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	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.		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.

	~~FIELD_MESSAGE_oulic4t~~		==== Madwifi Drivers in Breezy Badger ====
			In order to continue using the [http://madwifi.org madwifi] driver you can do the following '''before''' removing the linux-restricted-modules package and rebooting.
			<pre>
			sudo cp /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/volatile/ath_hal.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/
			sudo depmod -a $(uname -r)
			</pre>

			[[Category:Installation Documentation]]

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FIELD_OTHER

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	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.		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.

	~~==== Madwifi Drivers in Breezy Badger ====~~		FIELD_MESSAGE_oulic4t
	~~In order to continue using the [http://madwifi.org madwifi] driver you can do the following '''before''' removing the linux-restricted-modules package and rebooting.~~
	~~<pre>~~
	~~sudo cp /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/volatile/ath_hal.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/~~
	~~sudo depmod -a $(uname -r)~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~[[Category:Installation Documentation]]~~

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

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

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

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

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Installing the driver

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	''64-bit users:''		''64-bit users:''

	You have to downgrade to an older version of libdri.a due to an incompatilbity with the ATI drivers. [http://~~mail3~~.~~mpr~~.~~org~~/~~mlomker/libdri.a~~.gz Download it here]		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:		Change to download directory:

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8.28.8

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	The output of '''dmesg \| grep fglrx''' and /var/log/Xorg.0.log are most useful when looking for errors.		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 8.27.10 drivers in Breezy Badger ==		== 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).		'''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).
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	=== Installing the new driver ===		=== 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-8.27.10-~~x86~~.run 32bit ~~Installer]~~		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~~. If you are using a x86_64 System you need the [http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/64bit/ati-driver-installer-8.27.10-x86_64.run 64bit Installer]~~. The installation procedure should be the same as for 32bit, except some filenames will differ slightly.		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].		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].
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	<pre>		<pre>
	~~chmod +x~~ ati-driver-installer-8.27.~~10-x86.run~~		bash ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/breezy
	~~LANG=C LC_ALL=C ./ati-driver-installer-~~8~~.27.10-x86~~.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/breezy
	</pre>		</pre>

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	<pre>		<pre>
	sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.27.10-1_i386.deb		sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.28.8-1_i386.deb
	sudo dpkg -i fglrx-~~control_8~~.27.10-1_i386.deb		sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_8.28.8-1_i386.deb
	sudo dpkg -i fglrx-~~kernel-source_8~~.27.10-1_i386.deb		sudo dpkg -i fglrx-control_8.28.8-1_i386.deb
	</pre>		</pre>

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	OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.		OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
	OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9700 Generic		OpenGL renderer string: RADEON 9700 Generic
	OpenGL version string: 2.0.~~5946~~ (8.27.10)		OpenGL version string: 2.0.6011 (8.28.8)
	</pre>		</pre>