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The issue is summarized in the subject of this post, when on my laptop I click System > Preferences ATI Catalyst Control Center I get this message:
Initialization error:
There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition.
It could be caused by the following.
No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning
properly. Please install the ATI driver appropriate for you ATI hardware,
or configure using aticonfig.
Some detail about environment:
$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:
ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] [1002:6760]
Installed packages:
ii fglrx 2:8.840-0ubuntu4
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.840-0ubuntu4
ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
I have installed ATI proprietary driver using "Additional Drivers" and Jockey says that the driver is activated and currently in use. After driver installation I'm able to use a resolution of 1366×768. I'm using classic interface (no Unity).
Additional info/oddities:
$ glxgears
Segmentation fault
Hardware excerpts:
description: Notebook
product: HP Pavilion dv6 dv6-6008el Notebook PC
width: 64 bits
cpu: 4 x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
Please, let me know if I can provide further details to solve the issue.
Thanks.
Best Answer
then for newest ati driver:
If you have a 64 bit system, then install this before anything:
Once dowloaded right-click the .run file and set it to run as executable.
then.
This is for 32 bit only:
This is for 64 bit only:
Once it's done.
that's all you have to do.
Alternatively you can add this ppa.