[SOLVED] not detecting my graphics card

[wildwest82]

Hey everybody! I am new to Ubuntu and Linux. I am having trouble trying to get hardy 8.04 to detect my Asus Radeon HD 4850. I have tried looking in Hardware drivers but it is not there.

[pytheas22]

envy (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html) might help you. Install it with:

sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk

Then run it with:

sudo envyng-gtk

It has an option to automatically detect and install the driver for your card; let it try to to do that. It doesn't always work but I've seen very good results from it in the past.

[wildwest82]

Hey! Thanks for the quick response. I ran Envy and it said that it does not recognize my card as compatible with any version of the driver.

[pytheas22]

Sorry to hear that. Is your card really new? What is the output of this command:

lspci

[markbuntu]

Envy and the driver it has, 8.47.3 is no good for your card but the 8.6 driver from ati is. Follow these directions very carefully, use Method 2.


http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Hardy_Installation_Guide

ATI packaged this driver with the HD4800 series cards though many resellers and oems did not so it will work for you.

[wildwest82]

That was the problem. I finally got full resolution. Hey thank you guys for all your help.