ATI issues post here please.

[Admin-Amir]

Hello to you all.

ATI issues post here please.

[razy60]

Hi, first i would like to say 2.6 looks and feels great.
However i have a problem with the cursor it is a large black arrow if i try and change it, it doesnt, the only way i can seem to get it to change is if i activate the ati graphics driver, then restart, it then wont start in normal mode all i get is a black screen and nothing else if at start up i select safe graphics mode i can get it to start and the cursor looks fine but the graphics card has been disabled so none of the goodies. the other problem is that when i select safe graphics mode no matter what i do i cant get the wifi card to be recognized so the only way i can run 2.6 on my laptop is to run with basic as is graphics, wierdly if i move the cursor over an open window say firefox the cursor reverts to its normal stylish self.(i am going to post in the network part with regards the wifi).
I have been running 10.04 and not come across this problem.
Just noticed as well that on my PC (installing 2.6 at the moment) when it goes into screen saver i get the mini Ultimate Edition logos spinning around i didnt get this on the laptop.

Raz

[rsmcgough]

I got the same problem when I updated the ATI driver then I got a black screen and nothing else, the same as you although my curser is not acting up, just I can't update the driver, it keeps saying there is an updated driver available.
Randall

[razy60]

the cursor issue has been answered in another post it has something to do with compiz.

Raz

[Icewield3r]

The driver that is installed through the hardware drivers utility appears to be broken, I would suggest the radeonHD driver instead if you don't have a 5xxx series card. If you do have a 5xxx series card, or you just want the official driver, the 10.4 catalyst drivers from the ATI website do work as well.
The black screen issue appears to be a 10.04 issue.

[travisf]

I had the same black screen problem so manually installed the ATI driver from ATI's web site. Just used the recovery boot and dropped to a root shell to install. Used the automatic install option. All appears to be working ok. I know it will probably break on the next kernel update but it's very easy to reinstall.

Cursor workaround in another post worked for me as well.

.....Travis

[serialjoepsycho]

The black screen issue seems to be an ultimate edition issue. It doesn't happen in the final release of lucid.

[Icewield3r]

Strange, Lucid has the black screen issues. What ATI card you you have serial joe?

[serialjoepsycho]

Wait lets me say that better: Lucid x86 doesn't have that issue with radeon hd 4350 and I must assume the same can be said for all radeon 4xxx cards since one driver runs them all. I don't know about lucid x64 because I didn't have enough RAM 9until now to bother with 64 bit os. I do have a shot in the dark at the cause of the issue. I installed the driver from amd's website and installed it and poof it worked (the load up screen did seem a bit buggy though the OS loaded up fine) but I noticed I didn't have the catalyst control center so I went back and installed it and just it. When I went to load it up poof there is the black screen of death again. I won't say definitely but I will say it is possible that there is the issue.

But here is a question I will pose: Has anyone installed the final release (not the alphas, betas, or release candidates) and had this issue?

Is this based on the final release of lucid? I also noticed a file folder that said HAL. I didn't really look at it to hard and I didn't at all check if it was on lucid anywhere but I was under the assumption it was fully removed from Lucid.

[razy60]

Hi, I have Lucid 64 bit installed on my laptop with the ATI drivers and it is fine, I only get this issue in Ultimate Edition 64 bit, plus i get the cursor issue (i know the work around for that), However if i remember correctly Lucid uses .21 whereas Ultimate Edition 2.6 is .22 kernel this may well explain the problem. I may try to install the drivers by dropping to .21 (as per nvidia thread) cant do it now though not got the time.

Raz