Radeon 4500 series VESA: M92

[nickmrad]

nicolas@nicolas-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -k | grep VGA -A2
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3628
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci

[QIII]

That is not completely true. It is possible to use fglrx-legacy with 12.04.2. But you need to install xserver-xorg instead of xserver-xorg-lts-quantal. And use patched driver for 3.5 kernel or use 3.2.

A bit of a tall order for someone just trying to figure out how to install the driver, eh?

Let me step in for a moment so we can start fresh...

Let's get you back to the default open source Radeon driver. Trying to install both could make moving on difficult.

Just to be sure we have cleared out the attempted install from the AMD website:

sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh

This may fail. Don't worry about it if it does.

Remove what was installed from the repo:

sudo apt-get purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak2

Then:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri  xserver-xorg-core

sudo dpkg-reconfigure  xserver-xorg

Reboot. You should now be on the default open source Radeon driver.

[Pilot6]

I could give already patched debs.

The driver looks to be installed.

Then one more command
dpkg --list | grep fglrx*

[nickmrad]

You did both? Sigh...

lol first i installed the driver from amd. then i checked the additional drivers and it notified me about the fglrx so i installed it too.
this is my first week with linux so excuse if i did something stupid
should i remove one of them?

[nickmrad]

I could give already patched debs.

The driver looks to be installed.

Then one more command
dpkg --list | grep fglrx*

nicolas@nicolas-HP-Pavilion-dv6-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg --list | grep fglrx*
ii fglrx 2:8.960-0ubuntu1.1 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.960-0ubuntu1.1 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators

[Pilot6]

I am confused by model of the chip HD 4500/5100 Series.

For 4xxx you need legacy, for 5xxx you need normal driver.

[nickmrad]

ok so i'm gonna try QIII solution and check out the result

[Pilot6]

I think the problem is that you need legacy.

So remove the driver

sudo apt-get purge fglrx*

Then download the driver frome here.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aw6oth9799n43hh/jawiIddfZm

You need only 2 files with i386 at the end. These are latest legacy drivers. It is easier that to build them yourself.

Create a folder in your home folder and call it AMD. Put there these 2 files.

Then in terminal run commands

cd AMD
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Then reboot.

[Pilot6]

QIII is the right solution to remove the driver and use opesource one. Then you can install propritary. It must solve the problem.

Note: Driver I suggest can be used for kernel 3.5 as well.

[QIII]

I am confused by model of the chip HD 4500/5100 Series.

For 4xxx you need legacy, for 5xxx you need normal driver.

Quirk in how ATI describes the Mobility line. It's actually an overclocked 4000 series.

Also, again, the 12.4 driver is the one available in the Precise repo. There is no need to do anything fancy. The legacy driver is just 12.6 anyway.