im running ubuntu for the first time a second hard drive in my main rig and want to try out gaming, i have a r9 390 and dont know how to download the drivers. at a quick glance amd's site didnt state it had support for the r9 300 series yet.
if anyone has any suggestions please let me know
You are in luck my friend, I just did this tutorial and it worked perfectly.
I installed drivers on fresh install of Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04. Even on a 64-bit install, you have to install the 32-bit packages or you will have unmet package dependencies.
I don't know how to update to 5.12, but maybe someone else can add.
alright cool! thank you so much for the help.
Not sure if it's in the article from kungr, but a little tip.
If the AMD installation says you have unmet dependencies, which may cause problems, but you can use --force to do it anyway... don't.
I have destroyed several of my OS's this way, no pressure. Just do what it says, figure it out, no shortcuts.
You can download the 15.12 version from here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86
and do the same exact process, you only have to change the file names to match the new driver version.
If the AMD installation says you have unmet dependencies, which may cause problems, but you can use --force to do it anyway... don't.
I had the unmet dependencies in the first attempt, but then I installed the 32-bit programs and it ran perfectly.
You can download the 15.12 version from here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86
and do the same exact process, you only have to change the file names to match the new driver version.
I don't want to wipe my install at this point. Is there a method to update to 5.12? If I run the above tutorial, will it just pooch the system?
You uninstall the old ones and install the new version. From the link you provided:
First uninstall all previously attempted driver intallation by running
sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
Ya i know, that has never worked out for me. So i usually just reformat.
So would the updated CLI command be:
mkdir catalyst15.12 && cd catalyst15.12
wget --referer='http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86' http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/radeon-crimson-15.12-15.302-151217a-297685e.zip
unzip radeon-crimson-15.12-15.302-151217a-297685e.zip
cd fglrx-15.302.1025/Is that correct?
you can skip this:
wget --referer='http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86' http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/radeon-crimson-15.12-15.302-151217a-297685e.zipAnd just download from the link I posted a few posts above.
unzip radeon-crimson-15.12-15.302-151217a-297685e.zipWill create a folder inside catalyst15.12 folder you created before. Its name might not be fglrx-15.302.1025 you can figure out its name by using the file manager, and use that name in the cd command.
cd foldername/Oh ya, Gotcha, You could;
cd fglr"tab" (Tab = autocomplete)
to enter the created folder, whatever it ends up being.
Yep. You might want to see the change log of the driver and see if it brings new improvements and such. So you can decide if you want to update or not. But at some point you'll have to update.
Ya there was a recent update because the fan speed and control was all out of wack. but haven't looked a what crimson driver release it was or if it was fixed in 15.11.
But I will run all this tonight and see if it all works out. I also have two installs so burning one is no biggy. I will post results.
@SubtleChanges will you try and go to 15.12?
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Good good.
Ya so there is no un-install script. If i do the: sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*, is it going to just bugger up the install?
The script exists only if you installed the driver directly, you built it (generating a .deb). So the file won't be there.
Follow this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/68306/how-do-i-remove-the-proprietary-ati-drivers
It explains how to remove the proprietary ones, it installs the open source one, and from there you can reinstall the proprietary one again.