-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [email protected] wrote: > Hi Robin, > There is probably a problem with the X video driver locking up with your > ATI card. > > I would suggest that you will want to get the 'official'(non-free) ATI > drivers, which can be got through the restricted driver manager.... which > unfortunately is a graphical app (chicken and egg problem). > Actually, his device is supported by the radeonhd driver which is not proprietary. The fglrx driver is for older ATI devices.
> You can force X to use the VESA driver (just to get something working) by > editing the '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file and adding/changing the following > section and then install the ATI drivers. > -- > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Driver "vesa" > EndSection > -- > > Hope this is enough to get you going, > Simon. Iirc Mint is a Ubuntu derivative and directly editing the xorg.conf usually does not work anymore. I would try running the Ubuntu Live CD first, and then work from there. I would also suggest that he perhaps try the x64 version or the x86 edition, depending on which one he just tried. I have no direct experience with Mint so I am not sure what to suggest next. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqoF3sACgkQwRXgH3rKGfPOfgCfXLUCSFkwQDSvRYDkacAgT3Ps hywAn2lLo7KfHig1bUWPU3Qudvz73cgB =djOZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
