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Ubuntu and ATi Catalyst

post #1 of 8
9/24/06 at 4:16pm
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Hi again fellow Linux people! I've been attempting to install the ATI Catalyst Control Center on my laptop in Ubuntu. I havent had very good battery life in my linux install and my processor isnt the issue (checked, speedstep is doing its job) so the only thing left to do that would be the video card and a lack of ATI Power Play. I hopped over to ATI.com and downloaded their linux drivers and generated a Ubuntu 6.06 install from the command line. When I attempt to install the Catalyst Center I get this error line in the package installer

Code:
(Reading database ... 83634 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-control (from ... /fglrx-control_8.29.6- 1_i386.deb) ...
(Reading database ... 83634 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx-control (from ... /fglrx-control_8.29.6- 1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /home/(my name)/desktop/fglrx-control_8.29.6- 1_i386.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/fireglcontrolpanel', which is also in package xorg-driver-fglrx
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken Pipe)

Should I attempt to delete the existing fireglcontrolpanel file?
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post #2 of 8
9/24/06 at 4:39pm
you're pretty much installing the same thing over again from a different package.

so first things first is you gotta purge the xorg-driver-fglrx and fglrx-control packages, then go ahead and install the generated deb that you got.
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post #3 of 8
9/24/06 at 5:09pm
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Purged and installed.

Unless I installed the wrong one, this isnt what I was expecting. Anyone know what to do to enable PowerPlay on ATI cards? I know it works under linux.
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post #4 of 8
9/24/06 at 9:02pm
to the best of my knowledge actually powerplay is not part of fglrx.... its one of thsoe little things that make ATi's linux support suck really bad.
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post #5 of 8
9/26/06 at 12:27am
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Ah I found it!!

In terminal use the following list of commands:

Code:
aticonfig --lsp
aticonfig --setpowerstate *number here*

The first one lists the different power configurations as 1 (low power) through 3 (high power). You enter them after setpowerstate and it changes the clock speeds of your card.
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post #6 of 8
9/26/06 at 12:55am
ahh nice find. btw...works just as well with the fglrx from the repos...no need to install by hand
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post #7 of 8
9/26/06 at 1:19am
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You mean I wasted my time for nothing lol, t'is all good. Its always a learning experience with Linux
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post #8 of 8
9/26/06 at 3:57am
Heh it is a good find, not that I have dealt with ATi much myself, but for future reference.

Learning experiences are always good as well.

Seablade
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