Installing ATI driver

[Klitsie]

HI,
I am new to ubuntu.
I want to install my graphiccard driver.
So i downloaded it from the ati site. It is an .run file.
I can run it, then some other file pops up on the desktop. But then i get the message: You need to be a super-user.
I know that u can do super-user things in terminal by using sudo in front of the command. But how do i run this file in terminal?

Plz help.

Ty

[Bablefish]

You can get the driver here

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

They have links to install instructions

[Klitsie]

You can get the driver here

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

They have links to install instructions

I know that i can download it there.
And i have read the install instruction, but it doesnt make sense to me.
So anybody knows how to run an .run file while in terminal.
What is the command for that?

[utnubuuser]

.run? Wrong file type. You're looking for a .deb or tar.gz.

[zika]

.run? Wrong file type. You're looking for a .deb or tar.gz.
no, it is not the wrong type.


open Terminal
cd wherever You've DL-ed the file
sudo chmod +x ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
aticonfig --initial -f
reboot

[Klitsie]

no, it is not the wrong type.


open Terminal
cd wherever You've DL-ed the file
sudo chmode +x ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
aticonfig --initial -f
reboot

Ty,
the file is on my desktop. Wich path is that?
I am a newb, i know.

[zika]

cd ~/Desktop
sudo chmod +x ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
aticonfig --initial -f
reboot

[Klitsie]

cd ~/Desktop
sudo chmode +x ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
aticonfig --initial -f
reboot
I get this message:
Sudo: chmode: command not found

Ty for the reply

[zika]

cd ~/Desktop
sudo chmod +x ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
aticonfig --initial -f
sorry one "e" too much ... ;)

[Klitsie]

cd ~/Desktop
sudo chmod +x ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
aticonfig --initial -f
sorry one "e" too much ... ;)

it now sais:
chmod: cannot acces 'ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run' : No such file or directory

I tried it couple of times, even with ~/desktop/ in front of it.

[zika]

change the name of the file (of course) accordingly. beware "Desktop" has the capital "D" in front.



cd ~/Desktop
sudo chmod +x the_name_of_the_file_that_You_have_downloaded.run
sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-1-x86.x86_64.run
sudo aticonfig --initial -f

[Bablefish]

Install instruction link

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_cat91-inst.pdf

I would advise you to make a copy of it.

[projectbronco]

Hey thanks for this thread, this info helped me get past my installation woes.

[Klitsie]

HI,
Installed worked

But now i cant change anything.
When i open Catalyst Control Center (CCC)
I get this error message:
Initialization error
There was a problem initializing CCC Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.
No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver apropriate for you ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig.


I dont know what to do now :/
Plz help, ty

[zika]

HI,
Installed worked
But now i cant change anything.
When i open Catalyst Control Center (CCC)
I get this error message:
Initialization error
There was a problem initializing CCC Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.
No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver apropriate for you ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig.
I dont know what to do now :/
Plz help, ty

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

[Extol]

blix@blix-desktop:~$ aticonfig --initial -f
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a Driver line.
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a Driver line.
Segmentation fault


I get this message in the last step.

This one:

aticonfig --initial -f

[bustherh]

I had much better luck with the open source ATI drivers. Download with synaptic package manager.

[Klitsie]

I did the aticonfig --initial -f.
Then got this in terminal:
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
Using /etc/x11/xorg.conf
Saved back-up to /etc/x11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0

Catalyst Control Center still gives me the same error message :/

How can this be solved?

[Bloemetjesgordijn]

Did you do: sudo aticonfig --initial -f

Cheerz

Bloemetjesgordijn

[methoxyroxy]

Hi,

I get this message too:
There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following. No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver appropriate for you ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig.


when I do the
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
it says
No supported adapters detected

What does that mean? Did I get the wrong driver?
I'm working with a Lenovo T42 and Lucid Lynx, did not have problems with Karmic (which was the first linux distro I have ever used)

Also, what does this do:
sudo chmod +x

Thanks for helping!
~Roxy

[angrymeat]

I got the same error until i rebooted after installing the drivers .

[erchinoald]

Hi,

I get this message too:
There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following. No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver appropriate for you ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig.


when I do the
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
it says
No supported adapters detected

What does that mean? Did I get the wrong driver?
I'm working with a Lenovo T42 and Lucid Lynx, did not have problems with Karmic (which was the first linux distro I have ever used)
I'm having the same issue, I get 'no supported adapters detected' with this command. Any suggestions? Am also using Lucid Lynx.

[srlake314]

Ok major issues. So I try to navigate to the directory and I keep getting errors no such file or directory exists, and yet there it is.
I use the command
cd downloads nothing
cd~/Desktop nothing

I have tried all sorts of configurations. All I want to do is follow the instructions on the ATI website b I cant even get to the danged directory to even access the file in terminal.

Come on this is getting nuts!

[srlake314]

ok so the steps that the pdf file from ati says "
To install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver using the Automatic option, follow
these steps:
1 Launch the Terminal Application/Window and navigate to the ATI Propri-
etary Linux driver download.
2 Enter the command sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.573-x86.x86_64 to launch the
ATI Proprietary Linux driver installer.
The ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Setup dialog box is displayed
It shows the ati with the penguin. Mine doesnt show that for the file:
"ati-driver-installer-11-3-x86.x86_64.run

This is the driver that I got from the website. But Im still having issues with Wow not working or recognizing that I have a great card (XFX HD 4770).

Please, I am sick of scrolling through hundreds of pages trying to get functions to work.

Sean

[srlake314]

Forgot to mention.
Ok major issues. So I try to navigate to the directory and I keep getting errors no such file or directory exists, and yet there it is.
I use the command
cd downloads nothing
cd~/Desktop nothing

I have tried all sorts of configurations. All I want to do is follow the instructions on the ATI website b I cant even get to the danged directory to even access the file in terminal.

Come on this is getting nuts!