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There are two ways of installing graphic drivers on Fedora Core. The first way is to take precompiled packets from the rpm-repository livna.org. The second way is to use the pacakges provided by ati to install the drivers. | |||
The difference is that livna.org is a lot easier for beginners and newbies, and provides only packages when they are working without problems. The configuration is done automatically with livna.org packages, too. | |||
==Script installer== | ==Script installer== | ||
#Download the latest [[:Category:Releases|release]]. | |||
#su to root | #su to root | ||
#./ati-installer-(version).run | #./ati-installer-(version).run | ||
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==RPM installer== | ==RPM installer== | ||
#Download the latest [[:Category:Releases|release]]. | |||
#su to root | #su to root | ||
#rpm -Uhv fglrx_6_8_0-(version).rpm | #rpm -Uhv fglrx_6_8_0-(version).rpm |
Revision as of 05:04, 29 January 2006
There are two ways of installing graphic drivers on Fedora Core. The first way is to take precompiled packets from the rpm-repository livna.org. The second way is to use the pacakges provided by ati to install the drivers.
The difference is that livna.org is a lot easier for beginners and newbies, and provides only packages when they are working without problems. The configuration is done automatically with livna.org packages, too.
Script installer
- Download the latest release.
- su to root
- ./ati-installer-(version).run
- Follow the prompts and it will install.
- Reboot upon completion of installation.
RPM installer
- Download the latest release.
- su to root
- rpm -Uhv fglrx_6_8_0-(version).rpm
- Reboot upon completion.
livna.org package
1.Install the livna.org repository:
rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/livna-release-4-0.lvn.7.4.noarch.rpm
2.Install the drivers:
yum install kernel-module-fglrx-$(uname -r)
Check the Frequently Asked Questions page for checking if installation was a success.