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Old 05-31-2008, 07:56 AM   #1
mazouz_n
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Install video card driver


Hi there,
I already installed the FlightGear game under my Fedora8_X64, but when launched it I got the CPU at 98%. After googling I understood that I must install video card's driver.
using lspci command I got :
$ /sbin/lspci
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]

Is this really the name of my video card?
How to install video card's driver?
Thanks for your help.
 
Old 05-31-2008, 08:21 AM   #2
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Well, it certainly is the name of someone's video card!!!
The two standard drivers for ATI are "ati" and "radeon". Both should be available in Fedora 8. First, look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to see what you are using now. You are looking for something like this:
Code:
Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc."
    BoardName "ATI Radeon"
    Driver "radeon"
EndSection
All this aside, I am not clear on how the choice of video driver would cause the CPU to be running excessively. Is the system otherwise running normally?
 
Old 05-31-2008, 09:27 AM   #3
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Here's part of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection



>>> I am not clear on how the choice of video driver would cause the CPU to be running excessively. Is the system otherwise running normally?

Only when I launch flightGear the CPU runs excessively. If i kill flightGear, the system works normally.
 
Old 05-31-2008, 09:38 AM   #4
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OK---does flightGear work?
While it's running, you could try ps -e to see what processes are running. The output includes the accumulated CPU time. (There are other ways to see what process is using the processor, but I don't have them in front of me.
 
  


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