[ubuntu-uk] problem with Radeon driver and screen resolution

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Hi, David. I've had similar issues to you before and i'd suggest you
install the proprietary drivers (fglrx) (it automatically blacklists the
radeon driver to avoid conflicts) and then do the following command
(sudo aticonfig --initial) before you restart, because this command will
generate a fresh xorg.conf file which will make the fglrx module
responsible for the screen. If that works, you can then edit the
xorg.conf and change the resolution to something higher etc At any rate,
it should list available resolutions.
I hope this works for you if you haven't solved your problem already :)

4. Install the driver with

sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle

5. Generate a fresh xorg.conf BEFORE REBOOTING!

sudo aticonfig --initial



On 20/09/12 10:25, David King wrote:
>
> On 19/09/12 13:20, antonk20117 at gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi there David,
>> Could you please specify whether you have upgraded from another
>> graphics card to this one or is this a new build. Could you please
>> specify your other components to are using, especially the
>> motherboard. I have linux 12. 04 running on an ati 6670.
>> I have also found that at first it refused to install the drivers for
>> the gpu. I ended up reinstalling 12.04 with an alternative cd (
>> needed to use lvm).
>> Could you try a live cd of normal 12. 04 ( with persistency) and see
>> whether the driver installs.
>> AK
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion re the live CD, how would I get the
> persistency? I suppose a USB drive involved?
>
> It is a totally fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04. Motherboard is Gigabyte
> MA790FX-DS5, AMD Athlon  64 X2 4800+ CPU.
>
> David K
>
>
>

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