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Thread: ATI Graphics Driver Problem


i running ubuntu 12.04 32-bit on toshiba satellite-l355d laptop amd athlon x2 dual core processor. have 2 mb of ram , 150 gb hard drive. not dual boot. i've been having fun ubuntu until lately when things began fall apart on computer.

installed gnome shell month ago , pretty ok except cpu temperature make big excursions , computer shut down once got close 100 degrees c. ordinarily operates between 55 , 75 degrees c. (yes, has been cleaned out.) thought maybe problem graphics driver , checked proprietary driver , indeed found 1 (ati/amd proprietary fglrx graphics driver). installed , that's when problems began.

machine slow , sluggish. top reports high cpu use (approximately 80-90% , higher in both cores) gnome shell , xorg. additionally, when ran gnome before installing ati driver, system using approximately 400 mb of memory. using on 1 gb.

there post-release update ati driver, fails install. can't tell if ati driver still installed because “additional drivers” show still gray , says no proprietary drivers installed on system. however, catalyst control center seems work in changing display parameters.

there way tell if driver installed , installed correctly? can sluggishness, cpu burden, , memory use didn't used there?

thanks.

did install driver using "additional drivers" graphical method?

not work well. post release updates version can cause problems.

machine have hybrid intel/ati or dual ati/ati graphics, chance?


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