ATI Radeon 9250 Driver support

[Guest]

Okay, hey there Kubuntu community.
I'm a total and complete linux newbie. I've only had Kubuntu a week, and I love it for the most part. But this videocard I have is apparently unmanagable on Kubuntu. I've tried this "X.Org" driver thing, and I've had no such luck installing. Everything I try ends up giving me an error when i boot up making me run in Low-Graphics mode until I fix my "xorg.conf" file.

Can someone PLEASE TEACH me how to install these drivers? I've lurked google for about the entire time I've had Kubuntu and nothing has worked. Please?

[sithlord48]

Re: ATI Radeon 9250 Driver support

please see my post here it may help you.
My Ati Driver Problem

[JohanLingen]

Re: ATI Radeon 9250 Driver support

Eventually I've managed to make the 9200SE work on Intrepid. It still works under jaunty, so I think this should do the trick as well (I hope it also works for 9250).

You can refer to this post: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3100926.0

Install the xserver-xorg-video-ati package as described in that post. (Mind to read until the end first, you might come across a few minor errors)

In the end, your xorg.conf file should look like this:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver "ati"
	Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

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

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 8
		Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1440x900"
	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 16
		Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1440x900"
	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Modes "1440x900" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Possibly, you will have to add the native resolution of your screen to the Display SubSections. Suppose your screen has native resolution 1680x1050, the lines will look:

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 8
		Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1440x900" "1680x1050"
	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 16
		Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1440x900" "1680x1050"
	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection

If you have any problems, don't hesitate to ask explanation.