Ati Mobility Radeon 3650 and Ubuntu 10.04

stefanofalone · 05-22-2010, 04:54 AM

Hi everyone,
I've recently installed Ubuntu Lucid Linx on my Toshiba Satellite P300-19F laptop, which is equipped with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 video board.
The open source driver which is loaded by Ubuntu works quite well but I would like to use proprietary drivers provided by ATI. However, if I choose to activate fglrx drivers in 'Driver Hardware' section, the system hangs during the following reboot and X start (color artifacts and PC freeze). Does anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks so much in advance. Stefano

adamk75 · 05-22-2010, 03:30 PM

We'd need to see the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file that is being generated by X when you use the fglrx driver. Can you ssh in from another machine after X hangs?

Adam

stefanofalone · 05-23-2010, 02:29 AM

No, I cannot ssh in from another machine after X hangs, but maybe I could see the content of Xorg.0.log in a recovery mode before starting X?
Do you think it could be possible?
Stefano

adamk75 · 05-23-2010, 12:46 PM

You could try, but chances are if the machine is locking up so solidly, the log file isn't finished being written to when the lockup occurs. Unfortunately I do not have another suggestion at the moment.