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toringe

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Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 49

Switching between opensource and proprietary ATI drivers

Does anybody have a good method for easily switching between the opensource ATI driver and the proprietary driver(Without rebooting, if possible)?
Since Gnome Shell sometimes restarts itself using the proprietary but I need it for my Minecraft addiction.

Thanks in advance.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Switching between opensource and proprietary ATI drivers

It's not possible to install them both side by side, so you'd need to write a script that checks which is installed, removes it, and installs the other one. This would definitely require stopping and restarting X, but you might be able to do it without a reboot.

toringe

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Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 49

Re: Switching between opensource and proprietary ATI drivers

Thanks will try it out,
Btw, any way to control the fan speed with the opensource driver? Since my 5770 is reaaally loud.

Edit: found out that I had to put the card in low power mode

Last edited by toringe (2012-03-10 15:57:10)