Due to a problem that I've heard is with Xorg 7.2 that ships with Ubuntu 7.04 ATI graphics cards do not work using the open source drivers that ship with Ubuntu 7.04. This tutorial will show you briefly how to install and setup ubuntu so that it will work with your ATI X1xxx series card. This tutorial assumes you know how to burn an ISO image to a cd and that you know where to get your Ubuntu image from.
1. Download and burn to a CD Ubuntu 7.04 ALTERNATE disk image.
2. Insert your Ubuntu disk and start up the text installer.
3. Once the text installer is finished reboot your system and remove the CD from the drive.
4. Once the system is started back up, login to the shell (black screen) and continue to step 5.
5. Type in the following:
6. Install the FGLRX proprietary ATI drivers:
7. Update loaded modules:
8. Configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf
9. Reboot
This should fix the problem and after you reboot you should be greeted by the know desktop.
1. Download and burn to a CD Ubuntu 7.04 ALTERNATE disk image.
2. Insert your Ubuntu disk and start up the text installer.
3. Once the text installer is finished reboot your system and remove the CD from the drive.
4. Once the system is started back up, login to the shell (black screen) and continue to step 5.
5. Type in the following:
| Code: |
| sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade |
6. Install the FGLRX proprietary ATI drivers:
| Code: |
| sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx |
7. Update loaded modules:
| Code: |
| sudo depmod -a |
8. Configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf
| Code: |
| sudo aticonfig --initial
sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv |
9. Reboot
This should fix the problem and after you reboot you should be greeted by the know desktop.
