{"id":2345,"date":"2022-08-30T15:24:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/05\/cant-install-linux-mint-cinnamon-nor-ubuntu-while-switchable-graphics-turned-on-collection-of-common-programming-errors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:24:05","slug":"cant-install-linux-mint-cinnamon-nor-ubuntu-while-switchable-graphics-turned-on-collection-of-common-programming-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/30\/cant-install-linux-mint-cinnamon-nor-ubuntu-while-switchable-graphics-turned-on-collection-of-common-programming-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Can't install Linux Mint Cinnamon nor Ubuntu while switchable graphics turned on-Collection of common programming errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got Lenovo G500 intel i5 with switchable graphics (Intel and AMD Radeon HD 8579M). When I try to install Linux Mint Petra Cinnamon, when switchable graphics are on by the bios, live CD can’t start Xserver and crashes (blue screen. “want to see log files?” etc.).<\/p>\n

I have tried to install Ubuntu (Saucy Salamander) too and got only black screen (can’t get to command line interface).<\/p>\n

I have managed to install Mint Cinnamon with turning off switchable graphics. After that I tried to install a working desktop while SG on.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu crashed, KDE Plasma works only in fallback mode.<\/p>\n

While switchable graphics are turned on, only Xubuntu works.<\/p>\n

On Xubuntu I had tried to install fglrx<\/code> via distribution packages, installers and apt-get<\/code>, but my every attempt has been failed.<\/p>\n

There is no buildpkg for AMD driver Ubuntu\/Saucy<\/p>\n

amd-catalyst-13.4-linux-x86.x86_64.run\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
nor in<\/p>\n
amd-catalyst-13.11-beta_V9.4-linux-x86.x86_64.run\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
I tried to add repository, but it doesn’t seem to work:<\/p>\n
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers\/ppa\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install fglrx-installer\n\nE: could not locate the package\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Right now I uninstalled every bit of fglrx<\/code> and turned off SG. I’m now using Cinnamon.<\/p>\n
Originally posted 2014-01-05 21:58:22. <\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve got Lenovo G500 intel i5 with switchable graphics (Intel and AMD Radeon HD 8579M). When I try to install Linux Mint Petra Cinnamon, when switchable graphics are on by the bios, live CD can’t start Xserver and crashes (blue screen. “want to see log files?” etc.). I have tried to install Ubuntu (Saucy Salamander) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}