If an Admin would be so kind as to delete my previous post as this is the newest and greatest !!! Thanks ATI.com !!!!
Okay I have a solution that is rather complex but it works -- hell it took me 6 installs to get mine perfect.
1. After the initial install let your box boot up normally to make sure everything is o.k. Then restart again but this time go to recovery mode and use resume normal boot . It will ask for your login name and password enter it.
2. first thing you may want to do is setup a Root password
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sudo passwd Root
then enter Root's password twice.
3. Then you want to make sure you have X configured by using this
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sudo X -configure
this will create a file called xorg.conf.new in your home folder.
4. Now it will ask if you want to try your new xorg file , just say no or you'll have to push reset. It does not really matter though because all we are going to do is reboot.
5. Once rebooted and logged in go to your home folder and copy(as root) your new xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.open or whatever name you want. Just remember you will have to rename it if something goes wrong.
6.Open up a terminal and paste this code into it
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sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libQtGui4
then this
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sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 /lib/libstdc++.so.6
then this
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sudo ldconfig
7. Go to ati.amd .com and download 10.4 video driver( I should point out that this only works with 3XXX or above video cards). Once downloaded open up a terminal to where you downloaded the file and use this
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sudo sh ./ati-driver*.run --buildandinstallpkg Ubuntu/lucid
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Follow these extra steps only if you get an error 6 on installation or upgrade. If you dont get any errors then continue to step 9 or if you got some other error then step 6 go here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1496724 I will copy it here to make it easier .
" This assumes that the aborted attempt to install "fglrx" and "fglrx-amdcccle" via apt-get is still extant on your computer. If you rolled it back or got rid of it somehow, go ahead and re-run it so all the files will be present on your machine.
Now, open a terminal and do the following: "
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sudo updatedb
b.
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locate arch_fglrx_2.6.34.patch
c.Foreach listed version of the file, do
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sudo gedit <file>
d.Replace the first 2 lines of each file with:
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--- a/kcl_wait.c 2010-04-13 20:02:46.494496561 +0200
+++ b/kcl_wait.c 2010-04-13 19:52:00.054563389 +0200
" and save the file. Remember to do this for ALL the files. (On my machine there were 2.)"
e.Now do the following:
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sudo apt-get --no-download install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
9. Still with me ? good after this is done we only have one step to go. Open up a terminal and paste this
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sudo aticonfig --initial
then reboot
10.If everything is O.k. now you can go ahead and configure your driver with System-Preferences-ATI???? (I hate to type) does it show???
11. If all you get is black screen you will have to start from scratch(just joking, it was what I did when I first started with linux) you will have to reboot and go to recovery mode and copy the xorg.conf.new(or whatever name you like ) to xorg.conf
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sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
then either you can type
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startx
or reboot the choice is yours. I prefer to reboot just to be sure. Once booted, open a terminal and paste this code
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sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
then start at step 6
12. If you cannot get into recovery mode then you can use your installation cd or usb to change xorg.conf . This is why on a fresh install I do the intitial update then install my video drivers !!!