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    8.41.7 on notebook with HD 2600 fatal server error

    Hello everybody,

    I've Ubuntu 7.04 feisty installed on my notebook and as driver I'm using a vesa driver. I'd really like to change this to an ATI driver. But when I reboot after following these instructions (method1): http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide
    it says that my Xserver can't be started.

    I get the following error:
    (
    ==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time : Sat Sep 29 18:47:55 2007
    (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
    (EE) No devices detected

    Fatal server error:
    no screens found

    After that I get into the terminal.

    When I type fglrxinfo it says this:

    Error: unable to open display :0


    Is there any fix for this? The vesa driver sucks real bad. I've read that other people can run the 8.41.7 drivers with a HD 2600 in their notebook.

    I've read all the threads here about the 8.41.7, I've tried reconfiguring the Xserver, that did also not work.
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    how did you install them?
    did you build/install the kernel modules?
    Code:
    sudo module-assistant build fglrx
sudo module-assistant install fglrx
    i think that was what I hadn't done when I first tried to install fglrx on my laptop, and got the no screens found error

    (the nvidia installer builds the modules automatically, doesn't it?)

    edit: just saw what you wrote about following method 1 from that guide... i think the ubuntu repos have an earlier fglrx driver... (not sure though)
    try to install it manually... (get the driver from ati)
    Last edited by mits; 11 October 2007, 05:38 PM.

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    • #3
      I changed the sources.list file and it did say it was using driver 8.41.7. I didn't used the command module-assistant build fglrx because it was not shown as a step in the guide. I've tried to install it manually but that didn't work either. I guess I'll try ubuntu in again in a couple of months. I guess it'll be fixed then. The vesa drivers gave me a really unsharp screen.

      Originally posted by mits View Post
      how did you install them?
      did you build/install the kernel modules?
      Code:
      sudo module-assistant build fglrx
sudo module-assistant install fglrx
      i think that was what I hadn't done when I first tried to install fglrx on my laptop, and got the no screens found error

      (the nvidia installer builds the modules automatically, doesn't it?)

      edit: just saw what you wrote about following method 1 from that guide... i think the ubuntu repos have an earlier fglrx driver... (not sure though)
      try to install it manually... (get the driver from ati)

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      • #4
        Maybe remove restricted modules and use:

        http://kanotix.com/files/install-fglrx-debian.sh

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