Quick & Easy AMD Catalyst on Linux

AMD Catalyst on Linux Howto, Black Screen fix

Install driver

• Download the driver packages from AMD
• Unzip and run gksudo ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-xx.x-linux-x86.x86_64.run
• Follow the instructions in the installer
• Reboot

Standard Uninstall

• sudo amdconfig --uninstall=force

Black screen on boot Fix (uninstall driver)

• Choose recovery mode in the grub menu
• In the recovery menu choose root
• Remount the filesystem so you get read/write access with mount -o rw,remount /
• Run amdconfig --uninstall=force
• reboot