Installing AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphic System Drivers Mint 15

snake2903
  11 years ago
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Since i have combination of Intel HD 3000 integreated and  AMD Radeon HD 6490m discrete graphic card ony my HP ProBook 4730s system,i had a problem how to get everything works great..
After searching on net, i found couple solution to get everything works great.

1. Update system

    First step is to upgrade system.

2. Installing packages , running commands and downloading additional packages
    
    First you need to install some additional packages before installing drivers:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6
sudo apt-get install dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic xserver-xorg-core libgcc1
 
    If you use 64 bit system then you should run this command:

    (If there is folder /usr/lib64,then you should move his container to /usr/lib folder before running command)

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs lib32gcc1 libc6-i386
cd /usr ; sudo ln -svT lib /usr/lib64

    Download this files and put them in empty folder:

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu//pool/main//udev/libudev0_175-0ubuntu13_amd64.deb
http:// https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0tTaH4qTIIXdDF3NThFWUtrYlU/edit?usp=sharing

    Before installation uninstall old drivers:

sudo apt-get remove fglrx*
sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-intel

    After removed old drivers, install downloaded files:

sudo dpkg -i libudev*
sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.21.6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb

3. Download and install AMD ATI Drivers:

    Download latest drivers from ATI webstie (I used 13.4 drivers)

    Unpack drivers:

sudo sh ./amd-catalyst-XX.X-linux-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/raring[/code]

(Replace  XX.X whit version you have, and  'raring' with distribution you use)

    Install package:

sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

4. Steps after installation

    Run this command so you make backup of Xorg.conf file, and make new for your system:

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
sudo aticonfig --initial -f

    After initialization, select descrete graphic card and reboot system:

sudo aticonfig --px-dgpu
sudo reboot

    After restart everything should work great and system will use discrete graphic card.

5. Scripts for switching graphic cards

    Switch to integreated graphic card:

#!/bin/bash
# Activate integreated GPU (Power-Saving mode)
sudo aticonfig --px-igpu
sudo reboot

    Switch to discrete graphic card:

#!/bin/bash
# Activate discretei GPU (High-Performance mode)
sudo aticonfig --px-dgpu
sudo reboot

I hope this tutorial will help you.

I tried this with fresh installed Linux Mint 15 MATE 64bit and ATI 13.4 drivers.

Link that i used for tutorial:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/205112/how-do-i-get-amd-intel-hybrid-graphics-drivers-to-work

Comments
jahid_0903014 10 years ago

nice one


remoulder 11 years ago

Please do not copy posts on other websites and post as a tutorial under your name here. A simple link to the original page is all that is required.


sujitnag 11 years ago

Link that i used for tutorial:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/205112/how-do-i-get-amd-intel-hybrid-graphics-drivers-to-work

very good finding.

promote for good reference.