Fedora Core 5 Installation Guide: Difference between revisions
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* For ease of installation and updating, the package name of the driver has been changed | * 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 ( [http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842 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 (2006-04-08) livna is still working out install bugs ( [http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842 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. I am still stuck at vesa. Those who are trying this method, be warned. RedHat's dev is right. It such a waste of time | |||
==Official ATI Binary installer== | ==Official ATI Binary installer== |
Revision as of 12:56, 14 June 2006
- Note: You must have your "kernel-devel-[version]" RPM package installed prior to fglrx installation.
livna.org package
- Enable the livna repository
- Install the drivers and kernel module
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm
yum install kmod-fglrx
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. I am still stuck at vesa. Those who are trying this method, be warned. RedHat's dev is right. It such a waste of time
Official ATI Binary installer
Pre-installation
Update your kernel, kernel-devel, and xorg packages to the very latest before installation.
Installation
- Download the latest release.
- su to root in init level 3 (No X server running)
- ./ati-installer-(version).run
- Follow the prompts and it will install.
Post-Installation
- Run the
aticonfig --initial
command if you have not updated your X.org configuration file (xorg.conf). - Change back to run level 5.
init 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.
I tried several times to install the driver for ATI RADEON X700. It installed but not working. I am still stuck at vesa. Those who are trying this method, be warned. RedHat's dev is right. It such a waste of time
RPM installer
No longer supported as Fedora Core 5 is shipping with X.org version 7.0.