I need help configuring my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card in Mandriva 2009 please....
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I need help configuring my ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card in Mandriva 2009 please....
When I try to access the ATI Catalyst Control Center in the "system" menu, I recieve this error:
"There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following:
No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver appropriate for your ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig"
I am rather "green" when it comes to Linux and could really use some help. I have absolutely NO idea where to even begin. Can someone offer some assistance?
Xfdrake informs me that there is a proprietory driver for my hardware and asks if I want to use it. I select yes, however, after logging out and back in, it asks the same thing again???
Last edited by Theoutdoorsman; 01-11-2009 at 05:19 PM.
From -Applications/Tools/Terminal I only see THIS when I run aticonfig:
[root@localhost ~]# >su
[root@localhost ~]# aticonfig
Usage: aticonfig [OPTION] ...
Parses an existing X-Server configuration file and modifies it to operate with
ATI products.
The following command-line options can be invoked as parameters:
ATI Initial Configuration:
--initial
Generate a default ATI device section in the configuration file which
is capable of loading the fglrx driver.
--initial=dual-head
Same as '--initial' but generate a basic dual head configuration file.
--initial=check
Identifies if the fglrx driver is present in configuration file...........etc.....etc......etc.
Last edited by Theoutdoorsman; 01-11-2009 at 11:18 PM.
Same fault occurs.....awaiting further instructions.....?
"There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following:
No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver appropriate for your ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig"
Last edited by Theoutdoorsman; 01-11-2009 at 09:49 PM.
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