Hybrid ati Intel laptop

[O. Sinclair]

On 04/03/2013 10:25, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Dennis Linux <frankie-1 at hotmail.nl> wrote:
>> If Catalist is not nessecary needed i've got no problem with it.
>> But what terminal code do i need to install the Radeon driver or what else?
>> I don't understand the way of driver use in Ubuntu and internet does make it
>> confuse.
>> I didn't know that the videocard manufracters did that to Linux, but i heard
>> last the founder of Linux against Nvidia and ati.
>
> On startup you need to go to the BIOS and make sure it starts on the
> embedded graphics. Make sure to not select "switchable graphics" as
> that option is not working under Linux.
> Once you are started, make sure to install the following packages:
>
> xserver-xorg-video-ati
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> fglrx
> fglrx-updates
>
> You can install each of those with the command "sudo apt-get install"
> in a shell, or use the package manager for that.
>
> Once these drivers are installed, restart the computer and go to the
> BIOS on start up to select the ATI graphic card. Again, do not select
> switchable graphics.
>
>
> Of course this will only work if you have a very recent Kubuntu,
> ideally 12.10 as you need a very recent Linux kernel.
>
> Mind you, the 3D acceleration might not be very good on the ATI card,
> but again, that is due to the poor driver quality on the complete HD
> 7000 series support under Linux, something you can blame the
> manufacturer for, and sadly the catalyst drivers provided by ATI are
> generally lower quality compared to the free Radeon driver.
>
The sad part is that not all laptops have the BIOS option, believe it or 
not. I have one of them.. an HP Pavilion and I swear I will never buy HP 
again once this one needs replacement.

There are online guides on how you can switch off the ATI card while 
logging in and in my opinion that is the best you can do. Use the Intel 
card as the ATI will eat your battery alive.

So for me the Catalyst driver was better when it worked, since 11.10 my 
card is no longer supported. Crap.

Intel intel and intel is all I say

Sinclair