Friday, October 12, 2018

ati - Unable to Install Ubuntu (Compiz Unresponsive I believe)

Heyoh, little bit of a linux veteran but I've never run into this before. I just got a new Desktop PC and it has Windows 7 on it. I'm looking to dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 on this set up but I keep running into an issue in the live environment.




I can open windows (like gparted or firefox) and even start ubiquity. But ubiquity will become unresponsive before getting partitioning to start.



The real issue or what I believe is the source of the problem is that all the compiz elements of my screen are unresponsive. I can switch windows with keyboard but as far as clicking window titlebars to drag windows or using the Max, Min, and Close buttons nothing works. I can't even click the shutdown buttons in the top right. To reboot I have to switch the X display and run Sudo Reboot.



My Hardware is as follows:




  • ATI Radeon HD 7850 Graphics Card

  • 8 GB of Crucial Ballistix RAM


  • AMD 6100 Bulldozer Processor

  • And an ASRock Motherboard I can't remember the make/model and
    the box is not around any longer.



I am also running dual monitors if that is relevant.



If you need more information or the results of any linux commands I may be able to fenangle them into the post with keyboard fu and I would be more than happy to try.

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