Installation of LinuxATI7-11 (8.43.2) graphics card driver

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AMD release for linux operating system graphics card driver ati-driver-installer-7-11-x86.x86_64 (date:), the actual version number should be 8.43.2, solve the previous version (8.42.3) for 2.6.23 kernel does not support the problem.

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System: Fedora 7

Graphics: ATI X1650

Installation Method:

I. I am used to re-installing the video card driver after each kernel update. A few days ago, I suddenly updated kernel 2.6.23 and found that the video card cannot be driven. After google, I found that 8.42.3 does not support the kernel, fortunately, we found the solution:

1. Download the driver 8.43.3 of ATI.

2. download the patch.

Http://pluto.blackbone-ev.de/downloads/patch842.tar.bz2

Http://pluto.blackbone-ev.de from this website/

3. decompress the installation package and patch of ati.

Sh ati-driver-installer-8.42.3-x86.x86_64.run -- extract ati

Decompress the entire installation package to the ati directory.

Decompress the patch.

Gtar xvf patch842.tar.bz2

Get a file like a fglrx-842-2623.patch.

4. Install patches.

Put your patch file under the directory decompressed by the installation package, that is, the ati directory. Put it in this subdirectory:

Ati/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod

In this subdirectory:

Patch-p0 firegl_public.c fglrx-842-2623.patch

In this way, the patch is ready.

5. Create and install the rpm package.

Return to the ati directory and run the following command:

Sh packages/Fedora/ati-packager.sh -- buildpkg F7

Its script is not very good. The running directory must be ati. Note that.

6. Go back to the top-level directory and you will see several new rpm packages.

Installation command:

Yum localinstall *. rpm -- nogpgcheck

In fact, only one kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.23.1-10.fc7-8.42.3-1.f7.i386.rpm is installed

7. log out and then log on. You can enable the 3D desktop again.

2. If the 2.26.3 kernel is updated and the 8.42.3 driver is installed, uninstall the old driver first.

Add and delete software included in Fedora 7 and uninstall the following RPM packages:

ATI-fglrx-8.42.3-1.f7.i386.rpm

ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.42.3-1.f7.i386.rpm

ATI-fglrx-devel-8.42.3-1.f7.i386.rpm

Kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.23.1-10.fc7-8.42.3-1.f7.i386.rpm

If no Patch is installed for 8.42.3, enter:

Cd/usr/share/ati

Sh fglrx-uninstall.sh

Uninstall the old driver.

3. Install the 8.43.2 DRIVER:

Su

Sh ati-driver-installer-7-11-x86.x86_64.run

Follow the prompts to install. After installation, enter:

Aticonfig -- initial -- input =/etc/X11/xorg. conf

Restart, terminal input:

Glxinfo | grep direct

Output

Direct rendering: Yes

Installation complete. Enter:

Glxgears

And

Fgl_glxgears

Test the video card score.