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GPU under constant 25-30% load
Currently on a fresh install of 12.10 with Unity and the newest AMD 13.3 beta 3 catalyst driver. But even when on the desktop with no programs open it seems to be idling at 25-30% GPU usage and ...
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Installing Drivers from ATI Website? [duplicate]
When I click About This Computer -> Graphics, it shows none.
Also the fan of my Laptop is always on even though CPU usage is below 5%, hence it is wasting tremendous amount of electricity because the ...
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HD6950 driver problem , can't choose can't find can't get an answer please help!
I'm a newbie at ubuntu and i'm trying to learn how to use it but my graphics card is well known to have problems in linux.
I've tried several drivers and the results were incredibly bad.
I used open ...
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GPU fan spins like crazy in 12.10 on HD 6870
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 yesterday on my computer and everything is working fine apart from my GPU fan. For some reason, it spins to what sounds like 100% and just stays there no matter what I do. I ...
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How do I prevent my HDMI-audio-only connected GPU from powering off itself?
I have a PC running Ubuntu and XBMC with the following specifications:
CPU - AMD A6-3500 APU - Radeon(tm) HD Graphics integrated
discrete graphics card: AMD HD6400
I got the HD6400 just to have ...
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AMD FGLRX driver graphic switch problem
I have laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit.
My laptop have mobile graphics AMD Radeon HD 6370M onboard (AMD + Intel GPU), problem is with switching current GPU, i can switch from AMD to Intel, but after ...
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updating ati driver in Precise
I have the ATI driver installed on my ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 desktop machine
[ 15.657486] [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.98.2 [Jul 27 2012] with 1 minors
[ 18.144891] fglrx_pci 0000:02:00.0: irq ...
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Unable to see Desktop in 12.10 after installing AMD Catalyst
I followed a tutorial to install the AMD catalyst for my GPU. When Ubuntu boots, all I can see is my desktop background. I can right click on it. Is there something I can do to fix this? Oh and the ...
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No video signal after install
Today I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 to my machine, but all the time I encountered the same problem, I successfully boot from Ubuntu 12.04 DVD, and a purple background comes up with accessibility and ...
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AMD Driver not working on Ubuntu 12.04
I've just updated Ubuntu to latest version using Update Manager. It upgraded my kernel to 3.2.0-30. As always after installing new kernel I've reinstalled GPU drivers but with no success.
AMD Driver ...
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ATI Hybrid Graphics Over Heat. Intel GPU not working!
I just followed this guide (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930450) and installed the proprietary ATI drivers on my laptop which have ATI Hybrid Graphics (ATI Radeon HD 6770 M GPU). It ...
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AMD/AMD GPU Switching
I have two GPU's in my laptop, both of which are AMD.
Whenever I use the Catalyst Control Centre to change the GPU, nothing changes after reboot. In fact, when I do the fglrxinfo command the ...
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How do I fix my AMD/ATI GPU drivers (temp is 83 C at idle)?
I am using a Sager laptop with an AMD Radeon HD 6970M 256bit w/2GB GDDR5 and an Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM. When I boot to Ubuntu 12 the CPU is fine and idles at a good temperature, but the GPU is in the ...
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Fglrx causing 100% CPU with Xorg and freezing system [closed]
My system setup is Ubuntu 12.04 server with ( among other things ) the Ubuntu-Desktop package installed. CPU is an AMD FX-6100 and GPU is a Radeon HD 5770.
I believe the issue I am having is with the ...
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Disable integrated GPU (Intel HD Graphics 3000) on Sony VAIO VPCSE
I have a Sony VAIO VPCSE2L9E and want do disable the integrated GPU. I want to install the fglrx packages to use the full GPU power of my AMD Radeon HD 6630M. Here is the link for the technical data ...
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Is there a simple, safe way to trigger a GPU lockup on a susceptible computer?
Answers to my previous question, Ubuntu 12.04 froze, requiring powercycle. What should I look / grep for in the logs?, have led me to suspect that my computer is experiencing an intermittent GPU ...
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Am I using integrated or discrete graphics?
My work station is a Macbook Pro which has...
integrated graphics: Intel HD 3000
discrete graphics: Radeon XXXX...
I have installed drivers for the discrete graphics right after installation.
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Controlling GPU fan without installing ATI drivers [closed]
I have a radeon hd 6950 and it's running kinda hot (not much, 60c), but on Windows I noticed the fans run faster and the temp is lower.
I know I could use aticonfig, and I tried it. I installed the ...
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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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How can I compile the OpenCL module for Pyrit?
I want to use my GPU with Pyrit. I use Ubuntu 11.10, ATI Radeon HD 68xx and i7 2600K.
Step done:
Install latest ATI driver from manufacturer website
Install AMD APP SDK
When I run benchmark I ...
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How can I choose which GPU to use from grub using vgaswitcheroo? [closed]
I have a notebook with switchable AMD/Intel Graphics. I use, successfully, vgaswitcheroo to choose the active GPU and disable the unused one by a script in rc.local.
However, I would like to be able ...
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GPU Frequecy Scaling Indicator
I have ATI radeon 6320 graphics. As cpu frequency scaling indicator is there any gpu frequency scaling indicator? Where i can set possible gpu clock speed or mode (performance, power-saving,etc).
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