*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 85907 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85907
As a work around for this problem I downgraded x.org to 7.1 and used
Envy to install the 8.28.8 driver. Details here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432554
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Older ATI Radeons not supported from fgl
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 85907 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85907
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 85907
[feisty] fglrx does not support older cards
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Older ATI Radeons not supported from fglrx driver above 8.28.8
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83145
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Bug related #85907
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Older ATI Radeons not supported from fglrx driver above 8.28.8
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83145
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@Gillam: You can compile the ati driver Version 8.28.8. you have to change the
shell to /bin/bash:
ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
The driver doesn't compile with the standart ubuntu dash-shell.
@Collins: The main problem is the package description. which says that the old
chipsets are supported.
For n
Yes, the older ATI cards are no longer supported by the fglrx driver. We
can't fix that. IIRC, the old ATI driver that does support these cards
contains a security bug, so there's not much we can do to help that.
Please contact ATI about this issue. The extent of what we can do to
support fglrx is
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx
I'm using feisty.
The description of the packages contains the following:
Version: 7.1.0-8.32.5+2.6.20.1-6.1
This version of the ATI driver officially supports:
* ATI Radeon 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250 (R2xx
I also have a Mobility Radeon 9000, and while the open source drivers do
work, they are too slow. I have tried and failed to install the 8.28.8
driver directly, with the log reporting that the kernel module cannot be
built, so a legacy driver package would be very helpful.
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Older ATI Radeons no
I myself have a Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP in my laptop, and it's a pity
that the new fglrx drivers simply won't load.
Open source driver, you say? I agree that open source is mostly a good
thing, but the problem is that AIGLX and radeon drivers are slow for me.
I tried all the xorg.conf optimizatio
