ati radeon drivers for fedora 7

mad_abt_linux · 10-21-2007, 03:23 PM

from where and what packages are needed to install ATI Radeon Graphics Driver for Fedora 7 (Moonshine) ???
dis driver is needed in order to have 3d effects on in Linux
So kindly help me!!!!

Lenard · 10-21-2007, 04:08 PM

Install the freshrpms-release package;

rpm -ivh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp....fc.noarch.rpm

When done install the ati-x11-drv package: yum install ati-x11-drv
Now do (as root) after pressing the three key combo of Ctrl+Alt+F1

init 3
(you may have to press the 'Enter' key a few seconds after the last green [OK] here)
system-config-display --reconfig --set-driver=fglrx --set-depth=24

Press the three key combo of Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system.

mad_abt_linux · 10-23-2007, 04:30 PM

thank you Leonard,
But can you tell me specifically which driver package to install for I cannot use yum command, as I dont have internet access on Linux.It wud be great!!

Lenard · 10-23-2007, 06:39 PM

You need a number of packages if your doing this by hand;

The ati-x11-drv is here: http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=477

You will also need the dkms, kernel-devel and kernel-headers rpm packages for Fedora 7, you can find them here;

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu.../7/Everything/
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...nux/updates/7/

Use the typed command rpm -qa --qf="%{n}-%{v}-%{r}.%{arch}n" 'kernel*' to figure which packages you need. The dkms rpm package is a noarch package by the way.