I get a permission denied whenever I try to install the ATI driver, I followed the instruction from the ATI webiste.

Downloaded the rpm for XFree86 4.3 and the ATI installer in the same folder Home/ATI

but this is what I get

[root@localhost ati]# ./ati-driver-installer-8.14.13.run
bash: ./ati-driver-installer-8.14.13.run: Permission denied

What am I suppose to do to install it?

Yah I would like to know that as well everytime I try I get that permission denied error

try sh before the ati driver name that will work because it is a shell script and the permisson are 544

you can put an 'sh' before to run it. Like this:

OR, you can 'chmod' the file to make it run. LIke this:

Hope this helps.

here is what I get with both methods

[root@ ati]# sh ati-driver-installer-8.14.13.run
Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux Driver-8.14.13............................................................................................. .................................................................................................... .................................................................................................... .............
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ATI Technologies Linux Driver Installer/Packager
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Detected configuration:
Architecture: i686 (32-bit)
X Server:
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install

An installer should start like described here
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...ge&folderID=27

What am I doing wrong?

was wondering if you have the kernel source installed if you dont the driver might not install. check to see if you have that and then also i would download the drivers again and then try it .

Ok, first of all Fabre, you I would like to recommend you to a thread I made on the lq board not long ago, which helps with installing ATI, on 10.2, but I suspect it won't be much different for 10.1, seeing as the two OS' are so similar.

The first thing I would recommend doing is, upgrading your current version of which, if you haven't upgraded it yet, it should be X.org 6.7.0-3 to the latest version currently available, using Mandrake Linux Update.

after you've done that, have a look at this thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=339515

It was a huge help me to, and I would like to take this time to thank all the people who made it all possible, in the original thread, currently hosted on www.driverheaven.net; without them, I would have been lost forever.