ATI video in Ubuntu - Overclock.net

BenRK · 10-15-09

Yes, it's another one of THESE threads.

Well anyway, I've been trying to get Ubuntu to work with this computer for a long time. For the most part it does, but whenever I try to activate the video drivers that come with it, the screen goes into a high resolution. If I had an LCD monitor this might be fine, but as I have a CRT monitor, I'd much rather lower it to a much more reasonable resolution for me, as well as a refresh rate that doesn't give me headaches (seriously, why is 60 still an option?).

Problem with this is I can't access the display settings anymore. As soon as I try to open it, the computer goes so slow I eventually have to do a hard shutdown. If I never even try to touch the settings, the computer runs fairly well with advance effects on. For some reason though, my computer crashes when I try to full screen a video at that resolution. Most likely my card I'm betting. This is rather frustrating, as my experience with Windows 7 so far has been it just works while with Ubuntu it's months of frustration trying to get various parts to work.

On an unrelated note however, whenever I boot to Ubuntu, it stalls for about 20 seconds or so, saying something about a missing wubildr in hdd[0,0] ntfs5 or something. It's not stopping me from booting, but it it annoying to just be sitting there.

SZayat · 10-15-09

hmmm did you try running EnvyNG?

Bluescreen_Of_Death · 10-15-09

My suggestion would be to go grab the proprietary drivers from the ATI website and just use those rather than the open source ones. That should fix your issue.

rammunition · 10-15-09

When i first installed Ubuntu on my sig rig, i had a message at the top right hand dock regarding my video card. I clicked it and it installed the drives by itself.

GodofGrunts · 10-15-09

If you want to dive into the Xorg file you can use this thread.

Its probably the best way, but a little more involved.

EDIT:

Do this for me.

Open up terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)

and type

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and copy and paste the output here for me.

Melcar · 10-15-09

Best to install the drivers yourself. Check out the links in my sig.

Lord Xeb · 10-15-09

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

Follow this guide. download the latest drivers and use the above guide.

BenRK · 10-15-09

@ GodofGrunts

Code:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	DefaultDepth	24
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"glx"
	Disable	"dri2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
	Driver	"fglrx"
EndSection

@ SZayat

Yes, I did use EnvyNG, and now I'm here.

Melcar · 10-15-09

Code:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg


#Section "Monitor"
#    Identifier   "Configured Monitor"
#EndSection

#Section "Device"
#    Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
#    Driver      "radeonhd"
#EndSection

#Section "Screen"
#    Identifier "Default Screen"
#    Device     "Configured Video Device"
#    Monitor    "Configured Monitor"
#EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

That's how it should look like. Fglrx has its own DRI2 implementation, so disabling it may have unintended consequences.

BenRK · 10-15-09

Well I now used the guide in your sig and now everything seems to be working at the resolution I want and the refresh rate I want. So now, other then the (hdd0,0) no wubildr wait thing at boot, I believe I finally have a working Ubuntu setup for my computer.

So if anyone could tell me what's going on with the boot, that would be nice. But otherwise, thanks for your help and never take that guide out of your sig.

Now to get to WINE and customise Firefox as I like it.

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