Installing Ubuntu Drivers

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I would like to install AMD drivers for my Dell Latitude E6540, but I couldn't find any. Here are my system specifications. http://paste.ubuntu.com/23189499/

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The Software And Updates app has an Additional Drivers tab. Did you look there? — Elder Geek, Sep 17 '16 at 00:41
IN that case you have an Intel cpu. You can confirm this with the command sudo lshw -C cpu Why do you need AMD drivers? — Elder Geek, Sep 17 '16 at 00:45
You can find that out with the command sudo lshw -C Display the output will tell you what display adapters are in your system — Elder Geek, Sep 17 '16 at 00:50
When I type that, I get this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/23189539/ — mohamadc, Sep 17 '16 at 00:51
But look what happens when I type lspci | grep VGA I get this http://paste.ubuntu.com/23189543/ — mohamadc, Sep 17 '16 at 00:53

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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You're running Ubuntu 16.04, so the essential drivers are already loaded on to your computer.

As of 16.04, AMD pulled fglrx from the repositories, making it unavailable for use. This move was made both because the X11 backend changed things that broke fglrx, and as a result of AMD's encouragement for people to move over to the open-source radeon and amdgpu drivers. These open-source drivers are automatically installed with Ubuntu, with the proper one automatically being chosen for your hardware.

If you actually need the full support that the fglrx package gives out (in most cases, this is untrue), you have no choice but to go back to Ubuntu 14.04 or another fglrx-supported version. Alternatively, you can just wait for the open-source drivers to just get better, which they inevitably will.

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answered Sep 17 '16 at 00:45

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I don't really know what to do to be honest with you. I was hoping to test the performance of a game. And yes, it does support Linux – mohamadc Sep 17 '16 at 00:49
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@mohamadc See if the game works, and check it's framerate. If it keeps above a respectable level (usually 60, may be 30 or even 24 for some), you'll be fine. – Kaz Wolfe Sep 17 '16 at 00:51
Whenever I use the integrated graphics card, i always get shitty results (pardon my french) – mohamadc Sep 17 '16 at 00:57
I'm getting 35 fps with the integrated graphics, but back on Windows when I would use the AMD graphics I would get 60 fps constant. Talking about minecraft by the way – mohamadc Sep 17 '16 at 00:59
@mohamadc Hybrid graphics are a weird child of computing that we could probably do without. Unfortunately, the situation with them makes it so Linux won't get proper support for them for a long time. Honestly, I'd recommend you dual-boot and use Windows for gaming. – Kaz Wolfe Sep 17 '16 at 01:04
also how do i check if the amd open source driver is installed? – mohamadc Sep 17 '16 at 01:13
if the essential drivers really are loaded onto the computer, then how can I run a program with the discrete GPU? – mohamadc Dec 29 '16 at 02:31

Installing Ubuntu Drivers

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