ATI driver installation - Error inserting fglrx... No such device

[Billy Verreynne (JW)]

Sean Hammond wrote:


> I am trying to follow this:
<snipped>

Sean, I simply apt got and installed the fglrx driver. Synaptic gives
a list of installed files. One of these was a configuration script.

I sudo'ed into a root bash shell and ran that script - it prompts for
a bunch of stuff (like keyboard, mouse, tv out, etc).

Before it overwrote the xconfig file (cannot recall its name - not the
same file I'm used to from Red Hat days), I first made a backup of it.


Then I logged off and rebooted. A simpler method would have been to
press CTRL-BACKSPACE at the logon screen. This causes X itself to
reload itself - but I was not sure about the 2nd monitor support thus
the reboot.

Everything worked just fine. Dual monitors. H/w graphic acceleration.
Now for FlightGear next. :-)

Oh yeah - I also installed the ATI control panel. Also works just
fine.

--
Billy


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