I installed Ubuntu 13.10 on my laptop HP Pavilion dv6 6121se
Specs:
intel core i7 2670QM 2.2 GHz
AMD Radeon 6490M 512 MB
Intel HD 3000 512 MB
4 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
Dual boot between Windows 7 and this ubuntu.
In 'about system'
Graphics:Intel sandybridge Mobile
then why not AMD Radeon
I want my GFX fully recoginzed
What should I do?
Ubuntu – Why ubuntu is not detecting the AMD Radeon graphics
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Best Answer
Try installing the graphic driver for your AMD graphic card. For this:-
If you run into problems(ie if unity desktop doesnt open or if you have a similar problem) after installing the driver it might mean that you have installed an unsupported driver. So start a tty session by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 . There type the following:
This should delete the driver you installed. Then type:
This should reboot your computer and now Unity would open so that you can now follow the process all over again to find the right driver and install it.