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andy08
April 26th, 2009, 11:17 AM
Hello,
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 without any problems. Video didn't run. So I search for ATI display driver. I found info to look into Synaptic package manger and look for envy. I installed the packages and restarted. Ubuntu seemed to start-up normal until it comes to the desktop. The desktop backgrond appears half three times before it changes to the black screen and I have to reboot. Live cd won't work either, Recovery the system didn't help.I could only install Ubuntu new.

I downloaded the newest ATI driver for my graphic card for Linux (ati-driver…installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run), but the system tells me "gedit has not been able to detect the character coding".

Sound no problems, but no video.

Thanks for your help.

Randati
April 26th, 2009, 11:21 AM
You need to run installer

sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run

andy08
April 26th, 2009, 11:29 AM
Hi thanks for your quick answer.
I tried this. The answer:sh: Can't open ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run

Randati
April 26th, 2009, 11:31 AM
I'm not sure about installer's name. Change it to right and it should work.

andy08
April 26th, 2009, 11:35 AM
sorry, I'm not a pro. Do you mean sudo sh ati-driver-r-9-3-x86.x86_64.run ?

Thanks

Randati
April 26th, 2009, 11:37 AM
Yes, that is right file.

andy08
April 26th, 2009, 11:39 AM
sorry same result. can't open.

Randati
April 26th, 2009, 11:47 AM
Are you sure that you are in same folder that where that file is (cd /right/folder)? And file name is that what you downloaded from ATI?

andy08
April 26th, 2009, 11:55 AM
This might be the problem. I stored the download on my desktop. Does it matter? The name is correct.

StuartN
April 26th, 2009, 11:59 AM
You need to run installer

sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run

ATI Catalyst 9.3 or older will crash your Ubuntu 9.04. See this thread for the result, and how to recover: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1133931&highlight=fglrx+sudo

andy08
April 26th, 2009, 12:29 PM
Thanks Stuart,

I'm reading it.

leere68
April 29th, 2009, 04:05 AM
ok, so I've got Jaunty installed in Virtual Box on Vista. I'm a linux newbie and when I tried installing the ATI 9.4 drivers (I have a Radeon 3870), the installer would open and then I would get an error message telling me that vcdk is missing.

What is vcdk and how do I fix this?