usually that will return you to the default Radeon drive and allow you to return with graphic.Hmmm so the suggestion is both AMD and Nvidia have had their next gen cards pushed back. If that happens, what you should then do is, reboot, select recover mode, it will boot without graphic driver and give you a console, it is like a terminal, you login with password, and get to root, then remove /etc/X11/nf, install the default Radeon driver. Note: AMD recommends that you create a central location for your AMD Catalyst proprietary driver downloads. Here is the release notes for Catalyst 13.1: AMD Catalyst Control Center: New 3D settings and profile management user. If you want to take the risk install fglrx in Mint15, then you are just two commands away, quite simple, but remember there is a risk you boot to Black screen, BSOD. Linux Feedback Program Note: To successfully install the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver, you should uninstall any third party graphics driver such as NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver for Linux currently on your system. Those interested can download AMD’s Catalyst 13.1 from here. If something happen you will need to purge the ppa with the commands in that link

I read many people have success using it. Download AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL display driver for Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 For AMD Radeon HD 5000, HD 6000 and HD 7000 Series users, Microsoft has certified today’s AMD Catalyst. of course with the same 'do at your own risk' as it is NOT official supported by ubuntu thus mint. CPU: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon RX 470. This link give you another good procedure to install legacy driver with downgraded xorg. The catalyst of the plot is the destruction of the Worldstone. And suggested to update the window XP to SP3. COMPATIBLE WITH: Windows XP file size: 106 MB filename: 13-1-legacyxp32ddcccwhql.exe. Users must have Microsoft's.NET Version 1.1 Framework prior to installing the ATI driver/Catalyst Control Centre (CCC) components. DOWNLOAD AMD Catalyst Legacy Graphics Driver 13.1 for XP. supports Enduro-enabled AMD Radeon HD 7970M. It is difficult for me to know if your legacy driver will work in Mint15, because I did not find similar note Platform: Microsoft Windows XP 32/64-bit. This one is called Catalyst 13.1 and its the first official. Use the default Open Source drivers which come with Linux Mintĭowngrade Xorg and install the Legacy ATI drivers as explained at If you own one of these cards you can either: Unfortunately these legacy drivers (version 12.6) have not been updated to work with Xorg 1.13. The ATI drivers for these cards are now available in a separate branch called legacy series.

Download amd catalyst 13.1