I've also got an
Amilo 1536 Pi, with
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400.
I did install
Ubuntu 9.04 from a
bootable USB memory, of the strange reason that the
DVD-drive disappeared (it got power but it completely lost contact with the motherboard/BIOS).
So I was taking the opportunity to install Ubuntu 9.04 (since I couldn't re-install Windows at all) by making a bootable USB memory stick and was booting from that device.
Everything went ok, and I installed
Compiz and such stuff to have the fun newbie parts as
3D-cube etc. - I did even install
wine to have my essential
Spotify running smoothly in Ubuntu.
But, for some reason I couldn't get
TV-out (S-VHS out) to work, the TV wasn't even recognized. This is also essential for me, music and TV-out are the main use of my computer at home (apart from surfing and mailing).
I did read about this, and followed some tutorials as the Linux newbie I am, the
binary drivers howto in the
Ubuntu help section for
ATI/Radeon to install the
proprietary fglrx drivers etc.
First of all I couldn't find any proprietary drivers in
System-Administration-Hardware Drivers - so some tutorials about automatic installs didn't work. But I could install the drivers by downloading them from ATI site and then follow some manual steps, but I had to change some parameters in the install (
sh ./driverfilename.run --buildpkgandinstall Ubuntu/jaunty if I remember correctly).
I have re-intalled Ubuntu a couple of times now, skipping the Compiz install due to the word that says that the
fglrx-drivers or something wasn't compatible with Compiz or the other way around.
At some stages I got a propertiary driver in the
System-Administration-Hardware Drivers - but then
ATI catalyst control center couldn't start with a message telling something about that the
fglrx drivers wasn't correctly installed or something.
However in every attempt to make it work it always ends up with an
almost black screen on re-boot (with the logo and progressbar in wrong graphic mode strangely placed with noise and strange colors at multiple positions) - a memory dump of a screen that couldn't be displayed by the current drivers maybe. The computer hangs at that stage/state also. So I have to make a new re-install every time that occurs.
The
fglrxinfo command didn't show any expected output when it seemed that I had succeeded in installing the proprietary drivers.
It's a time consuming process and I lack one thing in this world, and that's time, I have to start Ubuntu using the non-persistent version from the USB-memory to be able to google for solutions and to write this reply in this thread - I will end this documentary session by putting down some links that I have or will follow in my attempts to make this work - I'll probably not find references to all tutorials and tips since I've re-installed a couple of times and I didn't type the links down on paper. I'll post if I have any success.
any help from someone that already managed this and got it to work would be of great interest and greatly appreciated.
I have looked at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...dDrivers%2FATI (failure described above)
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alot more links not documented... one with the link above and then an explanation on how to activate TV-out, however that would be interesting when I can boot with correct drivers and be able to use the system.
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I will take a look at and maybe try:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troublesho...thRadeonDriver
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1093170.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2420732
http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonTV
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and will probably search for many more tutorials/tips/solutions until I have it working properly.
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Upgrading Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04
