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Install ATI Video Driver
The following are instructions to install the latest ATI Catalyst Video Driver (fglrx) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.Proceed with caution, as manually altering packages and drivers in Terminal, especially when working as a super or sudo user, can have negative impacts on some or all of your installed packages and drivers.
If you are installing these drivers on a fresh install of Ubuntu you may ignore the first step of the instructions; Delete/Remove Existing Drivers.
Delete/Remove Existing Drivers
sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*You will need to install the following dependencies via Terminal.
sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases64-bit ONLY
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch i386 lib32gcc1 libc6-i386To install the lastest ATI/AMD driver, Download the appropriate driver for your machine here from the AMD/ATI Website and then enter the following into the terminal (remember to navigate to where you extracted the driver to beforehand and make sure no other .run files exist in that folder):
sudo sh *.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/preciseIf it is required, a package manager window will open and install some dependencies and after a while create the following four .deb packages:
fglrx_8.961-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb fglrx-amdcccle_8.961-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb fglrx-dev_8.961-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Note: It will also create a file called fglrx-installer_8.961-0ubuntu1_amd64.changes. If you wish you can read this file to know the changes that have been affected through AMD/ATI Catalyst and related information. To install the created .deb files, type:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Note: In case any of the packages are broken, open Synaptic Package Manager and go to Edit -> Fix Broken Packages. In case you are new to Ubuntu, broken here means that some dependent packages are not yet installed. Once you sort out the issue as indicated above through the Synaptic Package Manager, the problem of broken packages should be resolved.
sudo aticonfig --initial
Now go ahead and reboot your computer. If all is right, the fglrx driver that corresponds to AMD/ATI Catalyst will be installed and working on your system. To confirm the drivers are working open a terminal and type:
fglrxinfo
You should get an output similar to the following:
display: :0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series OpenGL version string: 3.3.11631 Compatibility Profile Context
Note: If you see any mention of MESA in the output, the fglrx drivers have not been installed correctly. See the troubleshooting section for more details You can make configuration changes through the AMD/ATI Catalyst Control Center. It can either be found in your Application menu or you can launch it through a terminal like this:
sudo amdcccle
Be aware that when you manually install fglrx, this can subtly break your system, since the packaging system isn't made aware of your changes. The Launchpad developers get many bug reports from users who do this and then later discover after a few upgrades that their system starts behaving weird because of those fglrx remnants.
Officially Supported (Catalyst & Open Source)
The following hardware is supported by current releases of the Catalyst/fglrx driver. Open sourcedrivers will work as well.
* CEDAR Radeon HD 5450 * REDWOOD Radeon HD 5550/5570/5670 * JUNIPER Radeon HD 5730/5750/5770 * CYPRESS Radeon HD 5830/5850/5870 * HEMLOCK Radeon HD 5970 * PALM Radeon HD 6250/6310 * SUMO,SUMO2 Radeon HD 6370/6380/6400/6410/6480/6520/6530/6550/6620 * CAICOS Radeon HD 6430/6450/6470/6490 * TURKS Radeon HD 6570/6670 * JUNIPER Radeon HD 6750/6770 * BARTS LE Radeon HD 6790 * BARTS Radeon HD 6850/6870 * CAYMAN Radeon HD 6950/6970 (requires Catalyst 11.4b; open-source requires kernel 2.6.39) * ANTILLES Radeon HD 6990
Older RadeonHD (Catalyst Legacy 13.1 & Open Source)
* R600 Radeon HD 2900 * RV610/RV630 Radeon HD 2400/2600, 3000/3100/3200/3300, M71, M72, M74, M76 * RV620 Radeon HD 3450/3470, M82 * RV635 Radeon HD 3650/3670, M86 * RV670 Radeon HD 3850/3870, M88 * RS780 Radeon HD 3100/3200/3300 * RS880 Radeon HD 4100/4200/4290 * RV710 Radeon HD 4350/4550/5145/530v/545v, M92 * RV730 Radeon HD 4650/4670/5165/550v/560v/565v, M96, M96-XT * RV770 Radeon HD 4850/4870, M97, M98
Radeon (Catalyst <= 9.3 & Open Source)
* RS400/RS480 Radeon XPRESS 200(M)/1100 IGP * R300 Radeon 9700PRO/9700/9500PRO/9500/9600TX * R350 Radeon 9800PRO/9800SE/9800 * R360 Radeon 9800XT * RV350 Radeon 9600PRO/9600SE/9600/9550, M10/M11 * RV360 Radeon 9600XT * RV370 Radeon X300, M22 * RV380 Radeon X600, M24 * RV410 Radeon X700, M26 PCIE * R420 Radeon X800 AGP * R423/R430 Radeon X800, M28 PCIE * R480/R481 Radeon X850 PCIE/AGP * RS482 Radeon (Xpress) 200 * RV505 Radeon X1300, M52, M62 * RV515/RV550 Radeon X1400/X2100/X2300, M54, M64, All-In-Wonder 2006 * RV516 Radeon X1500 * R520 Radeon X1800, M58 * RV530/RV560 Radeon X1600/X1650/X1700/X2500, M56, M66 * RV570/R580 Radeon X1900/X1950, M68 * RS600/RS690 Radeon (Xpress) X1200/X1250/X1270 * RS740 Radeon (Xpress) 2100 * FireGL T2 (4154) * FireGL V3100 (5B64) * FireGL V3200 (3E54) * FireGL V3300 (5E49) * FireGL V5000 (5E48) * FireGL V5100 (5551) * FireGL V7100 (5550) * FireGL X1 (4E47) * FireGL X2-256/X2-256t (4E4B) * FireGL X3-256 (4A4D) * FireGL Z1 (4147)
Sources:
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