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Hi
I'm running Fedora 4 and have updated it with "yum update" and it completed the update OK.
I had problem installing "fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm" form ATI for it was asking for libstd++c.so.5, that is now installed. Now I get this:
[root@ros ~]# yum install /root/Desktop/Downloads/ATI/fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Examining /root/Desktop/Downloads/ATI/fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm: fglrx_4_3_0 - 8.16.20-1.i386
Marking /root/Desktop/Downloads/ATI/fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package fglrx_4_3_0.i386 0:8.16.20-1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
fglrx_4_3_0 i386 8.16.20-1 /root/Desktop/Downloads/ATI/fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm 32 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 32 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Package fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm is not signed
And running this:
root@ros ~]# rpm -i /root/Desktop/Downloads/ATI/fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1.i386.rpm
file /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 from install of fglrx_4_3_0-8.16.20-1 conflicts with file from package xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2
I installed the driver first, but open gl was not working, and I read in other forums that .rpm package should be installed first. Am I doing it the right way, and if so what's the next step?!
thanks
OK, it worked, and everything installed, but still no 3D acc. So I reinstalled and updated Fedora and then libstdc++.so.5, fglrx for X.org and than ATI drivers and ran fglrxconfig. I lost my resolution for 1280x960 and got nothing in return! I past here the original config file and the one after running fglrxconfig. Can somebody guide me through?! I just wonder how is Linux going to be popular if installing a simple driver has to be so complicated!
I delete the comments and other non-graphic parts to make it shorter!
************************ Original File ***************************
XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
*************** And after install *******************************
# File: xorg.conf
# File generated by fglrxconfig (C) ATI Technologies, a substitute for xf86config.
# **********************************************************************
# DRI Section
# **********************************************************************
Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
# Group 100 # users
# Mode 0660
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# Standard VGA Device:
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