While trying live usb versions of different gnome and kde distributions, i noticed very unusable performance, however since i read that live media versions of linux did not perform well, i merely assumed that was the reason.The sad thing is though, i installed ubuntu 10.4 x64 and i am still having t ...
This could very well be something that I missed, but I did some searching and could not seem to find anything.How can I get graphics drivers for my video card? I have a Powerbook G4 with the ATi Mobility Radeon 9700. ATi itself does not seem to support Linux on PPC, so I was wondering if there's som ...
I've been using linux for years now, but in the past i've never had a 3D supported graphics card so I never needed to install any 3rd party graphics drivers.However I've recently bought a Dell C521 which has an ATI X1300 128MB. My Ultimate aim is to get Beryl or Compiz working on the machine. I'm us ...
I recently installed Fawn on a second HD in my rig and everything works properly but I'm wondering if I should bother with ATI drivers because the machine works fine as is. I've read that there's very poor support for ATI cards from ATI. The ATI proprietary drivers don't have my Radeon 7000 listed a ...
I tried installing ubuntu on my new computer and im having some serious problems with drivers. I have the "HIS Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB (128bit) GDDR3 IceQ Turbo 2x Dual Link DVI HDMI RoHS" Graphics card and when i install the drivers for it and restart my computer my monitor says that the ...
I just followed the instructions here:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#head-117effcb5f0fbe8e10f40881bff1dbf7824a77b0And I got the errors with "MESA" in, but don't have time to fix it currently. I was hoping that someone could tell me how to undo what that did and get ...
I recently upgraded from 9.04 to 10.04 and unfortunately, my setup has regressed significantly. My setup is used as my main HTPC, so after upgrading to 10.04 (which had issues with fglrx upgrades btw), I try to open XBMC and get the following message:XBMC needs hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering. ...
I was getting xgl working when I realized I hadnt yet installing my ati graphics drivers for my radeon x1300, my comp is running a dual boot of ubuntu and windows, so I restarted, which is what a forum thread from the tazz forums told me to do (link is http://tazforum.thetazzone.com/viewtopic.php?t= ...
Ok, so im running Jaunty, and one of my programs complained that i wasn't using the latest graphics drivers. I tried to install the newest drivers on the ATI website, but they wouldn't work.I googled the error message and found a site saying to execute the command "aticonfig --initial -f"i ...
HiAfter upgrading to Intrepid/KDE4 from Hardy/KDE3 I have noticed a considerable graphic slowdown - I suspect mainly due to the enhanced graphic effects combined with bad graphics drivers. Glitchy fade effects, jerky movements etc.When I open "Hardware Drivers" I get a notification telling ...
I am having some trouble installing my graphics drivers. Keep in mind I am a noob. lspci output for applicable parameters is as follows:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]I am pr ...
I was having loads of problems installing the ATI fglrx drivers for my ATi Radeon 9600, and after great difficulty and lots of terminal usage, I came across a method for the installation of the card on the Ubuntu help site.The main problem was that I could only use the 640x480 resolution, on a 19 in ...
Here's the deal. I can get two different configurations to "work."Configuration 1:Drivers: ATI Proprietary DriversInstallation Process:use the .run file to extract the fglrx stuff, then run the fglrxconfig. This then causes problems with the xorg.conf file, involving bad font paths, so I r ...
I have been looking all over for a guide on how to update my graphics driversso far they are all for 8.04 but i am running 9.04ive been using linux for about 3 days now and need a simple guide on how i can update my graphics drivers!i gotta....ATI mobility Radeon 9000 IGPmy chip set is...01:00.0 VGA ...
I haven't installed graphics drivers on Gutsy before and was wondering if there is any 'how-to' or anything to keep in mind when installing.I have an ATI-based X300SE card and therefore, would be installing the 8.40.4 drivers?I was looking at using Envy but I think the current version is unsupported ...
I am having some serious problems with my graphics i believe.Attaching any logs is rather extremely hard ! I have a pc home that i used 8.04 Server edition.i decided to upgrade to 10.04 a week ago.Everything went fine, for over a week..So i updated yesterday with some packages, and tried restarting ...
I would like to do the fancy graphics thing. Ive been trying for a good while and have now installed Ubuntu some four of five times. Fortunately the Ubuntu makers make that easy. I did accidentally delete xp on one of those occasions Ubuntu makers also make that easy (smile)...however I havent given ...
i just finished the upgrade of ubuntu from 7.10 to 8.04 via the update manager this morning.. everything went fine and the computer restarted after the upgrade completed and i logged in with no issues, then i had a prompt on my taskbar to install an ATI graphics driver from the restricted drivers.. ...
Hi. I am a relative newbie to Ubuntu. I recently got a toshiba satellite l305d-s5895 and installed 8.10. I have a weird issue where occasionally (probably around 30% of the time) that I boot up, i get these weird lines across my screen. it looks like when a you rewind a movie on a vcr. its blurry an ...
I have an Athlon dual core HTPC with a ATI graphics card. I installed Lucid Lynx on it and ran system update. Afterwards, Ubuntu offered me the option to install the restricted drivers for the ATI GPU, which I did, but now the GPU outputs an image that does not fill the screen. I had the same issue ...
I an new to Ubuntu and I am trying to install the drivers to my ATI graphics card so that I can get Counter Strike Source to work fluiently. Does any one know how to do this? ...
I've able to successfully install and run ubuntu on USB drive with persistance mode (installation from USB start up disk creator + persistance file), I could also be able to install a couple of video codecs on this installation and works cool, but I have an issue with my video drivers.I have ATI Rad ...
I have the open source drivers for my ATI card, but when I try to run WoW in wine I get a error message that reads:X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX)Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)Seri ...
Hello. I installed the full version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, codenamed Lucid Lynx earlier today. Soon after booting into the operating system for the first time, I installed the ATi proprietary drivers, called "fglrx", from the official Ubuntu repository. The system boots through the kernel, b ...
I have a 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570, and had the same problem with my other laptop with an X1400. No matter what settings I use, I get minor tearing that rolls down my screen. This includes moving Compiz windows, watching video in any player, running glxgears, watching flash, and anything els ...
I have a toshiba tecra A6 laptop with an ATI mobility radeon x1400 which I have been running ubuntu very happily since may of this year. Scroll to -X-X-X-X if you're not interested in my story :(I have been using the ATI proprietary drivers downloaded from ati's website. These have worked since may ...
Hi. I'm on a new Thinkpad T400 laptop, with integrated Intel Bluetooth and an ATI Mobility Radeon 3470. I'm dual booting with Windows XP 64-bit.Whenever I boot to Ubuntu immediately after having been in Windows, everything works great. But when I boot to Ubuntu again, without booting to Windows firs ...
I an a new user to Ubuntu and have installed version 7.10. I am puzzled as to why a boot from the CD loads everything fine and the ATI graphics acceleration works really well. So surprised to see so many threads about ATI. However, when I boot from the Hard Drive I cannot get the Acceleration to wor ...
I have tried to install an ATI Graphics card and it did not work. Im wondering if its because of Ubuntu not have the correct drivers or if its just something simple like not enough power from power supply. I looked at the card while installed and didnt see the fan moving. The box says 300w recomende ...