12.04.1 screwed me ... AMD users take note

[Ric Moore]

On 10/09/2012 04:05 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> I went through a problem like this a few months back.
>
> My solution was to get an nVidia video card.  They don't have these
> problems, in part because nVidia actually supports Linux (AMD/ATI do
> in a half-hearted, haphazard way) and they are highly responsive to
> problem reports.


Seems like every week >I< have to google to find the name of the AMD 
setup program. And I use nVidia. <swears> "catalyst" ---install that, 
use it, no more probs. It's even in the repo. Same thing you had to do 
with Windows. Ubuntu screwed nobody. Ric



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