ATI 9800 Driver totally new to linux
 

I searched other topics and couldnt seem to find anything that could help a total newb to linux on how to install the driver. i downloaded the new .run file from ati's website for the 64bit linux. but iam stuck on what else to do. i guess iam supposed to have XFree86 and X.Org but i dont know how to install them once i download them. iam liking linux so far since my last attempt to try it about 7 years ago. any help would be awsome thanks

You would have XFree86 **OR** X.Org---you may have one already.
What distro are you using?
Desktop---eg Gnome, KDE, etc.?

Drivers typically have .so or .o file extensions---and are found in xxx/modules/drivers, where "xxx" varies by system. On my Ubuntu, the complete path is:
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers

im using KDE suse 10

ok i whent to that dir and i see there is a radeon file. strange because when i go into my display settings i dont have many options to change the ressolution. im using a wide screen monitor and in windows i usually use 1680 x 1050

so you have to have your cd's to load in those other files in yast app's

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omg! my internet is owned it posted numerouse times how do i remove them.

find your xorg.conf file---eg: /etc/X11/xorg/conf. Find the section that looks something like this:

First, under device, you'll find the driver that is active.

Second, under screen, you'll find the resolution choices. You can edit this file to add more options.

just a thought,

if you're sure that you installed the xorg driver you may not have items for dispaly sizes for your monitor if you typed "aticonfig --initial -f" when you installed.

if you go into console and type "aticonfig --help"

you'll see parameters that are available to you.

one is:

aticonfig --resolution=XXXX (where XXXX is what resoltuion you want)

then aticonfig writes that value to you xorg.conf but it will not take or happen until you restart the xserver.

i dont like using the kde adjust desktop sizes, it messes up the fonts on my end. i find it better to get it correct in my xorg.