Hey there guys. I had the exact same problem.
I got the ASUS K72JR-A1 (amazing laptop). I kept reading the forums until I realized the pattern that was fixing the issue.
There is something off about
Catalyst 10.2 and I could never get it to work. Here are the steps that fixed it (going to get into detail for new users):
- EDIT: First sudo update-pciids
- Then go and download Catalyst 10.1 from ati.com. This can be done here - http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...eon_linux.aspx
- chmod +x ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run
- sudo ./ati-driver-installer-10-1-x86.x86_64.run
- If you don't have jockey installed (the proprietary hardware manager) sudo apt-get install jockey-common.
- then sudo jockey-text -l which should list your adapter. In my case the first column said "xorg:fglrx"
- sudo jockey-text -e xorg:fglrx When you restart after this step, you will get an irritating "AMD unsupported hardware" (stupid AMD, can't see a REAL reason they even did that aside from the fact that they got crap for brains).
- The fix for the watermark is to create a file (e.g. "wm.sh") and paste the quoted text below:
- Then chmod +x wm.sh
- Followed by sudo ./wm.sh
- Restart your box and you are good. Compiz should work at this stage. The Catalyst control center should be functional as well.
IMPORTANT: After you do this, and if you are using Gnome, your Ethernet (that worked perfectly before) might screw up and there is apparently a fix for it (I use KDE because it's BETTER) and I don't have the problem. If I boot into Gnome, it doesn't work. And let's hope that ATI releases proper mobility support in Catalyst 10.3 as promised. Though Sony and a few other snobby companies have opted out of having their hardware support (for what reason? no fscking clue).
Link for Ethernet fix for ubuntu was somewhere around the forum and i can't seem to find it again.
If this works for you, or there are issue, post back here and I'll get the email notification and try to help
UPDATE: You might have to run
sudo update-pciids before you start these steps
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