Why can't I install proprietary driver for AMD graphics card under Ubuntu?

Question

Graphic shells

Good afternoon.
I believe that such questions are acceptable on the toaster, in view of the fact that there are a large number of IT people here, and the answer can be obtained very quickly.
The essence of the problem is as follows:
I have an Ubuntu server 10.04.4 LTS, today I plugged a Gigabyte 7950 into the machine, plugged a DVI monitor cable into it, in the BIOS I chose a PCI card as the main display device (there is also built-in graphics.)
The system starts up, the monitor displays what is needed , but there is no suggestion to install proprietary drivers, and in System-Settings-Device Drivers it is empty, the menu item Application Sources → Additional Drivers is simply not there.
What else can be done - I do not know, I'm just starting to master ubuntu.
The device is found like this:
[email protected]:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:679a] Any help
would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Proprietary driver for video cards AMD Ubuntu
Read, when I mastered Ubuntu, I also hung on this issue, and now everything is done very simply.

Answer 2

Have you tried going to the official AMD website and downloading the latest Linux driver? It is there in *.gz format, after downloading in the console, unpack the archive and run the installation. That's how I put firewood on the video.

Answer 3

Damn, well, it's not harder to find in Google than to find it. Now, if something doesn’t start for you, then it’s another question, but this one is completely childish ...

Answer 4

Just don't download the latest driver, but first look at the X version and pick up firewood for it. and then it will be "help the black screen what to do" ...