Ubuntu 9.10, 64 bit ATI proprietary fglrx

Ubuntu 9.10, 64 bit, ATI proprietary fglrx

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
  • tried to install the newest ATI driver as described, visual settings after installing the newest driver would not be persistent

1. installed proprietary driver from System -> Administration -> Harware driver, this will get me the 'unsupported hardware' watermark

2. downloaded newest driver from ATI and extract deb files

sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-10-2-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/karmic

3. took the file 'control' from it with is somewhere in subarchives 'xorg-driver-fglrx_*.deb/../etc/ati/'

4. used it to replace the file in /etc/ati/ (backup the original)

5. reboot

Other commands

Install/uninstall drivers

envyng -t

Force the ati driver to adopt changes made to xorg.conf:

sudo aticonfig --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf --tls=1

Confirm the drivers are working:

fglrxinfo

Example result:

display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series 
OpenGL version string: 3.2.9551

Compizconfig-settings-manager (System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager)

sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager