netfreedom
October 6th, 2012, 10:36 AM
I've seen similar issues on Ask Ubuntu with Compiz and proprietary drivers. Compiz works fine after a new re-install, but if I active the proprietary driver as suggested by the system info, Compiz doesn't work anymore.
It doesn't matter which settings I change, nothing happens, even if I deactivate the proprietary driver again, Compiz won't work. I've tried to reset Compiz and Unity as seen on other threads (terminal commando) but it still doesn't change the issue and have to reinstall the OS again to make it all work again.
The system informs the graphics as unknown, but the proprietary drivers info, displays two drivers, for the ATI Mobility Radeon 5470, one ATI/AMD FGLRX and one updated driver.
However, only the first driver could be installed, the updated driver fails to install, providing the only information as: The driver failed to install.
I don't know if the Open driver works correctly, I'll have to do some further tests, especially since the system graphic info is stated as unknown, but Compiz only seems to work, if the proprietary driver is deactivated.
The laptop I'm testing is an Acer Aspire 5820TG - Intel Core i5 430M with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and 4 GB RAM.
It could be great if anybody has got a solution or could link to another thread with a solution that makes it possible to use Compiz with proprietary drivers activated (to use windows effects and desktop cube).
/Mike
It doesn't matter which settings I change, nothing happens, even if I deactivate the proprietary driver again, Compiz won't work. I've tried to reset Compiz and Unity as seen on other threads (terminal commando) but it still doesn't change the issue and have to reinstall the OS again to make it all work again.
The system informs the graphics as unknown, but the proprietary drivers info, displays two drivers, for the ATI Mobility Radeon 5470, one ATI/AMD FGLRX and one updated driver.
However, only the first driver could be installed, the updated driver fails to install, providing the only information as: The driver failed to install.
I don't know if the Open driver works correctly, I'll have to do some further tests, especially since the system graphic info is stated as unknown, but Compiz only seems to work, if the proprietary driver is deactivated.
The laptop I'm testing is an Acer Aspire 5820TG - Intel Core i5 430M with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and 4 GB RAM.
It could be great if anybody has got a solution or could link to another thread with a solution that makes it possible to use Compiz with proprietary drivers activated (to use windows effects and desktop cube).
/Mike