ATI Graphics

[EdOilers94]

hey all, i am new to using Kubuntu. A friend told it was cool. totally agree. I am trying to get my graphics card to work faster. basically i would like advice on how to install ATI Graphics on Kubuntu, i hope ive posted this in the right forum.... thanks for those that help.....

My Graphics card is a ATI X1300 AGP.

once again thanks to anyone that helps with advice

[Rog131]

Re: ATI Graphics

If you want to install proprietary ATI driver:

Ubuntu Installation Guide Breezy/Dapper/Edgy
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

[podunk]

Re: ATI Graphics

ATI has 5 million drivers and each one has 3 how tos that are not even remotely like the others. ATI drivers are junk - even the windows drivers that came with my card didn't work worth a toot. I had to download a driver from their web site to get it to work in windows.

You just have to try different drivers until you find one for your card. This is the one that worked for me:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_d...iver_.28ATI.29

Of course - when you use the wrong driver you have a complete bork on your hands. I never found a graceful way to recover from this, and installed Kubuntu 4 or 5 times before I got a driver that worked.

If you're fairly happy with your install other than the driver I'd suggest backing it up. In the repositories there is the program KDar. Quick. Simple. Best back up app I've ever used.

If you've already installed a driver that doesn't work with your card you might consider starting over from scratch, and make the driver the first thing you install after the updates.

I got a Nvidia card, much better 3D.

[krazy]

Re: ATI Graphics

Yep, thanks for the FUD.

If you follow the guide posted by rog131, you'll be fine.