Fedora 18 Installation Guide: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:06, 4 October 2013

 su
 yum check-update
 yum update

 su
 yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers wget

 su
 yum install akmod-catalyst

interact by typing Y to install

If all is good you need to rebuild the kernel. (NEED TO BE DONE EACH TIME AKMOD UPDATE HAPPEND FOR BEST RESULT)

Type this in the terminal

su
new-kernel-pkg --kernel-args=nomodeset --mkinitrd --dracut --update $(rpm -q --queryformat="%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" kernel | tail -n 1)

aticonfig --initial -f

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-I am having lot of prbelom with this version relating to Flash. about:plugins shows 2 files for Flash player. When both are enabled, I am unable to play any YouTube videos, etc. When I disable the Pepper Flash version I am able to play videos, but lot of pages using flash become unresponsive. YouTube too becomes unresponsive many times.Hope this gets fixed in next release.
+==FGLRX driver from RPM Fusion (this will auto update with kernel update)==
+*first update system
+  su
+  yum check-update
+  yum update
+*reboot
+*in software manager enable "fedora 18 source\source-update"
+*Install require stuff to get work properly
+  su
+  yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers wget
+==Add Rpm Fusion Repo==
+http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-18.noarch.rpm
+http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-18.noarch.rpm
+==THE DRIVER==
+*This will provide the latest driver and Control Panel Cat-13.4/13.8
+  su
+  yum install akmod-catalyst
+* if dependency check-out you will have to
+interact by typing Y to install
+*If all is good you need to rebuild the kernel. (NEED TO BE DONE EACH TIME AKMOD UPDATE HAPPEND FOR BEST RESULT)
+Type this in the terminal
+ su
+ new-kernel-pkg --kernel-args=nomodeset --mkinitrd --dracut --update $(rpm -q --queryformat="%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n" kernel | tail -n 1)
+ aticonfig --initial -f
+*reboot
+==knowledge is free, so share it!==