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ati x1200 support on ubuntu 10.04

Asked by fvelilla

is there support for the proprietary drivers of this legacy ati video card in the new upcoming ubuntu?

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johnnynyquist (johnnynyquist) said : 		#1

You can tell ubuntu to install the proprietary drivers. I have an ATI HD 3200 and the proprietary driver (fglrx) works well.

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fvelilla (fvelilla) said : 		#2

ubuntu 10.04 "hardware drivers" program does not detect the video card. due to this I'm force to use the open source drivers.

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Rohan Garg (rohangarg) said : 		#3

The fglrx driver supports ATI cards from 8500 and up, with the exception of the 9100 IGP, the Mobility 9000 (IBM/Lenovo), and possibly a few others (read the release notes on the download page on ATI's website). As of this writing the x800 cards are difficult to get working and the x1600+ cards are not supported, but check the support forum for the latest information.

How to for fglrx ( Unofficial ) : http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Installation_Guide
Unofficial Support forum : http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=88

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

It doesn't work as ATi are still behind in support (standard). Lucid ships with xorg version 7.5 wheras ATi's driver only supports up to xorg 7.4
source:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.5&lang=English

So you can either hang on Karmic which uses 7.4 or find a way to use xorg 7.4 on Lucid (messy).

This situation is entirely the fault of ATI. Nvidia support is great and their drivers run on Lucid without a single issue. Mind you Nvidia have supported Linux as long as I've been using Linux (since 1995) and they re the ONLY video card brand I will buy due to phenomenal support

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fvelilla (fvelilla) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.