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== Scientific Linux 5.0 ==
== Scientific Linux 5.0 ==


The ATI driver installer ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run has the ability to build RPMs.
The ATI driver installer as of version 8.2.4 has the ability to build RPMs.


  ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run --listpkg
  ati-driver-installer-''VERSION''-x86.x86_64.run --listpkg


shows the packages it can build.
shows the packages it can build. You may use the Red Hat drivers for Scientific Linux. For
There is no RHEL 5 option yet, but I've read somewhere that RHEL5 is based on FC6.
Scientific Linux 6 (64-bit) you would run:
Given that I tried to build


  ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Fedora/FC6
  ati-driver-installer-X.X.X-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg RedHat/RHEL6_64a


and it generated the following RPMs:
and it generated RPMs for your specific version (e.g. version 12-3 produces) :
 
  fglrx64_p_i_c-8.951-1.x86_64.rpm
ATI-fglrx-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
ATI-fglrx-devel-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
ATI-fglrx-IA32-libs-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
fglrx_6_8_0-8.36.5-1.i386.rpm
kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
 
fglrx_6_8_0-8.36.5-1.i386.rpm is for 32-bit.


To install these RPMs run
To install these RPMs run


  rpm -Uvh ATI-fglrx* kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm
  rpm -Uvh ''<rpm_path>''


Run
After the RPM installation, make sure to run aticonfig to setup your video card.


  aticonfig --initial
  aticonfig --initial


and you could try it with:
Your setup may be tested when X is not running with:


  startx
  startx


or
telinit 5
When you happy with the new driver you need to ensure that you have
id:5:initdefault:
in your /etc/inittab and reboot the box.
Please note, that SL5.0 installation did not recognise my card: ATI X1600 [Asus A6000KT laptop] so I had no X running and the default init mode was '''3''' [not '''5''']. YMMV.
I still do not know how to rebuild the kernel module for the different kernels.
By default the kernel module is being build for the current kernel [uname -r]
Today was the first security kernel upgrade revision  2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.
So after new kernel installation I repeated the same procedure and installed new kernel module with
rpm -ivh kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-8.36.5-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm


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Revision as of 21:54, 2 April 2012

Scientific Linux 5.0

The ATI driver installer as of version 8.2.4 has the ability to build RPMs. 

ati-driver-installer-VERSION-x86.x86_64.run --listpkg

shows the packages it can build. You may use the Red Hat drivers for Scientific Linux. For Scientific Linux 6 (64-bit) you would run: 

ati-driver-installer-X.X.X-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg RedHat/RHEL6_64a

and it generated RPMs for your specific version (e.g. version 12-3 produces) : 

 fglrx64_p_i_c-8.951-1.x86_64.rpm

To install these RPMs run 

rpm -Uvh <rpm_path>

After the RPM installation, make sure to run aticonfig to setup your video card. 

aticonfig --initial

Your setup may be tested when X is not running with: 

startx



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