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I am using an Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG notebook with Ubuntu 14.04. Everything is working well except the graphics and when I update my system.

On a new 14.04 64bit installation, the default selected option in proprietary drivers is an open source driver selected for graphics. I have two options there for ATI proprietary drivers, one is with updates and on without it. When I install any of the two proprietary drivers and restart my system, it shows: Your computer is running in low graphics mode. And when I press enter to confirm, it opens up the terminal. I tried the same with drivers directly downloaded from the ATI website, but no help.

Both of my graphic cards remain active and mouse pointer flickers too much. I am searching about this topic since 2 years, but still not able to find a solution. I have tried almost every generic switchable graphics post, but none of them works.

So, my questions are?

  1. How can I make this to work? I don't want an instant switch feature (if not possible). I can switch the cards with a restart. If nothing can be done, I would like to disable the ATI card and continue running the Intel one but with no mouse pointer flickering.

  2. Whenever I update my system using apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade, screen goes blank after a restart and never come back (even if the normal open source graphics driver is installed).

Is there any possibility I can get to work my system with Ubuntu 14.04 close to perfect?

Configuration: 3GB RAM, Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1GB, Core i5-460M

Forthaction
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Open Terminal (Press Ctrl, Alt and "T" at the same time), then copy-and-paste this in (you will need to paste by right-clicking the Terminal window):

sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-core fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-pxpress

Let Terminal do its thing, then repeat with this:

sudo ln -svT /usr/lib /usr/lib64 #Only for Ubuntu 64bits

And finally this:

sudo amdconfig --initial

Restart your computer and see how you go...

Gregory Opera
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I also have the same graphics card - ATI Radeon HD5650M.

I have installed the package fglrx-updates and am facing no issues whatsoever and can also play games like Left For Dead 2 on Steam with good frame rates.

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There is no such thing as HD 5xxx series not being supported by fglrx-updates as mentioned by @forthaction. Try reinstalling the package by following these steps -

sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle-updates

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle-updates

sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial

Now, reboot the system and run fglrxinfo to see the driver version installed.

If this doesn't work for you, try installing the upstream drivers directly from AMD's website. Instructions for this can be found here.

Rohith Madhavan
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