blank screen new ATi drivers, ubuntu 11.04

alboy · 08-12-2011, 06:07 AM

I've just followed the prompt to install the Ati drivers showed as additional drivers. I activated these but now my monitor does not work. I'm running the latest version of Ubuntu (11.04) and I've got a Radeon HD5430. I could log in on a black screen. I had to reboot after this and go in to safe mode with basic video drivers to get a working screen and it wouldn't load Unity. How can I fix this or get back to where I was without having to reinstall Ubuntu?

hedron · 08-13-2011, 07:28 PM

Are you sure your driver version is compatible with your kernel version? Which driver version are you using?

jdkaye · 08-13-2011, 11:53 PM

I found this link which may be useful.

Quote:

Catalyst™ Proprietary Display Driver for ATI Radeon HD 5430

Automated installer and Display Drivers for X.Org 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, or 7.6

Make sure you have a correct version of xserver-xorg installed. You could also try xorg's radeon or radeonhd drivers (I use radeon on my HD4350 and it works fine including direct rendering).
ciao,
jdk

kdelover · 08-14-2011, 12:49 AM

Hi,

Please download the drivers from here.

Code:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

or

Code:

 http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.42&lang=English

Once downloaded run the shell script,you can install this in CLI mode as well.Make sure that you have the linux-headers for your kernel
which are required while installing the drivers
ex:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64

,
once installed please check the logfile under

Code:

/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log

to see if the process completed successfully or not.

markush · 08-14-2011, 04:29 AM

Hello,

when installing the proprietary ATI-driver it is necessary to run the command

Code:

aticonfig --initial

afterwards. I'm not sure if the installer of your distributions does this by default. But you can check this because the aticonfig command creates a xorg.conf and will backup the old one.

Markus

alboy · 08-15-2011, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hedron

Are you sure your driver version is compatible with your kernel version? Which driver version are you using?

How do I know which driver version I'm using? Sorry but I'm really new to all this.

jdkaye · 08-15-2011, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alboy

How do I know which driver version I'm using? Sorry but I'm really new to all this.

Look in the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log That will tell you which driver it's trying to load and if it succeeded.
ciao,
jdk