For those people not happy about their AMD ATI Graphics/Video Card driver for some reason, there is a way to install the proprietary drivers from AMD ATI. This procedure allows you to manually build your driver from the latest Catalyst package release which is Catalyst 11.3.
Before starting the process you would need to deactivate the current driver if you are using the one from Hardware Drivers (jockey) before proceeding.
WARNING: IF IT AIN'T BROKEN DON'T FIX ITFirst you need to install the prerequisite packages (this is all done in terminal):
sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0
IMPORTANT: If you are using the x86_64 architecture (64 bit), be sure to install "ia32-libs" before proceeding!
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Download the latest Catalyst package from the official AMD website using the command below. The
package contains both the 32-bit and 64-bit driver.
cd ~/; mkdir catalyst11.3; cd catalyst11.3/
wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-3-x86.x86_64.run
Then you would need to create .deb packages from the package you have downloaded with the following command.
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-11-3-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/lucid
***change lucid (as this is what I'm currently using) to the current release you have
You would then need to install the .deb packages that you have created.
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
Next is to generate a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Before you do this, back up your current xorg.conf if you have one. Back Up xorg.conf with the following command.
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
You would then need to create a new generic configuration file with the following command.
sudo aticonfig --initial –f
Go to Administration>Systems>Hardware Drivers and activate the driver.
Reboot.
Run the following command in terminal to check if your new Catalyst driver is installed.
fglrxinfo
If for some reason there are problems that you encounter or the resolutions has not changed you can run this command to force the use of the new xorg config file.
sudo aticonfig --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf --tls=1
If you encounter an error on aticonfig you can check the link for other troubleshooting options:
I f for some reason you need to reinstall the driver because of errors encountered, you can run this is terminal to remove the driver packages that may have been left behind from the previous install.
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx
For more troubleshooting and for other releases:
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