Install AMD Radeon HD 6470M and solve overheat on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric

Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin

UPDATE: Try upgrade your BIOS. Several people have said they reduce heat by upgrading the BIOS.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=th&prodNameId=5086746&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=5086745&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4061#93211

Please note that installing the latest AMD ATI Radeon FGLRX still not solve the overheat issue. I recommend you to switch off the radeon VGA and use Intel VGA card. It will decrease overheat from 90 C fall into 57 C.

I have HP 431 which support with 2 VGA driver, Intel and AMD Ati Radeon HD 6470M. I start install fresh Ubuntu Oneiric by default & use open-source ATI Radeon proprietary driver. Suddenly, my laptop got overheat about 80 C when i start my activity like writing code, run VM and many else. I thought it was kernel bug. After searching through Google and find there no right solution there.

So i start diving into my Ubuntu Oneiric and find that dual-VGA is the main problem here. To check your VGA availability, do “lspci -nn | grep VGA” :

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] [1002:6760]

Ubuntu Oneiric use Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor as default VGA. Which this is make my laptop overheat all times! So the solution is forcing Ubuntu 11.10 to use “AMD Radeon HD 6470M” as primary VGA. So, here are the solution :

Please edit your /etc/default/grub :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force radeon.nomodeset=1"

And update it by :
sudo update-grub

1. Uninstall all ATI Open-source driver
sudo apt-get remove fglrx-* fglrx-amdcccle jockey-common jockey-gtk sudo rm -rf /usr/share/ati/ sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx xserver-xorg-core sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 sudo update-initramfs -u sudo update-grub

2. Install dependency packages
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs dkms build-essential

Download latest ATI Driver from :
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx

3. Installing Latest ATI Proprietary Driver
In this post, i use “ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run”. To installing :

chmod a+x ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run sh ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/oneiric sudo dpkg -i *.deb

If you got error “Permission Denied” even try with sudo, then to this :

sudo cp ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run /root sudo su cd /root sh ati-driver-installer-11-9-x86.x86_64.run dpkg -i *.deb

If still can’t build packages, then do this :

sudo rm -R /usr/share/ati sudo apt-get install fglrx

*kudos to dmitriv

ATI Driver already installed in your system.

4. Switch into Graphic Card into ATI Radeon
sudo /usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL amd

5. Generate Xorg.conf
sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all

You will get results :
Uninitialised file found, configuring. PowerXpress error: Cannot stat '/usr/lib64/fglrx': No such file or directory Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-0

This is my xorg.conf that works :
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "aticonfig Layout" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 EndSection


Section "Module"

	Load  "fglrx"

EndSection
Section "Monitor"

	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"

	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"

	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"

	Option	    "DPMS" "true"

EndSection

Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection

Now do “sudo lightdm restart” to start using your ATI Radeon Graphic Card.

6. Check if Driver already installed and use properly
Do “lspci -v” and see your Radeon part like this :

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3673 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at c2600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at 4000 [size=256] Expansion ROM at c2620000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci Kernel modules: fglrx, radeon

Now, i use modules fglrx. It’s works now and no overheat again

Updates from @DonTomaso :

Nice step by step guide. I have a Dell Vostro 3350 notebook with the same graphic configuration Intel HD3000 / 6470M.

Under Oneiric and also on Natty I was able to use fglrx module instead of radeon just like you described above, but in my case the fan is spinning all the time and battery is draining quicker than under Windows no matter if the system uses Intel graphics and radeon or fglrx module the fan is always annoyingly on. These ATI modules be it open source or proprietary can not yet control the GPU’s power levels.

The only way to get around this is to switch off the ATI gpu with vga_switcheroo:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics

After booting up I need to run this command and as a result the fan is slowing down, then stopping, just like under Windows:

echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

So for me the only option is now to use the Intel HD 3000 only and turn off ATI until a fully working driver is released.

Solve
link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf

56 thoughts on “Install AMD Radeon HD 6470M and solve overheat on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric”

Fred on November 1, 2011 at 2:39 pm said:

Thank you for this Post.

I am running Kubuntu 11.10 on a new HP dv6 i7 core with the same graphic card as mentioned here.

I am bit intimidated because I tried installing prop drivers in the past and invariably got it wrong.

so my questions are:
1. is the forcing to use AMD permanent or do I have to do that after every boot?

2. If I screw up the driver installation how can I get back to my original state ie. a workable desktop.

3. do i have to reinstall the prop driver after every upgrade?

Thank you for any assistance in this.

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- admin on November 7, 2011 at 7:44 am said:
  
  1. is the forcing to use AMD permanent or do I have to do that after every boot?
  - It will use AMD permanently because we forcing it through Xorg.conf.
  
  2. If I screw up the driver installation how can I get back to my original state ie. a workable desktop.
  - Sure, you need to restore original xorg.conf
  
  3. Do i have to reinstall the prop driver after every upgrade?
  No. There no need for that.
  
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Dmitry on November 4, 2011 at 11:59 am said:

I couldn’t to build packages until i do
sudo rm -R /usr/share/ati
sudo apt-get install fglrx

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- admin on November 7, 2011 at 7:45 am said:
  
  Added into post
  
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Bartosz on November 8, 2011 at 10:08 am said:

Can you use Catalyst control panel with this combination? I’m having really hard times trying to make it working with 6750M … Also getting
“PowerXpress error: Cannot stat ‘/usr/lib64/fglrx’: No such file or directory
Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU”
Any new findings?

I installed Catalyst 11.10

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Mrk on November 13, 2011 at 6:14 pm said:

Have you tried this on Natty? I am dying to use the ATI card on Ubuntu. How is the power consumption when on battery mode? I cannot upgrade to Oneiric yet. Not on the laptop I use for work. Can’t risk messing up a lot of things during an upgrade and I can’t do a fresh install for now.

I have the exact same graphics cards as yours (6470M Seymour) with Intel Graphics 3000 HD. 11.9 didn’t work for me.

I’m confused. jockey-common and jockey-gtk shouldn’t have to be uninstalled. It is just a front-end AFAIK.

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- admin on November 16, 2011 at 1:13 pm said:
  
  Sorry, i never try it on natty. Seems you should try with dual-boot with Oneiric. If the result is bad, then you can remove your Oneiric and waiting for next Ubuntu version.
  
  Jockey-common and jockey-gtk in Oneiric work for updating additional proprietary driver. Sometimes it make load CPU high and not used anymore since we already use ATI Driver from manual installation.
  
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Boris Lemke on November 15, 2011 at 2:57 pm said:

Hey, when I entered the command “sudo apt-get install ia32-libs dkms build-essentials”(step 2), it says “E: Package ‘ia32libs’ has no installation candidate

Any help??

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- admin on November 16, 2011 at 1:09 pm said:
  
  “ia32libs has no installation candidate” show up because you use Ubuntu i386. In this case, you can remove it packages. But, if you use Ubuntu 64 bit, you should add it.
  
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Christos on November 17, 2011 at 1:35 am said:

Hello and thanks for your effort,

tried your approach on I386 Ubuntu 11.10 but no luck yet. lightdm restart gives me permissions issues and finally I rebooted my laptop (HP 4530s) through ALT-F1 console.

Here is my lspci -v output if you are interested:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 167d
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d4a00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at d4a20000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
Kernel modules: fglrx, radeon

and my lspci | grep VGA:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M]

I feel that your approach is on the right direction, somehow it does not work for me.. (I don’t get any GUI), had to replace xorg.conf file back to the original one just to text you this.. as far as I remember, the last message that I saw when it attempted to startx was something like deleted screen 1 for some reason.

Note: there is no xorg.conf in etc/X11 for the Intel card.

Thank you again!

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- admin on November 17, 2011 at 7:23 am said:
  
  We have same VGA here and same lspci -v output.
  
  Could you try with Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit ?
  Also, trying with newest ATI AMD Driver maybe increase your luck.
  
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  - Christos on November 17, 2011 at 7:52 pm said:
    
    thanks for your reply. Ok, will try Ubuntu 64-bit, to see if it makes any difference.. by the way laptop is HP Probook 4530s..
    
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    - Christos on November 17, 2011 at 9:33 pm said:
      
      Trying as we speak, just installed 11.10 64-bit version, on typing sudo apt-get install ia32-libs dkms build-essentials I get an error “E: Unable to locate package build-essentials”. Continuing with the rest..
      
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      - admin on November 23, 2011 at 10:36 am said:
        
        Sorry, i misstype, it should be “sudo apt-get install build-essential” without “s”.
        
        My mistake
Christos on November 17, 2011 at 9:36 pm said:

maybe mistyped, sudo apt-get install build-essential (without the ‘s’ at the end) installed just fine..

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Christos on November 17, 2011 at 10:17 pm said:

stuck at trying to restart lightdm
Failed to use bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager, do you have appropriate permissions?

Tried rebooting the laptop and it won’t start the GUI.. not sure whether it’s a xorg.conf issue.. when I remove xorg.conf it starts just fine. But I have the impression that it’s using the integrated VGA..

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- Christos on November 17, 2011 at 10:24 pm said:
  
  am not sure, I used your xorg.conf in the end and tried the lightdm restart command and still got the previous error. Then into terminal I used stop lightdm and switched with ALT-F2 to a console where I typed start lightdm and it seems to be working..
  
  One question: how do I know which VGA the system is currently using?
  
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silent on November 18, 2011 at 7:04 am said:

when I type the command: sudo /usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL amd
I got the following warn. and I don’t know why

update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf because link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken.
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link.

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- admin on November 18, 2011 at 10:54 am said:
  
  No problem. It just warning which you can ignore it.
  
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Fred on November 18, 2011 at 11:13 am said:

Hello,
I tried this method with the latest driver version 11.11.

When doing:
sh ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run –buildpkg Ubuntu/oneiric

from the download dir. I get:
# set the permissions on the pxpress scripts
chmod 744 debian/pxpress/switch*
dh build
make: dh: Command not found
make: *** [build] Error 127
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.egXtg0

Then I do:
sudo cp ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run /root
sudo su
cd /root
sh ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run
and get:
root@fintanws3:~# sh ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run
sh: Can’t open ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run
root@fintanws3:~#

Any ideas?

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- Fred on November 18, 2011 at 11:48 am said:
  
  Bthw I do have build-essential installed
  
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  - Jose on January 14, 2012 at 4:54 am said:
    
    Substitute Step 2 with:
    
    sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases
    
    Then try it again
    
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silent on November 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm said:

One more question:
I followed your step and get the same lspci -v output.
But I can’t enable any 3D effect . Can you?

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- Fred on November 21, 2011 at 6:40 am said:
  
  “One more question:
  I followed your step and get the same lspci -v output.
  But I can’t enable any 3D effect . Can you?”
  
  Once I get this installed, I would like to know that as well
  
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Klaus on November 20, 2011 at 2:16 pm said:

running on hp pavillon g6. This one has also two graphic cards as seen in the following lspci output:

###################################################################
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1669
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at c6400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at 5000 [size=256]
Expansion ROM at c6420000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
Kernel modules: fglrx, radeon

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: c3400000-c43fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c2400000-00000000c33fffff
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
###################################################################

i’ve followed the above steps:

0. changed to root
1. generated the *.deb modules für 11.9 and 11.11 as well
2. rm -R /usr/share/ati
3. apt-get remove fglrx-* fglrx-amdcccle jockey-common jockey-gtk
4. apt-get install ia32-libs dkms build-essential
5. dpkg -i *.deb
6. /usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL amd
7. aticonfig –initial -f –adapter=all

All went fine, but after reboot, system was hanging and no graphic display was shown. With ALT+F2 i was able to replace the xorg.conf. After the next reboot system came up again, the driver is present but no config is possible.
This for driver 11.9 & 11.11. Any ideas?

Cheers, Klaus

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DonTomaso on November 20, 2011 at 8:43 pm said:

Hello Yodi Aditya,

Nice step by step guide. I have a Dell Vostro 3350 notebook with the same graphic configuration Intel HD3000 / 6470M.

Under Oneiric and also on Natty I was able to use fglrx module instead of radeon just like you described above, but in my case the fan is spinning all the time and battery is draining quicker than under Windows no matter if the system uses Intel graphics and radeon or fglrx module the fan is always annoyingly on. These ATI modules be it open source or proprietary can not yet control the GPU’s power levels.

The only way to get around this is to switch off the ATI gpu with vga_switcheroo:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics

After booting up I need to run this command and as a result the fan is slowing down, then stopping, just like under Windows:

echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

So for me the only option is now to use the Intel HD 3000 only and turn off ATI until a fully working driver is released.

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- Davide Fabbri on December 2, 2011 at 1:34 pm said:
  
  Hi DonTomaso,
  
  I have made all the necessary to switch off the ATI card, but in powertop I continue to see the PCI Device it refers to the ATI video card and my laptop continues to overheat every minute!
  
  Is my graphic card too recent (ATI 6660M) even for vgaswitcheroo?
  
  I hate those fans!!!
  
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- Vitaly Pushkar on January 15, 2012 at 11:15 am said:
  
  I have the same laptop.
  What about external monitor using Intel card? Does everything work OK?
  
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  - admin on January 18, 2012 at 8:12 am said:
    
    I use DELL for external monitor and it’s works. So, it should be works also with Intel Card.
    
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- Niran Maharjan on March 13, 2012 at 4:58 pm said:
  
  Hi DonTomaso,
  
  It worked perfectly.
  Previously
  0:DIS: wr:0000:01:00.0
  1:IGD:+:Pwr:0000:00:02.0
  Now
  0:DIS: :Off:0000:01:00.0
  1:IGD:+:Pwr:0000:00:02.0
  
  I sticked to Windows due to this problem but now… problem is solved.
  This link also helped.
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+question/157326
  Thanks !
  
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Fred on November 21, 2011 at 8:08 am said:

Okay got it installed with vesion 11.11. Apart from build-essential I hade to install: cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases

Now for 3D?

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- Fred on November 21, 2011 at 8:22 am said:
  
  I was to quick. After doing:
  fglrxinfo
  
  I get:
  X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 136 (GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
  Serial number of failed request: 12
  Current serial number in output stream: 12
  
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Tony Morais on November 23, 2011 at 6:42 pm said:

It didnt work for me. I dont know whats wrong. I have a Dell i5 and as graphic card the Radeon HD 6470M. I tryied a lot to follow all this.. but always when I come back, the system breaks. (the Last error was starting automatic crash report … fail).
Im getting crazy because I want to use compiz but nothing helps me to install a good graphic card driver .

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razorxpress on November 27, 2011 at 4:20 am said:

Hi, I have same graphics card. I could not manage to get 3D performance or properly install ati catalyst card (segmentation error after installation). However if you plan to solve overheat problem, take a look at my post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1859945). There was another post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11438030#post11438030) suggesting other switches. Applying both of these solutions actually solves the overheat and battery problem. 3D performance is not as it is in ati cards for windows. However if you have managed to get 3D performance using ATI, you better stick with it. In case of intel open source driver using my solution, you get workable 3D performance, if you stick with xorg-edgers ppa (I am currently running kernel 3.2 from xorg-edgers). Though the drivers of intel still are bad in case of some games like (trine, or any wine games), but open source 3D games runs quite well. Anyways thanks for the post. I will give it a try (I have been doing this with every release of catalyst drivers and failed everytime).

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razorxpress on November 27, 2011 at 5:06 am said:

And here is a game I played on open-source intel driver (HD 3000 sandy bridge default). I could not demonstrate 1366×768, because the game is old and does not have that graphics mode. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMnMVFafVxg)

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ZiB on November 28, 2011 at 8:25 pm said:

Hi
For the error below create a symlink from that points to /usr/lib
command :
cd /usr
ln -s lib lib64
This worked for me.
“Uninitialised file found, configuring.
PowerXpress error: Cannot stat ‘/usr/lib64/fglrx’: No such file or directory
Failed to initialize libglx for discrete GPU
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-0″

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- admin on December 2, 2011 at 9:12 am said:
  
  Same with me. I have this problem also and still don’t get solution for this problem
  
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borislemke on November 29, 2011 at 11:04 pm said:

Hi, on the part where I type
sudo /usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL amd

I get
sudo: /usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL: commant not found

any help??
Im using 64.

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- admin on December 2, 2011 at 9:11 am said:
  
  Please update your system by “sudo updatedb”. Then do “locate switchlibGL”.
  
  If you don’t, then you should install proprietary driver instead manual installation
  
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Ahmed Kotb on December 1, 2011 at 2:21 pm said:

Hi,
can you explain more step 5 ?
should i just apply the aticonfig command and it will generate the xorg.conf file ? or i will have to copy your file as well ?

also if any thing goes wrong how i can restore everything up ?
thanks

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- admin on December 2, 2011 at 9:10 am said:
  
  running aticonfig command will generate xorg.conf for you and backup original automatically.
  
  If something goes wrong, you can go to TTY 1 (CTRL+ALT+F1) , login and restore your original xorg.conf.
  
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SteveH on January 10, 2012 at 5:25 am said:

I did the commands, everything works fine but in the xorg.conf under modules i have:
Section “Module”
Load “glx”

not load “fglrx”

like in your output. That’s the only difference. When I restart lightdm or reboot, there are no graphics. Any ideas? Can I just edit xorg.conf directly?

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- admin on January 12, 2012 at 1:52 am said:
  
  Sure, you can edit your xorg.conf directly. But, always have backup before do anything
  
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  - Miguel on May 21, 2012 at 1:45 pm said:
    
    I couldn’t generate the xorg, it gave
    
    invalid option: adaptar=all
    
    I am doing this on ubuntu 12.04 precise
    
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streulma on January 12, 2012 at 4:32 pm said:

I have the same problem.
When I install the ATI Catalyst drivers I have an X Window, buth only a black screen with a mouse cursor and some glitches.
I have a solution for this in Ubuntu 11.04:
Install LightDM from a PPA, set LightDM as default.
In /etc/rc.local > stop lightdm and start gdm.
This is how to solve the problem.
But the graphics card is buggy…
Someone that have an other solution for this problem?

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Rael Max on February 13, 2012 at 12:51 pm said:

Thanks, i’ve tried on sony vaio vpcsb and works fine.

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abouellel on February 27, 2012 at 6:09 pm said:

thank you
but iam using hp pavilion g6 same device and ubuntu 11.10 64
when i write lightdm restart
give me
Failed to use bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager, do you have appropriate permissions?

and please how to disable ati and work only on intal

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kaivalya on March 1, 2012 at 3:09 pm said:

hello,
I tried all the things according to instructions and I got the required output on my HP pavilion laptop having same graphic card. But when I reboot, after selecting the grub for ubuntu 11.10, it shows the blank screen with the following instructions:
……
skipping profile in etc/apparmod/disable: usr:bin firefox
*starting AppArmor profiles [ok]
*starting load fallback graphics devices [ok]
*starting userspace bootsplach [ok]
*stopping load fallback graphics devices [ok]
.
.
.

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- kaivalya on March 1, 2012 at 3:17 pm said:
  
  sorry, I didn’t complete the last comment…
  I am writing the instructions in short as dots. There are many more instructions on the screen. It also says further that
  checking for running unattended-upgrades:
  *stopping failsafe Boot Delay [ok]
  *stopping automatic crash report [ok]
  *starting LightDM display generation [fail]
  *starting bluetooth manager [fail]
  *starting atieventsd
  ……..
  ……..
  ……..
  session saned disabled: edit /etc/default/sanned
  *checking battery state [ok]
  _
  
  I can run the terminal version of ubuntu by pressing alt+f2. But I want my graphics back. What should I do…??? I am new to the ubuntu. Please explain in detail….
  Thanks.
  
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  - admin on March 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm said:
    
    Seems you have problem with /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This configuration should works :
    
    # Section "ServerLayout" # Identifier "aticonfig Layout" # Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0 # EndSection # # Section "Module" # Load "glx" # EndSection
    Section "Monitor" Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" Option "DPMS" "true" EndSection # Section "Device" # Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" # # Driver "glx" # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # EndSection
    Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection
    
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zippos on March 4, 2012 at 11:37 am said:

How do i save the grub file? It’s the 1st time i’m using Ubuntu, and it says i don’t have permision to overwrite it…

I need to add this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash pcie_aspm=force radeon.nomodeset=1″

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- admin on March 5, 2012 at 12:59 pm said:
  
  Use “sudo”
  
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Max on March 29, 2012 at 8:30 am said:

Thank you so much!
Just little mistake… you forget this in xorg.conf:

Section “Device”
Identifier “aticonfig-Device[0]-0″
Driver “fglrx”
BusID “PCI:1:0:0″
EndSection

I get this by your previous guide…

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- Max on March 29, 2012 at 8:41 am said:
  
  Another little issue: just before login the screen is black… if I put in my password I login on Kubuntu… in other words, KDM is black but after login is all ok… can you help me???
  
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smith on April 13, 2012 at 10:13 pm said:

Hi,
very nice post and helpful too. I have problem with my graphic card.

Following are the specs:
dell inspiron corei5, n5110

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 0116 (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 6760

How can i install the drivers. Any hep would be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Smith

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