Brand of graphics processing units from AMD, included with other manufacturers' graphics cards. Ask questions about configuring or troubleshooting in Ubuntu.
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HP Pavilion dv6 is not booting with switchable graphics
I have an HP Pavilion dv6 with switchable graphics: an integrated Intel GPU and a discrete ATI GPU (Radeon Mobility HD 6490M (1 GB DDR5)). Any attempt to use the ATI driver (either proprietary or ...
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CPU 100% overload [closed]
i just installed ubuntu, and that work sow bad.
In windows no problems.. here i think is something with my processor and with videocard(
here is 2 screens with top:
Ubuntu finds drivers for ...
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What fanless ATI Radeon cards work with the open-source drivers?
I am building four Intel Core i5 desktop systems. The systems should run Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and be used for watching HD movies, Youtube etc. not for gaming. I want to use fanless ATI Radeon cards and ...
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Won't install on an hp Pavilion with a Radeon HD6470M
I have recently purchased an HP Pavilion with a Radeon HD 6470M card that is not supported. Until I found that out I reinstalled Ubuntu several times and eventually got some basic drivers to work. Due ...
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How to improve Ubuntu resolution? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install a graphics or wireless card driver?
I am using Ubuntu 10.04. Also I have Radeon graphics card 1 GB builtin in my laptop, but my screen resolution is ...
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Black screen on a Dell inspiron 1501 with a Radeon Xpress 200M [closed]
When attempting to run the ubuntu 11.04 live CD on my wife's laptop, I consistently get a black screen with multicolored vertical bars - no video.
This happens only when using kernel mode setting. ...
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Best driver for ATI Radeon HD4250
I am relatively new to Ubuntu. I saw my friend's PC running Ubuntu and tried it out of curiosity.
I started with 10.10 on my old PC with an nVidia 7300GS graphics card. It would occasionally freeze ...
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What's the driver version for my ATI graphics card?
How do I find out if I have the latest driver for an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card? The AMD website has the ATI driver 11.8 but before I try to install it, I'd like to find out whether I already ...
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Bumblebee and AMD Radeon cards
Does Bumblebee (https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee) work with AMD Radeon HD/Intel cards or just with nVidia/Intel cards? Should I always run applications using optirun before the command ...
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Why isn't my computer sending input to my monitor?
I have a desktop machine with 11.04. It has ATI/Radeon graphics:
john@john:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4250]
I was attempting to ...
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How do I enable Ati Radeon 9200 drivers so I can use Unity?
I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my HP pavillion ZX500 with the Ati Radeon 9200 Graphics card. It works fine right now but the only problem is that the Unity desktop doesnt come on. It makes me have ...
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ATI 6XXX Hybrid Graphics w/open source drivers
You can turn on/off the dedicated graphics card via OpenSource drivers (acpi_call, vgaswitcheroo, come to mind). However, there is no way to direct the display to the card. This card comes with ...
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How to install Radeon X600 driver
I am completely new to Ubuntu and now running into so many problems regarding my display.
I will be so grateful to the community to help me out and keep me loving Ubuntu.
When I run
lspci | grep ...
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Dual Monitor: HDMI no signal, not recognized in Ubuntu [closed]
brand new Asus VE247H monitor, connected by VGA, is not getting recognized in Ubuntu 11.04.
Monitor Preferences does not recognize a second monitor ('Unknown'). ATI Catalyst Control Administrative ...
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HD 6450 Radeon problems with installation
I bought a Asus Pundit P6 with an iCore5 and a Radeon HD 6450. Starting Ubuntu 11.04 from a Live-USB-stick doesen't make any troube, but after installing 11.04 (64bit and 32bit, subquestion: what's ...
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How to install driver for AMD Radeon HD6470M
I've just bought new laptop ASUS K42J with no OS pre-installed. I had installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it. Everything is fine excluding video card performance - it looks like wide screen pulled on ...
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Installing 10.10+ with Radeon HD 6970 Video Card
I built a new PC that has a Diamond Radeon HD 6970 graphics card, and no on-board graphics. When I boot from the Ubuntu disc, it runs through some initial booting stuff, and then gets to a loading ...
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Screen keeps freezing, then kernel panic
I have a Hp DV6-3079tx.
It has a ATI Radeon graphics chip.
The system seems to randomly freeze up, sometimes it will unfreeze, other times it will un-freeze, freeze, then go black.
Looking in the ...
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Why does my radeon driver crash when booting?
I am trying to install Natty on an Acer Aspire 5810T laptop. Everything works fine once booted, but the laptop will only boot one out of three times. The other times it hangs at a black screen with an ...
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Installing Catalyst 11.6 for an ATI HD 6970
Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 is displaying the desktop okay (though limited to 1600x1200) after my having installed my new HD 6970 card, so I'm now trying to install the proprietary driver (I understand the ...
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Can't login to 11.04 ~90% of the time [closed]
Since I installed Ubuntu 11.04, one of the following things happen when I try to login:
I see my wallpaper and my mouse cursor, but nothing else loads. Every ~10-20 seconds, the screen goes black ...
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How to install ATI Radeon 6770 drivers on 10.04?
How to install ATI Radeon 6770 drivers on 10.04? Are there drivers for this video card at all?
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How do I find out the correct amount of video RAM of a radeon card when using the open source driver?
I was surprised that lspci and the nvidia x server settings application didn't give me the same amount of video memory for my nvidia card. A bit of googling brought me to this site. There it says that ...
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Unity desktop launcher and bars look garbled with Ati Radeon
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit on my old P4-Ati Radeon rig. Boots well, gets into desktop, however left bar and top bar are garbled. Main desktop area and windows in that area are mostly fine, ...
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glxgears segmentation fault using open video driver
I have two videocards Integrated(Intel i3) and Discrete(Mobility Radeon HD5470).
I noticed this problem, after I installed Catalyst 11.5 from AMD site. But there was something I couldn't manage, ...
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Ati cards need mesa 7.11. Where can i find it
Ati radeon cards Require Natty/11.04 and Modesetting Only
These cards should work with Ubuntu Natty/11.04, however you will need a more recent version of Mesa (7.11.x) than Natty's default (7.10.x) ...
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So I am not allowed to report a bug against radeon driver because “natty is complete”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does ubuntu-bug imply that I shouldn't report bugs for Compiz and Unity?
I was thinking about submitting three different bug reports for all three different ...
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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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What is causing this problem - Is it Xorg, AIGLX or something else? [closed]
My Ubuntu has been playing up again with the same bug which it periodically displays. Straight after login, the login sound plays and some of the startup services run, but then nothing more happens, ...
