First entry of 2006
This is my first entry of Year 2006. Happy new year everyone!
Snowboarding was fun. Too bad it rained. Some people have already gone back to school and the rest of you are probably going back next week. Good news, it looks like I'll be going to Minnesota for spring semester. I'll probably leave on Wednesday or Thursday... or maybe even Friday. I don't know yet. Hope all of you have a great semester and a great year.
The following is for my own reference.
Installing stupid proprietary ATI drivers.(http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Installation_Guide#Method_1:_Installing_Breezy.27s_Included_Driver_.288.16.20.29
Remove existing fglrx driver
Remove Breezy's included drivers if they are installed:
sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo apt-get remove fglrx-control
sudo apt-get remove linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg #select the "ati" module
Reboot.
Installing the new driver
Download the ATI driver installer: Click here
All Platforms:
Change to the download directory. Make sure that you have the universe and multiverse repositories enabled before doing these steps. Sample sources.list
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4 module-assistant build-essential
sudo apt-get install fakeroot dh-make debconf libstdc++5 gcc-3.3-base
sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-i386.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/breezy
sudo dpkg -i ./xorg-driver-fglrx_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./fglrx-control_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./fglrx-kernel-source_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
Compile the kernel driver:
sudo module-assistant prepare
sudo module-assistant update
sudo module-assistant a-i fglrx
Update the xorg.conf file:
sudo aticonfig --initial
All platforms: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart your session.
Confirm that it worked
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.20.8)
Snowboarding was fun. Too bad it rained. Some people have already gone back to school and the rest of you are probably going back next week. Good news, it looks like I'll be going to Minnesota for spring semester. I'll probably leave on Wednesday or Thursday... or maybe even Friday. I don't know yet. Hope all of you have a great semester and a great year.
The following is for my own reference.
Installing stupid proprietary ATI drivers.(http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Installation_Guide#Method_1:_Installing_Breezy.27s_Included_Driver_.288.16.20.29
Remove existing fglrx driver
Remove Breezy's included drivers if they are installed:
sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo apt-get remove fglrx-control
sudo apt-get remove linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg #select the "ati" module
Reboot.
Installing the new driver
Download the ATI driver installer: Click here
All Platforms:
Change to the download directory. Make sure that you have the universe and multiverse repositories enabled before doing these steps. Sample sources.list
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4 module-assistant build-essential
sudo apt-get install fakeroot dh-make debconf libstdc++5 gcc-3.3-base
sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.20.8-i386.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/breezy
sudo dpkg -i ./xorg-driver-fglrx_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./fglrx-control_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./fglrx-kernel-source_8.20.8-1_i386.deb
Compile the kernel driver:
sudo module-assistant prepare
sudo module-assistant update
sudo module-assistant a-i fglrx
Update the xorg.conf file:
sudo aticonfig --initial
All platforms: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart your session.
Confirm that it worked
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5461 (X4.3.0-8.20.8)