Fedora 17 Installation Guide
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| − | + | Note: 12.9 BETA minimum !!!For kernel 3.4.* and up | |
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| + | This section applies directly to users using the Official amd-driver-installer package downloaded from amd.com | ||
| − | + | === Installation Prep for Amd-Driver-Installer === | |
| − | + | The script from AMD builds the kernel module and a set of modules for XOrg. The Official AMD installer requires some development packages to be installed: | |
| − | + | <pre> | |
| + | su - | ||
| + | yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc gcc-c++ | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| − | ---- | + | === Download driver === |
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| + | Download the driver for your particular card from http://support.amd.com/ | ||
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| + | wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-{{catalystdashversion}}-linux-x86.x86_64.zip | ||
| + | unzip amd-driver-installer-{{catalystdashversion}}-linux-x86.x86_64.zip | ||
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| + | === Install driver === | ||
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| + | Run the file as root in the ''sh'' shell. | ||
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| + | su | ||
| + | sh amd-driver-installer-{{catalystdashversion}}-linux-x86.x86_64.run | ||
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| + | Select the default install, do not generate distribution packages. | ||
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| + | Click "check log" when install finish | ||
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| + | === GENERATE DEFAULT CONFIG === | ||
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| + | su | ||
| + | sh aticonfig --initial | ||
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| + | REBOOT | ||
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| + | ===To Uninstall=== | ||
| + | Open terminal,SU to get root,type: | ||
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| + | sh /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh | ||
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| + | Video playback | ||
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| + | Add rpm-fusion repositories (free and non-free) via firefox | ||
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| + | http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm | ||
| + | http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm | ||
| + | open with Archive manager and install,this will provide extra video-codec like H-264,ac3,xvid,mp4.... | ||
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| + | Good luck, | ||
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| + | winglman | ||
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| + | knowledge is free, so share it! | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 27 January 2013
Note: 12.9 BETA minimum !!!For kernel 3.4.* and up
This section applies directly to users using the Official amd-driver-installer package downloaded from amd.com
Contents |
Installation Prep for Amd-Driver-Installer
The script from AMD builds the kernel module and a set of modules for XOrg. The Official AMD installer requires some development packages to be installed:
su - yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc gcc-c++
Download driver
Download the driver for your particular card from http://support.amd.com/
wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.4-linux-x86.x86_64.zip unzip amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.4-linux-x86.x86_64.zip
Install driver
Run the file as root in the sh shell.
su sh amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.4-linux-x86.x86_64.run
Select the default install, do not generate distribution packages.
Click "check log" when install finish
GENERATE DEFAULT CONFIG
su sh aticonfig --initial
REBOOT
To Uninstall
Open terminal,SU to get root,type:
sh /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh
Video playback
Add rpm-fusion repositories (free and non-free) via firefox
http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm open with Archive manager and install,this will provide extra video-codec like H-264,ac3,xvid,mp4....
Good luck,
winglman
knowledge is free, so share it!
