Problem with an ATI AGP drivers

[fidoda]

Hi, I have an ATI AGP and the problem is not installing the drivers but rather after rebooting. Just after the restricted drivers have installed I reboot, see the Ubuntu loading logo and then.. nothing, black screen.

I have an ATI AGP x1650 512mb DDR2 PowerColor on Ubuntu 8.04 for "normal PCs" (x86 I think).

Thx for helping me!

[Rocket2DMn]

You can reboot into the recovery mode kernel (the second option and GRUB menu) and run

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
reboot

Let the system reboot normally, now you should get back into the GUI with the original install settings. Remove the restricted drivers with

sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx

Then try using EnvyNG to download and install the correct restricted drivers - http://www.albertomilone.com/envyngfaq.html#A

[juansjc]

You can reboot into the recovery mode kernel (the second option and GRUB menu) and run

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh
reboot

Let the system reboot normally, now you should get back into the GUI with the original install settings. Remove the restricted drivers with

sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx

Then try using EnvyNG to download and install the correct restricted drivers - http://www.albertomilone.com/envyngfaq.html#A

Wow this a good solution

BUT, how install driver for x1650 AGP?
my desktop: Abit NF7 with nForce 2 with Athlon XP + ATI X1650 AGP

[Rocket2DMn]

Wow this a good solution

BUT, how install driver for x1650 AGP?
my desktop: Abit NF7 with nForce 2 with Athlon XP + ATI X1650 AGP

Funny. EnvyNG will install restricted drivers for you, just click the link in my last post, it gives you directions.

[fidoda]

It did not work. Still have the same problem.

[Rocket2DMn]

Some research shows that your card is compatible with the radeonhd driver. So here's how we're going to try and install it. I will first have you enable the fallback "vesa" video driver. Reboot again into the recovery mode kernel and run (with the capital X in X11)

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Scroll down to where it says

Section "Device"
     Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

and add a new line to make it look like this

Section "Device"
     Identifier "Configured Video Device"
     Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Do CTRL+X to get out, press Y and Enter to save and get out, then reboot

reboot

You should now be able to log into the GUI after a normal reboot, though the graphics may look terrible. Open a terminal and run

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd

Now open xorg.conf for editing again

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

At the bottom add

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Off"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "Off"
EndSection

and change the "vesa" in the file to "radeonhd"
Save and close. Now to CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to restart X. Hopefully this should get you a decent setup.

[sackbj]

I didn't see a pertinent thread to this question on the first couple pages of the forum, but this is a related question:

Nvidia products generally work better with Linux - is this correct?

I have a machine with an old Nvidia 6800 that is running Ubuntu right now, and it works very well for me. Installing the restricted drivers went pretty well without having to use Envy.

My newer machine has an ATI Sapphire HD 3870 X2. I have thought about installing Ubuntu on this machine as well. Would I still be able to make use of compiz effects and play DVD's and video at decent rates?

[Rocket2DMn]

I didn't see a pertinent thread to this question on the first couple pages of the forum, but this is a related question:

Nvidia products generally work better with Linux - is this correct?

I have a machine with an old Nvidia 6800 that is running Ubuntu right now, and it works very well for me. Installing the restricted drivers went pretty well without having to use Envy.

My newer machine has an ATI Sapphire HD 3870 X2. I have thought about installing Ubuntu on this machine as well. Would I still be able to make use of compiz effects and play DVD's and video at decent rates?

I can't say for sure, I'm not well versed on the compatibility of Radeon HD cards, I think it might be lagging a bit. You can google around some more, but there probably isn't much info on it because the card is so new and Hardy hasn't been out long.

[lifve]

I have similar problem. I use Ati Radeon Xpress 200M.
the visual looks better after Installed restricted driver. I can use the effect now.
but when I play video, it worse than before install restricted driver.
the driver I get from ubuntu packages.
so now I'm turn back to original. but the effect can't show.
well, I don't really bother with this, because the video plays well.
just, I'm curious, after I visit ATI driver page, it gives spesific driver for my graphic card. ATI radeon xpress 200m linux x86_64 driver. I use Hardy for AMD64.
but I can't install it. after I click twice, it shows gedit can't read the code something.
so somebody may have solution for this? how to install it? should I install it?
thanks.

[benevolent]

Hi, I have an ATI AGP and the problem is not installing the drivers but rather after rebooting. Just after the restricted drivers have installed I reboot, see the Ubuntu loading logo and then.. nothing, black screen.

Same thing happens here (with X1650PRO AGP - 256Mb)


I try installing drivers via envyng, but I get blank screen again...



to fix it, i just boot recovery mode and uninstalled the drivers with envyng -t



Any help????