Ubuntu Natty Installation Guide

= Construction Notice = Since Ubuntu Natty/11.04 is still under construction, so is this page. Until Natty is released, the Maverick guide ( http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Maverick_Installation_Guide ) will serve as the main source of info on ATI Catalyst. This page will only note items that are relevant to Natty, but not Maverick.

= Xserver 1.10 Incompatibility Warning = (This section to be removed once Catalyst supports Xserver 1.10) Hopefully, AMD will integrate support for the new Xserver before Natty's release. The Catalyst 11.3 beta is said to have it. --Dtl131 21:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC) For more information, see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/709505

= Patching Catalyst 10-12 Source = (This section to be removed once Catalyst supports Xserver 1.10) Catalyst 10-12 needs patched for compliance with kernel version 2.6.37 before you can install it.

$ cd ~/; mkdir catalyst10.12; cd catalyst10.12/ $ wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run $ chmod +x ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run $ ./ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run --extract driver $ cd driver $ wget http://ubuntuone.com/p/WVN/firegl_public.c $ wget http://ubuntuone.com/p/WVU/Makefile $ mv firegl_public.c common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/ $ mv Makefile common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/ $ sudo ./ati-installer.sh 8.801 --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty $ cd .. $ sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

= Catalyst and Unity = At this time, Catalyst doesn't work with the new Ubuntu desktop (Unity). You can still use the classic GNOME desktop (or another desktop environment).