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| Author: | 13Homer [ Tue May 24, 2005 3:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Linux + Ati GLX (FC3, Ubuntu 5.04) RPM DEB kernel 2.6 |
Fedora Core 3 0. First of all you need install Xorg and ensure it is working. It is obvious. . . Shutdown X-windows if you are runnig it. 1. find and download newest Ati drivers (for Xorg) from ati.com: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def ... olderID=27 2. Install drivers: rpm -i fglrx_6____.rpm - it will compile some bytes (making fglrx module), so you need: . . - compiler (gcc) . . - kernel headers (I'm not sure, maybe it is glibc-kernheaders, maybe glibc-headers) 3. Backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf, maybe you will need it later. 4. Generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf using fglrxconfig. . . It will ask a few questions. Usual you will accept default settings (showed in [] brackets) . . More importent are: . . . . Monitor settings - if you know them, just enter it; if not - they probably are in your backuped xorg.conf . . . . "Do you want to use the external AGP GART module?" answer YES, it makes Xorg using module you just installed . . . . "Which storage method do you want to use?" - someone suggest 2, so I chose it, but I think it does not really matter. 5. Execute this: Code: echo "install fglrx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install fglrx" >> /etc/modprobe.conf . . It adds new entry to your modprobe config file which makes necesary module (fglrx) loaded at Linux startup. 6. Load module. Executing: Code: modprobe fglrx . . or restarting Linux. 7. Start X-windows. 8. Open terminal and execute fglrxinfo. If you see something like Code: OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: RADEON <something> . . you finished. Errors: Ad 6. You can check whether module is loaded executing lsmod (as ROOT) Ad 7. If you cannot start X-windows, check log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors. Ad 7_1: If there is something like this: . . . . "No matching Device section form instance (BusID PCI:x:0:0)" - it means you do not have module (fglrx) loaded. . . . . . . Check it using lsmod. If there is no fglrx module listed, try load it using modprobe: Code: modprobe fglrx Ad 7_2: If this is something else, like "cannot find pointer device" you need compare xorg.conf you generated to backuped (and working) file. Ad 8. If you see Code: OpenGL vendor string: Mesa <something>
. . probably module (fglrx) was not loaded. Try modprobe fglrx. Ubuntu 5.04 It's basically the same as FC3, with, of course, one exception: you don't install RPM but DEB. As for me it was easy. I converted RPM to DEB using alien (alien -d fglrx_6___.rpm). |
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