Ubuntu – Radeon 9200 Driver

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I've been using Linux for a while, but haven't really done more than installed programs. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with an ATI Radeon 9200 graphics card. Ubuntu didn't recognize it during the install. All I want is a driver. Preferably the proprietary driver, but I'll settle for an open-source one if I need to. I went to the AMD support website, and whenever I click on the download link for "ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.28.8" I get redirected to the main AMD website. I tried this on Firefox, Chrome, even booted up my netbook and tried it on IE9. Does anybody have a download link? And if not, a link to download an open-source alternative? Any help will be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty much still a newbie at this.

OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc. 
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (RV280 5961) x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2 
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.2 
Not software rendered: yes 
Not blacklisted: yes 
GLX fbconfig: yes 
GLX texture from pixmap: yes 
GL npot or rect textures: yes 
GL vertex program: yes 
GL fragment program: no 
GL vertex buffer object: yes 
GL framebuffer object: yes 
GL version is 1.4+: no 
Unity 3D supported: no

Best Answer

Try this version of Catalyst, it's working well with Gnome3: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run