Fedora Core 5 Installation Guide


 * Note: You must have your "kernel-devel-[version]" RPM package installed prior to fglrx installation.

Fedora Core 5 uses the 2.6.16 kernel, which is not yet supported by the fglrx driver without some kernel recompiling.

livna.org package

 * 1) Enable the livna repository
 * 2) Install the drivers and kernel module

Notes:
 * For ease of installation and updating, the package name of the driver has been changed
 * As of today (2006-04-08) livna is still working out install bugs ( Bugtracker ) in the X86_64 package. It apperas they have fixed the problem, but have not yet finished testing.  Some people report mixed success compiling from the source RPMS. YMMV.

Pre-installation
Update your kernel, kernel-devel, and xorg packages to the very latest before installation.

Installation
ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/lib* /usr/lib ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux
 * 1) Download the latest release.
 * 2) su to root in init level 3 (No X server running)
 * 3) X_VERSION=x690 ./ati-installer-(version).run
 * 4) Follow the prompts and it will install.
 * 5) Link the libraries, executables and modules to the proper directories:

Post-Installation

 * 1) Run the  command if you have not updated your X.org configuration file (xorg.conf).
 * 2) Change back to run level 5.

RedHat's developers strongly recommend against using the install package provided by ATI. It's sloppy install methods can render X unstable or even unusable even after uninstalling.

RPM installer
No longer supported as Fedora Core 5 is shipping with X.org version 7.0.