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Old 07-29-2015, 08:57 PM   #1
ss32
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Xorg Failing with AMD Drivers


edit: This can be deleted/closed. After running
Code:
aticonfig --initial
the last time I installed fglrx-amdcccle, rebooted, and all is well.


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My AMD Catalyst driver was working fine. I switched to an Nvidia GPU for awhile and left fglrx installed, no issues after installing Nvidia drivers. I put my AMD card back in and ran

Code:
aticonfig --initial
to generate xorg.conf and xserver crashes when I try to start it. Ok...
Code:
dpkg -r fglrx fglrx-core
apt-get updte
apt-get upgrade -f
Then reinstall the newest AMD driver built for Ubuntu 14.04..

Code:
# fglrxinfo 
display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.6, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (3.0 Mesa 10.6.3)
Great, it recognizes the card, but when I generate xorg.conf all hell breaks loose and it breaks the xserver and I have to start all over.

Last edited by ss32; 07-29-2015 at 09:04 PM.
 
Old 08-17-2015, 10:57 AM   #2
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Heh, clearly when you were using Nvidia you were running the nouveau driver with mesa installed. Glad you got it fixed.
 
  


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