Ati Drivers for Ubuntu

Ferret_Style · Sep 10, 2005, 11:44 PM

Ok so i took the plung and started to learn linux. I have installed ubuntu 5.04 on my laptop with a radeon 9000 mobility. The problem i fast is that i installed the driver using the .run file on ait site. Now i got the entire thing installed and am doing the gls..config program (forgot the exact syntax).

When i boot into gnome it give me a keyboard error that there is coflict to the configuration. Any ideas?

The second issue is that i am using Point2play (wine mod) for games. It does a video check and gives me an error on the 3d acceloration.. states my drivers are not configured correctly ... Any ideas there?

Thanks for the help for a newb

BTW this is a dell m600 1.3 centrino with 512 mb ram and the radeon 9000 mobility with 32mb ram.

md5 · Sep 11, 2005, 07:54 AM

I'm not 100% sure about your keyboard error (since you haven't pasted the exact error). Here's what I think that might help:

Go to system->preferences->keyboard and check your keyboard configuration there

Also, a program might be requiring the old xorg to function, which is no longer available, hence it's throwing that error. Open a console and put the following commands:

Quote:

sudo ln -s /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86 /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg
sudo ln -s /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.lst /etc/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst

This might fix the problem you're having

As for Cedega and Point2Play.. have a look at the Point2Play readme here:
http://downloads.transgaming.com/fil...wto-2.0-en.htm

Also, read this thread in the ubuntu forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=5191

And have a look at the ubuntu wiki here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

Ferret_Style · Sep 11, 2005, 11:11 AM

This is the error i get:

Error activating XKB configuration.
It can happen under various circumstances:
- a bug in libxklavier library
- a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities)
- X server with incompatible libxkbfile implementation

X server version data:
The X.Org Foundation
60802000

If you report this situation as a bug, please include:
- The result of <b>xprop -root | grep XKB</b>
- The result of <b>gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/kbd</b

RIV@NVX · Sep 11, 2005, 11:24 AM

I had that before. I think it could be a bug in fglrxconfig, that XKB configuration it generates isn't accepted by X.org.

Do you have old (non-fglrx) xorg.conf? Perhaps you could copy relevant stuff from there?

Ferret_Style · Sep 11, 2005, 11:32 AM

hheeh ... Umm i am so new at this not sure i do. I just installed ubuntu for the first time 3 days ago. THe major issue i notice is that my 3 acceloration is not working since i tried to instll the ati driver from ati's site. I tried what wiki had on the ati driver https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriver...C%28drivers%29

When i do the frist line i get that it could not find the xorg-driver-fglrx.
Any ideas?

md5 · Sep 12, 2005, 12:30 PM

Try the commands I gave you (regarding the keyboard error) - they will probably fix it

Here is a thread about installing the ATI drivers:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24557
and another one:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=32495
and you might want to have a look at the Ubuntu forums, especially the subforums dedicated to the current release:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49

Have a look at the "hardware support", "customization" (a lot of HOWTOs in this one) and "gaming" forums

Ferret_Style · Sep 12, 2005, 04:23 PM

Ok i started over and reinstalled since i wanted to see if i could get it clean. So i found i did not have the respoitories right and was now able to download the older drivers. Now the issue is that the OGL is working fine. I see it replaced the mesa drivers, but when i run Point2play i get error that my 3d acceleration is not working.

So i figured i would now try the new ati drivers. I do the .run file in console and get an error with the log stating i need to create a Kernel module build environment first.

Since i am MAJOR newb .. what the heck is a Kernel module build environment?

RIV@NVX · Sep 13, 2005, 08:15 AM

You need to get into terminal and install it:

Quote:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

But note that this might also be a bug in point2play; I can't say since I don't use it.

Ferret_Style · Sep 13, 2005, 09:11 AM

The issue is now getting the new ATI installed. I am trying a native to linux game such as UT2004 to see if i get 3d outside of point2play. I have the previous driver installed and the ATI CP. I see that the ATI's are definatly installed but point2play is giving no 3d acceloration.... and both gears work.

As for the guild enviroment... that is just the new ATI drivers requiring that and i am major newb

but learning !

RIV@NVX · Sep 14, 2005, 10:03 AM

Glad to see someone willing to learn

So, you got build-essentials installed or not? If you didn't understand, I can explain it a litlle bit better.
If you got it installed, follow these instructions to get kernel module to compile.

If you are brave, try Ubuntu 5.10 Preview... it has 8.14 driver in the repositories. That's what I use, and it works awesome.

Ferret_Style · Sep 14, 2005, 10:36 AM

Is there any issues i should know about with the 5.10 preview? I jsut do not want to add beta issues along with regular issues

Also .. the RPM install... does that work with ubuntu?

Last question... the file i ahve been using is the .run file the 54 mb one... is that the wrong one? I always get the mesa driver back.

Ferret_Style · Sep 14, 2005, 11:00 AM

ok got the file to be a deb... but not sure how to do a force install with a .deb

Ferret_Style · Sep 14, 2005, 11:47 AM

ok after doing the patch i go this errors....

nikijosh@dagonpup:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod$ sudo patch -p0 < p2.patch

patching file firegl_public.c

Hunk #1 FAILED at 1664.

Hunk #2 succeeded at 2271 with fuzz 2 (offset 162 lines).

Hunk #3 FAILED at 2374.

Hunk #4 FAILED at 2743.

Hunk #5 FAILED at 2906.

Hunk #6 FAILED at 2973.

Hunk #7 FAILED at 3010.

Hunk #8 succeeded at 3143 with fuzz 2 (offset 245 lines).

6 out of 8 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file firegl_public.c.rej

nikijosh@dagonpup:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod$ sudo sh make.sh

ATI module generator V 2.0

==========================

initializing...

kernel includes at /usr/src/linux/include not found or incomplete

file: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h

nikijosh@dagonpup:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod$

RIV@NVX · Sep 14, 2005, 04:30 PM

RPM - you can install it if you convert it with alien. You can install alien from Ubuntu repositories.

Issues in 5.10 - I use it and I don't know of any important.

Let's first get the default "should work without problems" driver to work. So, I suggest you to use 8.14 drivers that Ubuntu provides, since they are easy to install (you just need to install xorg-driver-fglrx and modify xorg.conf to have Driver "fglrx" instead of Driver "ati" (you can find that setting under Graphics Card Device))

Hope it helps a little.

Ferret_Style · Sep 14, 2005, 07:04 PM

I got the RPM thing fixed. I even got it installed. I even have 3D acceloration!

I had to do some manuel copies. I am back to the problem with the keybaord but have not tried the above.

This is what my control panel looks like for my radeon 9000. Does this look right?