How To : Install AMD Catalyst™ Radeon R9 285 14.30 Graphics Driver in Linux

Linux Distributions Supported

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 6.4 and 6.5
• SUSE® Linux Enterprise 11 SP3
• OpenSUSE 13.1
• Ubuntu 12.04 and above

Installation

Download the package from the Source

Unzip the file.

$ unzip ~/Downloads/amd-radeon-r9-285-linux-14.30.1005-aug29.zip

Make the file executable.

$ cd fglrx*

$ sudo chmod +x amd-driver-installer*.run

End the graphic session with the appropriate command from the list of commands given below:

# For Ubuntu LightDM [DEFAULT]
$ sudo service lightdm stop

#For Gnome GDM
$ sudo service gdm stop

#For Linux Mint MDM
$ sudo service mdm stop

Run the executable.

$ sudo ./amd-driver-installer*.run

Start the graphic session with the appropriate command from the list of commands given below:

# For Ubuntu LightDM [DEFAULT]
$ sudo service lightdm start

#For Gnome GDM
$ sudo service gdm start

#For Linux Mint MDM
$ sudo service mdm start