Installing and Configuring an ATI Binary Video Driver under Ubuntu 8.10

Remember Ubuntu Support will not respond to issues caused by 3rd Party Binary graphic drivers. Follow these steps at your own risk. Written for an AMD64 system.

You can read some great step by step instructions at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6709120&postcount=15

Reproducing some of it here for my own safe keeping.

Download the latest linux driver for your video card from amd.com.

cd to the directory where your downloaded file was saved and after making sure the file is executable, run this:

./ati-driver-installer-9-2-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/8.10


Now make sure that /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-local
contains # blacklist fglrx. The hash means it’s NOT blacklisted. Which for this file is what we want.
Add lines here to blacklist any nvidia display modules, if you have them installed.

Also check /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common if it exists and make sure it contains DISABLED_MODULES=”fglrx”
This disables the fglrx module from the Ubuntu repositories.
Supposedly not needed anymore with the new modalias .deb.

Reboot and select the recovery mode kernel from grub. Drop into root console.

Check you have networking enabled by running:
ping www.google.com
If you get a successful ping, then proceed to the next driver steps, otherwise do this orange box.

Edit /etc/network/interfaces
nano /etc/network/interfaces

There should be two line that say “auto lo” and beneath it “iface lo inet loopback”. Now beneath these lines write:

auto <interface>
iface <interface> inet dhcp


if you’re on a wireless connection, also add:

wireless-essid <network name>
wireless-key <network key>


When I say <interface> it is the interface for your (wireless) connection, something like eth0. <network name> is the name of the network you’re connecting to and <network key> is the security key for that network.

Then run:

ifup <interface>


and if wireless also run:

iwconfig <interface>


If you have an Ati driver already installed do:

rmmod fglrx

Skip if you don’t.

Now, navigate to the folder where you have those .deb files from earlier.

Run

apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms ia32libs linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Then run these lines:

dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_*.deb
dpkg -i fglrx-amdcccle_*.deb
dpkg -i fglrx-modaliases_*.deb
dpkg -i libamdxvba1_*.deb
dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_*.deb


That should be the driver installed now.

Run

aticonfig --initial -f

If you are not upgrading from an older Ati driver xorg config

All done. Now Reboot.

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