You need -exactly- Catalyst v13.1 for very good reasons

[Wolf_Blitzer]

it's stopping because you don't have catalyst 13.1 installed, not because it thinks you have 512MB of ram.

you may think you have it installed, but you don't. you're still using the old version. you need to completely remove the old version (with driver fusion if you're on windows) before installing the new version.

The old version was removed.

Removal:

Code:

sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh *success*
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf *success*
apt-get install --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* **success**
*rebooted*

Install of new drivers:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs dh-make dkms execstack dh-modaliases fakeroot libqtgui4
$ sudo chmod +x amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.run
$ sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64 --buildpkg Ubuntu/quantal
$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
$ sudo amdconfig --initial -f
*rebooted*

Then:

Code:

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.2.12002 Compatibility Profile Context 9.012

Some fglrxinfo:

Code:

$ fglrxinfo
display: :0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.2.12002 Compatibility Profile Context 9.012

X server log:

Code:

$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep AMD
[    30.079] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
[    30.080] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
[    30.080] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:9.01.11
[    30.080] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 9.012                                
[    30.080] (II) AMD Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Dec 19 2012 14:41:10
[    30.283] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x6738) found
[    30.284] (II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
[    30.284] (II) AMD Video driver is signed
[    30.313] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - AMD Technologies Inc."
[    30.314] (**) fglrx(0): AMD 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
[    30.314] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series " (Chipset = 0x6738)
[    30.314] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original AMD
[    30.409] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: AMD ATOMBIOS
[    30.409] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2010, AMD Technologies Inc.
[    30.409] (II) fglrx(0): AMD Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
[    30.525] (II) fglrx(0): Adapter AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series  has 6 configurable heads and 1 displays connected.
[    30.526] (II) fglrx(0):     Desc: AMD FireGL DRM kernel module
[    30.540] Loading extension AMDXVOPL
[    30.540] Loading extension AMDXVBA

There is no old version on my system. I've looked. I have the 13.1 driver installed and running, as you can see by the version string above.