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After some research I managed to enable hardware accelaration.

Phase 5 - Enable hardware accelaration
Hardware video acceleration is only enabled if you are using the binaries from ATI, either install them using the Additional Driver tool or manually from the ATI site. I used the last method. Google the internet for pro's and con's. I found this and this site helpful.

Before installing any drivers you need to install some dependencies to your system, by running this command:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases

You will need to remove all the current fglrx packages from your system.

Code:

sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*

Download the newest ATI driver (current version when I did this was 12.6) and set it to run as executable.

Code:

cd ~/; mkdir catalyst12.6; cd catalyst12.6/
wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-12-6-x86.x86_64.run
chmod +x amd-driver-installer-12-6-x86.x86_64.run

If you have a 64 bit system only, then install this before anything. See here for more info.

Code:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 lib32gcc1 libc6-i386
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

On 64-bit systems, create a symlink from /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib

Code:

sudo ln -svT lib /usr/lib64

Use these steps to create and install .deb packages

Code:

sudo sh ./amd-driver-installer-12-6-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/oneiric
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

If building .deb packages fails, there is also an Alternative Manual Installation, documented here.

Once the driver is installed you need to start up a new xorg.conf file with this command. This is a generic config which will work for most people. You can find other configs here.

Code:

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

Reboot

Code:

sudo reboot

Test your installation (open a terminal on the desktop using Ctrl-Alt-T for this).

Code:

fglrxinfo

On my system the output looks like:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 6530D
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11733 Compatibility Profile Context

Now, try

Code:

fgl_glxgears

If you experience issues or a hang, you may need to disable fast TLS.

Code:

sudo amdconfig --tls=0

For more troubleshooting options see here.