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Old 03-09-2004, 06:20 AM   #1
keith
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Installing a Radeon 9200 se in SuSE 9 pro.


Hi,
I'm a complete novice and I was wondering if anyone could give me a step by step guide to install and configure my radeon 9200SE card in SuSE 9 pro.
Everything else was picked up on installation including my TV card but the graphics card is using VESA drivers with no 3d acceleration and only 16 bit colour.
I got the rpm package from ATI's site and I installed them with yast but the card is still not listed in sax2 when I try to configure it.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
Old 03-24-2004, 05:01 PM   #2
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Hi,

there are rpms on suse's ftp-Server for suse 9 pro. They come together with a README, that explaines the intallation procedure. They worked perfectly here, at least 2D.

But then i installed the original drivers from ati and killed X ... so stay with the suse rpms!

Elderian
 
Old 03-25-2004, 06:23 AM   #3
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Hi,

Ive downloaded the rpms and I'll try them tonight. The ATI drivers worked 2D only but were still listed as mesa drivers. Apparently you have to do a force install. Once I find out how to do that I'll try that as well because I'd like 3D accelleration to work to try some games.
Thanks for the reply.

Keith.
 
Old 04-20-2004, 02:53 PM   #4
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Hey,

To do a force install, just use go into a console (e.g. Alt-Ctrl-F2), cd into the directory the rpms are in. Then use:

rpm --force packagename.rpm

and if you're updating add -Uhv before --force.

Hope this helps, 'cos I got the same problem, I've got the same card, and I can get 2d, but no 3d, mesa is always used :-(.

Manuel
 
Old 04-25-2004, 09:15 AM   #5
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Elderian:

By the way, I also get a black screen and complete lock-up when starting X, and I found out why: It's if I don't use the external AGP module; this question is asked when running fglrxconfig, "Do you want to use the external AGP module" or something, default is "n". If I use the default, I get the black screen.
 
Old 04-25-2004, 06:25 PM   #6
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heres what I had to do to get them installed...

go to etc/modprobe.conf and go to the bottom. after the other lines that look like this add -
install fglrx { /sbin/modprobe -k agpgart; } ; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install fglrx
install dri { /sbin/modprobe -k agpgart; } ; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install dri

save it and go to modules.conf

go to the bottom where the lines are similar and add -
pre-install fglrx /sbin/modprobe "-k" "agpgart"
pre-install dri /sbin/modprobe "-k" "agpgart"

save that.

then run the fglrx....rpm install

this worked for me on SuSE 9.0. Good luck!

 
  


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