Ubuntu
fglrx-installer package

  1. Bug #284408
  2. Comment #56

Comment 56 for bug 284408

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Moses Moore (moses-mozai) wrote :

"Me too."
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]

I also wish to comment that I found it very confusing to hear "make sure you're using 8-11 from intrepid-proposed" when the version number for the ubutnu package is 8.552-0 and reported by the video driver in /var/log/Xorg.0.log is 8.55.2
> (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.55.2
> (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: UNSUPPORTED-8.552
> (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Oct 28 2008 21:22:33

I attempted both "http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed/restricted xorg-driver-fglrx 2:8.552-0ubuntu0.1" and also "ati-driver-installer-8-11-x86.x86_64.run" (dated Nov 12 2008) which I found at http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html . The version number reported by this *.run package is also v8.552

For what it's worth, I attempted to use the 'ati' video driver wrapper after installing each version of the proprietary driver, and the 'ati' video driver wrapper correctly used the 'radeon' driver instead of the unfunctional 'fglrx' driver, so we got that part right. I had to set "Driver fglrx" in the "Section Device" area of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to force it to attempt using the fglrx driver.