Ubuntu driver 10.7 installation experience

To be honest, the ATI driver in Ubuntu has been suffering me for a long time. Some people say that if the system can enable 3D effects, the driver will not be involved. The problem of open-source drivers is less than that of official drivers, although the 3D acceleration effect is almost the same. I disagree. I think the driver is officially installed. The built-in system driver, that is, the open-source driver, turns the fan on my machine significantly faster, and it is suspected that the heat dissipation is not good. I have also seen a similar situation on the Internet. It should not be a special column. This problem does not occur when the official driver is installed. Therefore, it is better to install an official driver for your favorite device. However

To be honest, the ATI driver in Ubuntu has been suffering me for a long time.

Some people say that if the system can enable 3D effects, the driver will not be involved. The problem of open-source drivers is less than that of official drivers, although the 3D acceleration effect is almost the same. I disagree. I think the driver is officially installed. The built-in system driver, that is, the open-source driver, turns the fan on my machine significantly faster, and it is suspected that the heat dissipation is not good. I have also seen a similar situation on the Internet. It should not be a special column. This problem does not occur when the official driver is installed. Therefore, it is better to install an official driver for your favorite device.

However, there are also official driver problems.

For example, if my machine is installed with a driver of version 10.6 or later, there may be gray blocks in the browser and the DOCK. After reading a lot of English wikis, I found that a new 2D acceleration feature was enabled in drivers of version 10.6 and later versions. This feature may cause some minor problems on some graphics cards. The solution is to use the original 2D acceleration function. The command is aticonfig -- set-pcs-str = DDX, ForceXAA, TRUE

Regarding the restricted driver, that is, the driver in the Ubuntu system's built-in Driver Installation tool, this name is restricted, not limited in functions, but limited in developers. It is also not open source. It is verified that, the driver is equivalent to the official 10.3 Driver (in the Ubuntu 10.04 environment). In fact, the installation of the official drive into the DEB software on the system will show that it is installed with a limited driver. After the driver is installed (the system uses the DEB format driver by default instead of the new official driver), everything works normally. However, the screen brightness cannot be adjusted using power management, and the screen brightness adjusted using hotkeys in The Notebook cannot be saved.

In general, it is recommended to install an official driver. If you have any questions, check the information and try to find the driver. If it is a BUG, wait. I don't believe that AMD will launch drivers every month, but will not solve the previous BUG! ATI driver updates are very diligent.