Idea #137: Provide mechanism for automatic FGLRX installation

Written by dokers the 28 Feb 08 at 18:49. Category: Graphics.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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It would be nice for a mechanism that would automatically retrieve the newest FGLRX driver from AMD/ATI and install it, including the configuration of the xorg.conf file.

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Loffe wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 19:27

Envy does the driver install in an easy way...

will_in_wi wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 20:07

I think that those resources should go to programming on radeonhd.

peterjs wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:05

Envy does this and breaks with no respect for the package management system. The restricted drivers manager also does this with the current tested drivers.

dokers wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 15:24

My issue with the restricted driver is it is no where near a current driver. I like to run the newest available driver and would like a better system for updating to the newest driver than what exists. I have tried Envy in the past and wasn't overly impressed. I also hope that Ubuntu can handle this without breaking anything. (I know I'm wishing for a LOT hear!)

peterjs wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 12:07

You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can have stable tested drivers, or the newest and latest drivers, but not both.

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