Ubuntu

General Status

 * Included with Distribution
 * Native Installer Support contributed by Aric Cyr

Installation

 * Breezy (5.10) Installation Guide
 * Dapper (6.06) Installation Guide

Tips and Tricks

 * 64bit users should note that there is a problem in Breezy with the libdri.a library and fglrx. There is also a problem with the package generation scipts in the 8.18.8 ATI installer.  The workaround for both of these problems can be found in the install guide.  [resolved]: Both problems are fixed in 8.19.10 release.  Always use the latest drivers when possible.
 * To build your own .deb packages for Ubuntu you will need to install at least the following packages from the apt repositories:
 * fakeroot
 * debhelper
 * build-essential
 * make
 * module-assistant
 * gcc-3.4
 * I found the generated packages for Breezy x86_64 broken in 8.21.7. The package xorg-driver-fglrx includes a libdri.a that is supposed to replace the original one from xserver-xorg-core. However the installation with dpkg fails, refusing to overwrite the existing libdri.a. If I run dpkg --force-overwrite the installation succeeds but the new libdri.a is saved as libdri.a.distrib. I had to manually copy it to libdri.a in order to get 3D acceleration working. Something weird going on with diversions.


 * If you have linux-restricted-modules installed, you may want to disable the l-r-m packages fglrx kernel module because it will invariably get in the way of your more recent drivers. To do this edit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common and disable fglrx.

Related Resources

 * Ubuntuforums.org Video forum

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