ATI Drivers for Kubuntu 8.10
November 18th, 2008
I recently purchased a new video card. Its an ATI 2600 Pro. Much much quieter than my previous card, a GeForce 6600 GT. Anyways, I had some trouble getting it up and running. In case any Kubuntu user needs some help, these are the commands I ended up running to get it working:
- Install the drivers: sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
- Reconfigure X: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
- Configure ATI: sudo aticonfig –initial -f
That worked for me. All I needed to do after that was restart x using the following command: sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart.
However, I haven’t yet got the cool 3d desktop effects of KDE 4 running. Anyone have any recommendations? I’m pretty sure its just a xorg.conf issue but I can’t put my finger on it.