Dell Dimension E510 (aka Dimension 5150n), ATI Radeon X600, & Ubuntu

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thank you for the hint, it gave option to configure but mostly it can
find automatically, it could find my monitor for example. 



although the settings were correct, weirdly x still did not work. any
idea what did I do wrong?







Randy W. Sims Wrote: 
> Lee Revell wrote:

> > On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 18:16 -0500, Randy W. Sims wrote:

> > 

> >>I'd still prefer Ubuntu, if anyone can help with getting this ATI

> >>X600 

> >>card working. I guess I could also ask over on debian-user, and maybe
> 

> >>look for a xorg list...

> >>

> >>Thanks for any help or suggestions.

> >>

> > 

> > 

> > You could try a newer release like Dapper.  Does it work at all
> without

> > the binary ATI drivers?

> > 

> > The problem is that hardware changes so fast, and it gets faster
> every

> > year.  It might just be that your hardware is too new for the distro
> you

> > tried to install.

> > 

> > Best bet is try to google for whether anyone else has had luck with
> that

> > laptop...

> 

> I guess I never tried the ubuntu ATI drivers because they do work. I 

> started over. This time, after googling some more, I was able to get it
> 

> working simply with

> 

> sudo aptitude install xorg-driver-fglrx # the fglrx name threw me off
> here

> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

> 

> That's all. Now if I can just get someone to remove my head from the
> wall...

> 

> Sorry to waste your time; I should have done better research (usually 

> always works).

> 

> Thanks (from my working Ubuntu desktop)

> 

> Randy.

> 

> 

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