[RV730] Cannot get 8.10 to recognize RV730 (Radeon 4650) card

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

I'm having trouble getting my 8.10 system to work with an ATI graphics card.

I've been using this page to drive my work:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

And my goal is to install the open source drivers, get them fully working, and drive my system with two monitors, at different resolutions.

Here is the hardware I've got:

* ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard (Intel G45)
* HIS Radeon HD 4650 512MB graphics card

As recommended by the above web page, I've verified what lspci says about the graphics card:

$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] [1002:9498]
$

Also as recommended, I have removed the flgrx driver completely:

$ sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx
[sudo] password for jeffp:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package xorg-driver-fglrx is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
$

And I have verified that the client glx vendor string is not ATI:

$ glxinfo |grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: SGI
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
$

And I have installed the mesa drivers as specified. For this log, I ran it again:

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-driReading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2786kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 103585 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libgl1-mesa-glx 7.2-1ubuntu2 (using .../libgl1-mesa-glx_7.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgl1-mesa-glx ...
Preparing to replace libgl1-mesa-dri 7.2-1ubuntu2 (using .../libgl1-mesa-dri_7.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgl1-mesa-dri ...
Setting up libgl1-mesa-glx (7.2-1ubuntu2) ...

Setting up libgl1-mesa-dri (7.2-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
$

My xorg.conf file (attached) seems right to get a single display going, but that doesn't happen except in a rather ugly default graphics mode.

I think the problem is that the open source ATI driver is not recognizing my graphics card at all, despite the fact that the web page listed above explicitly states

        2D modesetting only

        HD 3xxx / R600 based cards
        HD 4xxx / R700 based cards

the Xorg.0.log file that makes me think that my card isn't recognized is attached.

I sure could use some help. Right now I've got this fancy new computer that's pretty much only useful as a door stop.

Please advise on anything I can do. My kernel skills are pretty limited, but I'll do my best.

Thanks!

Jeff Powell