How to: install a new ati card with the latest driver
This is for RV600 (HD3xxx) cards and higher (HD4xxx and 5xxx) and for installing the latest proprietary fglrx driver from ATI for any HD3xxx, Hd4xxx, and HD5xxx) on systems running Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, and 9.10. It is recommended that you use the latest driver available, especially for the many new 4xxx cards(4350, 4750 etc), Mobility HD4xxxx and HD5xxx. There is a link below which will always get you the latest driver.
NOTE: AS of the 10.2 driver release and before these drivers will not work with Xorg-xserver 1.7 of the 2.6.32 or later kernel which are part of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). So, if you are testing Lucid do not even try to install this driver. Hopefully that will get remedied in the next release or two.
If you are having problems with an installed driver this can help you clean out the old driver and install a new one properly. Follow the directions and Just skip the install the new card section. This will also help if you are replacing an Nvidia card with an ati card.
If you do not follow these steps exactly you will have problems so please be careful.
Step 1; Remove old drivers.
Note: ATI recommends you uninstall the ATI Proprietary Linux
Driver before installing a newer version.
If you have just done a clean install and have not enabled or installed any proprietary drivers then you can skip this part.
If you have installed the driver and it is giving you problems it may be mis-installed so removing it and starting again clean is often faster and easier than trying to figure out what went wrong.
If you are using a driver that you downloaded from the ati site and installed it using the installer there is a removal script that you can use:
Code:
sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
If you installed the driver using Jockey (hardware manager) then that means the driver is from the Ubuntu repository and has been packaged a little differently so you will need to remove it as follows (you may also need to use this method if you used dpkg to build and install the driver):
Code:
sudo apt-get purge xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-kernel-source xorg-driver-fglrx-dev
The driver also may replace the following files with proprietary versions so you may need to restore them to their generic state:
Code:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install libgl1-mesa-glx xserver-xorg-core
If you use Envy to install the driver, use Envy and chose remove completely.
If you are replacing an Nvidia card and used the nvidia proprietary driver the driver should also be removed completely BEFORE REMOVING THE CARD. This will save you a lot of headaches.
reboot into recovery kernel and use the fix-x option or "repair broken packages" to get to the generic VESA driver working. You can verify that the VESA driver is in use by checking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
STEP 2:Shutdown the system and install the new card.
If you are replacing an old card or installing a new card or adding a new card to a system that was previously using integrated graphics then you must enter the bios and make sure that the correct card is recognized and enabled and the IGP disabled.
Boot up the system and again use the fix-x or repair broken packages option. This is necessary because even the VESA driver needs to be initialized again for a different card
...continue....
If you want you can check again in /var/log/Xorg.0.log to make sure everything is OK.
You may not have a maximum resolution display and no desktop effects but do not change anything yet, you still need to install the new driver.
Step3:Install the new driver.
Go to the ati site and download the latest driver for your card to your Desktop (You can also do this before you start)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspxOpen a terminal and navigate to the Desktop
Code:
cd Desktop
Make the installer executable by right clicking on it and choosing Properties/Permissions and checking the box next to Execute: and close the window.
Run the installer
Code:
sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer.....
You can finish the rest of the line with the full name of the driver file including the .bin. You will be asked for your password, just type it in and the installer should run. When the driver stops and asks you questions just hit enter.
After the driver is finished installing return to the terminal and type
Code:
sudo aticonfig --initial
You should get some message like "found uniitalized file xorg.conf blah bah blah....
If you have an X2 card, which has 2 gpus, or multiple cards you should use
Code:
sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial
If you get an error you can try
Code:
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
This will force aticonfig to overwrite the old xorg.conf.
reboot If you do not reboot the driver will not work.
Post Installation tips
Do not use Preferences/Display or Screen Resolution to adjust your display.
The driver comes with the Catalyst Control Center for adjusting the display and configuring the driver. It will be in your menu. You need to use the superuser mode to make most changes. If it does not launch from the menu you can launch it from a terminal with
Code:
sudo amdcccle
There is also the command line utility aticonfig which has more options than CCC and is useful for setting up crossfire and a bunch of other stuff you can do to tweak the driver. For a full list of aticonfig options you can use
Code:
aticonfig --help
Be very careful using these utilities, they do not like more than one change at a time before you reboot.
Problems and other issues
There are many old guides around and a lot of their advice is outdated. For one thing it is no longer necessary to build the packages yourself since the installer will now recognize Ubuntu and build the proper packages itself. Many of the old xorg.conf options they tell you to use are also no longer necessary and do not work for all cards so be very careful if you try them.
There may be some bugs with the installer for a few particular cards on some particular Ubuntu distributions. It is impossible for the devs to test every combination. If you run across a problem please file a bug at Launchpad and/or the ati bugzilla so it can get fixed. You can also post here and we will see what we can do to help.
Regards and good luck,
mark
P.S.
I wrote this due to the large number of requests for help installing ati cards or fixing broken fglrx drivers found on these forums recently. If you come across requests for this type of help please direct them here. It will help to consolidate the discussion in a central location so it is easier for people to find and participate.
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