Talk:Ubuntu Hardy Installation Guide

X RandR

Can we enable the fglrx on RandR and do not write any things on xorg.conf?

packages vs. installer

What is everyone's opinion on the build-packages method versus running the automated installer?

I think we should start having a section explaining the install procedure with the auto-installer to, as begun on this page.

--- Arand, 21:16, Sunday, 09 March 2008

Please make necessary changes to make it look like the Ubuntu Gutsy Installation Guide so they are easy to read. --Mooninite 10:46, 10 March 2008 (CDT)

This was the most helpful and concise explanation I found anywhere. It helped me no end. Couple of things though. My system couldn't find a library even though I had it installed. It was only in lib32 and lib64 so I copied a link to the lib folder. This was libGL.so.1.

Importantly, this installed the proprietary drivers but still didn't give me the hardware acceleration I needed. By accident I found that adding Option "TexturedVideo" under the Driver "fglrx" worked perfectly.

Thank you to the author.

Installation guide not working for 8.476

Hi,

It seems to me that the driver installation guide of 8-4 (8.476) does not work on Ubuntu 8.04. Following step-by-step the guide (method 2), I allways end up with 8.473 installed and running (while the system contains only 8.476 packages). If all instances, packages and modules of driver 8.473 are manually purged before 8.476 installation, the whole process ends up with the nonfunctional 3D (using mesa driver)

--- Eugenio, 10:30(CET), Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Eugenio, I have only tested it on a fresh install of Hardy, with only the mesa driver installed previously. I updated the guide to 8.476 and am worried that it fails on some machines.

--- ilcavero