3d screen saver

[Lokeey]

thanx larry! that did the trick!

On 2/3/07, Larry Hartman <larryhartman50 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Lokeey:
>
> This is really an ATI video driver related question.  I've been down the
> ATI
> road before.  It looks like the card that you have is not the one that
> causes
> the most troubles for people (that one is the Radeon 200M series).  To set
> my
> card up for LINUX I went through various websites and forums to sort it
> all
> out, but I have that rather infamous card I referred to.  I don't think
> you
> will have the same difficulties.
>
> The Ubuntu repositories do offer the ATI driver; however, it is several
> versions old and the newer versions do have some bug fixes in them.  The
> latest ATI driver can be found at the ATI website for download (first
> website
> below).  After that, the other sites listed offer how to's and pointers
> for
> troubleshooting and additional features.  I recommend reading through the
> material on the websites really well before diving in.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ATI driver website:
> http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-firegl.html
>
> Dapper Installation Guide:
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide
>
> Edgy Installation Guide:
>
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Edgy_Installation_Guide#Method_2:_Generating.2FInstalling_Ubuntu_packages_for_the_new_8.29.6_drivers_in_Ubuntu_Edgy_Manually
>
> Ubuntu HOWTO:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#head-c966b2cb7c82944d6883f27a2896725db3b90a3a
>
> Ubuntu Forum--Help with ATI and no DRI problem?:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=289100&highlight=ati+200m
>
> Ubuntu Forum--ATI Big-desktop:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544
>
>
> On Saturday 03 February 2007, Lokeey wrote:
> > hey all, what do i need to do to get my 3D to work. i see in xorg.confthat
> > kubuntu recognized my monitor, but i had to adjust the view because it
> had
> > it set to 1280x1024 and i have a widescreen monitor that goes up to
> > 1400x900, but i'm trying to get 3D to work. i've looked in the repos,
> but i
> > don't see any ATi drivers.
> >
> > i'm using ATi 9600 DVI and i wasn't able to find fglrx in the repos as
> > well.
> >
> > any suggestions?
>
>
>
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