I just downloaded ubuntu, this is my first time usin linux so im kinda lost, im tryin to install my ati driver, but im having no luck, i downloaded the driver, went to install it, i get this message

Could not open the file /home/kc/Desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

I tryed running it through the terminal too, and i getthe same thing. Please Help.

You'll have to make it "executable" first after downloading. This has to do with the way Linux file permissions work. in a terminal, do You can highlight the text code on the forum and paste it in a terminal by clicking the middle mouse button (wheel).

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By the way, you might find these docs useful:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...32.5-inst.html

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Thanks I tryed that and im getting this message

kc@gamer:~$ chmod + x /home/kc/Desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
chmod: cannot access `x': No such file or directory

What am i doin wrong? I really appreciate the help

Oh, I'm very sorry, I made a typo ! it should've been (Without a space between the '+' and the 'x')

Ok i tried it without the space and nothin seems to be hapening.
Also i took a look at the first link you gave me and was going through the steps for that one, then i ran into this step typed it in and i get this

kc@gamer:~$ bash ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/edgy
bash: ./ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run: No such file or directory

Wondering if you knew what the problem was, thanks

Alright i tried it like this and it started to uncompress it but it stops heres the message

kc@gamer:~$ /home/kc/Desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.28.8.............................................................................................. .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ...........................................................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: Xorg 7.1.1
find: install/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri: No such file or directory
find: install/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel: No such file or directory
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install


Any ideal why its not finishing it?

If it works as expected it will not give any message. It'll only tell you if something is going wrong.

for './some_executable' to work 'some_executable' must be in the directory you're working in. '.' is the directory you're in. For instance, "cd ." will 'change' to the directory you're already in (can't think of a more useful example now ).

I do not have any experience installing an ATI card nor am I running Ubuntu, so I sure hope somebody with both these things will jump in and rescue you.. Good luck!