Hi,
I have a HP Pavillion DV6 notebook which has an AMD Radeon 6490M graphics card along with Intel HD 3000. Please can anyone point me how can I install graphics drivers for both these cards ? Switchable Graphics would be an added bonus.
Thanks
Graphics drivers' installation
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Re: Graphics drivers' installation
From the menu, select "Preferences" then "Software Sources". Video drivers are found on the "Additional Drivers" tab.
Re: Graphics drivers' installation
Thanks Alpha-Geek ... Ya I see now that the ATI driver is already enabled.Alpha-Geek wrote:From the menu, select "Preferences" then "Software Sources". Video drivers are found on the "Additional Drivers" tab.
ATI has a software called catalyst control center which allows us to switch between the dedicated and integrated graphics.
Is it(or something equivalent) available on LInux ?
Re: Graphics drivers' installation
Catalyst 13.1 is available at AMD website.
the problem is there's some risk involved with installing it.
I have dual intel\ati graphics myself, and from my experience it only leads to fails at starting X-server.
in case that'll become your scenario as well, keep in mind that unistall files are stored at /usr/share/ati directory
the problem is there's some risk involved with installing it.
I have dual intel\ati graphics myself, and from my experience it only leads to fails at starting X-server.
in case that'll become your scenario as well, keep in mind that unistall files are stored at /usr/share/ati directory
Re: Graphics drivers' installation
Agreed there ....agvares wrote:Catalyst 13.1 is available at AMD website.
the problem is there's some risk involved with installing it.
I have dual intel\ati graphics myself, and from my experience it only leads to fails at starting X-server.
in case that'll become your scenario as well, keep in mind that unistall files are stored at /usr/share/ati directory
I myself tried to do the same seeing this (http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu ... 7s_site.29) and yes, same result ...
X-Server stopped working ...
After which I had to reinstall Mint 14.
Re: Graphics drivers' installation
Guys having AMD/Intel have anyone tried this ?
http://www.upubuntu.com/2013/01/amd-cat ... -adds.html
Does it work?
I dont want to try anything new right now .... It would be trouble if something happens just before the semester exams
http://www.upubuntu.com/2013/01/amd-cat ... -adds.html
Does it work?
I dont want to try anything new right now .... It would be trouble if something happens just before the semester exams