First attempt on Mint - ATI problem

[Husse]

So this is an old lappy...
Which version of Mobility Radeon?
It needs the legacy driver from ATI and I'm not sure if there is one that EnvyNG does not know about
Seems that you can forget the ATI drivers and must rely on the open source drivers
What I think has happened is that you got the "vesa" driver while it should use the "radeon" driver
Check /etc/X11/xorg.conf
There is only one Section Device and it should look something like

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

If it say vesa change it, if it says something other than radeon or vesa please tell us

[Husse]

That's an odd one - I've seen it before - but...
Comment out (put a # first on the line) the line Boardname "vesa"
Then change Driver "vesa" to Driver "radeon"
I hope it works

[Husse]

Was that the first reboot?

[Husse]

mmmike you may be right
to reach the tool you use open a terminal and sudo displayconfig-gtk
It's not in the menu due to some issue I've forgotten (not there in Hardy either)