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RacerBG

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From: Bulgaria

Registered: 2015-02-03

Posts: 11

[SOLVED] GNOME 3.14 unusable with ATI Radeon card

I don't know if this is my fault but GNOME 3.14 just don't work as expected (the screen is terrible). My video card is ATI Radeon X1250.

I installed  the xf86-video-ati driver and exactly with it I have problems. I haven't tried to install the catalyst driver because I already *destroyed* my Gnome install.

* I had already read through a few sites that GNOME 3 is having problems with ATI cards but I really hope that this is fixed already and I wish that screen problem to be my fault...

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by RacerBG (2015-02-09 05:56:40)

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 9,003

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Re: [SOLVED] GNOME 3.14 unusable with ATI Radeon card

the screen is terrible

This tells us *nothing* -- please be more specific.

Screenshots would be good but please use thumbnail links (postimage.org are good for this).

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RacerBG

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From: Bulgaria

Registered: 2015-02-03

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED] GNOME 3.14 unusable with ATI Radeon card

I can't post image because I already abandoned this GNOME install but I will try to explain:
When GDM is starting is the same like watching a TV without a signal. When you are on the desktop the colors are messed up everywhere (for example the panels are white/gray, the background is a color mess). I know that this is caused by my ATI video card but I don't know how to solve it. As I already mentioned above: I installed the free ati driver.

babel

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From: Mexico City

Registered: 2012-05-21

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Re: [SOLVED] GNOME 3.14 unusable with ATI Radeon card

If the free ati driver doesn't work you should try to install the catalyst driver. Just remember, if you want to use it with gnome you should switch to lightdm or other display manager because catalyst and GDM doesn't work together.

I use catalyst driver with gnome 3.14 and lightdm and it works fine.

RacerBG

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From: Bulgaria

Registered: 2015-02-03

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED] GNOME 3.14 unusable with ATI Radeon card

If the free ati driver doesn't work you should try to install the catalyst driver. Just remember, if you want to use it with gnome you should switch to lightdm or other display manager because catalyst and GDM doesn't work together.

I use catalyst driver with gnome 3.14 and lightdm and it works fine.

Thanks, I will mark the topic as solved.