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ATI X1600 Pro Driver...

Asked by jamesyfx

Just installlled.. Xubuntu Linux!

Everythings alright, except the graphics driver. Scrolling is painfully flow, and any kind of animation takes forever, and I can't use y monitors native resolution. AND I always get an "out of range" wheneer Xubuntu is booting up or shutting down.

I'm wondering HOW to install an ATI Driver.

I've seen a lot of them! On the ATI.com website, all these other packages and things I've looked up.. Nothing makes sense to me. I need a step-to-step guide designed for a complete moron.. If such a thing exists.

After this driver, I'll bet set. Its all I need to use the system. :)

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Christophe Avare (christophe-avare) said : 		#1

The ATI driver is in the package called fglrx (go figure...)

After installing this package through the package manager (Synaptic in the System menu), you also need to run (as root in a terminal):

sudo aticonfig --initial

Then log out and, before login again type Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (this kills the X server and force a new one to restart with the new configuration).

If you experience some hang (this is my case with an ATI X1300 card), just reboot.
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jamesyfx (jamesyfx) said : 		#2

I installed it, it seems to work. Thank you. :)

But I still get Out of Range messages when Im booting up and shutting down Xubuntu.

It's not totally a problem, but I'd rather have it working as it should.

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Christophe Avare (christophe-avare) said : 		#3

Ignore those messages, this is noise for the geeks!

They come from the kernel (or bios?) when it attempts to allocate resources for all your hardware by relocating the memory and io ports required by your extension cards (mainly the graphic one) and making room for your system.

Cheers
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Best jamesyfx (jamesyfx) said : 		#4

Okay. Thanks for clearing that up. :)

Much appreciated.

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astoreth (matt4914) said : 		#5

I installed the the same package (in synaptic), but when i run the command, i get the following...

sudo aticonfig --initial
password:
Warning: Could not find configuration file
Please copy configuration file template to /etc/X11

do you know how to fix this?

system:
ATI X1600 pro
3.0 ghz P4
1.5 gig ram
40 gig hdd
cd/dvd drive
ubuntu 7.04
(note, im not running xUbuntu...is that the problem?)

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astoreth (matt4914) said : 		#6

I installed the the same package (in synaptic), but when i run the command, i get the following...

sudo aticonfig --initial
password:
Warning: Could not find configuration file
Please copy configuration file template to /etc/X11

do you know how to fix this?

system:
ATI X1600 pro
3.0 ghz P4
1.5 gig ram
40 gig hdd
cd/dvd drive
ubuntu 7.04
(note, im not running xUbuntu...is that the problem?)

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kaino (fpenta) said : 		#7

It's not a dekstop manager issue, as the procedure described above it's ok for every ubuntu distribution.
Seems the aticonfig tool cannot access the X configuration file.
Try to check permissions on /etc/X11/xorg.conf