Getting ATI 3d working! (I got mine going)

[John Hornbeck]

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 23:18 -0400, list wrote:
> I finally figured out what I needed to do to get the ATI 3d working :)   
> **maybe someone could add this to the wiki (at least the fglrxconfig  
> part)**
> 
> I followed the current parts of the wiki  
> (http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/BinaryDriverHowto).
> 
> Then I backed up my /etc/X11/XF86config-4:
> 
> dean at dim:~ $ sudo cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.old
> 
> Then I ran fglrxconfig (get it off synaptic) as su, and answered NO to the  
> 'disable AGP locked user pages' question.
> 
> I also hadn't understood what the linux-restricted modules >= 2.6.8.1.1-1  
> were (to anyone else who doesn't know, you get them from the restricted  
> sources with synaptic--they should match your kernel).
> 
> After this I was able to install and play enemy territory (which is a free  
> multiplayer version of rtcw, I recommend you check it out)!
> 
> Good luck to everyone else :)
> 
> PS I'm using a Radeon 9500 pro, so anyone else using this card can be sure  
> that it's possible.
> 
Note, fglrxconfig is a product of the package fglrx-control.
John