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    help installing radeon driver x1900

    hi super new to linux. been reading, listening to podcasts, searching forum etc. just installed ubuntu server, fiesty fawn 7.04 on top and all of the xorg stuff needed. just cant install my radeon driver. i open terminal from the folder containing the .run file and follow the instructions tried as user and root and get same message:

    clickclackattack@koolaids12:~/share/atifolder$ sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.36.5.run
    sh: Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-8.36.5.run
    clickclackattack@koolaids12:~/share/atifolder$ su
    Password:
    root@koolaids12:/home/clickclackattack/share/atifolder# sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.36.5.run
    sh: Can't open ./ati-driver-installer-8.36.5.run
    root@koolaids12:/home/clickclackattack/share/atifolder#

    I can't figure out what sh means (printed a list of bash commands a-z but its not on there) and i cant figure out why it wont open. please help this newbie. and i have already installed all the newest stuff from LAMP setup and did the get-apt updates and installes for everything it said it needed. i have automatix and apt running as well but cannot find the driver in it. any help for this newbie would be highly appreciated as it is my 4th day of linux and still no 2nd monitor.
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    #2
    Re: help installing radeon driver x1900

    Try executing it as just "./ati-driver-installer-8.36.5.run".
    You might need to chmod it ("chmod +x ati-driver-installer-8.36.5.run") first, if you haven't done that.
    For external use only.
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      #3
      Re: help installing radeon driver x1900

      Having trouble installing the drivers too...

      I tried
      Code:
      ./ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run
      and I got
      Code:
      bash: ./ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run: Permission denied
      So I gave it a
      Code:
      kdesu ./ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run
      and it retorted with a
      Code:
      X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
 Major opcode: 144
 Minor opcode: 3
 Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
 Major opcode: 144
 Minor opcode: 3
 Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
sh: ./ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run: Permission denied
      I paused and hit the forums at this point, I'm too much of a noob to do this, I read something about dependencies and XFree86, maybe that's the problem...
      If so, how do I go about fullfilling these dependencies?
      There are about 15 of them, surely there's a quicker way than searching each one individually on the net and struggling to understand the code that's being launched at me...
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        Re: help installing radeon driver x1900

        Code:
        chmod +x ati-driver-installer-8.37.6-x86.x86_64.run
        For external use only.
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          Re: help installing radeon driver x1900

          Sorry about that (making you repeat yourself), I tried it before but I must have typoed or something...

          So now the ATI drivers for my card are installed, the installer tells me to type "aticonfig" into a command terminal

          I do that and I get a list of instructions and apparently the best thing for me is :
          Code:
          aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
          which gives me :
          Code:
          Uninitialised file found, configuring.
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-0
aticonfig: Writing to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' failed. Bad file descriptor.
          Am I doing something wrong again?

          I was expecting a steep learning curve but I wasn't expecting to turn into my grandmother here...
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            #6
            Re: help installing radeon driver x1900

            You need sudo:
            sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser
            so -
            Code:
            sudo aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
            more:
            File Permissions / Editing Files that Belong to Root
            http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/permissions


            Links:
            Topic: Problems installing ATI driver
            http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3082899

            Topic: HOWTO : Disaster Recovery and xorg.conf
            http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082808.0
            Before you edit, BACKUP !

            Why there are dead links ?
            1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
            2. Thread: Lost Information
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              Re: help installing radeon driver x1900

              Did that...
              It went and did something but I didn't think to save the output.

              3D graphics are still slow, I tried rebooting, to no avail
              Now I get this message if I try again :
              Code:
              Found fglrx primary device section
Nothing to do, terminating.
              Any ideas?
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