Re: [opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
On Wednesday December 20 2006 4:25 am, Curtis Rey wrote: [snip] > I have 9600XT on 10.2 openSuSE and the ati fglrx drivers installs and loads > the module - but it's always fell back to Mesa software rendering. I tried > to uninstall the Mesa package and libGLU* went away - the ATi drivers have > always been kludgy, But I've had it with ATI and their utter lack of > descent drivers (Linux or Windows) and next vid-card upgrade is nVidia all > the way. So much for thinking AMD would make things better. They still might do it.they haven't had the company very long. Give them some time. Fred -- MickySoft, the ultimate corporate parasite. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
On Thursday 21 December 2006 00:44, Rik Dunphy wrote: > Latest drivers came out on the 13th - and they do Support Xorg 7.2 and > more specfically include a target for SuSE/SUSE102-AMD64 > > I installed by > 1. downloaded installer > 2. go to console (CTRL-ALT-F1) and login as root > 3. change runlevel to text mode "init 3" > 4. verify packages by exe "sh ati-driver-installer...run --listpkg" > 5. create SuSE rpm by running "sh ati-driver-installer..run --buildpkg > SuSE/SUSE102-AMD64" > 6. install rpm "rpm -ivh fglrx..." > 7. run "aticonfig --initial" > 8. run sax2 to configure the screen "sax2 -m 0=fglrx" > 9. reboot > > -RikD. AH that did work. The repository did not, but the driver installer did. The tricky bit is since AMD owns them they don't any longer mention ia64, and you have to install a package that looks like its only for AMD64. but it appears to work just fine. Wonder why no rpms in the repository yet? -- _ John Andersen pgp9nGhnzX4lE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
On 12/21/06, John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 20 December 2006 02:07, Rik Dunphy wrote: > On 12/20/06, Curtis Rey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wed December 20 2006 00:53, John Andersen wrote: > > > I was encouraged by discussion on this list that I could at last slap > > > my 10.2 DVD in and install on my Core 2 Duo (x86_64) and > > > be assured that ATI drivers would be there. > > > > > > Sadly, that is not yet the case, and after nuking a perfectly good > > > 10.1 install, I am stuck at 800x600. Of course this only becomes > > > obvious after you add the www2.ati.com repo AFTER install > > > only to find it still is not available. > > > > > > So Late model Radeon (mine is x1400) users should hold > > > off for a little longer. > > > > I have 9600XT on 10.2 openSuSE and the ati fglrx drivers installs and > > loads the module - but it's always fell back to Mesa software rendering. > > I tried to uninstall the Mesa package and libGLU* went away - the ATi > > drivers have always been kludgy, But I've had it with ATI and their > > utter lack of descent drivers (Linux or Windows) and next vid-card > > upgrade is nVidia all the way. So much for thinking AMD would make things > > better. > > > > Cheers, Curtis. > > > Suggest you go to the ATI website > http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-radeon.html > > The drivers exist - just download and install. Working perfect here. Suse 10.2 uses Xorg 7.2. This driver does not support that. Further when you do download it and run the test to see what systems it does support Suse 10.2 x86_64 is absent. Been there, Done that. -- _ John Andersen Latest drivers came out on the 13th - and they do Support Xorg 7.2 and more specfically include a target for SuSE/SUSE102-AMD64 I installed by 1. downloaded installer 2. go to console (CTRL-ALT-F1) and login as root 3. change runlevel to text mode "init 3" 4. verify packages by exe "sh ati-driver-installer...run --listpkg" 5. create SuSE rpm by running "sh ati-driver-installer..run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE102-AMD64" 6. install rpm "rpm -ivh fglrx..." 7. run "aticonfig --initial" 8. run sax2 to configure the screen "sax2 -m 0=fglrx" 9. reboot -RikD. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 02:07, Rik Dunphy wrote: > On 12/20/06, Curtis Rey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wed December 20 2006 00:53, John Andersen wrote: > > > I was encouraged by discussion on this list that I could at last slap > > > my 10.2 DVD in and install on my Core 2 Duo (x86_64) and > > > be assured that ATI drivers would be there. > > > > > > Sadly, that is not yet the case, and after nuking a perfectly good > > > 10.1 install, I am stuck at 800x600. Of course this only becomes > > > obvious after you add the www2.ati.com repo AFTER install > > > only to find it still is not available. > > > > > > So Late model Radeon (mine is x1400) users should hold > > > off for a little longer. > > > > I have 9600XT on 10.2 openSuSE and the ati fglrx drivers installs and > > loads the module - but it's always fell back to Mesa software rendering. > > I tried to uninstall the Mesa package and libGLU* went away - the ATi > > drivers have always been kludgy, But I've had it with ATI and their > > utter lack of descent drivers (Linux or Windows) and next vid-card > > upgrade is nVidia all the way. So much for thinking AMD would make things > > better. > > > > Cheers, Curtis. > > > Suggest you go to the ATI website > http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-radeon.html > > The drivers exist - just download and install. Working perfect here. Suse 10.2 uses Xorg 7.2. This driver does not support that. Further when you do download it and run the test to see what systems it does support Suse 10.2 x86_64 is absent. Been there, Done that. -- _ John Andersen pgpUiPfceFvtI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
On 12/20/06, Curtis Rey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed December 20 2006 00:53, John Andersen wrote: > I was encouraged by discussion on this list that I could at last slap > my 10.2 DVD in and install on my Core 2 Duo (x86_64) and > be assured that ATI drivers would be there. > > Sadly, that is not yet the case, and after nuking a perfectly good > 10.1 install, I am stuck at 800x600. Of course this only becomes > obvious after you add the www2.ati.com repo AFTER install > only to find it still is not available. > > So Late model Radeon (mine is x1400) users should hold > off for a little longer. I have 9600XT on 10.2 openSuSE and the ati fglrx drivers installs and loads the module - but it's always fell back to Mesa software rendering. I tried to uninstall the Mesa package and libGLU* went away - the ATi drivers have always been kludgy, But I've had it with ATI and their utter lack of descent drivers (Linux or Windows) and next vid-card upgrade is nVidia all the way. So much for thinking AMD would make things better. Cheers, Curtis. - -- Spammers Beware: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! Like the song say: "Everything's 'Zen'... I don't think so"! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFiQGr7CQBg4DqqCwRAm+cAKCo6yEJlmp2dbNMHHiopW7p+wmnXwCg2Ffb Dq56P/JvezioPywo1LR32s8= =mSwJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggest you go to the ATI website http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-radeon.html The drivers exist - just download and install. Working perfect here. -RikD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed December 20 2006 00:53, John Andersen wrote: > I was encouraged by discussion on this list that I could at last slap > my 10.2 DVD in and install on my Core 2 Duo (x86_64) and > be assured that ATI drivers would be there. > > Sadly, that is not yet the case, and after nuking a perfectly good > 10.1 install, I am stuck at 800x600. Of course this only becomes > obvious after you add the www2.ati.com repo AFTER install > only to find it still is not available. > > So Late model Radeon (mine is x1400) users should hold > off for a little longer. I have 9600XT on 10.2 openSuSE and the ati fglrx drivers installs and loads the module - but it's always fell back to Mesa software rendering. I tried to uninstall the Mesa package and libGLU* went away - the ATi drivers have always been kludgy, But I've had it with ATI and their utter lack of descent drivers (Linux or Windows) and next vid-card upgrade is nVidia all the way. So much for thinking AMD would make things better. Cheers, Curtis. - -- Spammers Beware: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! Like the song say: "Everything's 'Zen'... I don't think so"! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFiQGr7CQBg4DqqCwRAm+cAKCo6yEJlmp2dbNMHHiopW7p+wmnXwCg2Ffb Dq56P/JvezioPywo1LR32s8= =mSwJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[opensuse] ATI Drivers - Not yet for everyone
I was encouraged by discussion on this list that I could at last slap my 10.2 DVD in and install on my Core 2 Duo (x86_64) and be assured that ATI drivers would be there. Sadly, that is not yet the case, and after nuking a perfectly good 10.1 install, I am stuck at 800x600. Of course this only becomes obvious after you add the www2.ati.com repo AFTER install only to find it still is not available. So Late model Radeon (mine is x1400) users should hold off for a little longer. -- _ John Andersen pgprDvIKsnJOp.pgp Description: PGP signature
