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The slowness has been fixed with the latest updates to compiz, but the
problem with it incorrectly reporting vesa as the driver is still
present. The new fglrx 8.960 seems to be quite awesome. It is fast, and
it has seemingly full compatibility with Gnome-Shell now, though
possibly still a bit
Same here with a Mint 12 (Ocelot) and a Radeon HD 4650.
Set up a custom .deb package with the latest driver installer by AMD and
installed them. fglrx module is loaded (told by lsmod) but system
information still says vesa.
Really strange. I went back stock driver until there is a solution for
It is strange situation. 3D acceleration is working, so can say that
fglrx driver is running, but all desktop experience is slower than
without fglrx, and video playback is not smooth.
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I too have this issue. On Precise I have installed fglrx through Jockey,
but in system settingsdetails it still says vesa. I do now know if the
fglrx driver is in fact running, but I have 3D acceleration and glx
gears reports 60fps. Also, I can effectively change color settings VIA
amdcccle.
I am
** Package changed: ubuntu = fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
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Title:
FGLRX installed but it seems to be still Vesa in use
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
FGLRX
