----------------------------------- BenLi Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:41 pm Ubuntu Troubles ----------------------------------- Hey all, haven't posted in a while... Okay, so I decide to do a fresh install/upgrade to 7.10. I've done this (installing I mean) a few times. Here are my specs: Dell e1505 Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GB Ram ATI X1400 I am well aware of the issues with the ATI flgrx driver. So I go through with my usual routine of " sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx" But this time I got ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package xorg-driver-fglrx I tried it a bit later and I got: ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? Can anyone tell me what's wrong? ----------------------------------- Euphoracle Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:47 pm RE:Ubuntu Troubles ----------------------------------- I've had nothing but problem with the X1**0 cards; the drivers are a PAIN. I still haven't managed to get my X1650 to work. ----------------------------------- Clayton Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:47 pm RE:Ubuntu Troubles ----------------------------------- 1)make sure you have all the updates for Ubuntu that are current 2)make sure that only one instance of any program that uses apt is operating at a time. ----------------------------------- rdrake Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:14 pm RE:Ubuntu Troubles ----------------------------------- Like Clayton said, the second error is caused by having two instances of apt-get going (are you updating the system at the same time?). Your first error might be caused by a lack of repositories for Ubuntu. You might want to check out [url=http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html]Envy, which automates the installation of ATI drivers (despite the fact that it says it's for Nvidia only). Oh, and you probably need to install a few packages in order to make Envy work. At least build-essentials and some others are required. Best of luck! I too suffer from crappy ATI drivers. ----------------------------------- PaulButler Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:24 pm RE:Ubuntu Troubles ----------------------------------- - The "could not get lock" error could be another apt-get running as others have suggested, but it could also be that you have Update Manager, Synaptic, Aptitude, or "Add/Remove Applications" open. I think the Ubuntu does lock the file automatically while it looks for updates, but that could be just my imagination. - xorg-driver-fglxr is in the Universe repository. You will need to enable this by going to Applications->Add/Remove Applications->Preferences and check off the proprietary drivers box. If you have done this and it still doesn't work, "apt-get update" might help. ----------------------------------- n0cfed Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:59 pm RE:Ubuntu Troubles ----------------------------------- umm have any of you looked at envy? http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html detects both ati and nvidia cards and installs the right driver