Comment 6 for bug 1088722

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Verdomde (frog-yawn) wrote : Re: Low graphics mode in Hybrid ATI/Intel GPU systems after fglrx upgrade/

paul@paul-HP:~$ lspci -nn |grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] [1002:6760]
paul@paul-HP:~$

paul@paul-HP:~$ lsmod | grep -e radeon -e fglrx -e intel
kvm_intel 132767 0
kvm 433102 1 kvm_intel
ghash_clmulni_intel 13260 0
aesni_intel 55400 0
ablk_helper 13598 1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_intel 33801 3
snd_hda_codec 135116 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
cryptd 20404 3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
lrw 13287 1 aesni_intel
aes_x86_64 17256 1 aesni_intel
snd_pcm 97452 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
fglrx 5192361 0
xts 12915 1 aesni_intel
snd 78921 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
amd_iommu_v2 19098 1 fglrx
snd_page_alloc 18711 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
paul@paul-HP:~$

paul@paul-HP:~$ dpkg -l | grep -e intel -e fglrx
ii fglrx 2:9.010.11-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:9.010.11-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1 amd64 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators
rc fglrx-legacy 2:8.97.100.3-makson5~ppa1 amd64 Legacy video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators.
rc fglrx-updates 2:9.010-0ubuntu1~andrik7 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
ii intel-gpu-tools 1.3-0ubuntu2 amd64 tools for debugging the Intel graphics driver
ii libdrm-intel1:amd64 2.4.40+git20121123.171666e4-0ubuntu0ricotz2~quantal amd64 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii libdrm-intel1:i386 2.4.40+git20121123.171666e4-0ubuntu0ricotz2~quantal i386 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.15+git20121210.986e13a5-0ubuntu0sarvatt~quantal amd64 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver

paul@paul-HP:~$ amdconfig --list-adapters
* 0. 01:00.0 AMD Radeon HD 7400M Series

* - Default adapter
paul@paul-HP:~$

paul@paul-HP:~$ amdconfig --pxl
No layout section was found in the file: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'.
Please run 'aticonfig --initial' first or modify your configuration file manually and run aticonfig again.
amdconfig: parsing the command-line failed.

paul@paul-HP:~$ sudo aticonfig --initial -f
[sudo] password for paul:
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
PowerXpress info: Diagnostic output from /usr/lib64/fglrx/switchlibglx:
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf because link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken
update-alternatives: warning: not replacing /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules with a link

Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-3
paul@paul-HP:~$

paul@paul-HP:~$ amdconfig --pxl
PowerXpress: Discrete GPU is active (High-Performance mode).
paul@paul-HP:~$

I dont know why it said to do aticonfid initial again, very strange, am positive i did it with the last time i tried your 7 commands.

Thanks a lot for your time on this by the way.

goinf to reboot again now