How do I fix my installation of ATI Catalyst Video Drivers in 12.04 LTS?

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Published on 2012-05-01T20:19:53Z Indexed on 2012/10/06 15:53 UTC
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My graphic card is a Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series.
I tried these 2 answers from What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers in 12.04 LTS?

But unfortunately, it does not work for me:

  • When running the amd script, I get this error message:

    $ sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run
    ...
    DKMS part of installation failed.  Please refer to /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log for details
    

    amd script

  • When checking this log file, I get:

    Uninstalling any previously installed drivers.
    Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.961/source -> /usr/src/fglrx-8.961
    DKMS: add completed.
    Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...
    Building module:
    cleaning build area....
    cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.961/build; sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=3.2.0-24-generic-pae --norootcheck......(bad exit status: 1)
    [Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.961 with DKMS
    [Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.961 from DKMS
    Deleting module version: 8.961 completely from the DKMS tree.
    Done.
    [Reboot] Kernel Module : update-initramfs
    
  • When checking with fglrxinfo, I get:

    $ fglrxinfo
    X Error of failed request:  BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
    Major opcode of failed request:  138 (ATIFGLEXTENSION)
    Minor opcode of failed request:  66 ()
    Serial number of failed request:  13
    Current serial number in output stream:  13
    

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