HOWTO: Solving the "Your card is too old" problem

[Torph]

"envyng" is the tools new name..

I got some errors trying to install the aTI driver..

Dowloading the packages...
[==================================100.0%========== ============================]dpkg: status database area is locked by another process
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "interface.py", line 432, in <module>
a.mainMenu()
File "interface.py", line 303, in mainMenu
a.driverMenu('fglrx')
File "interface.py", line 339, in driverMenu
self.mainMenu()
File "interface.py", line 303, in mainMenu
a.driverMenu('fglrx')
File "interface.py", line 333, in driverMenu
self.process(self.abstract.install, package)
File "interface.py", line 391, in process
myFunction(myArgs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Envy/abstraction.py", line 155, in install
self.pkg.install(packages, self.widget)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Envy/packagemanager.py", line 206, in install
self.cacheUi.commit(UiFetchProgress(widget, self.isText), UiInstallProgress(widget, self.isText))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 226, in commit
res = self.installArchives(pm, installProgress)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 201, in installArchives
res = installProgress.run(pm)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/progress.py", line 216, in run
res = pm.DoInstall(self.writefd)
SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "interface.py", line 432, in <module>
a.mainMenu()
File "interface.py", line 303, in mainMenu
a.driverMenu('fglrx')
File "interface.py", line 339, in driverMenu
self.mainMenu()
File "interface.py", line 303, in mainMenu
a.driverMenu('fglrx')
File "interface.py", line 333, in driverMenu
self.process(self.abstract.install, package)
File "interface.py", line 391, in process
myFunction(myArgs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Envy/abstraction.py", line 155, in install
self.pkg.install(packages, self.widget)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Envy/packagemanager.py", line 206, in install
self.cacheUi.commit(UiFetchProgress(widget, self.isText), UiInstallProgress(widget, self.isText))
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 230, in commit
raise SystemError, "installArchives() failed"
SystemError: installArchives() failed
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