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radeon 9200se cannot install driver

Asked by Mick

Hi,
I'm new to Ubuntu and find most of the terminology very confusing so if there is an answer to my problem, could someone be kind enough to tell me in a way my granny would understand.
I have started Ubuntu and done all the updates.
I have a Radeon 9200se graphics card that doesn't seem to be recognized, I've downloaded the driver which won't run.
The refresh rate is at present 60 Hz and is only possible to watch for short periods at a time.
Please please make the answer very simple.
Many thanks,
                      Mick
I've read lots of forums and things like sudo, and xorg keep being mentioned, I haven't a clue what these words and many more mean. Please help

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

There are a number of good how tos on the web for setting up your graphics card. This one (http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_feisty_beryl_ati_radeon) is good. You can ignore the part about beryl if you don't want it. Beryl is what gives you the 3d desktop and spinning cube effects.

If you installed version 7.04 (feisty fawn) then the driver install is now more or less automatic. Just go to system -> admin -> restricted drivers manager and check the box. It will install and set up the correct driver. That should work for most people. Your card looks like it's well supported so that may be all you need to do.

Another option is the envy script (http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html). It seems to work well for a lot of people. I used it in the past but with the restricted driver manager in feisty I didn't need it.

sudo is the command you use when working in a terminal to tell the system you want admin (called root in Linux) power. It's needed when editing system files and such. For example, the command

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

will open the xorg.conf file in a text editor and allow you to make changes to it. Without sudo you would not be able to save changes since it's a system file.

xorg is one of the terms related to the X window system. X windows is what gives you a GUI in Linux. You'll also see terms like xserver or startx which all refer in one way or another to the X window.

Hope that gets you started. Linux is a lot of fun once you begin to pick up the new terms and such. It took me about 6 months to really start to feel comfortable and to be honest I still have a long way to go.

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