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Your Linux partions should not be EFI, they should be Ext4 or something else, heres a print out of mine in case it helps. I use rEFIt, I have not had to change it for 4 years, I just reinstall over my previous linux partition. Hope that helps some one ( probably me next time I do it! ). The actual driver packaged with this is the Community driver as described here. Installer I used was : ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64+mac.iso So thanks ubuntu ! took a while but great.

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This (14.04.01) is the FIRST time, I have been able to do the whole installation using the GUI installer and be landed in an OS with properly working drivers with 3d acceleration using a 4xxx card (Mobility Radeon HD 4850 in my case). However, the most important thing to do, is make sure you are using the right installer.

With lots of 'nomodeset', rescue disk, editing x11 conf etc etc.įglrx in this case is NOT a good idea, it simply does not work properly with 3d acceleration, neither does fglrx-legacy.

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I use a mid 2010 27' imac with Ubuntu and everytime (thus far) it has been a real pain to install due to the complicated limbo state of the graphics card support. I suggest you try to seek help in that forum and maybe even comment that it isn't working for you.

Only view those instructions if you are okay with having to reinstall Ubuntu from scratch.įinally, the open source driver appears not to work due to a bug. Reason for Linkage: I do not condone following those steps. If you do follow that answer, I am not responsible for any harm done to your computer. Other posts in that thread might be able to help you, but back up your PC and be okay with re-installing from scratch. Do not try it unless you really, really, really, really need the full ATI card power. You will be downgrading you X11 and your kernel, which may break your entire system. However, this is very risky and I do not recommend it at all. It will add a PPA where you can get the legacy driver. nomodeset is, unfortunately, your best option.Īs linked in a comment, this answer might be able to help you. And as such, X11 and the Linux Kernel do not support the legacy drivers, even if you were to get a copy elsewhere. Legacy downloads are also no longer available. Doing some further research, I have discovered that your graphics card no longer has drivers supported by ATI.

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