Ubuntu Graphics driver Installation

1. View the computer graphics model

Command:lspci | grep VGA

You can see the corresponding two video card models

2. Download the corresponding graphics driver from the video card website

Because this video card is ATI graphics card, installed system is 32-bit Ubuntu, to the ATI official website to download the corresponding graphics driver.

3. Install the driver

You can see the download is a ZIP package, using the Upzip command to extract it:unzip Amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64.zip

Get a. run file with the same name, modify the permissions so that it can run:chmod +x amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64.run

Run the executable file under SU permissions:sudo./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-legacy-linux-x86.x86_64.run

4. Check the driver installation status

First you have to install Mesa-utils, enter the command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

And then run the command:

Glxinfo | grep rendering

If the result is "yes", it proves that the video driver has been successfully installed.

Ubuntu Graphics driver Installation