Questions related to the the Graphics Processing Unit itself. Questions about graphics cards can be found at [tag:graphics].
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Does Firefox support hardware acceleration on Ubuntu?
After I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32 bits), Firefox 12 works fine but without hardware acceleration. Needless to say I have the latest nVidia's proprietary drivers installed and my Firefox ...
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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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Graphics issues nvidia GTX 560 Ti
I have a Asrock z77 Extreme 4 with a nvidia GTX 560 Ti video graphics card and I recently bought built it about six months ago. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit on it (I installed the 32-bit ...
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Does linux support Intel DVMT?
Does Linux (Ubuntu in particular) support Intel DVMT?
I've Intel i5-2500K, 8GB RAM with NO graphics card. It has inbuilt 32MB dedicated graphics memory.
In my Windows OS, graphics memory is ...
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Problems booting Ubuntu 10.10 with Nvdia GeForce 6600gt
I am quite new to Ubuntu and I already stumbled upon a problem. I run Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat now and Install went fine, when trying to boot the screen popped black and I faced this message "gpu ...
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Is there a way to improve video performance on my Dell Mini 10?
Is there a way to improve video performance on my Dell Mini 10?
I have a fresh copy of 12.04 installed and I am having trouble with video performance.
Watching things on Youtube is painful, the audio ...
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Screen brightness stuck on max setting, FN+down only brings it down one level
I'm trying to get some control over the brightness of my Samsung QX411 (Integrated Intel graphics) on Ubuntu 3.04 (though I have the exact same issue on 12.04 and on Mint)
Using FN+up/down lowers the ...
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How to get rif of GPU hangups?
My Ubuntu os shows always GPU hangup i dont know to slove this???
Can anybody help me??
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 OS.
My computer configuration is I5 and 4GB RAM.
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What does it mean that my GPU is running 0 ops per second
I am currently running an Ubuntu 12.04 laptop built by System76. I fired up powertop, which I do frequently because my battery life on this machine is attrocious, and I noticed a line at the top ...
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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 Ubuntu from upgrading?
I've been struggling with this bug the whole day. I've managed to install following the first workaround proposed, but after I install the nvidia-current drivers I end up in a small 640x480 screen and ...
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Which driver should I use with a 9600 GT Mobile?
I checked the Additional Drivers offered for my card and I saw four options:
NVIDIA accelerated graphics drivers (version 173)
NVIDIA accelerated graphics drivers (post-release updates) (version ...
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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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12.10 - GPU lockup
I just downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10 and i am trying to install on my laptop with Nvidia
chipset, on previous version i was able to install on through nomodeset command and the i use to install later ...
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How do I get both AMD Mobility Radeon hd 4250 and 5650's working in a laptop?
My laptop has 2 gpu's inside:
Amd mobility radeon hd 4250
Amd mobility radeon hd 5650
After fresh installing ubuntu 12.10, I tried installing official drivers, which broke unity and made it ...
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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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/usr/share/apport/apport-gpu-error-intel.py - Another case of this issue on 12.04 update
I am aware that this has already been reported in various places, I've searched using the forum and the 'similar questions' but I've not seen any solutions as of yet. Hopefully this question will aid ...
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How can I find the memory usage on my GPU?
Previously I was checking it with
nvidia-settings -q all | grep Memory
I'm processing some scientific data on my GPU with numpy and theano. I was doing this with the gnome desktop running, and ...
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limitations when computing on CUDA GPU, Ubuntu shut down
I have created project in C++ for CUDA GPU. it runs OK, I tried for 1 000 000 paths for 512 european options, then I increased the number so loop took longer and longer (but still few seconds), but ...
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How can I make my onboard HDMI to work with my GPU?
I want to use my TV as a second monitor through HDMI in the motherboard, while use my main monitor through my graphics card since my motherboard is the only one who allows it.
Ubuntu won't detect my ...
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Temperature soars when glxspheres is off-screen
My laptop Samsung RF511 is overheating. I noticed this problem while playing minecraft: my computer would suddenly shut down. I checked /var/log/kern.log and sure enough the system reported ...
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High Cache and slow Fallout 3 (wine) on Ubuntu 64bit 12.10
My Setup:
Sony Vaio VGN-FW11E with Radeon HD 3470 (tech spec)
3 GB RAM
Ubuntu 12.10 64bit
The Problem:
After a few minutes of gameplay the game is going down in speed to very slow. After quitting ...
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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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How to have many Ubuntu workstations centrally managed?
I have about a dozen Alienware workstations that are used for CUDA development and for execution of MPI jobs. What is the best way to manage them? I'd like to have something like an apt-get but for ...
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AMD Radeon HD 7750 HW Acceleration?
Is it possible to get ATI Catalyst drivers and hardware acceleration working for a AMD Radeon HD 7750 in Ubuntu?
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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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Lowering GPU temperature on Radeon 6850 with open source driver
I read and tried this and it doesn't work for me!
when I type
echo "mid" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile
I see what this value really changed (needs the chmod was applied before, ...
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OpenGL 3.2 or newer
I have a GPU, which according to specification, supports OpenGL 3.2. However, when I checked with glxinfo it occured to me that I am using older OpenGL 2.1. This fact is quite disturbing. How can I ...
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2 monitors 2 video cards extend desktop
I recently installed Xubuntu (I am mostly a windows user who is trying to migrate), I have a dedicated Nvidia GTX460 video card and an integrated Intel HD 4000 (in the ivy bridge cpu), i have the ...
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GPU lockup, Ch. 1 failed to idle
HP Pavilion zv5000: I am able to boot up to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit using Live CD, but I get a "GPU lockup" message when I boot from my Ubuntu 12.04 installation on my hard drive. Ubuntu installed ...
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Overheating: how can i monitor it?
i've got a pc desktop with AMD Athlon 5000+ and ATI Sapphire 3850. I think both of them have got overheating issue, because im always with a virtual machine (virtualbox) on. In fact, i don't think ...
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Cuda Texture memory
I am doing some implementation on the GPU, Tesla C2050. I have a struct representing a 3D point looking like this:
typedef struct point {
float x;
float y;
float z;
} ...
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Ubuntu KVM support GPU sharing or pass-thru
Can Ubuntu (12.04.1 LTS server) KVM support GPU pass-thru/sharing like VMware and XenServer? The guest OS can use the physical GPU 1 by 1 or 1 by many.
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Black screen on boot, timeout killing modprobe and GPU lockup
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7 and sometimes, after selecting Ubuntu from GRUB menu, a black screen with a blinking pointer appears for a while. Then the screen goes black and nothing ...
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Is it possible to install fglrx GPU drivers without installing X?
I want to develop simulations in OpenCL and run them on a headless machine. Can I install a graphics card and drivers without installing X?
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Screen freezes on HP pavilion, ATI Radeon
Two months ago I opened up my Notebook and cleaned it. I followed istructions and I remember putting everything back in place.
Immediately after I started experiencing some problems. At the begining ...
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Controlling GTX Titan on Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 and the latest Nvidia 313.30 driver from their official site on my new System:
MSI BigBang XPower II
I7 3930K
64 GB 1833Mhz DDR3
eVGA GTX Titan superclocked
I've run ...
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I don't have sound
I have checked to see if my onboard analog audio is what is being recognized by ubuntu and it isn't. I recently installed a new nvidia graphics card and the audio is being recognized as that instead ...
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Gpu problem on Dell N5110
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit in my Dell N5110 and i had a major problem my screen flashes all the time especially
when i open mozilla and other applications ,i get a message "Gpu Hang",what can i ...
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Ubuntu doesn't recognice (AMD) graphics card
I am working now on a 8-years old pc. At first the system specs:
Motherboard: Tyan Thunder K8WE S2895
CPU: 2x AMD Opteron 250 (Yes, indeed, two CPU's on one motherboard)
RAM: 4x Samsung 512 MB
HDD: ...
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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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Dual SLI GPU: Desktop on one card, kiosk on other?
I have a dual GPU system with (obviously) quad output.
What I want to have is one card manage my desktop, and the other to run a thin kiosk / presentation through.
How do I go about activating the ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu getting gpu lockup error
I have an Intel 2600k at stock speed with a 580 gtx gfx card and 8gb of ram. Trying to install Ubuntu (latest) from my USB and I get an error saying GPU lockup. I've tried doing it from a CD as well ...
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Is the Atom Z2460 supported?
Couldn't find anything in the component database, I'm mostly worried about the PowerVR GPU it has.
There are many Windows tablets using it and I was wondering if I could use 12.04 on it
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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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stress testing opencl/Ati GPU on 12.04
What does people normally use to stress test their GPU on ubuntu 12.04?
I tried installing Phoronix Benchmark suite ubuntu .deb but it tries to install freeglu3-dev and at the same time complains ...
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Switching back to onboard gpu?
I have been getting constant freezing issues whenever I am running videos. I know it is not a driver issue as I was having the same problems when running windows. I want to move back to my onboard GPU ...
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How to recover login screen for 11.10 after update?
System was stable for many moons.Did (yet another) update via the Update manager, and after reboot, the system console goes to the Ubuntu logo splash with the row of dots below. No input (Ctrl-Alt-Fn ...
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MATLAB GPUmat error : 'version 'GLIBCXX_3.4.14' not found
I am trying to execute GPUmat of MATLAB under ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit.
I already installed CUDA toolkit 4.2, NVidia graphic driver.
When I typed 'GPUstart' on command window, I got following error ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 macbook 3,1 ( late 2007 model ) - Trackpad / GPU issues
Medium time linux user here ( for 3-4 years now ). I´m having some issues with my Macbook white 3,1 ( late 2007 model ) and the latest LTS of ubuntu ( 12.04 fully updated ).
First off all, my ...
