Well, there are 2 main reasons: * The ATI driver (fglrx) is not compatible with Feisty’s kernel (2.6.20). For this reason Envy should use a patch. I’d rather wait for official support by ATI/AMD but if this doesn’t happen before Feisty’s release I will implement this feature in Envy. (This is not the main reason […]

Envy 0.8.2 features a new option (“5 – Install the ATI/NVIDIA driver Manually”) which will enable users to choose the version of the (ATI/Nvidia) driver between the list of available drivers instead of relying upon Envy’s automatic detection. Of course automatic hardware detection is still there.

envy_0.8.1-0ubuntu7 fixes a problem with ATI 9200/9250 cards, therefore if you had problems with Envy I suggest you to try this small bugfix release.

Yesterday the exam went great and as soon as I got back home I started working on the packages for my repositories (it took me 9 hours to upload them all). I have updated the ATI driver to the latest release 8.33.6 and the repositories (in general) should work well now (if they don’t, please […]

I have an exam next thursday and I have to study like crazy. Only after the exam will I be able to update my repos. In the meantime  you can use Envy: http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

here is the changelog: * Fixed: “ati” was blacklisted instead of “fglrx” * Fixed: ATI legacy driver didn’t install on 64bit systems * Fixed: envy attempted to download Nvidia legacy installer from the non-legacy http address * Fixed: potential problem with ATI legacy installer * Changed: Envy doesn’t check the model of your card if […]

I warmly recommend you to update to this release of Envy since it solves a few problems: * Fixed: now Envy should detect the card properly even if 2 or more cards are detected * Fixed: solves the “md5 error” bug which affected legacy cards * Fixed: Ati installer 8.28.8 needs a symbolic link to […]