ATI Linux Driver Needed for my Notebook

[linx4life]

The latest Linux driver from ATI is Catalyst 7.11, but there is no official support for the Mobility line.

I'm using SimplyMEPIS, and I need a full 3D Linux driver for my HP 8510p, which has an ATI Mobility HD 2600 GPU. Where can I go, and what can I do?

[techieMoe]

I see a driver for the ATI Radeon HD 2600. Try that. I have a regular Mobility Radeon on my laptop and it worked just fine with regular Radeon drivers. I could be mistaken, but ATI uses a unified driver architecture anyway, so you're pretty much installing the same driver regardless.

ATI Catalyst™ 7.11 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver

[linx4life]

That would be great, I'll give it a try as soon as I can, and then I'll post back.

Thanks!

[linx4life]

Any additional suggestions or insights by anyone are always welcome!

[clux]

I see a driver for the ATI Radeon HD 2600. Try that. I have a regular Mobility Radeon on my laptop and it worked just fine with regular Radeon drivers. I could be mistaken, but ATI uses a unified driver architecture anyway, so you're pretty much installing the same driver regardless.

ATI Catalyst™ 7.11 Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver

I'm using that driver, but the 3D acceleration is not activated. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I opened a thread about a gateway with that driver; if you have more info to configurate the driver, tell me please.