AMD Catalyst Legacy

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This repository is no longer maintained.

This repository provides AMD Catalyst Lagacy 13.1 (fglrx 8.97.100.7) drivers for Radeon HD 2xxx - 4xxx for Ubuntu:
12.04 Precise Pangolin
12.10 Quantal Quetzal
13.04 Raring Ringtail

If you are using Ubuntu 12.04.2 make sure you got linux-headers-generic-lts-quantal package installed.

Ubuntu 12.04.3 is not supported.

If you are using Ubuntu 13.04 the driver might not work very well with Unity. If that the case please consider resetting Unity configuration to default or use other DE.

The driver might not work very well with KDE. Adding lines:
"export KWIN_DIRECT_GL=1"
"export KWIN_COMPOSE=O2"
in /etc/profile file might help.

To use Catalyst Legacy 13.1 you need to do following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy

And restart your computer.

This repository is downgradeing X-Server to 1.12.4 (which is maximum version supported by the drivers).

To remove the repository and its packages from the system do following command:
sudo ppa-purge ppa:makson96/fglrx

P.S. It was pointed to me, that Radeon HD4670 AGP card is EXCLUDED from the Legacy Driver support.

Adding this PPA to your system

You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:makson96/fglrx to your system's Software Sources. (Read about installing)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
sudo apt update
        
Technical details about this PPA

This PPA can be added to your system manually by copying the lines below and adding them to your system's software sources.

Display sources.list entries for:
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/makson96/fglrx/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main 
deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/makson96/fglrx/ubuntu YOUR_UBUNTU_VERSION_HERE main 
Signing key:
1024R/5B42C8EEF7020DAE0698B49C1DF68602940F55D6 (What is this?)
Fingerprint:
5B42C8EEF7020DAE0698B49C1DF68602940F55D6

For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact Tomasz Makarewicz.

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fglrx-legacy 2:8.97.100.7-precise1~ppa1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
fglrx-legacy 2:8.97.100.7-makson1~raring3 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
fglrx-legacy 2:8.97.100.7-makson1~ppa1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xf86-input-wacom 2:0.17.0+git20120928~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xorg-server 3:1.12.4+git20121105-makson2~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xorg-server 3:1.12.4+git20121105-makson1~ppa2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xorg-server-lts-quantal 3:1.12.4+git20121105-makson1~ppa2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-evdev 2:2.7.3+git20120928~quantal2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-evdev 2:2.7.3-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-quantal 2:2.7.3-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-mouse 2:1.8.1-makson1~raring3 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-mouse 2:1.7.2-2build1~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-mouse-lts-quantal 2:1.8.1-makson1~precise3 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1:1.6.3-makson1~raring2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 2.6.2+git20120928~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-quantal 1:1.6.3-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse 2:13.0.0-makson1~raring2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse 2:12.9.0+git20120928~quantal2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-quantal 2:13.0.0-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-wacom 2:0.20.0-makson1~raring2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-quantal 2:0.20.0-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-ati 2:7.1.0-makson1~raring2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-ati 2:6.14.6+git20120928~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-quantal 2:7.1.0-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 2:1.5.2-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 2:1.5.1+git20120828~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-quantal 2:1.5.2-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 2:0.4.3+git20120928~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 2:0.4.3-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-quantal 2:0.4.3-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-geode 2:2.11.13-2build2~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-intel 3:2.21.4-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-intel 3:2.20.8+git20120928~quantal2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-quantal 3:2.21.4-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 2:6.9.3+git20120801~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-mach64 1:6.9.4-makson1~raring2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-quantal 1:6.9.4-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-mga 2:1.6.2-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-mga 2:1.6.1+git20120801~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-quantal 2:1.6.2-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-modesetting 2:0.4.0+git20120816~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-modesetting 1:0.6.0-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-modesetting-lts-quantal 1:0.6.0-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 2:1.2.7+git20120912~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 2:1.2.7-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-quantal 2:1.2.7-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 2:1.0.6-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 2:1.0.2+git20120928~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-quantal 2:1.0.6-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 2:0.3.1-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 2:0.2.904+svn1050~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal 2:0.3.1-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-qxl 2:0.0.16~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-qxl 1:0.1.0-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-r128 2:6.8.4+git20120912~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-r128 1:6.9.1-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-quantal 1:6.9.1-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-s3 2:0.6.5+git20120912~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-s3 2:0.6.5-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-s3-lts-quantal 2:0.6.5-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-savage 2:2.3.6+git20120801~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-savage 2:2.3.6-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-quantal 2:2.3.6-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 2:1.7.7+git20120801~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion 2:1.7.7-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-quantal 2:1.7.7-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-sis 2:0.10.7+git20120912~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-sis 2:0.10.7-makson1~raring2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-sis-lts-quantal 2:0.10.7-makson1~precise2 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 2:0.9.6+git20120801~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb 2:0.9.6-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-quantal 2:0.9.6-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 2:1.4.5-makson1~raring1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 2:1.4.5~quantal1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-quantal 2:1.4.5-makson1~precise1 Tomasz Makarewicz ()
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