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**Guest** · Apr 07, 2009, 05:23 AM

Re: ATI Driver issues

I have the same problem. When I tried to install the ATI drivers, even if I had suggested the installation, I found myself stuck with the system. I believe that will depend on the fact that ATI has decided to discontinue support with drivers for older cards 2xxx series. In fact, using envy, the driver installation was not recommended. Unfortunately I have a laptop and change the video card is impossible, the next purchase will definitely not ATI!

Simon

**aaddron** · Apr 24, 2009, 01:54 PM

Re: ATI Driver issues

I've got an ATI Radeon HD3450 and I've got the exact same problem except I upgrade to Jaunty(now final release) after a fresh install of Intrepid. I forgot to install the driver before the upgrade(how I did it in the past) but figured it wouldn't be a problem. I got the driver to download install and ask to restart, after the restart I checked the Hardware driver program and it said the driver was active and in use. Which is wrong because I can't enable desktop effects without having the same problem as you and the icon doesn't pop up in the system tray saying restricted drivers are in use.

I didn't have this problem in beta or RC but again I always installed the driver before I upgrade to Jaunty.

**sithlord48** · Apr 24, 2009, 02:52 PM

Re: ATI Driver issues

well yesterday i did a fresh install of jaunty on the same computer (formated the drive completely)

still no luck getting the driver to work via jockey how ever i did install the driver from the ati site very easy.
1. dl it from www.ati.com
2 open konsole
3. type

Code:

sudo sh <path do driver>/<driver will be named like ati.blah blah .run

4. there little gui installer will launch and install the driver after a few questions... (i basicly clicked next a lot)

now after i did that compiz works just fine but native kde4 apps don't support transparency. i will post my xorg.conf file below as i am sure its just missing some stuff, as i think there should be some thing like option "agrbvalues" "true" but what exactly and the searching i have done has only provided me with adding a section w/ option "composite" "enable" i added it but with no luck. so i removed it.. to make my xorg look like it did after install as seen below.

Code:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	DefaultDepth	24
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"glx"
	Disable	"dri2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver	"fglrx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	"DontZap"	"False"
EndSection

**sithlord48** · Apr 27, 2009, 12:39 PM

Re: ATI Driver issues

i have managed to get transparency in one of the things i was aiming for ...

here is my new xorg.conf

Code:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	DefaultDepth 24	
	Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" #<-THATS NEW
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"glx"
	#	Disable	"dri2" #<- Commented out because it crashes ati catalist control center.
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver	"fglrx"
	Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" #<- THATS NEW
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "AIGLX" "True" #<- THATS NEW
	Option	"DontZap"	"False"
EndSection

so useing this xorg i can accually run the ati control center.. and
i can get transparency in yakuake or konsole for the background how ever amarok's osd will still not become transparent at all when on it just gets slighty darker

found also a wiki
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page

**sithlord48** · May 05, 2009, 08:06 AM

Re: ATI Driver issues

ok after a reboot and no further fiddleing w/ my xorg amarok's osd does go transparent.

**FabreFactionWeb** · Jul 12, 2009, 04:26 PM

Re: [SOLVED] ATI Driver issues

Have you tried this on 64 bit or 32 bit jaunty?

**sithlord48** · Jul 13, 2009, 04:01 PM

Re: [SOLVED] ATI Driver issues

the machine above is a 64-bit machine.. but there should be no difference between 64-bit and 32-bit.

**FabreFactionWeb** · Jul 14, 2009, 03:41 PM

Re: [SOLVED] ATI Driver issues

I get an error when running the package (see below).... any ideas?

sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9.2-x86.x86_64.run
[sudo] password for fabrefaction:
Created directory fglrx-install.AVgpOG
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.582...
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2

86_64:lib32::none:2.6.28-13-generic; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.AVgpOG

**sithlord48** · Jul 15, 2009, 03:50 PM

Re: [SOLVED] ATI Driver issues

you do have a gui running right ? cause you will need one to install with this package... , i have no idea about ur error but check there wiki http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page perhaps you can find more info on that there..

**FabreFactionWeb** · Jul 15, 2009, 04:28 PM

Re: [SOLVED] ATI Driver issues

GUI is running.
I'll check out the Wiki, cheers.