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Documentation to install the ATi Linux driver under the different distributions of GNU/Linux.


'''Installing ATI Proprietary Catalyst driver 8.3 posted March 5th 2008 on Debian Lenny (testing)'''
This was tested by running the automated install:
Update /etc/apt/sources.list as follows:
deb http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ lenny main contrib n$
deb-src http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian/ lenny main contr$
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free<br>
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free<br>
Code:<br>
apt-get update<br>
apt-get install module-assistant build-essential fakeroot dh-make debconf bzip2 wget<br>
aptitude install linux-headers-2.6.22-3-amd64<br>
cd /var/tmp<br>
su -<br>
wget https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/64bit/ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run<br>
bash ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run.bin<br>
<br>
Follow screen for automatic installation.<br>
aticonfig --initial<br>
REBOOT REBOOT REBOOT<br>
<br>
My xorg.conf including textured 3d settings is available at
http://www.trbailey.net/xorg.conf<br>
or
http://www.trbailey.net/xorg.conf.copy<br>
DO NOT JUST COPY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE AN ELO TOUCHSYSTEMS 17" MONITOR WITHOUT TOUCH SCREEN OVERLAY!
AT THE VERY LEAST YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL REFRESH LINES UNDER MONITOR TO MAKE IT WORK

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