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Nick Bailuc
Asked: 2014-07-08 16:38:15 +0800 CST

Installing X.org (opensource) Ubuntu driver in the terminal

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Software Center messed up my proprietary driver installation and I must revert to the original driver (the one you can find in "Additional Drivers" tab under software sources.

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However Software Center corrupted my video driver and Software Sources does not allow me to revert or change anything. Completely removing the proprietary driver leaves me with a corrupted x.org and does not work. Where can I download an exact copy of the "X.org AMD display wrapper" and install it because right now I have no GUI.

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  1. Best Answer

    I assume you have access to the text console. If not, login and use CTRL + ALT + F2 to sign in with no graphics after you boot up.

    I believe this is what you are looking for

    sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati

    This will install the driver you are talking about.

    Reboot for the changes to take effect.

    To first remove fglrx "proprietary-drivers" you could run this before the installation. 

    sudo apt-get purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-amdcccle-updates fglrx-updates fglrx-updates-dev fglrx-dev
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  2. you can install the ati radeon driver like this

    $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo amdconfig --initial && sudo shutdown -r

    after the restart

    Alt+F2

    "gksu amdcccle"

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