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

[Sean Hammond]

Strange, it xserver configuration doesn't give me 'radeon' as a driver
option. It does give me 'ati'.

On 1/18/06, ulrich steffens <ulrich at barfuss-jerusalem.org> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 18.01.2006, 13:00 +0000 schrieb Sean Hammond:
> > It looks like I need to use the 'radeon' sub-driver from the package
> > xserver-xorg-driver-ati in order to get open source 3D acceleration. I
> > wonder if this is  possible yet in Ubuntu with X.org?
> >
> > On 1/18/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> 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?
> > >
> > > On 1/18/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I am trying to follow this:
> > > >
> > > > http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/C/ch04.html#installatidriver
> > > >
> > > > to get my ATI graphics working. When I run:
> > > >
> > > > sudo depmod -a ; sudo modprobe fglrx
> > > >
> > > > I get the following error:
> > > >
> > > > FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
> > > > (/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/volatile/fglrx.ko): No such device
> > > >
> > > > lshw gives me this info for the display adapter I have:
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone help me get the graphics acceleration working?
> > > >
> sure you can use this driver! just
>         sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-driver-ati
>         sudp dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> and when asked what driver, choose radeon, if its not already enabled in
> xorg. why shouldnt you be able to use it ubuntu?
>
> ulrich
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