Wednesday, April 12, 2017

ati - How to use only intel graphics and power off radeon with proprietary Catalyst drivers?



I've been using Linux for quite a while in everyday computing and programming.
But now i got this new laptop with amazing battery life on windows which runs pretty cool even while gaming. But for some reason on Ubuntu I get like 1/3 battery life and it gets hot even while browsing the web.



I have the proprietary drivers for radeon, but I'm thinking about upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, and I would like to know how can I use only the Intel graphics and have radeon always turned off? Since I do not need the discrete graphics on Ubuntu and I'm pretty sure my problem is related to the radeon sucking up my battery and generating heat.




My laptop technical specifications are:




  • Dell latitude 3540

  • Intel core i7 4500U (with Intel hd4400 graphics
    )

  • Ati Radeon HD 8850m with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM

  • 8 GB DDR3L @1600mhz

  • Toshiba 256gb SSD

  • Ubuntu 12.4.3




If you need any additional info, please tell me :)



Install Catalyst Control Center:



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Open your Terminal and execute:





sudo apt-get install fglrx




Then reboot.


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