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    ATI proprietary fglrx, how? Mobility Radeon x2300

    Hello all..
    New to Kubuntu (2 days). I have been using openSUSE for years now.
    I found out that I cannot install driver by just running driver downloaded from AMD site, also, heard that kernel 2.6.29 has some problem with it.

    Well, I tried to install from KPackageManager xorg-fglrx package, but that broke my kubuntu beyond repair. No matter what I did with xorg.conf, I couldnt restore graphics, and since I dont know how ubuntu works, I reinstalled it (was easier options).

    So, what should I do to install fglrx driver so I can get accelleration working?

    Thank you,
    Emil
    Best regards,<br />Emil Beli
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    Re: ATI proprietary fglrx, how? Mobility Radeon x2300

    I got my response here:

    http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3104028.0

    question: anyone downgraded XOrg to 1.5 to install ATI drivers?
    Best regards,<br />Emil Beli
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      Re: ATI proprietary fglrx, how? Mobility Radeon x2300

      Here's a post detailing how one could install xorg-xserver 1.5.2 from intrepid onto Jaunty:

      http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1171445

      The thing that gets me is that our ATI chips are listed under the supported section in ATI/AMD's release notes from 9.4-9.6. Is ATI/AMD just playing with us here? Or is it that Catalyst 9.4-9.6 is support our chips under xserver 1.5.x but not for xserver 1.6.x? This idea doesn't make sense since ATI/AMD's proprietary binary drivers started supporting xserver 1.6 from 9.4 on. To test out that theory, I tried installing ubuntu packages, created from Catalyst 9.4 and 9.5 binaries, on my intrepid x86_64 install (yes, I'm not going to install Jaunty if the radeon drivers are not ready for primetime), and both were no go under an environment running xserver 1.5.2. Strange...

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        Re: ATI proprietary fglrx, how? Mobility Radeon x2300

        Thank you for the link.
        Yes, ATI drivers for the cards that are newest, or old works, however, 12-6 months ago cards are not working with 1.6.0. ATI is to blame. I hear that they will fix the problem, as soon as "it becomes possible".... afraid that it's polite way to say "ha ha ha, imbeciles".
        Best regards,<br />Emil Beli
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          Re: ATI proprietary fglrx, how? Mobility Radeon x2300

          FYI: If you do not like the CLI way, there's an i386 deb of xserver 1.5.2 compiled by a kde developer for Jaunty

          http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3942
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