Mandriva
ATI drivers are included in commercial release. Following instructions concern installation on the free release.
Installation with ATI installer
First of all, you have to install kernel sources :
$ su # urpmi kernel-source
Then, download ati installer and launch it :
# chmod +x ati-driver-installer-X.X.X.run # ./ati-driver-installer-X.X.X.run
Follow the instructions.
Slightly more information to be found here:
"3D Acceleration for ATI cards (works for SuSE, Mandriva and Debian)" at
http://linux.coconia.net/general/ati.htm
http://m.domaindlx.com/LinuxHelp/ati/ati.htm (mirror)
Installation with Mandriva 2006 PLF Packages
Note: Thats are not Official Mandriva fglrx RPMS, it works perfekt on my machine.
First you must add PLF non-free repository. Use easyurpmi for example.
Then, install the driver with this command.
# urpmi ati-xorg dkms-ati
You can now choose fglrx driver for your card with the Mandriva drakx11 tool
# drakx11
Configuration
Use aticonfig. Consult help with aticonfig -h.
Reboot.
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