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[ubuntu] Fglrx is messing with unity and it won't uninstall

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hey everyone, I've put in my amd graphics card (radeon hd6750) drivers from the amd website, and once I rebooted, unity is gone. I've been through google and no ones instructions help! I've done the "sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx* fglrx_* fglrx_updates* etc.... And once I reboot, I still can't see unit. Anyway, I'd appreciate some help with ths, so thanks. (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 01/19/2013 – Made popular on 01/19/2013

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I want to use the open source Radeon driver for Ubuntu, but currently I'm using fglrx.

So, I went ahead and purged fglrx using sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx* and when I rebooted and ran sudo lshw -c video, I still see driver=fglrx_pci. I've followed the instructions here.

I'm not sure why I can't completely purge fglrx, is anyone else experiencing this?

I have tried everything on the forums about AMD driver installation, but whatever I type DOES NOT WORK. I am using a clean install of 12.04 LTS.

Hey everyone, I just got Steam, and downloaded a game. It took a while, then told me I need the latest OpenGL software for my driver. So, I went to amd.com, found my driver( for the Radeon HD 6570 ) and, not to mention I couldn't do a non-force install, whenever it finished installing, and I rebooted, Unity was gone.

I'm trying to install a proprietary driver from amd and it says that a version of fglrx is already installed and that i need to uninstall it first but when i try to invoke:

sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx

i get:

[sudo] password for tom: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information...

I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 6770M HD Hybrid graphics card. In Ubuntu 12.04, I installed the fglrx driver through "additional drivers" and it worked. (I can even switch GPUs). But in the new Ubuntu 12.10, after installing, Unity won't load.

Only the mouse and the wallpaper.

Right now Ubuntu is using software rendering which I do not want. I have the AMD Radeon HD 7750 so I installed the fglrx drivers but then Unity would not start. I have reverted back to software rendering. How do I install an AMD driver without the Unity issue?

Dell Latitude D600 Ubuntu 12.4 ati 12.10 driver fglrx & cinnamon do not mix installed ati 12.10 fglrx driver & cinnamon wouldn’t start only Unity & Gnome only. when logged into Cinnamon i got Gnome instead. Finally rebooted into low graphics mode did "sudo apt-get installer fglrx" on a Dell Latitude D600. .

Dell Latitude D600 Ubuntu 12.4 ati 12.10 driver fglrx & cinnamon do not mix installed ati 12.10 fglrx driver & cinnamon wouldn’t start only Unity & Gnome only. when logged into Cinnamon i got Gnome instead. Finally rebooted into low graphics mode did "sudo apt-get installer fglrx" on a Dell Latitude D600. .

Hey I just installed 12.10 and I have tried the fglrx, fglrx-updates and the driver from ATI's website and after the driver installs, I always reboot, log into ubuntu and Unity doesn't load the desktop loads but no launcher appears and the top bar doesn't appear.

I recall this ocurring a while ago, but I would think it was fixed by now.

I have an ATI 5870 and under 12.04 I am running the 13.