ATI Video Card Support for Ubuntu 10.04?

[AJC.]

Ok so I just downloaded the new Ubuntu 10.04 and I have an ATI 4890 Graphics Card The last time I tried downloading the drivers of the little Ubuntu Hardware finder it gave me a black screen and I didn't know what to do so I deleted the partition. This time I researcher up on it a little and found this app called "EnvyNG". It's supposed to download the drivers for me in a easy and safe way. I have been having problems with download the app from the Ubuntu Universe suppository (Example)-

?sudo apt-get install envyng-core envyng-qt?
why it shows the message:
Reading package list?Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information?Done
E: Couldn?t find package envyng-core

even though the repository won't work I found people who did get it still had the black screen problem. From all the reading up I did on it, it seemed very confusing-

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/FglrxInteferesWithRadeonDriver

Also I do have the Ubuntu Universe suppository checked off and working so I really don't know what to do. I would just like to know what the most easy way is to make my ati 4890 driver to work in Ubuntu, I don't care how it's done I just need to know in a simple and easy fashion (maybe screenshots).

Anyways please I'm new to Linux an would love to use it if it only worked for me :(

Thanks.

[x-scratch]

did the follow the steps here http://albertomilone.com/envyngfaq.html

[Phenom II]

try the hardware drivers thing again, if it doesnt work, when you hit the grub boot screen, choose safe mode, and then repair packages I think its called, its pretty straight forward to get back in with the original display settings again

[AJC.]

  On 01/05/2010 at 02:18, sCrAtCh420th said:

did the follow the steps here http://albertomilone.com/envyngfaq.html

yes and with no luck. I'm gonna try what Phenom II said. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?

[Menge]

you can always use the drivers from www.amd.com (I'm using them on my 4670 on 10.04 just fine)

[Lazure]

ATI has always been a rough ride in linux and opengl stuff. =/

[Yorak]

Download the latest driver from the ATI website.

Move to the directory of that file:

cd /<directory of file>

Download the needed dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms
# Install ia32-libs if on a 64-bit system.

Run the installer:

sudo sh ati*.run

After finishing the installation:

sudo aticonfig --initial

Reboot. Hopefully everything will work then.

Please Note: These are not my own instructions. They were found here.

[x-scratch]

  On 01/05/2010 at 02:55, Yorak said:

Download the latest driver from the ATI website.

Move to the directory of that file:

cd /<directory of file>

Download the needed dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms
# Install ia32-libs if on a 64-bit system.

Run the installer:

sudo sh ati*.run

After finishing the installation:

sudo aticonfig --initial

Reboot. Hopefully everything will work then.

Please Note: These are not my own instructions. They were found here.

& i always used this command

cd Desktop sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-10-3-x86.x86_64.run

guess your method ads newer files

[BoneyardBrew Member]

I was able to install the Hardware Drivers from within Ubuntu and it worked out just fine for me luckily. I have an ATi Radeon 5850 1GB card.

[AJC.]

Wow, O.o Thanks for all the help! I got it working just right now! THANKS

Go out and buy yourself some cake!

[ViperAFK]

With a 4890 the default open source drivers should work perfectly, with compiz ect.. too.

[SupSurfer]

  On 01/05/2010 at 02:55, Yorak said:

Download the latest driver from the ATI website.

Move to the directory of that file:

cd /<directory of file>

Download the needed dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms
# Install ia32-libs if on a 64-bit system.

Run the installer:

sudo sh ati*.run

After finishing the installation:

sudo aticonfig --initial

Reboot. Hopefully everything will work then.

Please Note: These are not my own instructions. They were found here.

Are these the same instructions I should follow even if I have a different ATI video controller? Mine is an ATI Radeon X300 which I'm trying to use on Ubuntu 10.04.

Thanks!

[Rob2687]

  On 23/06/2010 at 18:26, SupSurfer said:

Are these the same instructions I should follow even if I have a different ATI video controller? Mine is an ATI Radeon X300 which I'm trying to use on Ubuntu 10.04.

Thanks!

No.

That driver doesn't support the x300. The only driver that will work on 10.04 is the open source driver which should be in use by default.

[SupSurfer]

Thanks for the reply. So even this proprietary linux driver from ATI probably won't help with my screen problems? http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.12〈=English

I'm having all kinds of video issues.

1. Screen resolution. Screen gets garbled (various colors and lines all over the screen so i can't see Ubuntu at all) when I switch screen resolutions. If I switch the res from 1152 x 864 to anything else such as 1280x1024 or 1024x768 it gets so garbled, I'm forced to hold down the power button to turn off the PC and reboot.

2. My desktop (really noticeable with maximized windows such as firefox) exceeds the size of my LCD screen. The outside edges of the desktop or maximized window are just out of sight on what I'm seeing on my screen. For example, with a maximized window, the screen is too far to the right so I can't see the vertical scroll bar. I can fix this by using the buttons on my LCD monitor to change the horizontal positioning until I see everything normally but when I reboot, it goes back to the same problem again. This does not happen in Windows.

3. When I try to use any 3D screensaver such as the ant spotlight, after it goes to screensaver, the whole PC freezes and I have to do a cold reboot on my PC

[Rob2687]

  On 24/06/2010 at 16:23, SupSurfer said:

Thanks for the reply. So even this proprietary linux driver from ATI probably won't help with my screen problems? http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.12〈=English

It might but that driver is outdated and does not work on 10.04. I think the last Ubuntu release in which that driver was compatible with was 9.04.

[Lazure]

And people never listen to me when I try to tell them that ATI has major issues with opengl and linux. The fanboys just shrug me off and say "ATI IS BETTER THAN NVIDIA!!1111 CUZ ITS CHEAPER AND MORE POWERFULAR!1"

I had similar problems way back when I had an ATI card and tried to use linux with it. Truly irritating.

Only get ATI if you are sure you're only going to be playing directx-based windows games and not going to deviate too far from that.

[SupSurfer]

Okay. So if I continue to have a lot of video problems, I should just downgrade to 9.04 then?

[chago12]

ati drivers suck on windows, what would one expect of the linux drivers?

[Lazure]

  On 25/06/2010 at 14:58, SupSurfer said:

Okay. So if I continue to have a lot of video problems, I should just downgrade to 9.04 then?

Using an older version of the entire OS isn't going to change the fact that ATI drivers in linux blow. There are ways to get older drivers without gimping the rest of your OS. Linux doesn't change the way Windows does as new releases come out.

[SupSurfer]

I've never had any issues like these or any other video issues with my ATI controller in Windows. This only happens in Linux.

[PGHammer]

  On 25/06/2010 at 17:00, SupSurfer said:

I've never had any issues like these or any other video issues with my ATI controller in Windows. This only happens in Linux.

And which graphics card do you have?

If you are using anything older than R300 (Radeon 9xxx), you are stuck using the old (but FOSS) ati driver (this has been true since before Fedora).

For all hardware between R3xx and the Evergreen family (including Mobility versions of these parts), you can use the FOSS radeon driver or for the HD2xxx/3xxx/4xxx GPU families (again, including Mobility) the current-generation Linux Catalyst (proprietary) driver.

For HD5xxx (all of them), the proprietary driver is the only choice (however, that means you cannot use the latest and greatest versions of Xorg or the latest Linux kernels, as they are too new; this roadblocks Fedora 13, openSuSE 11.3-testing, and anything later than either). Exception - AMD is working with Canonical to create customized versions of the proprietary drivers for use with Ubuntu and the respins thereof; they also work, with some modification, with most other Debian-based distributions.

I have an HD5450 (Cedar, the bottom of AMD's Evergreen family) and dual-boot openSuSE 11.2 x64 and Windows 7 x64, and have no problems whatever with the card, OSes, or AMD drivers thereof; therefore, I refuse to take the troll-bait.

  On 25/06/2010 at 01:32, Lazure said:

And people never listen to me when I try to tell them that ATI has major issues with opengl and linux. The fanboys just shrug me off and say "ATI IS BETTER THAN NVIDIA!!1111 CUZ ITS CHEAPER AND MORE POWERFULAR!1"

I had similar problems way back when I had an ATI card and tried to use linux with it. Truly irritating.

Only get ATI if you are sure you're only going to be playing directx-based windows games and not going to deviate too far from that.

Obviously you don't realize that there are customized (by AMD) drivers available for 'buntu 10.04 (and even 10.10, which is only at alpha 2) available from Canonical.

'buntu/Canonical is, in fact, the *only* Linux distribution getting this particular special treatment (which has been going on since Gutsy Gibbon) from AMD.

  On 01/05/2010 at 02:12, AJC. said:

Ok so I just downloaded the new Ubuntu 10.04 and I have an ATI 4890 Graphics Card The last time I tried downloading the drivers of the little Ubuntu Hardware finder it gave me a black screen and I didn't know what to do so I deleted the partition. This time I researcher up on it a little and found this app called "EnvyNG". It's supposed to download the drivers for me in a easy and safe way. I have been having problems with download the app from the Ubuntu Universe suppository (Example)-

?sudo apt-get install envyng-core envyng-qt?
why it shows the message:
Reading package list?Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information?Done
E: Couldn?t find package envyng-core

even though the repository won't work I found people who did get it still had the black screen problem. From all the reading up I did on it, it seemed very confusing-

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/FglrxInteferesWithRadeonDriver

Also I do have the Ubuntu Universe suppository checked off and working so I really don't know what to do. I would just like to know what the most easy way is to make my ati 4890 driver to work in Ubuntu, I don't care how it's done I just need to know in a simple and easy fashion (maybe screenshots).

Anyways please I'm new to Linux an would love to use it if it only worked for me :(

Thanks.

You have an option - the proprietary AMD driver (a customized-for-Lucid version is available from within 10.04 via System->Hardware; in addition to checking to see if any non-FOSS drivers are installed, it will also check the repos to see if such drivers are available). To download and install it, click the Activate button; then reboot (or log out and then back in) when prompted.