Ubuntu offers the following fglrx drivers that are supported only in Ubuntu 14.04: NOTE: If you are switching from another OEM's hardware, NVIDIA for instance, you must uninstall the driver for that hardware before installing the AMD driver.Ĥ. If the search returns a legacy version, you may have to use the open source driver. If the search returns the latest version of the Catalyst driver, then proceed to the next section. Identify whether your AMD graphics card model series is supported by the fglrx driver. You may check this at the terminal: lspci -vvnn | grep VGA
The first thing to check for when you consider using the fglrx driver is whether your AMD graphics card is supported.Įnter your graphic card details. However, if the bug is determined to be with fglrx, this may only be fixed by AMD, as they are the only ones with access to the source code. If you encounter a bug with these closed-source drivers, you are welcome to file a report via Launchpad.
The instructions on this page advise on how to install and use fglrx. However, the proprietary fglrx driver (known as AMD Catalyst or AMD Radeon Software) is made available for those who would like to use it. For details on which GPUs require Radeon, please see the Radeon driver homepage or execute at a terminal: man radeonīy default Ubuntu uses the open source Radeon driver for cards manufactured by AMD. Newer AMD GPUs designed with GCN technology (Graphics Core Next) should use AMDGPU or AMDGPU-PRO, while older AMD GPUs should use Radeon. The AMDGPU-PRO driver provides the open source AMDGPU driver and a proprietary overlay. If you have an AMD GPU and wish to run any Ubuntu version 16.04 LTS or newer, there are two open source driver options: Radeon or AMDGPU. NOTE: For Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and above, the AMD Catalyst or fglrx driver is no longer supported by AMD, or in Ubuntu.