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This works because Linux Mint 14 is based on Ubuntu quantal. Tested with stable and beta drivers from outside the repositories that wouldn't install properly using the standard install procedure.
This works because Linux Mint 14 is based on Ubuntu quantal. Tested with stable and beta drivers from outside the repositories that wouldn't install properly using the standard install procedure.
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Revision as of 20:23, 6 October 2015

ATI Driver installation Mint 12

  • update your system
  • Disable ATI Driver from "Additional Drivers"
  • Open synaptic package manager, open setting/repositories and select SOURCE CODE
  • search for "kernel" and install (kernel-package,linux-source,linux-headers\linux-headers x64--for x64,(some may already be install)
  • Open terminal and type:
  sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases
  sudo sh ati-driver-installer-*.run
  • install default installation,DONT generate Ubuntu 11.10 package!
  • reboot when done!

to make sure its all good in terminal type:

  fglrxinfo

should return something like this:

  • display: :0 screen: 0
  • OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  • OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
  • OpenGL version string: 4.1.11251 Compatibility Profile Context

Linux Mint 14 Driver Installation

To use a more updated version of the driver in Mint 14, proceed as follows:

  • 1) Download the version of the Linux Driver that you wish from AMD
  • 2) Make sure you remove any older driver
  sudo aptitude purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  • 3) Modify execution permission for the AMD Driver Installer:
  chmod +x nameoftheinstaller.run
  • 4) And run it with --buildpkg Ubuntu/quantal:
  sudo ./nameoftheinstaller.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/quantal

It will download any required files, build packages compatible with Mint, and all you'll need to do is install them by hand (using gdebi-gtk) or dpkg as follows;

  sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Reboot & Enjoy!


If you want to remove it, just do the same command as 1), but without xserver-xorg-video-radeon.


This works because Linux Mint 14 is based on Ubuntu quantal. Tested with stable and beta drivers from outside the repositories that wouldn't install properly using the standard install procedure.


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