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I have the Foxconn AT-5570 which has the AMD Radeon HD 7290 video card. I purchased it with the free 64GB SSD drive and have the ram maxed out at 8GB.

It's running fine with Ubuntu 12.10 KDE with the exception of the video driver. I am unable to fully install the driver. I have tried both the normal driver and the beta one.

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.1-linux-x86.x86_64.zip

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.2-beta7-linux-x86.x86_64.zip

I followed the steps on this website: http://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-fglrx.

Everything seemed to go fine until I got to the step that said to:

Continuing with the installation, type: sudo aticonfig --initial

Message as below

user@Fox5570:~$ sudo aticonfig --initial

[sudo] password for user:

user: aticonfig: command not found

user@Fox5570:~$

Also at the lower-right corner of the screen there is a transparent logo that reads "AMD incompatible hardware" or something to that nature.

You're supposed to install drivers from the repository, not from the AMD website. Believe me, your life will be much simpler.

The binary on the AMD webite is for people who fill these repositories, build and test these drivers before rolling out to the public.

Surely anyone can use the binary installer and it's actually possible to install it (unlike nvidia's) but as soon as a kernel update comes you have to do it again.

To answer your question:

1. You are no longer supposed to run aticonfig --initial. The installer makes default config for you. If you install from a terminal without X running, only then may you have to do it. If you can see the desktop and have decent resolution/colors, you're good to go.

2. The logo can be removed. There are 2 known methods both made by a guy known as Kano.

Script:

Sorry, this stupid forum software doesn't even allow code tags...

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18

Being a Linux noob, how do I install from the repository?  I'm not sure what that means.

Thank you in advance!

You open the ubuntu software center or whatever it is called, look up the drivers there and install them from there. I haven't seen ubuntu for ages, so cannot give you step by step instructions, but I'm sure google can.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: Chili Green Vision L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Fedora 18