Hybrid ati Intel laptop

[Dennis Linux]

Hello all,

Thanks for the replys, the only video is the ati and there is ni Intel videocard.
I searched early with lspci and only the ati was found.
I gonne try it wat early post.

Renards, Dennis

> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:53:25 +0200
> From: o.sinclair at gmail.com
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Hybrid ati Intel laptop
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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