Arch Linux

Installing and using fglrx drivers on Arch Linux should be a piece of cake, as the distro provides pre-built packages in its official repos, accessible through the pacman package manager.

The installation instructions I've taken straight from Arch's own wiki page, linked below in the External Resources section.

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To install ATI's Catalyst drivers for the  package, you need to install the   package.

# pacman -Sy catalyst

Custom Kernels
To install fglrx for a custom kernel, you'll need to build your own  package, containing the kernel module compiled specifically for your kernel.

If you are at all uncomfortable or inexperienced making packages, read up Arch's ABS wiki page first so things go smoothly.

Obtaining PKGBUILD
Obtain the  and   files from CVS or ABS. Either:


 * Visit http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?id=10416 and click "View CVS Entries" to find them, or
 * Run  as root and locate the files in.

Editing the PKGBUILD and building
Three changes need to be made here:

First, change pkgname=catalyst to pkgname=catalyst-KERNEL_NAME where KERNEL_NAME is whatever you want (custom, mm, themostawesomekernelever)

Second, remove  from the dependencies list.

Third, change _kernver=2.6.15-ARCH to _kernver=`uname -r` (or directly insert the output of uname -r when running your custom kernel there)

Finally, build and install the package. ( or   followed by  )

Related Resources

 * Arch Linux Homepage
 * Arch Linux Forums
 * http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI

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