Installing AMD Crimson on Ubuntu 15.10
327This quick guide on installing Crimson will work on Ubuntu 14.04 all the way up to 15.10.
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This guide will assist you in installing the AMD Crimson 15.12 drivers on Ubuntu. This video is targeted at only desktop discrete graphics users.
I cannot assist you if you are a laptop user, hybrid graphics user, or crossfire user.
With the steps we take in this video, even if a kernel update comes in, we should technically be fine and not have to reinstall the driver.
This video is aimed at beginner Ubuntu and Linux users, and can be used as a guide as well for distributions like Linux Mint, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and other Ubuntu-derivatives.
When downloading the driver, go for the one labelled Linux_x86 or Linux_x86_64! This video uses these driver packages, not the other ones.
Step by step:
1. Open a terminal and enter the following:
sudo apt-get install dh-modaliases execstack debhelper dkms lib32gcc1
2. Download your respective driver from AMD's website:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
3. Open a new terminal and cd to where you've extracted the amd driver.
4. Start the installation by entering the following into that same terminal:
sudo ./amd-driver-installer-15.302-x86.x86_64.run
5. Then choose Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package and click Continue.
6. After it's done, click exit.
7. When it asks you if you want to install the generated package, hit yes.
8. Once it's done, you may close the terminal and simply restart Ubuntu to have the new Crimson driver take effect.
If you'd like to uninstall the driver later on, just open a terminal and enter the following:
sudo dpkg -r fglrx fglrx-core fglrx-dev fglrx-amdcccle
Now restart Ubuntu, and Crimson will have been successfully uninstalled.
To check that it installed successfully, open Ubuntu's dash. Type in AMD and if the AMD Control Center appears, then you've successfully installed it!
Driver used in this video:
AMD Crimson 15.12 Linux86_64
Only HD7000 series cards and newer are supported by the Crimson drivers right now.
My main computer rig specs:
CPU - Intel i7-4770 3.4Ghz
GPU - AMD R9 390 8GB
RAM - 24GB DDR3 ADATA 1600MHz
OS - Ubuntu 15.10 64Bit/Windows 10 Pro 64Bit (Dual Boot)
Video recorded using:
SimpleScreenRecorder 0.3.3
Audacity
Video edited using the following software:
Kdenlive 15.12.0-git
GIMP 2.8.4
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About me:
I'm just a Malaysian, who is a game developer. Love Ubuntu and Linux, and more so gaming!