Searching the web for solutions yielded three different methods for removing this watermark:
1. Switch to the Open Source driver. The Open Source driver works, but doesn't't take advantage of the APU's 3D features, and the power consumption is a lot greater, resulting in shorter battery life. Also, suspend doesn't work well on this driver.
2. Edit the binary of the proprietary driver, using a script like this:
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#!/bin/sh
DRIVER=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
for x in $(objdump -d $DRIVER|awk '/call/&&/EnableLogo/{print "\\x"$2"\\x"$3"\\x"$4"\\x"$5"\\x"$6}'); do
sed -i "s/$x/\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90/g" $DRIVER
done3. Replace the AMD/ATI "control" file with a newer one that lists my hardware as supported. This worked for me. Here's the procedure:
Download the 13.3 version of the driver from the AMD website at http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd-dr ... x86_64.zip
You won't be installing this driver, just extracting a single file from it. Unzip the archive to get to the amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.run file it contains, then mark that .run file as executable, and extract it's contents with this command in a terminal window:
./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.run --extract
Next, save a copy of your current "control" file, just in case:
sudo mv /etc/ati/control /etc/ati/control_ORG
Now copy the newly extracted control file into place:
sudo cp /fglrx-install.3RR7LX/common/etc/ati/control /etc/ati/control
(Your paths to these files may vary, depending on where you extracted the files.)
Now reboot the system, and the watermark should be gone.
Hope this helps someone!
- Steve
