ATI Radeon X200 Problem

**lintuxos** · 07-07-2006

I just recently bought a new PC with an ATI Radeon X200 card build in. I started with Fedora Core 5 on it and couldn't get sound or hardware acceleration working. I just installed Kubuntu (which got the sound working). Is there anyone who has had any luck getting hardware acceleration working on this card under Kubuntu (or any other distro for that matter)?

**antidrugue** · 07-07-2006

Yes, follow those instructions to install ATI proprietary drivers :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

**lintuxos** · 07-07-2006

Thanks for the link to the guide. I tried the methods listed, but it did not work correctly.

The result was that things did not display properly. All open programs had clear backings, and text (if it displayed at all) would be jumbled. The screen would not refresh, so all windows that were closed would remain on the screen.

Any further advice?

**antidrugue** · 07-07-2006

Originally Posted by lintuxos

The result was that things did not display properly. All open programs had clear backings, and text (if it displayed at all) would be jumbled. The screen would not refresh, so all windows that were closed would remain on the screen.

What says

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW

and

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

about that?

**lintuxos** · 07-07-2006

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

Code:

Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 2.6.15-25-386 #1 PREEMPT Wed Jun 14 11:25:49 UTC 2006 i686
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so
(EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7)
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW

Code:

(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID".
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(WW) fglrx(0): Specified desktop setup not supported: 8
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used

**antidrugue** · 07-07-2006

Ok, what about:

Code:

sudo updatedb

(wait a few minutes for the database to build itself)

And then

Code:

locate libGLcore.so

? Where is it?

**lintuxos** · 07-07-2006

The locate command put it at:

/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so

**antidrugue** · 07-07-2006

Make sure you have the latest Ubuntu kernel installed?

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

**lintuxos** · 07-07-2006

The kernel is completely up to date.

It appears that I will be needing to buy a nVidia card

**antidrugue** · 07-07-2006

Originally Posted by lintuxos

It appears that I will be needing to buy a nVidia card

Hehe, we can try a few more tricks before going there.

By the way, are you using Ubuntu 64 bits?

And what about your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?
And

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i glcore

You could try "method 2" from this page (another way to install the ATI drivers) :
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

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