Hello everyone, I haven't been able to get hardware acceleration working on Mint 17 64-bit Cinnamon. I read many topics and followed all the related tutorials I found, without success. I'll be extremely thankful to anyone who could enlighten me.

The computer is a Macbook Pro 15' from 2011 , so it has EFI. It embarks two GPUs (an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 and a discrete Radeon HD 6490M), the standard resolution is 1440x900. It is currently in single-boot, OSX deleted, and I didn't install rEFIt or rEFInd.

The issue was the same with Mint 16 and with MATE. The only configuration that works is with the recommended drivers (xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0) and adding nomodeset to the GRUBCMDLINELINUXDEFAULT command in /etc/default/grub. But I get notified that it runs in Software Rendering mode, and CPU activity is indeed intense.

I had no luck with any of the proprietary drivers I tried (either the fglrx 2:13.350.1 from Drivers Manager, or the Catalyst 14.4 from AMD's website), they only brought me to a black screen instead of session login. Apple ilife 2011 for mac. Then, when I press a key, I get a blue screen with these xorg errors.

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Code: No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) Error @wlinformsinglebss:cfg80211frameerror. Using Catalyst Control Center didn't help. I tried sudo aticonfig -initial and also -igpu / -dgpu for switching between the two GPUs. Always a black screen. No luck when I purged the xserver-xorg-video-ati and xserver-xorg-video-radeon prior to installing the proprietary ones.

No luck either with ati.modeset=X (0, 1.), radeon.modeset=X, xforcevesa, gfxmode, gfxpayload or insmode, in any case. Here's the output of inxi -Fxz right after install. Code: Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices AMD/ATI Seymour Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: fbdev,ati,radeon (unloaded: vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@77.0hz GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 256 bits) GLX Version: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 10.1.0) Direct Rendering: No I am not a linux expert so I don't know what I missed, or if my config is just not supported. Anyway, any input would be very appreciated.

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Contents. 1. BEFORE YOU PROCEED NOTE: For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and above, the AMD Catalyst or fglrx driver is no longer supported by AMD, or in Ubuntu. If you have an AMD GPU and wish to run any Ubuntu version 16.04 LTS or newer, there are two open source driver options: Radeon or AMDGPU. The AMDGPU-PRO driver provides the open source AMDGPU driver and a proprietary overlay. Newer AMD GPUs designed with GCN technology (Graphics Core Next) should use AMDGPU or AMDGPU-PRO, while older AMD GPUs should use Radeon. For details on which GPUs require Radeon, please see the or execute at a terminal: man radeon 2.

Introduction By default Ubuntu uses the open source driver for cards manufactured by AMD. However, the proprietary fglrx driver (known as AMD Catalyst or AMD Radeon Software) is made available for those who would like to use it. The instructions on this page advise on how to install and use fglrx.

If you encounter a bug with these closed-source drivers, you are welcome to file a report via Launchpad. However, if the bug is determined to be with fglrx, this may only be fixed by AMD, as they are the only ones with access to the source code. Before you get started The first thing to check for when you consider using the fglrx driver is whether your AMD graphics card is supported. Enter your graphic card details.

You may check this at the terminal: lspci -vvnn grep VGA. Identify whether your AMD graphics card model series is supported by the fglrx driver. If the search returns the latest version of the Catalyst driver, then proceed to the next section.

If the search returns a legacy version, you may have to use the open source driver. NOTE: If you are switching from another OEM's hardware, NVIDIA for instance, you must uninstall the driver for that hardware before installing the AMD driver. Installation via the Ubuntu repositories Ubuntu offers the following fglrx drivers that are supported only in Ubuntu 14.04:. The easiest way to install binary drivers is to use the built in Additional Drivers manager in Ubuntu. After the fglrx driver is installed, reboot your system and login.

To check whether the fglrx driver is working, open a terminal and type: fglrxinfo If fglrx is installed and working well you should see an output similar to: fglrxinfo display::0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series OpenGL version string: 3.3.11399 Compatibility Profile Context 4.1.

Installing via the command line For users who find that the Additional Drivers method does not work, please file a bug report on Launchpad about this. Once done, the driver may also be installed from the Ubuntu repositories using the terminal. (Note: If your machine has hybrid Intel/AMD switchable graphics, please consult the Ubuntu Forums thread first and refer to the section titled 'Manually installing Catalyst 13.4, special case for Intel/AMD hybrid graphics' in this wiki.

At the time of writing, the method described below MAY NOT WORK for Intel/AMD switchable graphics. If you have an Intel/AMD hybrid, it is advisable to wait until further instructions are available). Save a backup copy of xorg.conf in case this doesn't work. Sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.BAK. Remove/purge current fglrx and fglrx-amdcccle (If you have used a method outside of aptitude, apt, Software Center or Synaptic, follow the other party's instructions for removal). You will need to deliberately remove both the normal and -updates versions in recent releases of Ubuntu because it seems that attempting to remove one installs the other: sudo apt-get purge fglrx. Reboot.