Current AMD/ATI binary driver status in (K)ubuntu

[Ralph Puncher]

On January 15, 2010 04:39:58 Jimmy Stewpot wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Sorry if this is the wrong place to post a message of this nature. I am
>  currently looking at a variety of different hardware platforms to install
>  kubuntu on as my new system. One of the platforms that I particularly like
>  has an AMD/ATI graphics chipset. When I last used the ATI binary drivers
>  they left something to be desired. So my question is what is the current
>  status of the binary driver. I am hoping that they are much easier to
>  manage now. Can anyone point out what features work and don't work. For
>  example can I use the HDMI interface, DVI and standard vga all at once. I
>  looked at the ATI/AMD FAQ and it seemed to be very dated.
> 
> If anyone can shed some light it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jimmy.
> 
I have an HD3450 ATI card and use DVI input. I just used the Karmic Hardware 
Drivers to enable (install) the requisite driver and left the xorg.conf alone 
(it is just about ignored now as the driver determines most if not all video 
card capabilities).