Wednesday, January 17, 2018

ati - Radeon 9200 and Unity problems after adding xorg-edgers PPA



I though that doing:



sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade



It will fix my really SLOW interface using Unity in Oneiric...




Now, where I found this "solution", says that if something goes wrong I would have to put:



sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers



But after that console says



sudo: ppa-purge: command not found



And if I have no solution for this, what would you recommend me to use for a faster interface?




You will need to install ppa-purge if it hasn't already been installed:



sudo apt-get install ppa-purge


The usual syntax to use this is



sudo ppa-purge ppa:[foo]



where [foo] is the PPA to remove.



Thus for the xorg-edgers PPA you should use



sudo ppa-purge ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa 


As to your general graphical issues with edgers - you should read their front-page




It makes it clear that the PPA is highly unstable.



Some people have found that installing the proprietary drivers resolves slow/laggy windows. If you want help with this look for a question with the model of your graphics card - and if you cannot find one, create another question.



One of the comments in this question (slightly newer version of your 9200) - if correct - indicates that you might have to stick with the opensource drivers that are installed by default.



If this is the case - using Unity 2D (logout and change the session) might be a better bet to resolve your laggy graphics issues.



To find the exact model name of your graphics card - in a terminal type:




lspci | grep VGA

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