Downloading ATI drivers for linux (attempt #3)

[mdchesne]

I'm deciding on which fglrx tool to download. does anyone know what suse 10.0 runs? XFree86 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, or XOrg 6.8? (SOLVED)

NEW PROBLEM: after installing from instructions on third party site, fglrxinfo is still registering MESA!!!!!

 

[Kaervak]

Just incase you don't check back in at OT, my OpenSuSe install it's running Xorg 6.8.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

If you're still having problems installing the ati drivers, try this link. It helped me out.

 

[mdchesne]

ok, from this site: http://www.cosmicpothole.com/Linux/ati.php

after running through it all I still get MESA when i run fglrxinfo! GARRR!!!!!

 

[mdchesne]

anyone know why it's still reading MESA and not ATI after i did all the driver install steps?

BUMP

 

[BurningDog]

Check the contents of /usr/share/fglrx/fglrx-install.log for errors.

When I was having problems with this on Debian, it was because the wrong version of GCC was symlinked to the command gcc. I changed it for the installation and everything worked perfectly.

 

[Zelmo3]

If the drivers installed correctly, it's often just a matter of checking whether your xorg.conf has the right setting for the "UseInternalAGPGart" option in the device section. For me, it has to be set to "no" (which I think is the case for most people), but it depends on your motherboard and whether you have a kernel module either loaded or compiled in for your AGP hardware.
If you post your xorg.conf we can have a look at it and see if anything's out of place.