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Try downloading the installer from the ATi website. module assistant tends to be picky and has failed on me various times where downloading from the ATi or Nvidia (usually Nvidia for me) works more than not. If that doesn't help we will need to see the error message module-assistant is giving by viewing the error log. try running this:
Have you installed the kernel headers for your kernel? m-a requires these to build the fglrx driver which is kernel-specific (you'll have to do it every time you change kernels if you're using the proprietary driver). I think the 2.6.30 supports it's own fglrx-module package so you might consider using that instead of the the proprietary driver.
cheers,
jdk
It's not the headers' or the kernel's fault. Fglrx is not compatible with every kernel.
The testing branch hosts kernel 2.6.30 and fglrx 9.2. Let me explain how compatible is the fglrx series with numbers and kernel versions. (compatible = can be built with kernel).
9.2 is compatible up to kernel 2.6.27.
9.3 to 9.7 are compatible up to kernel 2.6.28 (9.3=partially, 9.7=full).
9.8 is compatible with kernels 2.6.29 and 2.6.30.
Compatibility for 2.6.31 (likely to go stable in September) will come with the release of ubuntu 9.10 on October. Needless to say why...
9.8 is hosted on sid's repos today if you want to give it a shot and not to mess with ati's installer.
(I know the above first hand because I am on a 3850)
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