Ubuntu Raring Installation Guide - Revision history

72.83.153.47: correct filename of unzip line

2013-06-16T12:41:07Z

correct filename of unzip line

2013-05-30T14:10:30Z

‎Removing Catalyst/fglrx: simplify removal

2013-05-29T12:49:01Z

‎Create and install .deb packages.

2013-05-29T12:48:33Z

‎Download the latest Catalyst package.

2013-05-29T12:45:56Z

‎Before you start

2013-05-21T09:20:40Z

‎Installing Proprietary Drivers a.k.a. Catalyst/fglrx

2013-05-07T07:00:39Z

‎Hybrid Graphics and Catalyst

2013-05-02T00:21:44Z

Quote the asterisk so the shell does not expand them, and instead they are passed to apt-get.

2013-04-28T15:46:58Z

2013-04-27T19:16:17Z

‎Create and install .deb packages.

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   wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.zip
-  unzip amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
+  unzip amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.zip
   chmod +x amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.run

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 The uninstall script in the first command will only exist if you downloaded the drivers and installed them directly (rather than building packages as this guide does). Skip the first command if it does not exist.
   sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
-  sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx 'fglrx_*' 'fglrx-amdcccle*' 'fglrx-dev*'
+  sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
 If you plan on using open-source drivers, you will need to reinstall some packages because Catalyst overwrites or diverts some key 3D libraries with proprietary versions. For more information on this issue, see [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/FglrxInteferesWithRadeonDriver this Ubuntu wiki page]

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 ===''Create and install .deb packages.'' ===
-  sudo ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/raring
+  sudo ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/raring
   sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

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 This package contains both the 32-bit and 64-bit driver.
-  wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
+  wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.zip
-  unzip amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
+  unzip amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
-  chmod +x amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.run
+  chmod +x amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-6-beta-x86.x86_64.run
 ===''Create and install .deb packages.'' ===

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 Create a directory for the build environment and move to that directory
-  mkdir catalyst13.3beta3 && cd catalyst13.3beta3
+  mkdir catalyst13.6beta && cd catalyst13.6beta
 ===''Download the latest Catalyst package.''===

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 '''ATI RadeonHD 2x00 - 4xx0 cards'''
 If you have one of these cards, you do have the option of using the Catalyst Legacy driver, but only if you downgrade your Xserver version (the Catalyst Legacy driver does not support the kernel version (3.5) or the Xserver version (1.13) that Ubuntu Quantal/12.10 uses).
-This can be done really easily by following the instructions given at [[https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx]]. This PPA downgrades the Xserver and install a patched version of fglrx that supports kernel version 3.5 of Ubuntu Quantal.
+This can be done really easily and automaticly (downgrading & installing) by following the instructions given at [[https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx]]. This PPA downgrades the Xserver and install a patched version of fglrx that supports kernel version 3.5 of Ubuntu Quantal.
 == Installing Catalyst Manually (from AMD/ATI's site) ==

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 === Intel/ATI Hybrids ===
-By using the officially provided drivers, there are two problems ( Launchpad Bug: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1068404 #1068404]):
+By using the officially provided drivers, there are three problems ( Launchpad Bug: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1068404 #1068404]):
 : An incompatibility problem between intel and fglrx drivers (This gives segmentation fault at X server)
 : Some paths missing for openGL operation of the fglrx driver (This prevents applications that require direct rendering, e.g. Unity/games/etc, from loading correctly)
-If you follow the instructions described in the [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#WORKAROUND Binary Driver HOWTO], you should get functional configuration
+If you follow the instructions described in the [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#WORKAROUND Binary Driver HOWTO], you should get functional configuration.
 There is still another bug if you use the integrated GPU (Intel), making the X server crashing ( Launchpad Bug: [https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1088220 #1088220] )

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 Install the prerequisite packages:
-  sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases linux-headers-generic fakeroot libqtgui4
+  sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases linux-headers-generic fakeroot libqtgui4 devscripts
 ''If you are using the x86_64 architecture (64 bit)'':

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 ===''Create and install .deb packages.'' ===
-  sudo ./amd-catalyst-13.4-linux-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/raring
+  sudo ./amd-{{Catalystdashversion}}-linux-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/raring
   sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb