ATI drivers

[Dark Damo]

Ok i found the X.Org 6.8 radeon drivers but they are .rpm can ubuntu use rpm?

[Janne]

Ok i found the X.Org 6.8 radeon drivers but they are .rpm can ubuntu use rpm?
Im a total linux newbie but maybe this link will help you out http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#convertrpmtodebfile

[Dark Damo]

Im a total linux newbie but maybe this link will help you out http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#convertrpmtodebfile
Thank you i will look at that now :D

[ernstp]

Ey, slow down! Ubuntu allready has the drivers packaged. (and probably installed on your computer?)
The package is called xorg-driver-fglrx. Install that!

Otherwise, there's plenty of tips on the forum allready, use the searchfunction!

If you want the latest version of the driver, check out this:
HOWTO: ATI drivers 8.12.10:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32495

[Dark Damo]

Ey, slow down! Ubuntu allready has the drivers packaged. (and probably installed on your computer?)
The package is called xorg-driver-fglrx. Install that!

Otherwise, there's plenty of tips on the forum allready, use the searchfunction!

If you want the latest version of the driver, check out this:
HOWTO: ATI drivers 8.12.10:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32495
what would i type in terminal to install that lol ima linux noob :D

[DarkKnight]

what would i type in terminal to install that lol ima linux noob :D
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

Read the link he posted, it lists everything step by step. :)

[Janne]

sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

Read the link he posted, it lists everything step by step. :)
I'll be trying that too. I've already followed like 3 how-to's without success. Pretty soon I'll be busting up my damn ATI card for not working ](*,)

[Curlydave]

The drivers on the site are the newest ones, the packaged ones you're being told to DL are older ones.

I tried for days to get the ones on their site to work, but I couldn't do it. There's a tutorial available, but it just gave me errors durring several steps. Double-clicking on a .exe or a script file just isn't happening here either.

[Dark Damo]

The drivers on the site are the newest ones, the packaged ones you're being told to DL are older ones.

I tried for days to get the ones on their site to work, but I couldn't do it. There's a tutorial available, but it just gave me errors durring several steps. Double-clicking on a .exe or a script file just isn't happening here either.
argh why make it so hard? i might aswell as trade in my 9200se for some NVIDIA card

[Dark Damo]

argh why make it so hard? i might aswell as trade in my 9200se for some NVIDIA card
ok the command sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx doesnt work

[Dark Damo]

ok the command sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx doesnt work
says something bout E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

[Curlydave]

says something bout E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Yep, same problem here. I did a million things to try to fix it, but still got the E: error. I dont' even have an E drive.

[Dark Damo]

Yep, same problem here. I did a million things to try to fix it, but still got the E: error. I dont' even have an E drive.
hehe i dont either

[DarkKnight]

says something bout E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx

Should work fine... o_O
Try enabling Universe in synaptic.

Also, the E: is just to tell you it's an error ;)

[Curlydave]

Dark, that gives you the older drivers, which are easy to get/install. They're even in the package manager. The problem is trying to get the new drivers available on the ATI website.