installing ati/amd graphics driver blacks out screen on 27 inch imac xubuntu

[Wes James]

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

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> OK, question: are you using the Ubuntu-provided proprietary driver,
> the one that is automatically installed by the "Jockey" tool -
> "Hardware Drivers" or something like that - or are you downloading the
> latest AMD/ATI driver from here:
>
> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx


Thanks for this hint - I have it working!


>
>
> ... and installing them manually?
>
> This page:
>
>
> http://anupam128.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/installing-dual-boot-ubuntu-1010-on.html
>
> ... suggests that the direct download is a better option than the
> Jockey-provided ones.
>
> Also, do you know which model GPU you have? 27" iMacintels come with
> either a 4850 or a 4870, apparently.
>
>
I got on to another i7 imac and it says the chipset (vi OS X System Info)
is AMD Radeon HD 6970M


wes
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