Well, that was weird... after running ATI's proprietary setup program (which seemed risky, as it didn't specificially mention FC5 as supported), it did its install okay... then asked me to backup my XOrg.conf, which I did. Then I had to run 'aticonfig' in terminal... running this produced a verbose setup guide, which included the verbatim strings to be entered for certain setups. I'm currently running just single monitor, single video card (boo hoo), so the setup string was fairly straightforward... after configuration, I performed the recommended restart.
XOrg went nuts, saying that no drivers were available, it couldn't open shared objects from file, and nuclear devices were being detonated in underground bunkers in rural China. Fortunately, XOrg is a smart little server, and created a fresh, shiny new .conf file, moving the old one.
So I'm up and running, though how much of my new driver's support I have remains to be seen. I can now set the monitor to my maximum supported refresh rate, and an object "ATI Control" is in my K Menu. Opening it results in the task starting, doing nothing, then quitting.
EDIT: I decided to run it in terminal:
Code:
[Ron@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# fireglcontrolpanel
fireglcontrolpanel: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.s
o.1: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Why is it calling up a firegl control panel? I thought firegl was a different architecture ATI video card?
Also, the system still says I have the Radeon 9600, as it originally detected before all this fun (Radeon 9600 != AIW 2006).
So, I'll keep tinkering, and when I have something good, I'll post it here, and see if we can get this card moved to the HCL :]