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Using Pinguy OS which is based off ubuntu

My laptop has Radeon "duel graphics" which is a 6630g and a 7450m (HP g6-1331ea) though the OS only recognises the APU not the card, any help getting it used?

What drivers do you have installed, the proprietary drivers or the free ones?

ATIs proprietary drivers

That actually could be part of the problem. If I recall correctly, the free drivers are known to function better with dual setups than the proprietary drivers are. Go figure. Of course, there are also drawbacks to both drivers, so it's also worth asking what you plan on using the computer for regarding 3D acceleration and the like, as the free drivers tend to not handle 3D as well as the proprietary drivers, but the proprietary drivers also have a reputation for being... well, very glitchy and problematic at times.

EDIT: Out of curiosity, what's the output of lspci as root?

EDIT 2: Just to be a little bit more clear....

su -c 'lspci | grep VGA'

Gives - SU: Authentication error

though here is the sudo lshw

 

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product: HMT351S6CFR8C-PB
             vendor: Hynix
             physical id: 1
             serial: 0E4B44C6
             slot: Bottom-Slot 2(under)
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 11
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 15.1.0
          serial: NotSupport
          slot: Socket FS1
          size: 800MHz
          capacity: 1600MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt arat cpb npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
          configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=4
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 12
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 128KiB
             capacity: 512KiB
             clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
             capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 13
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 1MiB
             capacity: 4MiB
             clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
             capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          configuration: latency=32
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: ATI Technologies Inc
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:5000(size=256) memory:f0400000-f043ffff
        *-multimedia:0
             description: Audio device
             product: ATI Technologies Inc
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 1.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
             resources: irq:43 memory:f0444000-f0447fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:f0300000-f03fffff ioport:e0000000(size=268435456)
           *-generic
                description: Unassigned class
                product: Illegal Vendor ID
                vendor: Illegal Vendor ID
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: ff
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: bus_master vga_palette cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=255 maxlatency=255 mingnt=255
                resources: irq:18 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0300000-f031ffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:f0320000-f033ffff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:18 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f0200000-f02fffff
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 01
                serial: 20:10:7a:27:38:0a
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=2.6.38-9-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.8 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
                resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0200000-f0203fff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:17 ioport:2000(size=4096) ioport:f0000000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 05
                serial: 80:c1:6e:3e:3a:7f
                size: 10Mbit/s
                capacity: 100Mbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:18 memory:f0100000-f01fffff ioport:f0500000(size=1048576)
           *-generic
                description: Unassigned class
                product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                logical name: scsi2
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom emulated scsi-host
                configuration: driver=rts_pstor latency=0
                resources: irq:18 memory:f0100000-f0100fff memory:f0500000-f050ffff
              *-disk
                   description: SCSI Disk
                   product: xD/SD/M.S.
                   vendor: Generic-
                   physical id: 0.0.0
                   bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
                   logical name: /dev/sdb
                   version: 1.00
                   serial: 3
                   capabilities: removable
                 *-medium
                      physical id: 0
                      logical name: /dev/sdb
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
             resources: irq:42 ioport:5118(size=8) ioport:5124(size=4) ioport:5110(size=8) ioport:5120(size=4) ioport:5100(size=16) memory:f044e000-f044e7ff
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: TOSHIBA MK7575GS
                vendor: Toshiba
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: GT00
                serial: 12QAS4P9S
                size: 698GiB (750GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0002c9e8
              *-volume:0
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   logical name: /
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: 96bc2e02-6495-4245-8f27-829709ab99a1
                   size: 693GiB
                   capacity: 693GiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2012-05-10 12:40:31 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-05-10 14:11:22 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,stripe=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-05-11 10:40:09 state=mounted
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 5607MiB
                   capacity: 5607MiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      capacity: 5607MiB
                      capabilities: nofs
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: DVD-RAM UJ8B1
                vendor: hp
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: H.03
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: Hudson USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:f044d000-f044dfff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: Hudson USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 12.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:f044c000-f044c0ff
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: Hudson USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 13
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:f044b000-f044bfff
        *-usb:3
             description: USB Controller
             product: Hudson USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 13.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:f044a000-f044a0ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: Hudson SMBus Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 13
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             configuration: latency=0
        *-multimedia:1
             description: Audio device
             product: Hudson Azalia Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
             version: 01
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=32
             resources: irq:16 memory:f0440000-f0443fff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: Hudson LPC Bridge
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:4
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Hudson PCI Bridge
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 14.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
             version: 40
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
        *-usb:4
             description: USB Controller
             product: Hudson USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:f0449000-f0449fff
        *-usb:5
             description: USB Controller
             product: Hudson USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
             physical id: 16.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:f0448000-f04480ff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 43
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k10temp
          resources: irq:0
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
          vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
          physical id: 106
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That's right, you said it's an OS based off of Ubuntu... I forgot that they don't use root itself, so yeah, that would throw an authentication error (since it can't be authenticated). From the lshw output, it looks like it's recognizing the ATI card, but I've always found the output of lshw a bit daunting to read, personally.

Anyway, the reason I wanted you to post the output of lspci is because it should give a more specific idea of what's there. You should still be able to do that with sudo lspci | grep VGA to get the video card.

The other reason is because I wanted to double-check the AMD website and find out if the card is officially supported by the proprietary driver (because some outright aren't).

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9641
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Seymour [AMD Radeon HD 6470M] (rev ff)

It recognises the APU not the 7450m.
I should also say in the BIO's i have tried to force the 7450m to be perminatly on/switched too.

That's just really odd, that it's recognizing the APU but not the 7450m. Anyway, just for some more information, what's the output of fglrxinfo, and is Xorg showing any errors?

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"

Someone on here knows linux? :O

the hack to get root in ubuntu is sudo -i

Someone on here knows linux? :O

the hack to get root in ubuntu is sudo -i

Mostly Fedora and Debian.

That's definitely good to know, though.

That's just really odd, that it's recognizing the APU but not the 7450m. Anyway, just for some more information, what's the output of fglrxinfo, and is Xorg showing any errors?

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"

fglrxinfo -

display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6620G
OpenGL version string: 4.1.10665 Compatibility Profile Context

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"
   (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 13584.156] (EE) HP Webcam-101: Couldn't open mtdev device
[ 14471.164] (EE) HP Webcam-101: Couldn't open mtdev device
[ 18305.940] (EE) HP Webcam-101: Couldn't open mtdev device
[ 20260.072] (EE) HP Webcam-101: Couldn't open mtdev device
[ 25316.825] (EE) HP Webcam-101: Couldn't open mtdev device
[ 32542.197] (EE) HP Webcam-101: Couldn't open mtdev device

Someone on here knows linux? :O

the hack to get root in ubuntu is sudo -i

They'll do anything for you if you ask nicely with "sudo"

Someone on here knows linux? :O

the hack to get root in ubuntu is sudo -i

They'll do anything for you if you ask nicely with "sudo"

ya i read xkcd!

Back on topic, I am... not sure what the problem is, Link. You're not getting any Xorg errors about a missing display driver, fglrx is making use of the 6630G, and everything else is just moving along as if the 7450M simply is not there.

Is there any BIOS setting to disable access to the 6630G? There may not be, but the question is still worth asking.

Yeah i've tried that, i think im gonna take linux off my laptop, i looked it up and it seems most linux have a problem with switching between the two cards.


Any suggestion between an ubuntu based or arch linux in use for a desktop?

Any suggestion between an ubuntu based or arch linux in use for a desktop?

Depends, we kind of go in between the two and use Debian with the Sid (testing) repositories. Debian Sid is rolling-release (like Arch) and also Ubuntu-like in a way, considering Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian.

You have to know a decent amount about packaging with the deb package managers to really make good use of it, though, since the packages are in... well, testing. They sometimes have a tendency to break (like any rolling-release), so it also helps if you know what to do if you're stuck sitting at a terminal to troubleshoot problems.

Any suggestion between an ubuntu based or arch linux in use for a desktop?

Depends, we kind of go in between the two and use Debian with the Sid (testing) repositories. Debian Sid is rolling-release (like Arch) and also Ubuntu-like in a way, considering Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian.

You have to know a decent amount about packaging with the deb package managers to really make good use of it, though, since the packages are in... well, testing. They sometimes have a tendency to break (like any rolling-release), so it also helps if you know what to do if you're stuck sitting at a terminal to troubleshoot problems.

Yeah i was thinking of installing arch, as on my desktop my keyboard doesn't play nice with Pinguy for some reason. Or i might just try and fix that.