How do I install Gallium3d Drivers in Ubuntu 12.10?

I am having horrible problems with the latest ATI Graphics Driver. I have an ATI Radeon HD 5800 and I just lost my GUI for Linux (typing this in windows at the moment).

I've read about gallium3d being great drivers, but I can't find anything any where how to install these drivers or where to get them.

Can anyone help?

Solution 1:

You can find articles and benchmarks of linux display drivers on Phoronix.

If you really want to use gallium3d drivers, open a terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T and follow these instructions (taken from here):

1. Add ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers (Click here for instructions on using PPAs.) to your system:

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update

2. Install the driver:

   sudo apt-get install libg3dvl-mesa

3. Restart.

You can revert to the default drivers by removing the PPA as follows:

1. Install ppa-purge:

   sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

2. Purge the PPA:

   sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers