I got slackware 9.1 yesterday with no previous experience of the OS. The prolem is getting to work ATI 9700 on my desktop. I am using Gnome. I downloaded the fgl4.3 drivers in rpms. run the rpm file and found this:
bash-2.05b# rpm -i --force fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
/bin/sh is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
ld-linux.so.2 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libc.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libdl.so.2 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libICE.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libm.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libpthread.so.0 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libSM.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libX11.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libXaw.so.7 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libXext.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libXmu.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libXpm.so.4 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libXt.so.6 is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
/bin/bash is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8
bash-2.05b#

now what do i need to do. Could anyone help please. Also I have Sound Blaster Audigy and it doesnt work. I mean i cant hera any sound even on elsa.

Don't use RPM

Convert the install file to a .tgz with rpm2tgz and then run installpkg

I did that as well but then what eslse should I do? I did it from the pkginstall utility.

Heh, right, slipped my mind to give you the last steps.

you need to run /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh
and then /lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh

Any further than that and you've got to consult someone a little less green. I'm still a newb at this, and the last step gave me an error I've been fighting with for a while

yo thanks for the reply dude. I'll try blow my brains and eyes while try to figure stuff out. anyways time for some counter strike.:P

When I ran

/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh
and then /lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh

it gave me this missing library. How can i fix it?

bash-2.05b# /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
firegl_public.c: required file is missing in build directory
bash-2.05b#

Don't use the rpm package to install. Instead, do
rpm2tgz packagename.rpm.
This will convert it to a .tgz file.
Copy the .tgz file to /root
Unpack the contents with
tar xzvf packagename.tgz
Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod and do
./make.sh
Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx and do
./make_install.sh
Hopefully it will install error free. Then just load agpgart and fglrx...modprobe agpgart, modprobe fglrx.
Then run fglrxconfig and enter the appropriate settings.
Then, startx.

I did all what you said till


rpm2tgz packagename.rpm.

tar xzvf packagename.tgz
Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod and do
./make.sh
Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx and do
./make_install.sh

but how do I load agpgart and fglrx...modprobe agpgart, modprobe fglrx.
If slack works fine I'll use (My craposoft) only for games hehe.. :P.

Still no success. I see no agpart modules loaded. Could someone please tell how to load these modules.

2 things...once the rpm is converted to .tgz, did you cp ???.tgz /root?
Then tar xzvf ???.tgz
Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod and do
./make.sh
Then cd to /lib/modules/fglrx and do
./make_install.sh

Once this is done...
modprobe agpgart
modprobe fglrx
Then run fglrxconfig.

HTH....

I know some of these steps are a bit redundant, but let me list exactly the steps I followed for installing my 9800 on 9.1 with the 3.8 ati drivers:

0) First of all, I don't recommend being in X-windows at all
1) rpm2tar firegl-whatever.rpm
2) installpkg firegl-whatever.tgz
3) /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh
4) /lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh
5) fglrxconfig - (when it asks you if you want to use internal or external AGP, choose EXTERNAL).
6) Copy the file it generated (XF86Config-4 I think) into /etc/X11/ (I think) overwriting the config file already in there (back it up first).
7) modprobe agpgart
8) startx

That worked for me, although I had to fiddle a little bit since I accidently set it to internal agp at first.