 3.6GHz/HD5770/4GB RAM) so i was very disappointed when firstly saw how laggy is the interface - lags when I try to move any window.
I think my ...
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fglrx fails to load causing black screen on boot
I've updated my system, the system boots but I never get to the graphic interface. It seems to hang.
I get a black screen, at the end of the screen, I got my cursor _ blinking and I don't know what ...
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Why are graphics so slow/jerky/lagged with an ATI 4250?
Never had a problem with Maverick, always very fast. I upgrade to Natty and the graphics seem to be very lagged. CPU, load, and memory usage is low, all graphics are choppy and lagged though. I have ...
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When will fglrx work on latest Xorg server 1.9?
As many laptops with an ATI Radeon (5470HD) in it, mine is having issues too when installing the proprietary driver fglrx (screen hangs on startup). I read somewhere that these issues appear because ...
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Craving acceptable video playback and nothing more, armed with 11.10. Oneiric and blessed with an ATI 256MB card
My problem seems to be relatively simple: I would like to be able to watch simple videos on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric), using an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450, 256 MB graphics card, presently relying on the ...
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unity messed up by fglrx drivers
I tried to install the ati propreitary driver from this link...
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but somehow at the end it gave me some error.. and when i rebooted, unity complained that my h/w cant run unity.. and since then ...
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Installation of AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver fails
Installation of AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver fails on 11.04 which was upgraded from 10.10
sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree ...
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Ubuntu raring 13.04 x64 AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M fglrx issue
I finished install my fresh Ubuntu 13.04 x64 and would like install fglrx (ATI driver).
But, I tried install the new AMD proprietary 13.4 and got a low graphics mode after reboot.
When I install both ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't boot after fresh install
I've installed yesterday Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit version (as recommended) on my laptop. It was a fresh install, alongside Windows XP. On grub, after choosing normal boot on ubuntu, it starts loading ...
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Eyefinity across 3 displays with a AMD Radeon 6800
So I purchased a computer recently and have been trying to customise the display.
AMD Radeon HD 6800 series Ubuntu 10.10. I have three 22inch 1080p LCD monitors that are mounted together. Everything ...
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Doesn't boot after installing fglrx for ati 5650
I'm a complete noob here, I recently bought an HP 3161 with an ATI 5650 hd card, when I installed 10.04 LTS everything was working fine until I was prompted to activate proprietary driver fglrx, after ...
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AMD Catalyst Driver installer failing at DKMS
I am following these instructions to install the fglrx drivers. When I am running sudo sh amd-driver-12-6-x86_64.run it tells me fglrx is already installed; even though I ran the commands to remove ...
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Ubuntu desktop 12.10 64-bit, icons don't show
Recently I had problems with fglrx cause I have an ATI card, if I install the privative drivers from the Ubuntu repo, I get no Unity launch bar cause the drivers are not compatible with the new Xorg.
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Fglrx AMD Catalyst 12.6 doesn't compile in Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit or 32 bit)
Ubuntu won't compile the AMD Catalyst driver package 12.6 from the AMD website. After package creation and during installation I see in /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.970/build/make.log there is an error ...
