ATI driver installation - Error inserting fglrx... No such device

[Sasha Tsykin]

Sean Hammond wrote:

>I think I understand now. Do ATI only provide a 3D accelerated driver
>for newer ATI cards? With my Radeon 7500 I have to use the software
>only xserver-xorg-driver-ati module?
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yes they do

>On 1/18/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>I am trying to follow this:
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>>http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/C/ch04.html#installatidriver
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>>to get my ATI graphics working. When I run:
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>>sudo depmod -a ; sudo modprobe fglrx
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>>I get the following error:
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>>FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
>>(/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/volatile/fglrx.ko): No such device
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>>lshw gives me this info for the display adapter I have:
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>>description:    VGA compatible controller
>>product:        Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500]
>>vendor:         ATI Technologies Inc
>>physical id:    0
>>bus info:       pci at 01:00.0
>>version:        00
>>size:   128MB
>>width:  32 bits
>>clock:  66MHz
>>capabilities:   vga bus_master cap_list
>>resources:
>>iomemory        :       f0000000-f7ffffff
>>ioport  :       ec00-ecff
>>iomemory        :       ff8f0000-ff8fffff
>>irq     :       16
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>>Can anyone help me get the graphics acceleration working?
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