After running an update of Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, I now have desktop effects!
The new ATI driver in the Ubuntu 8.04 (codename Hardy Heron) works with my ATI Radeon XPress 200M graphics card. I upgraded without installing any updates or drivers though the “restricted drivers. The upgrade went smoothly, and all I had to do was remove bittorrent. No problems here, and even my wireless works!
Posted in Hardy Heron, Ubuntu
Congratulations! I had the same experience with a 200M on a Pavilion zv6000-series machine. Two years ago in Dapper I couldn’t get it working so it’s quite satisfying to see the effects work right out of the box.
Actually, I think it worked under Gutsy too, but the card was blacklisted because it wasn’t quite perfect. There were a lot of cards like that, where you could get the effects if you un-blacklisted your machine. Hardy is better this way though.
By: K.Mandla on May 16, 2008
at 1:57 am
