OK, I got it going!
First, I changed in my bios the setting so that it booted from onboard rather than my pci video card ( which of course is radeon).
This let me install ubuntu, as well as get stuff started.
First thing first, type the following in to a terminal (Applications, Accessories, Terminal):
Code:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bak
If ANYTHING goes wrong, you now have a backup, which you can restore by typing :
Code:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bak /etc/X11/xorg.conf
After upgrading the original basics, I ran
This game me this out put:
02:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
02:03.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
Now, the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file only needs to know about the VGA compatible controller, and the name of mine is "ATI Technologies Inc RV280", and it can be found at PCI:2:3:0 (See above?)
So I just need to edit my xorg.conf file, and make it see my video card.
Open this with GEdit.
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I went down to where it said :
Quote:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
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And put a "#" in front of each line to comment it out.
Then I copyed and pasted it, right below, to say this:
Quote:
#Section "Device"
# Identifier "Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller"
# Driver "i810"
# BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
#EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV280"
Driver "vesa" #gonna change this later
BusID "PCI:2:3:0"
EndSection
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I used the vesa for stabilities sake for now. I just wanted to verify it saw my card...
Of course, since I edited out my OLD video card, I couldn't just leave it's name laying around:
Code:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
# Device "Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc RV280"
Monitor "SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
So I commented out my old device and stuck in my test one.
I exited, saved, and pressed ctrl+alt+backspace to restartx.
Quote:
Other useful commands:
ctrl+alt+F1 to get to a command prompt
sudo startx to start the x server
sudo init 0 to turn it off at comamnd prompt
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bak /etc/X11/xorg.conf (This uses the original, working config)
Tab (Auto completes where there is only one option, if it doesn't then you are typing something wrong)
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Once I verified I had a working connection to my video card, I changed it as suggested by this tutorial:
Installing Beryl On An Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Desktop With An ATI Radeon Graphic Card | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials NOW that I have beryl going, I can tweak my video to work smoothly.... then fast.
I hope that SOME of this makes someone else's trek into linux less painfull.
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