Ok the thing is, that I keep getting "Fatal server error: no screens found" upon typing startx whenever I use aticonfig to generate a configuration file. I also followed that same guide and tried to...

Hey gypsy, do you think you could tell me what fixes you applied after reinstalling the ati driver? I've purged and reinstalled it a couple of times, but it absolutely refuses to work - keeps giving...

I have the same problem, HP dv6-3030tx with radeon HD5650. The only way I've managed to make it work so far was to copy xorg.conf.failsafe to xorg.conf. After successful install with 'xforcevesa...

I've had a similar thing happen before, and in my case it was the fact that the USB wasn't made to be a proper bootable USB. I've used about 4 different programs (unetbootin, powerISO, ultraISO and...

Thanks for that. I've just ran into the same problem. The thing is, that I was actually running KDE backtrack, and somehow managed to inadvertently install gnome interface over it. It's all screwed,...

Yea, same here, in terms of modes and GPU's. I don't mean by any means to sound like a know-it-all, a question: what have you done so far, and what have you tried?
I haven't gotten past the black...

I want to emphasize that you set your card to run in discrete mode BEFORE you reboot if you have a dual mode gfx card, otherwise you'll keep getting "no screens found" error, in which case you just...

Ok, the correct sequence is:

aticonfig --initial
aticonfig --px-dgpu
reboot

Why I'm so hung up on desktop effects is because it's gotta be the greatest looking OS I've seen yet. And in...

I also have HD5650 on HP 3030TX laptop, and haven't seen this mentioned on the forums yet, so that's how it worked for me.
After (or before?) installing the latest driver, first, set...