Interesting part about this is that the amd fglrx drivers were working until
a security update for the linux kernel was sent out around September of this
year.
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU83ATICatalystLinuxHotfix.aspx
I had read somewhere that catalyst 10.10 was suppose to fix this but I guess
not.
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Louis Ross <louis.ross@selu.edu> wrote:
> A quick glance at the ATI catalyst website shows that the current ATI
> driver and the current (and fairly recent) versions of X are not
> compatible(go figure).
>
> Some distros use the driver form "several versions back" and patch it to
> work, I'm not sure of the specifics.
>
> Guy Ross
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Ronald Giardina <general.reikan@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> A quick google search gives a forum link:
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1370758.
>> The second post says that card isn't supported after 8.10 and you have to
>> use the open-source drivers. That's just about 2 seconds of searching,
>> though. I wouldn't throw in the towel until a bit more reading. If it
>> doesn't pan out maybe try reverting back to Hardy Heron 8.04.
>>
>> -Ronald
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:49 PM, j j <jdj2005@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello nolug,
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any success with ubuntu 10.10 and a ati 9550 video card?
>>> I installed the new fglrx driver and the amdcccle catalyst but keep getting
>>> "No supported adapters detected" message when I run aticonfig --initial
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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