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My old graphics card hase just died. So I ordered a new MSI Radeon HD6450. What is the best way to install the AMD drivers?

Thank you.

Regards,

Richard

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I had the same issues but I finally found a way to use AMD drivers while keeping the Unity launcher working.

First in the terminal update your kernel with

   sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.8.0-30-generic

Next go to the AMD website (this link) and download the 13.8 Beta drivers

Download the drivers and place the drive file (.run file) on the desktop

In the terminal run the following:

cd /home/yourname/Desktop (Replace yourname w/ your Ubuntu login username)

Followed by

sudo sh the-run-file-name

The AMD driver/catalyst installer should open, follow the step by step and restart!

Your unity bar should work while you have the latest drivers! WOo!

Also - to remove the watermark (For AMD testing only) simply open the terminal and run

sudo gedit /etc/ati/signature

Then replace "Unsigned" with 9777c589791007f4aeef06c922ad54a2:ae59f5b9572136d99fdd36f0109d358fa643f2bd4a2644d9efbb4fe91a9f6590a145:f612f0b01f2565cd9bd834f8119b309bae11a1ed4a2661c49fdf3fad11986cc4f641f1ba1f2265909a8e34ff1699309bf211a7eb4d7662cd9f8e3faf14986d92f646f1bc

Source: How can I get the AMD driver running on Ubuntu 12.10 (AMD Radeon HD 7310& AMD Vision E1-1200 APU) (I've edited it as per your needs)

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Here is how my VGA card works on Linux!
You may install the proprietary ATI graphics driver using this command:

sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle

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There is no doubt about your VGA's functionality under Ubuntu.

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