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<div>vizeldom<br />
The list of GNU/Linux flavors that are documented for the ATI Linux driver.<br />
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Although ATI can only actively support a small number of distributions, distribution vendors are encouraged to work with ATI to ensure that native packages can be created for their distribution. The current actively supported distributions are the '''Red Hat Enterprise Linux''' and '''Novell/SuSE''' suite of products.<br />
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Also note that the End User License Agreement explicitly provides for repackaging and redistribution of ATI's drivers. If your favourite distribution is not listed below, please work with them to contact ATI and either get support in the installer, or natively in the distribution.</div>212.107.116.240http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php?title=Debian&diff=583Debian2008-01-26T23:02:31Z<p>212.107.116.240: comonsi</p>
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<div>troccna<br />
== General Status ==<br />
* Included with Distribution<br />
* Native Installer Support contributed by Aric Cyr<br />
* Repackaged by [http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian-official/fglrx-driver.html Flavio Stanchina] (currently out of date)<br />
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== Installation ==<br />
* [[Debian_Installation_Guide|Installation Guide]](recomended for x86_64 users)<br />
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Another installation Guide:<br />
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* [http://m.domaindlx.com/LinuxHelp/ati/ati.htm 3D Acceleration for your ATI card] (works for SUSE, Mandriva and Debian x86. X86_64 users should not use).<br />
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== Tips and Tricks ==<br />
* To build your own .deb packages you will need to install at least the following packages from the apt repositories:<br />
** fakeroot<br />
** debhelper<br />
** build-essential<br />
** make<br />
** module-assistant<br />
* [http://debianhelp.co.uk Debian Help]<br />
* [http://forums.debian.net Debian Forums]<br />
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== Related Resources ==<br />
* [http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian-official/fglrx-driver.html Flavio Stanchina's ATI Linux driver packages for Debian]<br />
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* Debian [http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo wiki] page refering ATI.<br />
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<div>trocac<br />
racliacric<br />
==Installation==<br />
===How do I know fglrx is installed correctly?===<br />
There are several ways to check if fglrx is loaded and running.<br />
<br>1. Check your X.org or XFree86 log. You should see "DRI Initialization Successful."<br />
# less /var/log/Xorg.0.log<br />
or<br />
# less /var/log/XFree86.0.log<br />
2. Check glxinfo. You should see "direct" and not "indirect."<br />
# glxinfo | grep direct<br />
3. Check your kernel log. You should see fglrx messages near the bottom.<br />
# dmesg<br />
4. Check your modules. You should see fglrx loaded.<br />
# lsmod | grep fglrx<br />
*NOTE: [[Glxgears is not a Benchmark|glxgears]] is not a definite way of checking the installation of fglrx.<br />
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=== Is the rebooting really necessary? ===<br />
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No.<br />
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However, rebooting is the easiest method to ensure that the kernel module(s) from the old driver are unloaded and the fglrx module is loaded instead. If you don't want to reboot for some reason, you may manually shut down Xorg, unload any old "drm", "radeon" or "fglrx" modules and then start Xorg again.<br />
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==Kernel==<br />
===Why does fglrx not work for my bleeding-edge kernel?===<br />
The development process of the fglrx driver and the Linux kernel are not on the same level. The fglrx driver requires some special interactions with the kernel memory API and these tend to change between kernel versions. <br />
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There is also an 11-12 week cycle required to develop, validate and test each release of an ATI driver <ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=735&num=1</ref>. ATI will only look to support the latest kernel that is officially out (no -rc or -git releases are supported) at the time they release a driver. Example: fglrx version A comes out Monday, but kernel version B comes out Tuesday. Kernel version B is not supported by fglrx version A. (but might be able to work anyway by doing a 'modprobe -f fglrx' in a shell)<br />
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The binary part of ATI's kernel module has no explicit dependency on the Linux kernel. There are a set of source files that provide the glue to the kernel. This is where the dependency to different kernels exist. As a result, user contributed patches for newer kernels can often be found by searching [http://ati.cchtml.com Bugzilla].<br />
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Note: That's why an opensource hardware driver is necessary. Hopefully, AMD will continue releasing more documentation and we will be able to code our own maintainable and free driver, thus freeing ourselves from this dependency on AMD's good will.<br />
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==X Configuration==<br />
===How do I configure my system to use the fglrx driver?===<br />
*aticonfig<br />
:Command line program to modify the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.<br />
*amdcccle<br />
:GUI program that allows detailed configuration over the driver's controls.<br />
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==Troubleshooting==<br />
* See [[Troubleshooting]] page.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
*[http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html Official ATI Linux Driver FAQ]<br />
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==References==<br />
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