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Installing driver for ATI card to enable 3D acceleration

Asked by psydex

I'm trying to install driver for ATI Radeon x550 to enable 3D acceleration so i can run Unity.
I'm currently using Ubuntu 11.04 (classic view)
A looked at this article https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver but i didn't understand what exactly should i do to install it. Any help? Command?

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BabyGeek (babygeek) said : 		#1

Open a terminal then type: /usr/bin/jockey-gtk
if there's your graphic card driver, enable it.

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psydex (psydex) said : 		#2

I did that already! Nothing in there...

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psydex (psydex) said : 		#3

I tryed the driver downloaded from the ATI's website but i get this error

peppo@ubuntu:~/Плот$ ./ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run
Created directory fglrx-install.EadNMC
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.593...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
==================================================
 ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:x86_64:lib32::none:2.6.38-8-generic; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.EadNMC

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