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Verifying

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It is assumed that you have completed the [[Installation|installation process]].

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==Verify with Linux tools==
===glxinfo===
This command line option should report "direct" rendering.
$ glxinfo | grep direct

(For Debian 4.0, install the mesa-utils package to get glxinfo.)

===Xorg.0.log===
The X.org X server log file also contains useful information to verify installation was successful. It is located on most Linux distributions at <code>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</code> and can be opened by any text editor.

'''You can now move on to [[Configuring|configuring the driver]].'''

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Ubuntu Breezy Installation Guide

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== Method 1: Installing Breezy's Included Driver (8.16.20) ==

The fglrx driver supports Radeon 8500+ and the X-series cards (see [http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.16.20.html#173867 release notes]). When running the dpkg-reconfigure commands you can accept the defaults whenever you aren't sure.

=== Installing the driver ===

''All Platforms:''
<pre>
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r) #Okay if it is already installed
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg #Select the fglrx driver and 64-bit users should deselect int10a
</pre>

''64-bit users:''

You have to downgrade to an older version of libdri.a due to an incompatilbity with the ATI drivers. [http://ati.cchtml.com/attachment.cgi?id=182 Download it here]

Change to download directory:
<pre>
gunzip libdri.a.gz
sudo cp /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a libdri.a.old
sudo cp libdri.a /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/
</pre>

If you wish to revert to any non-fglrx driver you will need to copy the libdri.a.old file back over the fglrx version.

''All platforms:'' Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart your desktop.

=== Confirm that it works ===
<pre>
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.5272 (X4.3.0-8.16.20)
</pre>

=== Troubleshooting ===

If you have a widescreen LCD display that is stuck at 1024x768 then it is probably the bug in the 8.16.20 driver that was fixed in 8.18.X (see the next section).

The output of '''dmesg | grep fglrx''' and /var/log/Xorg.0.log are most useful when looking for errors.

== Method 2: Generating/Installing Ubuntu packages for the newer 8.28.8 drivers in Breezy Badger ==

'''Important Warning:''' Installation of this driver requires removing the restricted-modules package in order to work. That package includes drivers for madwifi (Atheros wireless cards), nvidia cards, and a handful of other devices. I provide a work-around for the madwifi drivers, but you need to perform it before removing the restricted modules (jump to end of this this post).

When running the dpkg-reconfigure command you should answer the questions that you know and take the defaults for the rest. You might want to say ''no'' to the monitor detection--it has caused X-Windows to crash for some people.

=== Remove existing fglrx driver ===

Remove Breezy's included drivers if they are installed:

<pre>
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
</pre>

Reboot.

*Note 1: If after reboot, your system hangs at a black screen before taking you to a graphical login - reboot to 'recovery mode' and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use 'vesa' instead of 'ati'. Then continue with the steps below.

*Note 2: You can change your xorg.conf file to Option "vesa" BEFORE rebooting, so after rebooting you can have usable X (and skip Note 1). Remember that you HAVE to reboot (just restarting X will leave you with unusable X).

=== Installing the new driver ===

Download the ATI driver installer: [http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run] (this installer is for 32bit '''and''' 64bit systems)

This guide refers to the 32bit version of the driver. The installation procedure for 64bit should be the same as for 32bit, except some filenames will differ slightly.

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. [http://mail3.mpr.org/mlomker/sources.list Sample sources.list].

''Install necessary tools:''

<pre>
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4 module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debconf libstdc++5 gcc-3.3-base
</pre>

''Create .deb packages:''

<pre>
bash ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/breezy
</pre>

''Install .deb packages:''

<pre>
sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.28.8-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.28.8-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.28.8-1_i386.deb
</pre>

''Remove any old fglrx deb's from /usr/src/:''

<pre>
sudo rm /usr/src/fglrx-kernel*.deb
</pre>

''Compile the kernel driver:''

<pre>
sudo module-assistant prepare
sudo module-assistant update
sudo module-assistant a-i fglrx
</pre>

''Update the xorg.conf file:''

<pre>
sudo aticonfig --initial
sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
</pre>

Reboot.

=== Confirm that it worked ===

<pre>
$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)
</pre>

(''renderer string'' depends on your hardware and may/will be different)

=== Troubleshooting ===

==== General ====

Look for error messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and kern.log.
If you receive the '''(EE) No devices detected''' error message, it is highly possible that you own a Radeon from the 7000-7500 series with the R100 chip, which the proprietary Linux drivers don't support.

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Talk:Main Page

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== opengraphics ==

Please read about OGP at http://wiki.opengraphics.org./tiki-index.php

Do you want to see good pics?

== Pages that aren't really pages ==

# [[ATI Radeon Xpress 1150]]
# [[Holarse]]
# [[InTheNews]]
# [[InTheNewsBySite]]
# [[Index.php]] – this is not the [[Main Page]]
# [[Linux-gamers.net]] – this is included in [[In the News]]
# [[LinuxHardware.org]] – same
# [[Phoronix]]
# [[NewsPhoronix]]
# [[Slashdot]]
# [[NewsSlashdot]]
# [[Tvout]]
# [[Xorg7]]

If anyone wants to go through them and either delete them or do what you will, that'd be great. Please note that some are redirects. --[[User:SheeEttin|SheeEttin]] 14:25, 24 March 2007 (CDT)
:Thanks for bringing these up. I've removed the ones that needed to be removed. The rest can stay. [[User:Mooninite|Mooninite]] 15:33, 24 March 2007 (CDT)

user http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Special:Contributions/189.21.156.2 is bad found them through the fedora core page but that history shows all the nasty things it has done to the rest of the wiki

== 8.42.3 ==

[http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=887&num=1 It's out]. — [[User:SheeEttin|SheeEttin]] {[[User_talk:SheeEttin|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/SheeEttin|C]]} 14:06, 23 October 2007 (CDT)

== Catalyst Linux 8.4 ==

[[http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=999&num=1 It's out]. — [[User:gollum12345678|gollum12345678]] {[[User_talk:gollum12345678|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/gollum12345678|C]]} 16:25 16 Abril 2008 (CDT)

== RedHat Enterprise -> Red Hat Enterprise Linux ==

I mistakenly created an ugly double-redirect from RedHat Enterprise to Red Hat Enterprise (Since there should be a space in the company name), to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (since this is the official name of the Red Hat family of Linux products, and just calling it Red Hat Enterprise is somewhat of a "bastardization" (with all respect), even though I can understand that you guys want to try and avoid the proliferation of having "Linux" in every distribution name. '''Question''': will someone with edit permissions to the wiki home page please change RedHat Enterprise to Red Hat Enterprise Linux . Thank you very much.

[[User:Riaanvn|Riaanvn]] 23:41, 1 November 2007 (CDT)

== Catalyst 8.6 ==
Please fix the link in the front page, [[Catalyst_8.6|8.6]] is out since June 18. [[User:Ad8253|Ad8253]] 01:52, 23 June 2008 (CDT)

== Current release ==

...is now [[Catalyst 8.7]]. :) — [[User:SheeEttin|SheeEttin]] {[[User_talk:SheeEttin|T]]/[[Special:Contributions/SheeEttin|C]]} 11:22, 23 July 2008 (CDT)

== ArchLinux ==
According to http://distrowatch.com/, Arch is now more popular than both Gentoo and Red Hat. Please link to Arch from the front page. Thanks. --[[User:Trontonic|Trontonic]] 18:14, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
:If you're referring to "page hit ranking" then I will have to disagree with your opinion of its popularity. --[[User:Mooninite|Mooninite]] 14:43, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

== Catalyst 8.12 ==

Please update the link in the front page, 8.12 is the current release. [[User:Ad8253|Ad8253]] 11:04, 11 December 2008 (UTC)