12.04.1 screwed me ... anyone else?

[Ric Moore]

On 10/09/2012 12:37 PM, Mikie wrote:
> Thanks Amichai, Avi, Steve, J,
>
> I will inspect the FGLRX DMESG entries and post.
>
> Is it better (more typically done) to not use FGLRX but use the default driver?
>
> I have dual monitors and could not get it to spread the desktop until I did this.

Right, you have to use the AMD driver in order to use your chipset to 
the fullest. Then, you have to use their factory supplied setup program 
to administer the driver, not the usual desktop monitor config.


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