kernel 2.6.18 / fglrx

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running a 2.6.18 kernel (self-built, with suspend2, ipw3945, and a
> few other patches) and I've been unable to figure out how to get the
> latest ati proprietary driver to work with it. It seems as though the
> kernel modules don't even get loaded at startup. Can anyone provide
> pointers?
>
> I ran through (roughly) the procedure shown at
> http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Dapper_Installation_Guide#Method_2:_Generating.2FInstalling_Ubuntu_packages_for_the_new_8.29.6_drivers_in_Ubuntu_Dapper_Manually

False alarm. I had a residual Device section in my xorg.conf that was
still specifying the "vesa" driver. Maybe the installation
instructions from ATI should tell you to rename your xorg.conf before
doing the

  aticonfig --initial


Anyway, sorry for the noise.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com