Will Ubuntu 12.04's proprietary AMD/ATI driver be updated to 12.5, 12.6, etc. once released?

12.04 graphics radeon ati

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Ok, I installed fglrx and fglrx-amdcccle via Jockey aka "Additional Hardware GUI app".

Everything seems to be working ok.

Packages in the Ubuntu 12.04 repo (2012-05-08):

fglrx
version: 2:8.960-0ubuntu1
size: 118 MB

fglrx-updates:
version: 2:8.960-0ubuntu1
size: 118 MB

fglrx-amdcccle:
version: 2:8.960-0ubuntu1
size: 11.5 MB

fglrx-amdcccle-updates:
version: 2:8.960-0ubuntu1
size: 11.5 MB

So it looks like "fglrx" and "fglrx-updates" are the same thing.

Here are some bug reports about installing AMD/ATI driver via Jockey:

Hope this helps

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Jason

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Jason over 1 year

I've decided to install the proprietary AMD/ATI driver in Ubuntu 12.04 repo, but before I do so, I'd like to know:

Will Ubuntu 12.04's proprietary AMD/ATI driver be updated to 12.5, 12.6, etc. once AMD releases them?

And if so, should I install "fglrx" or "fglrx-updates" ( I think this is the post release update ) one?

Thanks
- Uri Herrera about 12 years
  
  AFAIK they don't update the Hardware drivers until the next Release.
- Jason about 12 years
  
  Thanks, I was hoping that they would. I guess they wanted to keep it stable.
- MestreLion almost 12 years
  
  @UriHerrera: not true. This has been the case until Precise, but the fglrx-updates "post-install drivers" are precisely to fill this game: it was supposed to be always-updated drivers, like a PPA.
- Uri Herrera almost 12 years
  
  @MestreLion The FGLRX version in the Ubuntu repositories in precise is 8.960 including the fglrx-updates package, the version of the AMD drivers (12.4) is 8.961, so no they don't update the drivers.
- MestreLion almost 12 years
  
  They didn't update yet. And they probably won't for minor releases. They will probably package 12.5 when that is released, probably a few days/weeks after it.
- MestreLion almost 12 years
  
  @UriHerrera: They may skip some releases, perhaps packaging every 2~3 months. Which is still far better and more updated than the previous approach of "stuck with the same drivers from launch date, for years"
MestreLion almost 12 years

If they are the same, I wonder why fglrx works for me but fglrx-updates doesn't.