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ATI Installation Script

Installation script for the ATI Radeon drivers (>=8.28.8) for Ubuntu Version 0.1 beta

 ati-driver-installer.sh :

#
# Installation script for the ATI Radeon drivers (>=8.28.8) for Ubuntu
# v0.1 beta
# Programming by Andreas Wiese (mr.wiese@web.de)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2
# of the License
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

export VERSION="8.29.6"
export UBUNTU="dapper"
# Replace this with the current version you want to install

echo "Script for installing the ATI Radeon drivers in Ubuntu"
echo
echo "*** Download the ATI Driver Installer from www.ati.com and save the installer into this directory."
sleep 2
if [ `ls -al /bin/ | grep -c sh.old` != "1" ]; then
        echo
        echo "*** If you get a syntax error saying: Bad substitution there's probably a problem with the Shell 'dash'. This problem can be fixed by replacing the Shell 'dash' with 'bash'." 
        echo -n ">>> Do you want to temporarly replace the Shell for this installation? [yes/no]: "
        read qtint
        if [ "$qtint" = "yes" ]; then 
                echo "*** Replacing the Shell 'dash' with 'bash'..."
                sudo mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.old
                sudo ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh
                export tmpinst="1"
                sleep 2
        else 
                echo "*** Check for yourself that the packages are generated successfully."
                sleep 2 
        fi
fi

# Install necessary tools
echo
echo "*** IMPORTANT: Make sure the universe section of the Ubuntu repositories is enabled."
echo "*** Installing necessary tools for compiling..."
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fakeroot module-assistant build-essential debhelper linux-headers-386  linux-restricted-modules-386  linux-restricted-modules-common
sleep 2

# GCC version
echo
if [ `gcc --version | grep -c " 4."` != "0" ]; then
        echo "*** The current ATI drivers need gcc version >= 4.0. Your version of gcc seems to be ok."
else
        echo "*** The current ATI drivers need gcc version >= 4.0. Your version of gcc seems to be too old. Please install a newer version of gcc."
        echo -n "Your version of gcc is "
        gcc --version | grep gcc
        echo
        echo ">>> Installation aborted!"
        exit
fi
sleep 2

# Remove old driver packages
echo
echo "*** Removing old ATI installation packages in this folder..."
sudo rm -f fglrx-*.deb
sudo rm -f xorg-driver-fglrx*.deb
sudo rm -f fglrx*.changes
sleep 2

# Create driver packages
echo
echo "*** Creating ATI driver packages for Ubuntu..."
chmod +x ati-driver-installer-$VERSION.run
bash ati-driver-installer-$VERSION.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/$UBUNTU
sleep 2

# Clean up the system
echo
echo "*** Removing old ATI driver packages..."
sudo apt-get remove -y fglrx-control fglrx-kernel-$(uname -r) fglrx-kernel-source fglrx-sources xorg-driver-fglrx xorg-driver-fglrx-dev
sleep 2

# Install driver packages
echo
echo "*** Installing new ATI driver packages..."
sudo dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx*.deb
sudo dpkg -i fglrx-*.deb
sleep 2

# Remove any old fglrx deb's from /usr/src/
echo
echo "*** Removing old fglrx packages from linux kernel..."
sudo rm -f /usr/src/fglrx*.deb
sleep 2

# Compile the kernel module
echo
echo "*** Compiling the fglrx kernel module..."
sudo module-assistant prepare,update
sudo module-assistant a-i fglrx-kernel-source
sudo depmod -a
sleep 2

# Update the xorg.conf
echo
echo "*** Updating the X.org configuration..."
sudo aticonfig --initial
sudo aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv
sleep 2

# Remove driver packages
echo
echo "*** Removing ATI installation packages in this folder..."
sudo rm -f fglrx-*.deb
sudo rm -f xorg-driver-fglrx*.deb
sudo rm -f fglrx*.changes
sleep 2

# Link DRI patch
echo
echo "*** Linking DRI modules..."
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/dri /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri
sleep 2

# Setting back to dash
if [ "$tmpinst" = "1" ]; then 
        echo "*** Setting back the Shell to 'dash'..."
        sudo rm /bin/sh
        sudo mv /bin/sh.old /bin/sh
        sleep 2
fi

# Finish
echo
echo ">>> Installation finished."
echo "*** Finally disable the module 'fglrx' in /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common."

Invovled at: LaptopTestingTeam/AsusA6V

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