AMD (ATI) Catalyst 11.1 for linux now out HD6xxx HD6850

[Temüjin]

You can try the alternate install cd, or try booting with xforcevesa option.

[alphaamanitin]

You can try the alternate install cd, or try booting with xforcevesa option.

'xforcevesa' give graphical errors rendering the display worthless.

AlphaA

[jonnyboysmithy]

I've emailed AMD via the support on their site.
Hopefully they'll acknowledge the problem and help me fix it or release a patch (I don't think its just a few people having this issue).
I could use the open source driver but then my laptop battery doesn't last long and it runs really hot and loud.
I'll let you know if I get a solution.

[jonnyboysmithy]

Okay I got it working!!

Ok so I'll just post what I did to make it work for me.
The details:

First purge the current driver:

sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core

Then change to your driver directory AND force install. YES! I said force install.
I know force is not recommended but I tried plenty times and the only time it worked was with force.
So:

cd <your driver location> ##for me its /home/jotham/catalyst12-1/## 
sudo ./amd-driver-installer-12-1-x86.x86_64.run  --force

Install everything default, well that worked for me so thats what I'll recommend.

Someone had a problem with initramfs not being updated so to make sure I did:

sudo update-initramfs -u

Run

sudo aticonfig --initial

to make a configuration for your hardware with your new driver.
Restart and thats it!
Before I restarted I decided to switch to eco graphics:

sudo aticonfig --px-igpu

Anyway that worked for me.

Good luck!

[jonnyboysmithy]

After some experimentation it seems the critical step for me was to switch to eco graphics before restarting after I installed the driver.
After installing the driver you need to configure it with aticonfig:

sudo aticonfig --initial

And after that tell it to use the power save graphics:

sudo aticonfig --px-igpu

Then restart. For me that prevents it from getting a scrambled splash screen.