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How to install ATI driver in Linux?

post #1 of 15
3/11/05 at 1:21pm
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Hi,

I have downloaded the 3 XFree86 Version of the ATI Driver and the Org Driver too.

The check.sh script which should determine which XFree86 Version I have, is not working. It says something about Root rights of the console despite the fact that I am loggt in as root.

=====================================================================
ATI Technologies
=====================================================================
Your possibly not running this script from the console
or maybe you simply dont have the console ownership.
Unable to determine XFree86 Version. Stopping now.


Despite the fact that I didn't know about the XFree86 Version, I just picked one. So I installed with the command "rpm -i fglrx_4_3_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm"

The result was:
make.sh: line 46: gcc: command not found
make.sh: line 52: [: !=: unary operator expected
/sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/X11R6/lib/FGL.renamed.libGL.so.1.2 is too small, not checked.

Well damn it.
Then I installed the Org version of ATI driver:
rpm -i fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm

But it says now:
error: Failed dependencies:
fglrx_4_3_0 conflicts with fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1


Damn it. How do I delete the other conflicting package?

Despite all this crap, do i use rpm the way it should be?

Thanks
Houmie
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post #2 of 15
3/11/05 at 4:49pm
you never mentioned what distro you have installed.
First i would remove de package you installed.
If you have mandrake:
cd /home/user name/wherever/you/installed/it
rpm -e package name --force
then i would install gcc, because from the out it is missing.
Di this in mandrake by:
uprmi gcc.
urpmi xorg-x11
rpm -ivh <name of pacage for xorg> --force
And you are done.
If you dont have set up the mirrors go to easyurpmi.zarb.org
Good luck
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post #3 of 15
3/11/05 at 5:11pm
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ups you are right. I am using Suse 9.2 with the newest Kernel update. I guess now the steps are different now, right?
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post #4 of 15
3/11/05 at 6:43pm
http://www.rage3d.com/content/articles/atilinuxhowto/ shows how to install the drivers an all the major distros
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post #5 of 15
3/12/05 at 6:35am
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Excellent mjolnir. I am going to give it a shot. BTW I don't have any GUI anymore. i managed to destroy the driver totally. hehe Lets hope I can fix it through text mode. Otherwise reinstall. ;o)
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post #6 of 15
3/12/05 at 11:26am
this is how i installed my ati drivers (in ubuntu):
1) sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-control
2) sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
3) replace driver name from "atI" to "fglrx"


(this is by far the shortest and easiest way....should work with most Debian distros)
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post #7 of 15
3/12/05 at 12:30pm
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BTW, I have found this site directly from Suse.

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/sup...fglrx/8.10.19/

It has a step bt step guide how to compile the driver in the Kernel.

For some reason it didn't work out. However for some reason the Kernel didn't compile.

# KERNEL_SOURCE=/usr/src/linux make modules

Gave some warnings and

# KERNEL_SOURCE=/usr/src/linux make install

didn't do anything for that reason.

So I would like to redo the whole steps. But the Packages are already installed and I can't re-install them.

I tried rpm -e to deinstall them. But iit says then the package is not installed. hehe Its funny and frusterating at the same time.

Do you have any idea, how I could reset everything and restart the steps?

Any other comment is also appreaciated,
Houmie
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post #8 of 15
3/12/05 at 1:29pm
look here

www.rage3d.com

THE ati linux forum
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post #9 of 15
3/12/05 at 1:30pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by abf
this is how i installed my ati drivers (in ubuntu):
1) sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-control
2) sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
3) replace driver name from "atI" to "fglrx"


(this is by far the shortest and easiest way....should work with most Debian distros)
this does not work with all Debians. It worked for you because ubuntu has its own repositories
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post #10 of 15
3/12/05 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by DimGR
this does not work with all Debians. It worked for you because ubuntu has its own repositories
i;ve actually done a simular thing with mepis as well. as long as you have a good respository list, you're good
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post #11 of 15
3/21/05 at 11:54am
Ive installed suse 9.2 and have gotten the drivers for Ati from Suse, and done exactly what it says in the readme and i ran fglrxconfig to make the file, and i get a blank screen when using the fglrx driver. Works fine as radeon. Im at a loss what to do next, apart from trash linux...
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post #12 of 15
3/21/05 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by duffydack
trash linux...
trash suse. try debian or gentoo
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post #13 of 15
3/22/05 at 9:09am
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suse didn't work with the ati drivers for me. Right now I am trying to compile Gentoo. I guess Gentoo is the Dist.
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post #14 of 15
3/22/05 at 11:46am
after lookin at a possible cause for my black screen after installing fglrx drivers it maybe that im using wrong monitor timings, ALTHO suse detects my dell lcd as SEC something or other, and is able to boot the GUI and looks fine to me in 1680x1050. Id still like to know what the timings are if anyone knows and i will try again...
according to my XF86Config from fresh suse 9.2 install they are hsync 30-33 and vsync 43-72
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post #15 of 15
3/22/05 at 11:56am
>suse didn't work with the ati drivers for me. Right now I am trying to compile Gentoo. I guess Gentoo is the Dist.

Just did that myself actually on one of my boxes, working pretty well so far but I am still having occasional problems to fix, nothing to serious yet though and it is kickin out one FAST machine.

Seablade
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