Hello Linux Geeksters.
In this article I will show you how to install the AMD ATI Catalyst Drivers 13.1 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 14 Nadia and Linux Mint 13 Maya.
Among others, these are the issues that got fixed with this drivers:
- Driver release version is added to GL_VERSION
- X crash for AMD PowerXpress™ A+I High-Performance mode on Ubuntu 12.10
- Bblank VGA display after resume from suspend
- Performance of Valve Linux games
- Segmentation fault when exit QtOpenGL applications such as AMD CodeXL
- OpenGL performance on “Southern Islands” ASICs
- Xserver getting exit upon resume from suspend on RHEL 5.8
- VariBright not working when change AMD PowerPlay™ settings in AMD Catalust Control Center:LE
- VariBright doesn’t work after resume from suspend on “Trinity” platform
- Flickering cursor when run some full-screen OpenGL games with CrossFire enabled
How to install AMD ATI Catalyst Drivers 13.1 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint:
First, uninstall the old drivers:
$ sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx
Install AMD ATI Catalyst Drivers 13.1:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fglrx