penn919
February 18th, 2011, 01:37 AM
I've been trying to install the ATI Catalyst_11.1 proprietary driver for the past two days unsuccessfully. I've been using the instructions in this (http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/Catalyst_11.1_Linux_Installer.pdf) pdf from AMD's website, but it really hasn't done me any good. Despite the fact that the installation wizard says the install completed, nothing changes once I reboot.
I read somewhere that it was possible to install it via the "Hardware Drivers" utility. Is that true? If so, how can I go about doing that.
At the moment I've got the "ATI fire gl" driver activated, but playing videos in fullscreen is painfully slow and I'm hoping AMD's proprietary driver can help.
btw, My system can run pretty much any video (HD or not) in fullscreen under Windows 7. I want the same to be true under Ubuntu.
System Specs:
Model: Acer Aspire T160
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (Socket 939)
Mobo: FC51GM (Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MA-RS)
Bios: Pheonix Technologies R02-B1 (From Acer)
RAM: 4 GB (dual Channel)
GPU: PowerColor ATI RADEON HD 4550 (512MB)
HDD (1): 160 GB
HDD (2): 120 GB
Optical Drive: CD-RW\DVD-Rom Combo
Optical Drive: DVD+RW Drive
OS:Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx \ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
I read somewhere that it was possible to install it via the "Hardware Drivers" utility. Is that true? If so, how can I go about doing that.
At the moment I've got the "ATI fire gl" driver activated, but playing videos in fullscreen is painfully slow and I'm hoping AMD's proprietary driver can help.
btw, My system can run pretty much any video (HD or not) in fullscreen under Windows 7. I want the same to be true under Ubuntu.
System Specs:
Model: Acer Aspire T160
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (Socket 939)
Mobo: FC51GM (Foxconn WinFast 6100K8MA-RS)
Bios: Pheonix Technologies R02-B1 (From Acer)
RAM: 4 GB (dual Channel)
GPU: PowerColor ATI RADEON HD 4550 (512MB)
HDD (1): 160 GB
HDD (2): 120 GB
Optical Drive: CD-RW\DVD-Rom Combo
Optical Drive: DVD+RW Drive
OS:Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx \ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit