AMD r9 280x Drivers for Ubuntu 16.04?

up vote
1
down vote

favorite

I can't see to get to know how to install AMD driver on the ubuntu 16.04. I been using ubuntu for around a year, and I always seem to have trouble installing :(
I took a look at https://askubuntu.com/questions/663579/install-amd-drivers-r9-280
and http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/amd-catalyst-graphics-driver-installer-notes-for-linux-operating-systems.pdf
But I don't seem to understand how to install. I always have trouble installing, but usually I find the solution. But I guess not this time :( Any help would be great!

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

add a comment |

up vote
1
down vote

favorite

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

add a comment |

up vote
1
down vote

favorite

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

drivers 16.04 radeon fglrx amd-graphics

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community♦

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

asked Apr 30 '16 at 21:18

Pouya Alaie

612

add a comment |

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

up vote
0
down vote

fglrx is no longer supported on 16.04. AMD discontinued support for its Linux driver, and it isn't compatible (you will break your installation if you attempt to install fglrx on 16.04).

For now, you have to stick with the open source drivers. AMD may be releasing a proprietary driver for Linux that works with 16.04, but it probably won't support very many cards.

Here's a comparison of how the default drivers on 16.04 compare to fglrx on 14.04, if you want to take a look:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-1604-amd&num=1

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

The open source drivers meaning the one that I don't install? Because it doesn't seem to detect my gpu as being a 280x. I just need to detect and understand what card it is. Is the only solution to change it to a 14.04?
– Pouya Alaie
Apr 30 '16 at 21:36

The open source driver is the generic one that comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. It's used automatically. If Ubuntu doesn't detect the card type and that's something you need, you'll have to go back to an older version for now.
– TheWanderer
Apr 30 '16 at 21:39

add a comment |

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});

}
});

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f765616%2famd-r9-280x-drivers-for-ubuntu-16-04%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

up vote
0
down vote

fglrx is no longer supported on 16.04. AMD discontinued support for its Linux driver, and it isn't compatible (you will break your installation if you attempt to install fglrx on 16.04).

For now, you have to stick with the open source drivers. AMD may be releasing a proprietary driver for Linux that works with 16.04, but it probably won't support very many cards.

Here's a comparison of how the default drivers on 16.04 compare to fglrx on 14.04, if you want to take a look:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-1604-amd&num=1

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

The open source drivers meaning the one that I don't install? Because it doesn't seem to detect my gpu as being a 280x. I just need to detect and understand what card it is. Is the only solution to change it to a 14.04?
– Pouya Alaie
Apr 30 '16 at 21:36

The open source driver is the generic one that comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. It's used automatically. If Ubuntu doesn't detect the card type and that's something you need, you'll have to go back to an older version for now.
– TheWanderer
Apr 30 '16 at 21:39

add a comment |

up vote
0
down vote

fglrx is no longer supported on 16.04. AMD discontinued support for its Linux driver, and it isn't compatible (you will break your installation if you attempt to install fglrx on 16.04).

For now, you have to stick with the open source drivers. AMD may be releasing a proprietary driver for Linux that works with 16.04, but it probably won't support very many cards.

Here's a comparison of how the default drivers on 16.04 compare to fglrx on 14.04, if you want to take a look:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-1604-amd&num=1

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

The open source drivers meaning the one that I don't install? Because it doesn't seem to detect my gpu as being a 280x. I just need to detect and understand what card it is. Is the only solution to change it to a 14.04?
– Pouya Alaie
Apr 30 '16 at 21:36

The open source driver is the generic one that comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. It's used automatically. If Ubuntu doesn't detect the card type and that's something you need, you'll have to go back to an older version for now.
– TheWanderer
Apr 30 '16 at 21:39

add a comment |

up vote
0
down vote

fglrx is no longer supported on 16.04. AMD discontinued support for its Linux driver, and it isn't compatible (you will break your installation if you attempt to install fglrx on 16.04).

For now, you have to stick with the open source drivers. AMD may be releasing a proprietary driver for Linux that works with 16.04, but it probably won't support very many cards.

Here's a comparison of how the default drivers on 16.04 compare to fglrx on 14.04, if you want to take a look:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-1604-amd&num=1

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

fglrx is no longer supported on 16.04. AMD discontinued support for its Linux driver, and it isn't compatible (you will break your installation if you attempt to install fglrx on 16.04).

For now, you have to stick with the open source drivers. AMD may be releasing a proprietary driver for Linux that works with 16.04, but it probably won't support very many cards.

Here's a comparison of how the default drivers on 16.04 compare to fglrx on 14.04, if you want to take a look:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-1604-amd&num=1

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

answered Apr 30 '16 at 21:34

TheWanderer

15.9k113657

The open source drivers meaning the one that I don't install? Because it doesn't seem to detect my gpu as being a 280x. I just need to detect and understand what card it is. Is the only solution to change it to a 14.04?
– Pouya Alaie
Apr 30 '16 at 21:36

The open source driver is the generic one that comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. It's used automatically. If Ubuntu doesn't detect the card type and that's something you need, you'll have to go back to an older version for now.
– TheWanderer
Apr 30 '16 at 21:39

add a comment |

The open source drivers meaning the one that I don't install? Because it doesn't seem to detect my gpu as being a 280x. I just need to detect and understand what card it is. Is the only solution to change it to a 14.04?
– Pouya Alaie
Apr 30 '16 at 21:36

The open source driver is the generic one that comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. It's used automatically. If Ubuntu doesn't detect the card type and that's something you need, you'll have to go back to an older version for now.
– TheWanderer
Apr 30 '16 at 21:39

The open source drivers meaning the one that I don't install? Because it doesn't seem to detect my gpu as being a 280x. I just need to detect and understand what card it is. Is the only solution to change it to a 14.04?
– Pouya Alaie
Apr 30 '16 at 21:36

The open source driver is the generic one that comes pre-installed on Ubuntu. It's used automatically. If Ubuntu doesn't detect the card type and that's something you need, you'll have to go back to an older version for now.
– TheWanderer
Apr 30 '16 at 21:39

add a comment |

draft saved

draft discarded

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here

搜尋此網誌

Cfrgtkky