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Member since:2005-07-28
Then please tell me how can I do it, I've tried with no joy.
And wasn't trolling, I reseached before, take a look to this:
http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/fglrx-installer.html#overvi...
I think you are not the one researshing.
Edited 2006-07-19 22:16
Member since:2005-07-02
That's very old.
Here, if you have problems with EasyUbuntu, try the instructions on this page:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide
I recommend Method 2, personally.
You can also run the ATI installer. It will work most of the time. Blame ATI for these problems, not Ubuntu. Sorry if I unjustly accused you of trolling, btw.
Cool, I just noticed that there's a new driver out for Linux (8.26.18) I'll try it out right now!
Edited 2006-07-19 23:23
Member since:2005-07-26
Have you tried Automatix?
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=177646
I've been running Ubuntu on a laptop with ATI card since Warty--never had any problems.
Member since:2006-06-13
add/modify this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
apt-get update && apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
*yawn*
Member since:2005-07-06
Does EasyUbuntu work with Dapper and ATI drivers? I hear great things about the Nvidia drivers, but the ATI drivers have always been a bit of a nightmore.
...Dapper, however, has been the worst experience yet. I don't know why. Maybe it's a kernel issue, maybe it's an issue with the version of the drivers in the repo - all I know is if you install fglrx with apt, the drivers simply will not work (accelerated OpenGL for example).
I've been a big fan of (k)Ubuntu for three years now (active user since Warty), and I've used the ATI drivers throughout. It's never been simple, and I understand that ATI's drivers have earned the scorn and ridicule of FOSS users and developers for many years now...
I must say though that most Dapper users with ATI cards I've encountered simply cannot get the drivers to work (myself among them). Whether I used the repo versions, download the installer and run it, tell the installer to create dapper packages, etc - they simply don't work. I've edited several of my config files, manually played with kernel modules...I can't even remember everything posted in the forums on the issue.
XGL is touted by so many - ATI users on a clean install of dapper though simply can't get a glimpse. It's made me angry at Dapper as a whole. I know it's unfair to judge a distro by a single problem that's not even completely in Ubuntu's hands...But to any other distros have such a problem? Lots of users have ATI cards, and while the drivers are optional, XGL is changing that.
Member since:2006-01-10
Member since:2005-08-12
I recently scored an X800XT you wouldn't believe all the stuff I've tried to get Xgl working 
All with no success. First it was Xgl complaining of an unrecognized option (vt7), then I eventually narrowed it down to Xgl just sitting there with a busy cursor and then eventually crashing.
I managed to get it semi-working with an old copy of Xgl in Ubuntu's repositories, but it's amazingly slow & when compiz is started the screen goes completely white and it complains of not being able to bind a texture.
I'd like to able to run the latest CVS.
when I had my 6600GT everything worked flawlessly.
Member since:2006-07-20
"(...)if you install fglrx with apt, the drivers simply will not work (accelerated OpenGL for example). "
I never had problems installing the ATI drivers in Ubuntu with apt. However I read somewhere (sorry I don't have the link at hand) that it might be necessary to create a symlink in order to get accelerated OpenGL:
"sudo ln -s /usr/lib/dri /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri".
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2005-07-02
No it's not, it's called EasyUbuntu.
I've also never heard of someone needing to patch and/or compile the kernel in order to install ATI drivers. Next time, you should do more research before trolling...