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GPU not listed in lspci after SysRQ reboot

I have my Ubuntu Server machine with XFX 7970 GPU in it, and sometimes, when ATI driver fails, I have to reboot it manually. When I'm trying to reboot the machine using SysRQ, the system reboots ...
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ATI Graphics in Slackware not working at command line

I installed ATI radeon's proprietary drivers on Slackware. Prior to install: Output from boot process displayed fine on HDMI out, and upon logging out, I returned to the command line just fine. But ...
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Debian 6 Gnome black screen after boot

I installed Debian a few weeks ago, and the last time I ran apt-get update, I think it updated something xorg/xserver, not sure. Since then i get a black screen after boot. If I go into recovery mode ...
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Second monitor detected but not receiving signal?

I'm at my wit's end trying to figure this one out. I have an ATI Radeon X1600 (DMS-59 connector with DMS-59 to dual-DVI adapter). I'm trying to get dual monitors working properly. So far, I've tried ...
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Screen not refreshing properly after installing Fglrx drivers

Im having some trouble with my brand new Fedora 18. I have a laptop with a radeon 7500m in it, and I recently installed the fglrx drivers, following some tutorial I found. Im running LXDE, and ...
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Debian Squeeze on HP Pavilion d7 with Sandy Bridge and ATI 6740 - display problems

After a fresh install of Debian Squeeze 6.0.7 on an HP Pavilion d7 laptop - the option to install the laptop packages was checked on the installer - the monitor was not recognized on ...
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how to configure xorg.conf for extended desktop?

I would like to setup the dual monitor settings where I can use two monitors as a single Desktop with single panel, single launcher and when some programs are maximized then it should span both the ...
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How well will the AMD Radeon HD 7950 gpu perform on Linux?

The time has come for me to upgrade my aging gpu (9800 gt). The AMD 7950 has caught my attention because of the attractive price with pleasing benchmarks. But it is common knowledge that AMD GPUs have ...
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ATI/AMD driver problem: Screens turn black/random colors random times

We've recently installed Linux Mint 13 64bit Mate on a Dell Studio 1558. We have since had issues with getting the drivers for the graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 5400) to work. Installing the Linux Mint ...
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Is there any difference between use driver from ati.amd.com or download fglrx package from repositories?

I'm wondering if both are the same or one is better than the other.
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Can't get lm-sensors to ouput correctly or load ATI Radeon temp and fan

I am new to Linux and having minor issues. I followed this guide initially, but did not receive the proper output, and it did not show my ATI Radeon HD 5000 temperature or fan speed. Then I used this ...
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How do I get non-anemic colours? [closed]

I've searched high and low for an answer to this. What I find odd is that the only person on the internet who seems to have had a similar issue (or even recognised this as an issue) was one ...
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Terminal not displaying correctly after quitting Xorg

I am running a fresh arch-linux install (as of 17/07/12) with the ATI catalyst drivers (as mentioned on the wiki page). When I run xinit, everything works fine and looks great but when I exit the ...
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Extracting only the module and the libraries from the AMD ATI proprietary drivers

I need to use this drivers in a Linux based system that is highly customized and so I'd like to know if there is a way of having this pieces just ready to be manually installed and/or used. In other ...
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How to configure FOSS ATI drivers on Debian Wheezy and ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4250]?

Installed a fresh Debian Wheezy to enjoy Gnome 3 but it starts in fallback mode. I suppose that's because the loaded drivers do not support 3D acceleration. Installed packages I know are relevant: ...
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Calibrate LCD display in laptop?

I installed Crunchbang Linux. I successfully installed the ATI drivers, and all works well. Except that the colors are bit weird. Hard to say what exactly is wrong, it is the notion that on another ...
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ATI gamma correction, fglrx_xgamma not installed

I want to change gamma settings after installing ATI driver. But I noticed that I have no fglrx_xgamma tool. I installed the drivers from the ATI website. How to correct gamma without the tool, or ...
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Determining if GPU switching works?

I have a 8,3 MacBook Pro with an onboard Radeon 6700M GPU alongside the integrated Intel Sandy Bridge GPU. I recently upgraded to FGLRX 8.930/12.1, and Catalyst Control Center seemed to look the same, ...
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Proprietary ATI driver on linux not working with GLUT

I have a laptop with an ATI Radeon 3450 Graphic card (Lenovo U330). I have Crunchbang Linux (basically Debian Squeeze). After installing the proprietary ATI drivers ...
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How to get xf86-video-ati work normally? [closed]

I've install Arch on my lenove z475 with AMD Radeon HD 6470M and HD 6520G, and I'v install xf86-video-ati, xorg, gnome3 But if I don't add "radeon.modeset=0", the screen goes black. If I add it, then ...
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Problem after ati driver installation

I've just installed the ati radeon drivers using the latest version on the ati site. Upon rebooting this has caused gnome 3 to fall back into a safe mode. My question boils down to how do I fix this ...