Ati Drivers In Fedora

ABC7896321045 · 04-09-2006, 08:24 PM

I'm running the newest fedora core and I downloaded the lastest driver from ati. The file name is ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run But I dont know how to start it. Can somebody help me out? Thanks.

d0odman · 04-09-2006, 09:24 PM

As root, type in 'sh ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run' or, you 'chmod ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run' and do './ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run'.

spooon · 04-10-2006, 01:25 AM

Don't use the installer from ATI; instead install the packages from Livna:
* add Livna
* do "yum install kmod-fglrx"

ABC7896321045 · 04-10-2006, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by d0odman

As root, type in 'sh ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run' or, you 'chmod ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run' and do './ati-driver-installer-8323.7-i386.run'.

Where should I type this in? and where should I put the file. I have been messing with linux now and then for 3 years now, But I'm not good at it yet.

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Originally Posted by spooon

Don't use the installer from ATI; instead install the packages from Livna:
* add Livna
* do "yum install kmod-fglrx"

I want to try ati's method first. Then if alll else fails, I will try that. What are the benifits of that one?

spooon · 04-10-2006, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ABC7896321045

What are the benifits of that one?

There was a message on Fedora devel-list a while ago about how ATI's and Nvidia's installers improperly replace stuff and cause problems.

ABC7896321045 · 04-10-2006, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by spooon

There was a message on Fedora devel-list a while ago about how ATI's and Nvidia's installers improperly replace stuff and cause problems.

Ok, I will check it out when I get home from school today. Will I be able to move windows from one monitor to the other with that driver? And Will I have 3d acceleration?

ABC7896321045 · 04-10-2006, 04:32 PM

Anyone know?

ABC7896321045 · 04-10-2006, 05:30 PM

I finally got to try installing today.

I got this

Code:

[Brandon@localhost ~]$ sh ./ati-driver-installer-8.23.7-i386.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.23.7............................... ................................................................................ ................................................................................ ................................................................................ ..................................................................................
==================================================
 ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: Xorg 7.0.0

Detected version of X does not have a matching 'x700' directory
You may override the detected version using the following syntax:
     X_VERSION=<xdir> ./ati-driver-installer-<ver>-<arch>.run [--install]

The following values may be used for <xdir>:
    x410        XFree86 4.1.x
    x420        XFree86 4.2.x
    x430        XFree86 4.3.x
    x680        X.Org 6.8.x
    x690        X.Org 6.9.x
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install
[Brandon@localhost ~]$

I need some help.

ABC7896321045 · 04-11-2006, 04:33 AM

I still need help over here. I havn't gotten a reply in a whole day now.

ABC7896321045 · 04-11-2006, 02:38 PM

I'm gonna cry now.

Please help.

Computer Guru · 04-11-2006, 02:47 PM

Spamming won't help.
You need to update to the newer kernel first. 2054 is no good, upgrade to 2080.

valQ · 05-01-2006, 11:16 PM

Can u teach me how to upgrade kernel through CLI?

spooon · 05-01-2006, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by valQ

Can u teach me how to upgrade kernel through CLI?

"yum update kernel" updates the kernel
"yum update" updates everything