thanx larry! that did the trick!<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Larry Hartman</b> <<a href="mailto:larryhartman50@bellsouth.net">larryhartman50@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Lokeey:<br><br>This is really an ATI video driver related question. I've been down the ATI
<br>road before. It looks like the card that you have is not the one that causes<br>the most troubles for people (that one is the Radeon 200M series). To set my<br>card up for LINUX I went through various websites and forums to sort it all
<br>out, but I have that rather infamous card I referred to. I don't think you<br>will have the same difficulties.<br><br>The Ubuntu repositories do offer the ATI driver; however, it is several<br>versions old and the newer versions do have some bug fixes in them. The
<br>latest ATI driver can be found at the ATI website for download (first website<br>below). After that, the other sites listed offer how to's and pointers for<br>troubleshooting and additional features. I recommend reading through the
<br>material on the websites really well before diving in.<br><br>Larry<br><br><br>ATI driver website:<br><a href="http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-firegl.html">http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-firegl.html
</a><br><br>Dapper Installation Guide:<br><a href="http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide">http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide</a><br><br>Edgy Installation Guide:<br>
<a href="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">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
</a><br><br>Ubuntu HOWTO:<br><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#head-c966b2cb7c82944d6883f27a2896725db3b90a3a">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#head-c966b2cb7c82944d6883f27a2896725db3b90a3a
</a><br><br>Ubuntu Forum--Help with ATI and no DRI problem?:<br><a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=289100&highlight=ati+200m">http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=289100&highlight=ati+200m
</a><br><br>Ubuntu Forum--ATI Big-desktop:<br><a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544">http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1773544</a><br><br><br>On Saturday 03 February 2007, Lokeey wrote:<br>
> hey all, what do i need to do to get my 3D to work. i see in xorg.conf that<br>> kubuntu recognized my monitor, but i had to adjust the view because it had<br>> it set to 1280x1024 and i have a widescreen monitor that goes up to
<br>> 1400x900, but i'm trying to get 3D to work. i've looked in the repos, but i<br>> don't see any ATi drivers.<br>><br>> i'm using ATi 9600 DVI and i wasn't able to find fglrx in the repos as
<br>> well.<br>><br>> any suggestions?<br><br><br><br>--<br>kubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">
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