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-=== Installing the new driver ===
+Wow! Great to find a post with such a clear msseage!
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-Download the ATI driver installer: [http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.30.3.run ati-driver-installer-8.30.3.run] (this installer is for 32bit '''and''' 64bit systems)
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-Change to the download directory.  Make sure that you have the ''universe'' and ''multiverse'' repositories enabled in ''/etc/apt/sources.list'' before doing these steps.
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-''Install necessary tools:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install module-assistant build-essential
-sudo apt-get install fakeroot dh-make debconf libstdc++5 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
-</pre>
-−
-''Create .deb packages:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo ln -sf bash /bin/sh
-bash ati-driver-installer-8.30.3.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/edgy
-sudo ln -sf dash /bin/sh
-</pre>
-−
-''Install .deb packages:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.30.3-1*.deb
-sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.30.3-1*.deb
-sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.30.3-1*.deb
-</pre>
-−
-''Remove any old fglrx debs from /usr/src/:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo rm /usr/src/fglrx-kernel*.deb
-</pre>
-−
-''Compile the kernel module:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo module-assistant prepare
-sudo module-assistant update
-sudo module-assistant build fglrx
-sudo module-assistant install fglrx
-sudo depmod -a
-</pre>
-−
-'''IMPORTANT''': You have to recompile the kernel module after each kernel update!
-−
-''Update the xorg.conf file:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo aticonfig --initial
-sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
-</pre>
-−
-'''Note:'''
-You could also edit your ''/usr/X11/xorg.conf'' file to change your driver to '''fglrx''' then run:
-−
-<pre>
-sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
-</pre>
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-This way your ''xorg.conf'' file will stay clean.
-−
-''Now Reboot:''
-−
-<pre>
-sudo shutdown -r now
-</pre>
 === Confirm that it worked ===

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