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daejavu
August 12th, 2005, 06:02 PM
first im sorry that im sending this request there ... reason !! cause there are more ppl and i could really use a fast reply ...

i downloaded the latest ati drivers for my Radeon9200SE from http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.14.13.run

ive been through alot of tutorials from alot of sites but am unable to get it workin .
has anyone used that driver so far and is successful in it ?
if so ... then plzzz let me know how u did it ...
i just installed ubuntu again after FC4(things werent that good in it) and have not updated anything .. i think gcc is already installed .. rest i dont know !!

please reply if you have installed the drivers and are running it ...

thanks in advance !

sapo
August 12th, 2005, 06:15 PM
I can install a ATi driver in 5 minutes.. i ll give you some tips ;)

Dont follow the stupid guides out there.. do it:

1 - Remove all the fglrx crap that you have using synaptic...

2 - now you have to install the kernel headers and some stuff... do it:


uname -a

Now you know whats your kernel version..

Now tyoe:


sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-<your_kernel_version>

Remember to replace the <your_kernel_version> with that number that uname -a gave you :P

Now you have the dependencies...

3 - Install the ATi driver using the installer.

4 - run it and follow the steps, it will give you a xorg.conf file:

fglrxconfig

5 - Dont freaking use this file.. instead, open it with gedit and copy theSection "Device" till the EndSection... Open the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and paste the Device Section generated by the fglrxconfig, remember to update the Section "Screen" like this.


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"

6 - Add this to the Section "Module"


Load "dri"
Load "glx"


And add this to the end of the xorg.conf:



Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection



This should do the trick.. dont expect nothing easy coming from the ATI installer...

Curlydave
August 12th, 2005, 06:19 PM
1: Clear out the old drivers using synaptec.
2: Run the installer.
3:Open xorg.cong, find the "driver" section, change "ati" to fglrx"
4: restart X


I read all of the tutorials and they didn't work. Those 4 steps above worked for me.

daejavu
August 12th, 2005, 06:35 PM
thanks for the quick replies guyz ...

what i did was downloaded the .run file ..
ran it from terminal
it asked me alot of questions which i answered as default.
restarted the x .

guess i should have changed the "ati" to "fglrx".


1 more thing ... how do i shutdown the x from the terminal ... cause x start default... ?

Curlydave
August 12th, 2005, 06:46 PM
thanks for the quick replies guyz ...

what i did was downloaded the .run file ..
ran it from terminal
it asked me alot of questions which i answered as default.
restarted the x .

guess i should have changed the "ati" to "fglrx".


1 more thing ... how do i shutdown the x from the terminal ... cause x start default... ?

Hit ctrl+alt+backspace to restart X.

daejavu
August 12th, 2005, 08:02 PM
that i know .. i mean completely shutting down the Xserver and getting to terminal.

ape
August 12th, 2005, 08:10 PM
You need to stop your display manager. From an xterm issue /etc/init.d/gdm stop (or kdm or xdm, whatever your display manager is). This will drop you down to the command line.