Ubuntu – GNOME Shell flickering with ATI proprietary drivers

11.10atiflickergnomeproprietary

Works fine with opensource drivers, but with catalyst flickers everytime you press on activities or the lower right bar.

I have 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3600 Series

Running fresh ubuntu 11.10 and catalyst 11.10 from ati.com website.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: I want to use the proprietary drivers I know that opensource ones work fine.

Best Answer

This steps worked for me and what you probabably should do is upgrade you ATI drivers. They have solved a lot of those issues you're facing on.

http://www.upubuntu.com/2011/12/how-to-install-amd-catalyst-1112-linux.html

For smooth installation, it is recommended to uninstall currently availabe Catalyst driver. To do this, use these commands from the terminal:

sudo apt-get remove fglrx*

To install the AMD Catalyst 11.12 Linux driver now on Ubuntu 11.10 (32-bit & 64-bit) or any older version, run this sequence of commands:

cd ~/;
mkdir catalyst11.12; 
cd catalyst11.12/

wget -O ati-driver-installer-11-12.run http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-12-x86.x86_64.run

If you have a 64 bit system, then install this before anything

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

After that you can start installing the new ati driver:

chmod +x ati-driver-installer-11-12.run 

sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-12.run

Make now an update for the X.org file with this command:

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

sudo reboot

Hope this helps.

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