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ATI Radeon XPress 1200 Graphics Card Driver Install Problems

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I've got an ATI Radeon XPress 1200 Graphics Card, and the default driver isn't cutting it. I downloaded the proprietary driver .run file ("ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run") from AMD, and tried to run it with sudo sh ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run. Everytime I try and to it I get this error:

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version

default:v2:i686:lib::none:3.8.0-25-generic; make sure that the version is being

correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

I don't know what's throwing it, and I would really appreciate some help. Thanks in advance! :)

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answered 1 Year ago raldership · Accepted Answer

The error message means that your graphics card is not supported by the driver that you are about to install. To be more precise, AMD dropped support for older graphics cards in Catalyst v. 9.3, which also requires the use of a Kernel older than v. 2.6.28 and X server older than v. 1.5.

Ubuntu 11.10 is the latest release that has a Kernel and X server old enough for the Catalyst v. 9.3. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 11.10 is no longer supported, so your only solution is to use the open source driver.

You could also use the ppa:makson96/fglrx PPA to downgrade your Kernel and X server to older versions and to install the legacy driver. However, please read the release notes from the link as the driver isn't fully compatible with the Unity used in Ubuntu 13.04.

If you want to use the PPA, run these commands from the Terminal to downgrade the Kernel and X server and to install the legacy driver:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy