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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] ATI Drivers and SuSE 10
From:       mikus () bga ! com (Mikus Grinbergs)
Date:       2005-12-10 19:15:09
Message-ID: 9kymDlW2vDFF092yn () daina ! bga ! com
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There may have been problems in the past with installing the ATI
proprietary driver, but for me these days it has all worked
VERY easily:


To install (as root):

 - go to the ATI site and download the ati-driver-installer for linux
 - run it with 'sh' and generate the .rpm for SuSE 10.0
 - use 'rpm' to install the generated .rpm file

 - the only difficulty might be in needing to use fglrxconfig (with
   all those questions) to set up xorg.conf for the driver.  But once
   I had a xorg.conf (which I checked against the configuration file I
   had been using before) that worked with the ATI driver, I haven't
   bothered to run fglrxconfig again, despite subsequent kernel and
   driver upgrades.  Note:  do __not__ use SaX (or YaST) to edit the
   xorg configuration - they will screw up what the ATI driver needs.


Or after upgrading the SuSE kernel (as root):

 - configure the kernel sources (excerpt)
     - cd /usr/src/linux
     - rm -f .config
     - make cloneconfig
     - make prepare-all
 - run 'fglrx-kernel-build.sh'


To verify (following a reboot):

 - run 'fglrxinfo'.  If it says 'ATI', the driver is installed and
   working;  if it says 'Mesa', the driver install failed somewhere.
 - proof of the pudding:  run 'glxgears' and check the frame rate


mikus


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