Hot answers tagged ati
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The script above did not work for me.
However I found a much simpler answer here
Edit the ati signature file:
sudo gedit /etc/ati/signature
and just replace the "UNSIGNED" line with the following code
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Installing the ATI Catalyst Drivers for 12.10
Important UPDATE (22nd October 2012)
Latest proprietary AMD Catalyst driver version 12.9 cannot be used
with Ubuntu 12.10 If you have a AMD Radeon HD 2xxx-4xxx series card.
Drivers for these cards are now available in a separate branch called
legacy series. Unfortunately these legacy drivers ...
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Run lshw -c video, and look for the line with "configuration". The loaded driver is prefixed with "driver=". Example output:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 02
...
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The 'post release updates' will install Catalyst 11.9 which is the latest version while the 'ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver' will install Catalyst 11.8 which was the driver at the freeze stage of 11.10 development
There has been issues with the 11.9 driver with Unity (see ubuntu forums here) so I suggest you install the 'ATI/AMD proprietary ...
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Install CompizConfig SettingsManager
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Warning: What are some of the issues with ccsm and why should I not use it?
Click on the Composite tab, and
un-check Detect refresh rate.
Click on the OpenGL tab, and un-check Sync to Vblank.
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**First need to install the restricted drivers for access to aticonfig
I had the same problem. Run sudo aticonfig --initial, to re-initialize your configuration files.
Now I'm not sure if restart was necessary here or not.
Now run 'sudo amdcccle' and you'll be able to configure dual display. Go to Display Manager and choose Multi-display desktop with ...
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I started with a clean 12.10 install (not an upgrade)
My card is a Radeon HD 5450
First thing I done was to install Linux-source and Linux headers
sudo apt-get install linux-source
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
I noticed that many with Nvidia cards were having to do this and am sure I saw mentioned some-where that it also helped ATI users.
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For 13.04:
Pre-Install:
Three terminal-commands:
sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6
sudo apt-get install dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic xserver-xorg-core libgcc1
Additional two terminal-commands for 64-bit:
sudo apt-get install ...
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I believe Unity requires 3D graphics. So if there is an open driver that can do that, you don't require proprietary drivers.
Looking a the status of the FLOSS nouveau drivers, currently you probably would need the proprietary drivers for NVIDIA, however, they are working on the necessary features.
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If you have a spare machine, one that you don't depend upon, one that may be wiped out completely any time, do it. There will be times when everything is utterly broken, and the only thing to do is wait for a few days. If you depend on the computer in any way - that is, would you be upset if it stopped working properly – then don't do it!
The minor issues ...
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For 12.10:
It works for me!! And here is the how-to which I created for you:
Pre-Install:
Three terminal-commands:
sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6
sudo apt-get install dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic xserver-xorg-core libgcc1
Optional ...
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EDIT: Old solution (valid from April to August 2012)
The solution described in this answer is based on ATI drivers v12.4 +patch.
Now, since August 2012, ATI drivers v12.6 are available, the way to install these drivers is described in the answer below.
The error occurs because Catalyst has not been updated to work with recent 3.2 kernels.
Check this ...
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Try to completely remove your ATI drivers from your system:
sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
Remove your xorg.conf
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Reinstall xorg completely
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64
Re-configure Xorg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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I fixed it using the following script. Found At: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2076381
Under Ubuntu 12.10 x64 and driver AMD 12.11 beta.
#!/bin/sh
DRIVER=/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
echo "Come on AMD!"
for token in $DRIVER; do
echo "Removing AMD logo from "$token
for x in $(objdump -d $DRIVER|awk ...
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The new 12.1 are 100% working on both my mobility and desktop ATI card but only if the dependencies listed below are installed first (i.e. don't download off the installer and try to execute it otherwise it breaks gnome 3). To properly install 12.1, type the following in terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf ...
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Here are the differences,
The fglrx package, contains the driver version available at distro release.
The fglrx-updates package, contains the newest driver version packaged for Ubuntu.
The AMD website download, provides the newest driver released.
It takes time to properly package the official AMD releases, so fglrx-updates might not always be the ...
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Remove and purge the current version, then install the updates:
sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx*
sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle-updates
Reboot
Making sure fglrx is fully removed is an important step. It didn't work for me the first time I tried to install the updates and in the end I removed each fglrx package individually, purged ...
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Run both this commands:
sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*
Plus refer to this site:
ATI - Ubuntu Oneiric Installation Guide
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Unity Compiz is only available if you are using Ubuntu 11.04, which is still in early development.
At one point the Ubuntu developers were planning on backporting Unity Compiz to 10.10, but they later decided against it:
Hi everybody,
As some of you may know, there have been some discussions about
backporting
"unity compiz" to maverick as we ...
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System -> Preferences -> Monitors gives you a useful graphical interface to easily set this up. This works very well for me using the open source ATI drivers. I doubt you will encounter any great problems (using a fairly mainstream graphics card). If you're using proprietary drivers you may need to use the vender's own tool, e.g. the Nvidia config utility.
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For people who use older hardware or have driver problems the Unity 2D interface will be available in 11.04 (and in a PPA for 10.10)
How do I install the Unity 2D desktop?
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Try the following:
Type the following in to a terminal:
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
then
setsid unity
If this is an issue with Unity settings that will reset your config to default.
I hope that helps.
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I finally got Unity back at a normal resolution with compiz working as usual (apparently). It doesn't feel as snappier as before, but at least I can work with it.
This is what I did (hope it helps others):
Tried resetting xorg.conf file as @RobertPitt suggested (which, actually, did nothing for me).
Then tried what @Freedom suggested, but there was no ...
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Press Ctrl+shift+F1 and type this command after you logged in to the system
sudo apt-get remove fglrx-*
sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
It will remove the drivers that you have just installed, they are not compatible with the new version of the X server and will break Unity when you install them.
There is a current open bug with it on ...
9
Excellent question.
Workloads
The /usr/share/xdiagnose/workloads directory has a set of workloads designed to exercise your graphics system to trigger lockups.
$ ls /usr/share/xdiagnose/workloads/
README do_monitor_rotation_loop
do_chws_loop* do_screensaver_loop*
do_cpu_spin_loop do_video_loop*
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Update of the solution (18 nov 2012)
because new drivers are available in ATI website.
Solution in 12.04LTS is then:
Uninstall ATI driver
$ sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (if file is existing)
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*
Install free driver
$ sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
$ sudo apt-get install ...
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Tested for Ubuntu 11.10 and any supported card ATI card using binary driver (only cards that support UDV2, radeon hd 4000 or higher)
Hardware video acceleration is only enabled if you are using the binaries from ATI, either install them using the Additional Driver tool or manually from the ATI site, the last method is preferred since the current package in ...
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WebGL on Google Chrome, it is available BUT not on Linux, actually there's a lot of questions regarding this in Google groups and the Chromium issue tracker. This happens in both x86 and x86-64 versions.
Running google-chrome --enable-webgl --in-process-webgl or google-chrome --enable-webgldoesn't have any effect on the browser.
get.webgl.org Mentions ...
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As I have found out (4850 here), you can't via any method install fglrx-legacy on stock ubuntu 12.10, even if you use catalyst 12.6 which supports our cards, because the x server that 12.10 uses (1.13) is not supported by catalyst 12.6 or older.
However, this is somewhat of a solution, that I can confirm works on my machine: ...
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