Can I access my ATI 5470 chip on ubuntu?

**Old Marcus** · January 22nd, 2011

Hi, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 (or mint 10, same thing really) on a HP Pavilion dv7 4020-sa. It has two ATI chips on it, the 4200 and a 5470. I can switch between them fine on Windows, but I have no idea if I can do it on Ubuntu. Any help here would be appreciated, thanks.

**Yellow Pasque** · January 22nd, 2011

It depends on whether you're using open source or proprietary drivers. See this for details: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Features

**Old Marcus** · January 24th, 2011

So it can't be done with the proprietary drivers, only with the open source ones?

**Yellow Pasque** · January 24th, 2011

Originally Posted by Old Marcus

So it can't be done with the proprietary drivers, only with the open source ones?

Correct.

**Old Marcus** · January 27th, 2011

Ok, thank you.

**danima1** · February 9th, 2011

Hi both,
did this work for you? I.e. can you use both graphics cards in Ubuntu?

I'm considering buying a HP Pavilion dv7 4020-sa to use mainly primarily with Ubuntu. Were there any other issues?

Thanks
Danima1