Ubuntu 10.04 ATI Radeon Problem -Solved-

[xPureEvil2002x]

Ok I spent over a week trying to get my ATI Radeon 9800 pro to work so I could run Uplink (this will work for alot of ATI cards) so here is how I solved it:

For these cards you must use the "fglrx" driver and this wont work:.

2D modesetting only
HD 3xxx / R600 based cards
HD 4xxx / R700 based cards
If you dont know how to tell what card you have type this: lspci -nn | grep VGA

For all others this will fully remove -fglrx and reinstall -ati from scratch:

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  sudo /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh  # (if it exists)
  sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
  sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
  sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
  sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Then reboot (or fix up the kernel modules and restart gdm)

Hope it helps,
PureEvil[/code]