Hi! Don't want to disappointing anyone but the solution provided by @pads doesn't work for everyone.
1) the solution for legacy cards (2xxx-4xxx) does indeed work 2) but the second solution only works for users with only a AMD/ATI GPU. Anyone who has a ATI/Intel hybrid card can only use the open source drivers. The ATI/Intel Hybrids still seem to suffer from a regression compared to Ubuntu 12.04 and the previous AMD Catalyst drivers. I have just tried the AMD Catalyst 12.11 beta driver fresh out the press at AMD and it still doesen't work for me. I have a AMD Radeon HD 6490M with an integrated Intel 3000 HD card running. Laptop is Samsung Chronos 7 700z3a-S03-DE. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: 1002:6740 Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer Radeon HD 6700M Series Status in AMD fglrx video driver: Unknown Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 6770M HD Hybrid graphics card. In Ubuntu 12.04, I installed the fglrx driver through "additional drivers" and it worked. (I can even switch GPUs). But in the new Ubuntu 12.10, after installing, Unity won't load. Only the mouse and the wallpaper. If I initialize the settings sudo aticonfig --initial then after rebooting it gives a warning saying I'm in low graphics mode! How to fix this? Even tried the drivers from AMD website (both the old 8.* and the new 9.* drivers) Earlier i used software source to install the drivers. But when using the terminal, I got this warning : - update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf because link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken Full installation log : - pubudu@lap1:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates [sudo] password for pubudu: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fglrx-amdcccle-updates The following NEW packages will be installed: fglrx-amdcccle-updates fglrx-updates 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 85.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 254 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://lk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted fglrx-updates amd64 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 [79.4 MB] Get:2 http://lk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted fglrx-amdcccle-updates amd64 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 [5,747 kB] Fetched 85.1 MB in 16min 38s (85.3 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package fglrx-updates. (Reading database ... 159905 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking fglrx-updates (from .../fglrx-updates_2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package fglrx-amdcccle-updates. Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle-updates (from .../fglrx-amdcccle-updates_2%3a9.000-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Setting up fglrx-updates (2:9.000-0ubuntu3) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf because link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/fglrx/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Loading new fglrx-updates-9.000 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 3.5.0-17-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 3.5.0-17-generic Done. fglrx_updates: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod....... DKMS: install completed. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Setting up fglrx-amdcccle-updates (2:9.000-0ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 DistroCodename: quantal DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl Package: fglrx-installer (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Tags: quantal ubuntu Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: Please work this issue through technical support channels first. UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: pubudu 2001 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. CurrentDmesg: [ 14.846050] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 216.072884] show_signal_msg: 39 callbacks suppressed [ 216.072889] ubuntu-webapps-[2272]: segfault at 0 ip 00000000004027b0 sp 00007fff86d2d980 error 4 in ubuntu-webapps-update-index[400000+4000] DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c7ed7f95-e273-4617-8ff2-58ff9be37bc1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=54a57d36-d69b-4bf7-87cb-96c1d0031c0f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory /home/pubudu not ours. No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 StagingDrivers: rts_pstor Tags: quantal staging Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 10/05/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.1B dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1657 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 10.31 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.1B:bd10/05/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr0595100000244710000020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1657:rvr10.31:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0595100000244710000020100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/1068661/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp