1. Install necessary build tools.
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)
2. Download the latest Catalyst package.
ati.amd.com/support/driver.HTML
Select your driver.
Mine is:Linux x86--Radeon--3xxx series
a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8-10-x86.x86_64.run
3. Create .deb packages.
$ sh ati-driver-installer-8-10-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/hardy
4. Add driver to kernel module blacklist.
The ATI driver must be added to the kernel module blacklist so that the new ATI driver will be used. If it is not blacklisted, the official Ubuntu repository version of the ATI driver will be loaded instead.
$ sudo gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
Add "fglrx" to the line "DISABLED_MODULES"
5. Install .debs.
$ sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx_8.542-0ubuntu1_i386.deb fglrx-kernel-source_8.542-0ubuntu1_i386.deb fglrx-amdcccle_8.542-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
6.Finishing the Install: Configuration
If you've used fglrx previously, you will not need to do this.
Now you'll have to edit your xorg.conf
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and add the following line to the Device section (if it does not already exist). Include the following lines without [...]:
Section "Device"
[...]
Driver "fglrx"
[...]
EndSection
Save and exit, then
reboot the PC.
Select the safe mode
Then run
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
in a terminal. If it does not error you should be fine.
type
into the terminal. If the vendor string contains ATI, you have installed the driver successfully. Release 8.8 looks like:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1950 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7873 Release