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Asked: 2011-10-15 06:38:17 +0800 CST

ATI proprietary drivers not working with an ATI Radeon HD 3400

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I am using Lenovo Thinkpad laptop with ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series graphic card. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit today and tried to install proprietary drivers

1)Hence I installed proprietary drivers displayed on my system (through jockey) .Rebooted my system. Performance is better now but Still compiz is not working.

2)Then I tried the second driver available - 'post-release-updates' but couldn't install due to some error. Hence I opened synaptic and installed fglrx-updates and rebooted my system. Not much change and still compiz didnt work

3)Removed all these packages and downloaded the latest driver from ATI http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.42&lang=English and installed it and rebooted my system. This is worse as I dnt get even launcher or dash this time - I guess I am forcefully logged in to Ubuntu 2-D . Still compiz is not working

Am I doing something silly here ? Is any one facing similar issues with ATI ? Please help Thanks.

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6 Answers

  1. This is a good solid guide to getting the latest ATI driver installed in ubuntu. http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Oneiric_Installation_Guide#Installing_Catalyst_Manually_.28from_AMD.2FATI.27s_site.29

    Has some good troubleshooting tips too.

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  2. If your BIOS supports switchable display it should be disabled in favor of discrete graphics adaptor. The drivers cannot handle switchable graphics.

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  3. No, you're not alone. I also have problems with the ATI driver under 11.10 64bit.

    I'm just guessing but I think this problem has to do with the way support for 32bit applications was added to the 64bit image.

    I reverted to 11.04 and the ATI driver from amd.com works fine. I think we'll have to wait until the new release from ATI.

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  4. I posted this on a similar question.

    To expand on duffydack's answer (which I followed also) I first purged the system of fglrx in recovery, after remounting and dropping into netroot.

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  6. Here is a quick and dirty guide to installing proprietary drivers for Nvidia 8400GS video card. Also this tutorial will work for any other type of proprietary driver you need to install. Proprietary Drivers Ubuntu

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