Fedora Core 5 Installation Guide

RedHat's developers comments on 3rd party installers.
 * Note: You must have your "kernel-devel-[version]" RPM package installed prior to fglrx installation.
 * Note: The administrator of this wiki uses FC5 on a Radeon 9700 with the latest driver without any issues using the Official ATI Binary Installer.

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.
 * As of today (2006-06-14) tried several times to install the driver for ATI RADEON X700. It installed but not working. Still stuck at vesa. Those who are trying this method, be warned.

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

Installation

 * 1) Download the latest release.
 * 2) su to root in init level 3 (No X server running)
 * 3) sh ati-driver-installer-[version].run
 * 4) Follow the prompts and it will install.

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.

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