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vasIvas2015-01-20 11:57:07
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vasIvas, 2015-01-20 11:57:07

How to install driver for AMD video card in xubuntu 14.04?

I ran into a situation where the transition from xubuntu back to windows7 is at stake. Already goosebumps.
I need hardware acceleration for Canvas WebGL for learning, but as it turns out,
ubuntu 14.04 is not supported.
I got into Google and found the article Proprietary driver for AMD video cards and installed it, as evidenced by the picture below -
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But everything remains the same, I look in opera: gpu and it says -

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Threaded Rasterization: Enabled
Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Encode: Hardware accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated
Driver Bug Workarounds
clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
count_all_in_varyings_packing
disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces
init_texture_max_anisotropy
Problems Detected
Accelerated 2d canvas is unstable in Linux at the moment
Disabled Features: accelerated_2d_canvas
Stage3D is not supported on Linux: 129848
Disabled Features: flash_stage3d
Accelerated video decode is unavailable on Mac and Linux: 137247, 133828
Disabled Features: accelerated_video_decode
Additional GPU rasterization whitelist for field trial: 380694
Disabled Features: gpu_rasterization_field_trial
Whitelist for using GPU rasterization for a broader set of content: 399306
Disabled Features: gpu_rasterization_expanded_heuristics
GPU rasterization is blacklisted on non-Android: 362779
Disabled Features: gpu_rasterization
Clear uniforms before first program use on all platforms: 124764, 349137
Applied Workarounds: clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
Mesa drivers in Linux handle varyings without static use incorrectly: 333885
Applied Workarounds: count_all_in_varyings_packing
Linux AMD drivers incorrectly return initial value of 1 for TEXTURE_MAX_ANISOTROPY: 348237
Applied Workarounds: inlied Workarounds: inlied Workarounds
Disable partial swaps on linux drivers: 339493
Applied Workarounds: disable_post_sub_buffers_for_onscreen_surfaces

I was also advised to install a blob, but I could not find the meaning of this word and
generally did not install it. What is it?
Here .. In general, what do I need to install and how? Here are the specifications of the video card -
pc:~$ lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6320] [1002:9806] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Robson CE [Radeon HD 6370M/7370M] [1002:68e4] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
pc:~$

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owniumo, 2015-01-21
@vasIvas

A blob is a proprietary driver without published sources. Compiled binary file, loading of which initializes the device as intended by the manufacturer.
Alsoo, opera?
Chrome and Firefox block drivers because they are buggy, but there is a way to unblock:
www.sitepoint.com/firefox-enable-webgl-blacklisted...
askubuntu.com/questions/299345/how-to-enable-webgl...
https: //borninbronx.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/chrome...

EDIT:
Works fine after adding the "chromium-args": "--enable-webgl --ignore-gpu-blacklist" line to package.json

Chrome on Linux
WebGL is enabled on ATI/AMD GPUs with proprietary AMD drivers 8.98 or newer.

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