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Old 10-03-2006, 08:57 PM   #1
sukhen
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Radeon 9250 driver installation


Hi,

I have ATI radeon 9250, i have connectd to AGP slot, then downloaded it's drivers.
But when i try to run it it thorows out these error.

[sukhen@localhost ATILinux]$ sh ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.28.8.............................................................................................. .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... ...........................................................................
==================================================
ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
==================================================
Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server: unable to detect
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install
[sukhen@localhost ATILinux]$



It says unable to detect X server, whats that, what should i do?


Thanks
 
Old 10-05-2006, 08:43 AM   #2
shaman66
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i had different problem with drivers but solution may be the same.
do it on root account
 
  


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