Problems with Dapper RC1 and KDE 3.5

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Sunday 28 May 2006 1:48 am, Joe Hart wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply.  I of course in the meantime did some
> googling....
>
> golfer wrote:
> > Yes, try rebooting into recovery mode, which should stop at a root
> > terminal prompt before starting X.  Then you can look at the
> > /var/log/Xorg.0.log* files and trouble shoot.  Also, "nano
> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf" will let you edit the config file.
>
> I'm glad you said to use nano and not vi or emacs.  nano = easy
>
> > Keep looking at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log and google any warning or
> > crash type messages you see.  Eventually it will be found.
>
> I traced the problem to the ati drivers.  It doesn't make sense to me
> that if it is known that the ati drivers that ship with kubuntu are bad,
> why don't they put the newest version in Dapper?  I found the site
> http://wiki.cchthm.com which is the headquarters for ati drivers for
> Linux, and they have a nice Ubuntu installation guide that gives a
> walktrough on installing the drivers.  I know the drivers are
> proprietary, but certainly there is a better way.
>

I tried that link:  http://wiki.cchthm.com and I can't find anything related 
to it.  Is it down, or misspelled?  I'd like to find that page.


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