Hey I am trying to install my drivers but everytime I run the ./make_install.sh I get a segmentation fault error.

Gotta love the one liners!

Tell us where you got the file, which one it is, and the steps you take to install it. What you wrote isn't even a question! More info please!

sorry a bit confused and stuff. I got the file from ATi. I got the one with the highest version number for Xfree but I use xorg do you thinkt hat could be the issue? I followed the steps in the guide someone wrote here. extracted it and then I ran the sh make.sh.....then I ran the make_install.sh after changing the permissions and what not.

The XFree 3.3.0 version installs just fine with Xorg, are you using the 2.6.x kernel by any chance?

Edit.

Here is what I did (pulling it out of my head as im at not home)

init 3
rpm2tgz ati...rpm
installpkg ati.....tgz
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
sh make.sh
cd ..
sh make_install.sh
fglrxconfig
rename the XF86Config file to xorg.conf and put it into /etc/X11 if its not already there
startx

probably have to reboot, I forgot.

Yup I am using 2.6.7 I installed the patch as directed....I used the ones for Xfree4.3.0
Here is my results from running sh make.sh


root@S2D2:/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod# sh make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
cleaning...
patching 'highmem.h'...
skipping patch for 'drmP.h', not needed
skipping patch for 'drm_os_linux.h', not needed
assuming new VMA API since we do have kernel 2.6.x...
doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.7/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.7'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.7'
build succeeded with return value 0
duplicating results into driver repository...
done.
==============================
You must change your working directory to /lib/modules/fglrx
and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module.
==============================

and then my sh make_install.sh

root@S2D2:/lib/modules/fglrx# sh make_install.sh
- creating symlink
- recreating module dependency list
- trying a sample load of the kernel module
make_install.sh: line 341: 3504 Segmentation fault modprobe $module
failed.
root@S2D2:/lib/modules/fglrx#

Should I try different versions of the xfree for the ati drivers?

well the older versions did not work either

I checked my kernel and the radeon drivers are checked off in the kernel config.....but I need to use ATi drivers for Xorg because for some reason it can't detect my radeon card.

Maybe it helps:

I have Slackware 10 with Kernel 2.6.7 from cd2/testing installed.
I had a problem installing the ati - driver acoording to the tutorial in the forum here too.

I finally found out that I updated the gcc - packages as well, after downgrading them to the original version from slackware 10 it worked perfectly.

Hmm I haven't upgraded them at all but I did just get slackware maybe I need an older version?

Have you tried "modprobe fglrx" ?

I remember it just never worked pn my slackware system before that the ati - installer loaded the module by itself.

nope gives me a segmentation fault

2 words: try DRI. dri.sf.net || Prologue: you open xorg.config. You need to find line: Load "glx". Then you put down the line Load "dri". Then you're searching for section Device. You have smth. like this (probably) Driver "vesa". You need to change it for Driver "radeon". You save it. restart kde (for ex.) and you watch what's happening. If it starts, you open console and type: glxinfo. You're looking for direct rendering (on top) if it's :Yes, you're in home...

Darn got past the segmentation fault with the new drivers now I need to know how to enable direct rendering...

there we go got it working