trying to install ATI 9550 proprietary drivers.
hello everyone. i'm new to linux and i have just configured a dual-boot of win XP and Ubuntu 8.10. i was trying to install the drivers for my vid card (ATI Radeon 9550) and i get the error:Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run. please forgive me for being so clueless, but i was simply using the instructions from ATI website. i was thinking maybe i had to completely remove the ati packages from synaptec, but i was afraid i would mess up something. all the info i've read seems very confusing because i'm used to click-here-and-we'll-do-the-rest windows software. ANY helpful links or advise would be greatly appreciated. i'm studying all i can on operating command lines right now, and i really want to get the hang of this OS. thanks in advance, 10/4
MSI MS 6741 mobo AMD64 3000 2.0 GH 1 GB DDR ATI Radeon 9550 AGP (256 MB) Creative Soundblaster Audigy 24 Bit Western Digital 80 GB SATA "if it weren't for sea-sickness, everyone would be a sailor." -Charles Darwin |
First of all, welcome to Linux Questions. Second welcome to the happy club of ATI Radeon 9550 users. Here's how you install the proprietary driver that you downloaded from the ati site.
1. Make sure the ati-driver-installer... file is executable. Open a terminal and go to the folder where the ati-driver-installer is located. 2. Then execute the following command: Code:
chmod ugoa+x ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run Code:
sudo ./ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run Good luck, jdk |
hello again. i put the driver in a created folder called ATI when i navigate to it and put in the command i get:
parham@parham-desktop:~/Desktop/ATI$ chmod ugoa+x ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run chmod: cannot access `ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run': No such file or directory parham@parham-desktop:~/Desktop/ATI$ if i use ls command i can see the driver, but still can't execute a command on it. i guess i just need to study command line navigation a little more. if it's something silly god bless you for pointing it out. thanks, 10/4 |
Please tell me what is the output of
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ls -l ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run Code:
sudo ugoa+x ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run cheers, jdk |
i was typing the ati driver file in wrong. 9.3 instead of 9-3. jokes on me. no errors. thanks, parham
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should i have purged all video drivers BEFORE i installed the new drivers? (like in windows). i'm getting the ati catalyst control, but it doesn't let me control the advanced 3-d options such an anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing. thanks for your patience. this is sooo fun. i'm addicted and learning all i can squeeze in my brain.
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ATI is producing a new driver every month so if you are obsessive like me ;) you can practice installing the module every month also and that way, after a few months it will become second nature. Have fun with ppracer and neverputt. jdk |
parham@parham-desktop:~/Desktop/ATI$ ls -l ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run
-rwxr-xr-x 1 parham parham 84841550 2009-03-31 00:46 ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run second command yeilded: parham@parham-desktop:~/Desktop/ATI$ sudo ugoa+x ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run sudo: ugoa+x: command not found parham@parham-desktop:~/Desktop/ATI$ my framerate increased with a driver specifically packaged for ubunutu 8.10, but the gears looked jerky. results of the gears test were ~110.00 FPS over 5 second interval. when i tried to remove the original drivers i lost my desktop and had to invoke recovery option from start screen. really thought i had it.:o 10/4 |
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Cheers, jdk |
6175 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1232.651 FPS
this is my new frame rate. seems really hi now. when i said i removed drivers, i meant i went to the folder /usr/src/ and deleted the ati and the fglrx folder. when i tried to go back in upon restart the screen looked like horizontal lines and i couldn't ascertain anything. one of my options was to reconfigure driver and i ticked the box and my desktop became usable again. then i went back throught the original installation protocal, installing the package compiled for ubuntu 8.10. the glxgears reading is now good, but the gear screen blinks with horizontal lines. i hope i did everything right. thanks for your patience. 10/4 |
oh yeah. when i try to click on catalyst control i get the following error: There was a problem initializing the catalyst control center linux edition. it could be caused by the following: No ATI grapihcs driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly.
please install the appropriate drivers for your ATI hardware or configure using aticonfig. maybe i need to start over or something. |
Ok, but is this the way you want it? Does ubuntu give you the compiled version of the proprietary driver? Do you want/have 3D acceleration? What does running fglrxinfo give you as output?
cheers, jdk |
Ok, now I saw your last message. You keep switching how you want to install your driver and it only makes things more complicated. You can either (a) stick with the results of your ubuntu driver or remove that package and any other fglrx packages and the fglrx folder in /usr/src/modules and start over with the ati-driver-installer stuff. I can suggest another way to do this which gives you a bit more control (it's the way I do it) but it's more complicated than just running the script. Let me know what you want to do.
cheers, jdk |
ok. i have completely screwed my distro up. i can't get to a legible desktop, and i can't use onboard graphics. none of the options after post allow me to get back to a workable screen. SO: I'm going to reinstall another distro. I learned a lot in screwing things up this time around, and since it's free i need to start again from scratch. i read one of your posts, and you are running debian, correct? i think i'll try that one next. also, i've read post after post of ubuntu users pulling their hair out over ati graphics cards. could you suggest a good version? since i have a dual boot, winxp will keep me in communication.
thanks, 10/4 "if at first you don't succeed...try second base?" |
alright. i chickened out on Debian and re-installed ubuntu 8.10. i went through the installation without a hitch. i installed the package specific for my distro, all the packages were installed with debian package manager. still says i have no ATI drivers when trying to go into catalyst control. i know this sounds vague, but if you give me specific info you need to look at, i will get it to you.
thanks again, p |
When I first read your posts I was under the impression that you were trying to get the 9.3 drivers to work in Ubuntu 8.10. Are you using Debian instead?
I'm curious because I've got the exact same problem with the 9.3 drivers making my login and desktop completely scrambled in Ubuntu 8.10. I'm pretty sure I removed the old drivers completely and installed it right, so I can't really see why it's not working. But if your problem was initially in Debian and you got it to work in ubuntu, I'd like to know how you did that. :) I'm not about to give up as I got the drivers to work perfectly (even world of warcraft ran like a dream) in 8.04, and I know people have gotten it to work in 8.10 as well, so why shouldn't I? :D Luckily I agree that this is great fun. Being a noob the OS holds much fascination. :P |
In case you're still struggling with this, and in case someone might be able to help me, here's what I found. :)
I've still got 8.04 on a different partition, so I went there and opened the xorg.conf from 8.10 to change the driver back to "vesa", hoping that would fix the scrambled graphics and let me log in. Only the driver was already set to "vesa". (And yes, I'm sure this was the right xorg.conf, the one belonging to 8.04 already has the 9.3 driver working perfectly). So, I went to /usr/src/modules and deleted the fglrx folder, restarted the comp and voila.... nothing changed. This leaves me a bit puzzled as I figured what I just did should have removed the driver. And the only time I ever got those scrambled graphics was after the two times I tried installing the ATI 9.3 drivers and restarted. So if it's not the driver, what is it? Or if it is the driver, what more can I do to get rid of it? |
are you getting any video at all? if so what driver are you using at the moment?
cheers, jdk |
I was using the Catalyst 9.3 on both Hardy and Intrepid, but it only worked on Hardy.
Anyway, I found a new way to fix it. Install Jaunty. ;) |
Need help after
I used your method and it worked, it started the installation in the terminal, but it gave me an error and stopped.
Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version default:v2:i686:lib::none:2.6.28-11-generic; make sure that the version is being correctly set by --iscurrentdistro |
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