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Posted - 2006.11.05 03:08:00 -
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Edited by: Camulos on 05/11/2006 03:25:18
For ATI users. I believe if you do a search for "fglrx" you'll find the ati drivers.
been trying to get it to work on my laptop. so far the installation is running smoothly except for needing ATI drivers. atm when eve lauches it complains that i only have directx 8.2. Trying to convert the install for ati is fun though. /me bangs head against wall
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Posted - 2006.11.05 10:04:00 -
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Edited by: Camulos on 05/11/2006 10:12:10
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Posted - 2006.11.06 00:28:00 -
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found the following link for ati users.
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Edgy_Installation_Guide
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Posted - 2006.11.07 00:59:00 -
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For the most part i followed the first Method in the link i gave (Guide)
Method 1: Installing Edgy's Included Driver (8.28.8)
The included fglrx driver supports Radeon 8500+ and the X-series cards up to X1900.
Disable Composite Extension
In Ubuntu Edgy the Composite extension is enabled by default, however, fglrx does not yet support Composite with DRI. In order to to disable Composite you have to edit the xorg.conf file:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and add these lines at the end of the file: File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
Installing the driver
Make sure the restricted repository is enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list or this guide will not work!
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r) #Okay if it is already installed
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo depmod -a
sudo aticonfig --initial
sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
Now Reboot your system:
sudo shutdown -r now
An alternative to the aticonfig --initial command is to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace the string "ati" with "fglrx" in the "Device" section. This way you won't lose your old "Screen" and "Monitor" settings. Afterwards you can use aticonfig for setting overlay etc.
Confirm that it works
fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9600 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)
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